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I'd highly recommend any printer that prints by sublimation.
I was fortunate enough to be given a complete Kodak photo kiosk by the local pharmacist when both printers stopped working and he couldn't sell the unit. It came complete with a highly complex 6850 Kodak small format printer and the Kodak 8800 which will do up to 12x8" utilizing a multi colour ribbon.
My son and I stripped both printers right down, chased up the faults and fixed both though we do need to replace a motor with plastic worm gear which is worn on the smaller unit. I'll find the correct one one day or we'll mill our own gear from brass and replace both plastic gears in the drive chain.
The pharmacist is a friend and was happy to see we got both printers working instead of going to landfill, it wasn't easy and we'd never played with printers of that complexity prior (I have a background in electronics and IT, my son is just brilliant without all of the study).
I was also given new paper and printer ribbons which he'd had in stock.
They now have ink versions of dye sublimation printers but I believe the ink is expensive, as are the ribbons and paper for the units I have when I eventually run out.
In saying that there's no other place in town other than an industrial printer where I can get prints done at 12x8.
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