Sublimation - Looking for best desktop printer

Previously (a few years ago) I had a dye sub business and used an Epson 4880. Printer is long gone and looking for new equipment. Have seen Ricoh e7700n as an option and it recently went down in price. Was wondering if it was because of a new product soon to be released or something else.

I was looking at 7700 vs 3110 because I wanted option to print larger format of 11x17.

Thanks,

Location: 
United States