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What's your experience with 3rd party color inkjet ink replacement?

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rutherfordpaul:
Come ON guys - you are (a lot) smarter than I am when it comes to programming - but as to being "Mr. Thrify" I'm not so sure.

Buying is about setting a standard of quality - and then finding the best deal that meets that standard ("buying competitevely against the standard).

(Trust me - I used to be a Buyer - for a large corporate.)

One of my standards of printer quality is being able to drive the cost of print consumables down - and down - and down.

So I run an Epson PhotoR285 and an HP Color Laserjet CM1312nfi MFP.

Why?

Apart from the very acceptable print quality ...

* the Epson accepts a continuous inking system (CIS).
Google for CIS.
I've been running mine for over 3 years and spent peanuts on ink.
(I ran its predecessor for years with a CIS)
As far as I'm concerned my ink jet print costs are ... cost of paper + virtually zero for ink.

* the HP's cartridges are refillable.
For about £35 (US$60) the four colour (oops - color) set.
OK, refilling them is a skill .. but its worth learning .. especially when you look at the £££'s (sorry, the $$$$) original HP replacments cost and the money you save..
Again, my colour laser print costs are ... cost of paper + say 1p (1.6c) a page for toner.

I guess its a bit like buying a car.

Ferraris are "sexy" - Fords aren't

I know of just one Ferrari dealer ... 30 miles away from where I live.

But there are 20 Ford dealers in the same radius.

Which is easiest to get fixed - Ford or Ferrari?

Believe it or not, a Ford that "goes" is faster than a Ferrari that doesn't.

The moral of the story is - when you buy a printer - work out the "fuel costs" FIRST.

Cordially - Paul Rutherford

phillfri:
There's only one place to go for this kind of advice!  :Thmbsup:
Inkjet Printer Forum

mouser:
Nice find  :up:

Carol Haynes:
FWIW I have seen a fair few dead Canon printers that are the product of cheap ink.

Having said that I still prefer Canon to the competition and haven't seen many problems from genuine ink (unless the printer is getting quite old).

MilesAhead:
Might be just a tad off topic, but I see Epson Stylus C88+ is still being sold with the on board Vista driver.  If you have a Vista machine and plug C88+ into it, it will serve the driver across the network to XP or W7.  But it doesn't work the other way around. If you plug into a W7 machine the client machines won't be served correctly.  Stuff like check ink levels won't work etc..

For W7 I'd make sure the printer model will serve the driver over the network.  Many of the Epson Stylus don't even have a downloadable driver.  The driver is on board and auto installs when you plug into USB. There's no way to update it that I know about.

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