Printers

[gettin2dizzy]

Our Epson costs 30p per sheet of black text :confused:

Seriously, £7 cartridge lasts for less than 30 pages :rolleyes: then refuses to print as it's decided one of the four cartridges is emtpy. I can't print a whole document without a new cartridge :lol:

Heap of ****. Avoid Epson.

[Viney]

LOL, hers a FACTOID. When companies specify that a cartridge will do say 500 pages, thats running at what is known as 5% coverage. Now that isnt a lot at all. Imagine an A4 sheet with a 20pt Confidential watermark going diagonaly across the page, thats 5% coverage! So a full page of text is somewhere around 12-15% coverage hence why carts last no time at all. My Home HP eats ink, and is why i will email it to work and print it on the works machines. Our large laser printers work out at 1.827p(mono only) per sheet no matter what the coverage, i could print a solid black page and it will cost the same! Photo printing at home costs a small fortune. It really is cheaper to pop off to boots and get them to print them for you, even if you include the parking and petrol...well you get the idea. Home printing is a rip off.

[ophic]

Found a supplier of Epson SX compatible cartridges for just over £1 a cartridge :D

http://www.megadealsxl.com/catalog/epson-ink-cartridges-c-62.html

[bris]

Get a CISS system, best money you will ever spend. Saves an absolute fortune on ink and you don't care how many photos etc you print as its that cheap. Still on my first set of ink with it and had it for over a year now.
http://www.continuous-ink-systems.co.uk/CISS-Epson/c30/index.html

[tigersaw]

My old epson stylus 300 takes 5 cartridges. I get them for £12 for 5 complete sets from ebay, and they seem to last ages too.

[gettin2dizzy]

Woop! Feel like I've been let in on a secret ;)

Grassyass :thumbsup:

[maviczap]

Get a CISS system, best money you will ever spend. Saves an absolute fortune on ink and you don't care how many photos etc you print as its that cheap. Still on my first set of ink with it and had it for over a year now.
http://www.continuous-ink-systems.co.uk/CISS-Epson/c30/index.html

+1 . I've had my CISS for maybe 2 years now? With children, I was going through cartridges like wildfire. Especially as mine is a photo printer with 6 colur inks
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Had problems with compatible cartridges not working, complete carp.

I've only just had to refill the ink tanks after 2 years and the refill bottles cost me £54 incl P&P

Expensive you think? Well I've refilled the tanks and I've still got enough in each refill bottle for another 2 refills at least.

The ink system tanks hold at least 100ml of ink

I got mine from the same place

[CarlosSV650S]

Our Epson costs 30p per sheet of black text :confused:

Seriously, £7 cartridge lasts for less than 30 pages :rolleyes: then refuses to print as it's decided one of the four cartridges is emtpy. I can't print a whole document without a new cartridge :lol:

Heap of ****. Avoid Epson.




Have you checked the settings in the print menu ??

That may be part of the problem.

[lukemillar]

Our Epson costs 30p per sheet of black text :confused:

Seriously, £7 cartridge lasts for less than 30 pages :rolleyes: then refuses to print as it's decided one of the four cartridges is emtpy. I can't print a whole document without a new cartridge :lol:

Heap of ****. Avoid Epson.

Is that a cartridge you bought or one that came with the printer? I have found that the ones that they give you with the printer seem only half or quarter filled as the replacements last much longer

[gettin2dizzy]

Have you checked the settings in the print menu ??

That may be part of the problem.
Yup. But on any eco mode it doesn't print anything readable.
Is that a cartridge you bought or one that came with the printer? I have found that the ones that they give you with the printer seem only half or quarter filled as the replacements last much longer

I've been through about 12 :rolleyes:


Anyone got a dot matrix one going? ;)

[lukemillar]

Found a supplier of Epson SX compatible cartridges for just over £1 a cartridge :D

http://www.megadealsxl.com/catalog/epson-ink-cartridges-c-62.html

Compatible cartridges are ****e - especially when printing images. I would use them for text, but not images. I did back to back tests on my design degree and the difference in quality of image is actually astonishing!

[Sir Trev]

Compatible cartridges are ****e - especially when printing images. I would use them for text, but not images. I did back to back tests on my design degree and the difference in quality of image is actually astonishing!

Agreed. My Epson takes six carts and prints excellent photos for no more cost than a supermarket print kiosk. However I know I'm using genuine Epson ink that looks better and lasts well. Tried the cheap copies and the colour fades dreadfully.

I have a cheap printer for day to day stuff/daughters homework. Cheap carts in that are fine.

[ophic]

I find cheap inks get blocked easily when not regularly used. I rarely print photos anyway - the computer screen is my way of looking at them.

I normally use a small laser printer but it's got a bit dodgy lately, and at £1 a cartridge, the inkjet is actually cheaper :)

[454697819]

I print at work...

its the cheapest way so far.... in fact I get paid to.