Printers. Love them or hate them, you still have to feed them Ink (or Toner) cartridges.
These are expensive little beasts to keep running - it has been commented that printer ink is expensive, and to give to an idea just how expensive it is:
Like many people I had found the relative comfort of 3rd-party or remanufactured Ink cartriges which brink the cost per cart down from around £3 (instead of £9) for my particular model.
However, as I was installing the last of my replacement carts, before having to order more, imagine my horror when the magenta cart simply failed to work. Nothing - printer refused to accept it, thankfully my old cart had a dribble of ink left and was able to convince the printer to keep going while I got my order in for more.
Next step, the online store where I order my carts, SVP, typed in my printer model in the search box as they recommend and the first hit wasn't my usual multipack of 3rd party R265 carts - no, it was a CISS (Continuous Ink Supply System). Interesting.
Here is the page: http://svp.co.uk/product/ciss_for_epson_r265_r360_rx560_printers_mte058
Intrigued, I read the install manual they have on the page and thought it looked easy enough to try. And so I bought one - couldn't hurt - it cost the same as a complete set of carts and would last 10 times longer on the first fill.
The device arrived a few days later, I sat on it a few days more, then got stuck in. I took some photos of the completed install and I have to say I am very impressed with it.
I originally had the Inkwells on top of the printer, but I found it was putting out way too much ink - blobs of the stuff - and I figured gravity was playing a part. Placing it down beside the printer saw the ink flow backwards, so I taped a few empty DVD cases together to get the right approximate height beside the printer and placed it there.
I have printed the equivalent of 20 full A4 colour pages at photo quality - quality is excellent and although the computer thinks the carts are now half full (or half empty), the evidence above shows just how much money I am going to save even in the short term.
If you are feeling the cost of Ink is too high (who doesn't?) and if you can find a well reviewed CISS system for your printer, I would encourage you to give it a go.
These are expensive little beasts to keep running - it has been commented that printer ink is expensive, and to give to an idea just how expensive it is:
- Printer Ink is 7 times more expensive than Dom Perignon.
- Printer Ink is more expensive than the most expensive perfumes.
- Printer Ink is more expensive than human blood.
Like many people I had found the relative comfort of 3rd-party or remanufactured Ink cartriges which brink the cost per cart down from around £3 (instead of £9) for my particular model.
However, as I was installing the last of my replacement carts, before having to order more, imagine my horror when the magenta cart simply failed to work. Nothing - printer refused to accept it, thankfully my old cart had a dribble of ink left and was able to convince the printer to keep going while I got my order in for more.
Next step, the online store where I order my carts, SVP, typed in my printer model in the search box as they recommend and the first hit wasn't my usual multipack of 3rd party R265 carts - no, it was a CISS (Continuous Ink Supply System). Interesting.
Here is the page: http://svp.co.uk/product/ciss_for_epson_r265_r360_rx560_printers_mte058
Intrigued, I read the install manual they have on the page and thought it looked easy enough to try. And so I bought one - couldn't hurt - it cost the same as a complete set of carts and would last 10 times longer on the first fill.
The device arrived a few days later, I sat on it a few days more, then got stuck in. I took some photos of the completed install and I have to say I am very impressed with it.
I originally had the Inkwells on top of the printer, but I found it was putting out way too much ink - blobs of the stuff - and I figured gravity was playing a part. Placing it down beside the printer saw the ink flow backwards, so I taped a few empty DVD cases together to get the right approximate height beside the printer and placed it there.
I have printed the equivalent of 20 full A4 colour pages at photo quality - quality is excellent and although the computer thinks the carts are now half full (or half empty), the evidence above shows just how much money I am going to save even in the short term.If you are feeling the cost of Ink is too high (who doesn't?) and if you can find a well reviewed CISS system for your printer, I would encourage you to give it a go.
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