Cheap Ink Cartridges

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Can you supply a more defined URL so people don't have to sift though a
lot of advertising to get to this resource you mentioned?

Also, there seems to be some issue with the security certificate for the
link to the printer supply sales.

Art


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Can you supply a more defined URL so people don't have to sift though a
lot of advertising to get to this resource you mentioned?
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Nobody really is interested anyway. What are you responding to? Nobody
can tell because you top post.
 
From someone no longer using their Epson printer, I recently
got six old genuine Epson still factory sealed ink cartridges
for an Epson Stylus Color 600. I was surprised they were
labeled made in USA. This printer uses water-based inks, or
at least inks which smear if the paper gets wet. The kicker
is that these cartridges show expired or best used in 2002!
I'd love to have the use of all six cartridges, but wonder how
concerned I should be due to their age. Printer is working
fine now despite its age. I like the fact cartridges are not
chipped.

Has anyone ever used such old water-based ink cartridges for
an Epson with bad results, such as clogging heads? If so,
please describe.

Haws anyone ever used such old water-based cartridges for an
Epson with good results? If so, please describe.

Thanks much
 
From someone no longer using their Epson printer, I recently
got six old genuine Epson still factory sealed ink cartridges
for an Epson Stylus Color 600. I was surprised they were
labeled made in USA. This printer uses water-based inks, or
at least inks which smear if the paper gets wet. The kicker
is that these cartridges show expired or best used in 2002!
I'd love to have the use of all six cartridges, but wonder how
concerned I should be due to their age. Printer is working
fine now despite its age. I like the fact cartridges are not
chipped.

Has anyone ever used such old water-based ink cartridges for
an Epson with bad results, such as clogging heads? If so,
please describe.

Haws anyone ever used such old water-based cartridges for an
Epson with good results? If so, please describe.

Thanks much
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I spoke with Epson tech support a while back about expired dates on ink.
This was about different printers. In general they told me that the
colors may no be as true as those within date but they should not affect
the printer itself.
 
measekite said:
I spoke with Epson tech support a while back about expired dates on ink.
This was about different printers. In general they told me that the
colors may no be as true as those within date but they should not affect
the printer itself.
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Sure you did and butterflies flew out of your ass this morning too.
 
measekite said:
Nobody really is interested anyway. What are you responding to? Nobody
can tell because you top post.
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You can top post, bottom post or post in the middle and it is still
gibberish. Then again, YOU ARE our village idiot so it is to be expected.
 
Reply bottom posted.

I spoke with Epson tech support a while back about expired dates on
ink. This was about different printers. In general they told me that
the colors may no be as true as those within date but they should not
affect the printer itself.
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Thanks for reply. I did not say so, but the "2002" dated
cartridges are
all black ink. I do have a sealed new color cartridge dated
2005 which
came from a different person, though.

When present cartridge is used up, I will try one of the old
black ones
and post results, good or bad. May take awhile, as current
status is
half-filled and I don't print in volume.
 
In general, dye inks are relatively stable while in their liquid form
and the cartridge sealed. I have used cartridges that were expired
several years before and in general they were fine.

In some cases the yellow ink may form a precipitate which can clog the
nozzles. Black is also a bit tricky, since even most dye ink black has
some solids in it.


The other issue that comes up is that in spite of these cartridges being
sealed, probably at the factory, they can begin to dry out. The better
wrapped they are (cardboard box, aluminized vacuum sealed wrapper, and
then cartridge with seals intact) the longer they will last. However,
even a well sealed one may have water or other volatiles lost over time,
and the warmer the storage setting the more likely that may occur.
Basically, some of the molecules in the ink will evaporate out even from
a "sealed container"

If the cartridges seem somewhat vacuumed or collapsed before opening
them, be ready to add a bit of water, isopropyl alcohol, or even
ammoniated window cleaner to slightly dilute the ink in the cartridge.
You wouldn't want to add more than one or, at most, two eyedropper
fills, mixing well after you do so.

Art


If you are interested in issues surrounding e-waste,
I invite you to enter the discussion at my blog:

http://e-trashtalk.spaces.live.com/
 
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