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I've been playing around some CIS systems for my Epson Stylus R1800 to
see if I can lower the cost of printing with this amazing printer.
The problem is that I print a lot of glossy brochures for our business
and the printer uses up so much ink that it's impossible to keep up
with it. It uses up a gloss optimizer cartridge for every 30 pages of
8.5 x 11 glossy photo, not to mention the other colors, so this is not
the most cost effective way to print brochures.
So I decided to get a CIS system from eBay. All I can say is that
this was the biggest mistake I made for this printer. Setup was
pretty easy, but getting the right tones is a different story. The
printer wasn't behaving the way it did with OEM Epson cartridges. I
ended up with a clogged up printer head, which cost me about $120 to
fix because my printer is out of warranty.
I am back to using original inks made by Epson. I found a good place
to buy them for much lower than most other places
(www.westwoodprinters.com).
see if I can lower the cost of printing with this amazing printer.
The problem is that I print a lot of glossy brochures for our business
and the printer uses up so much ink that it's impossible to keep up
with it. It uses up a gloss optimizer cartridge for every 30 pages of
8.5 x 11 glossy photo, not to mention the other colors, so this is not
the most cost effective way to print brochures.
So I decided to get a CIS system from eBay. All I can say is that
this was the biggest mistake I made for this printer. Setup was
pretty easy, but getting the right tones is a different story. The
printer wasn't behaving the way it did with OEM Epson cartridges. I
ended up with a clogged up printer head, which cost me about $120 to
fix because my printer is out of warranty.
I am back to using original inks made by Epson. I found a good place
to buy them for much lower than most other places
(www.westwoodprinters.com).