Source for Genuine Epson inks, R1800

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Steve Dell

Anyone found a source of less than retail genuine inks for the R1800?

Best I can see is either Altex or Voltexx.

Any other suggestions.

TIA

Steve

PS I'm not interested in compatibles.
 
http://www.redriverpaper.com/

They sell a little cheaper than retail and I purchased from them just after
getting the R1800 last May, a year ago. They sell nice paper. However, once
I found out spongeless cartridges were available for the machine from
another company I happily switched over and not only continue to be happy
with the prints but am saving a small fortune. Refilling these particular
variety of cartridges is about as complicated as filling a baby bottle and
each can be done in less than two to three minutes. But more importantly the
color matching is appears to be the same as the original Epson as well as
the claim for archivalness; claimed by the company, which has been showing
itself as reputable.
 
I am quite familiar with Red River as I buy their papers. I do like their
various papers.

Please explain what you mean by "spongless cartridges." I don't know what
that refers to.

Also, it sounds like you are refilling the Epson carts. Whose ink are you
using, etc?

TIA

Steve
 
I am quite familiar with Red River as I buy their papers. I do like their
various papers.

Please explain what you mean by "spongless cartridges." I don't know what
that refers to.

Also, it sounds like you are refilling the Epson carts. Whose ink are you
using, etc?

TIA

Steve
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Spongeless cartridges are aftermarket cartridges that are easy to
refill - they have a rubber plug you pull out rather than having to
drill through the Epson cartridges, which tend to refill badly. They
often have automatic reset chips so you don't have to buy a chip
resetter to be able to refill them.

The lack of a sponge is to save the printhead - older refillables had
a sponge, the same as the Epson carts, but with multiple refills, the
sponge could break down and ruin the printer. The first generation of
spongeless cartridges leaked badly though - the role of the sponge was
to prevent the ink from draining out of the cartridge too quickly.
Newer ones have a vent system that prevents this from happening. It's
important to buy them from a reputable company to ensure that you're
not getting older models.

There are several companies that sell ink refills for the R1800, most
of them get their ink from Image Specialists in order to resell it to
the public (IS only sells wholesale). Don't buy anything unless you
get a /recent/ review from someone using the same product. Older
reviews are useless as the company may have changed suppliers.

Ignore the local troll on this newsgroup if it starts screaming about
untrustworthy companies, you will find that many people here have had
very positive experiences with refilling. Most of the negative reviews
you hear are from 'universal' refill kits where the ink is not
formulated for a specific printer, but is promoted to 'work in
anything', which is impossible to do while providing quality.
Personally, however, I would only use refill kits for non-archival
things like printing your email, newsletters, etc, and not important
things (such as reprints for sale to customers).

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Fenrir said:
Spongeless cartridges are aftermarket cartridges that are easy to
refill - they have a rubber plug you pull out rather than having to
drill through the Epson cartridges, which tend to refill badly. They
often have automatic reset chips so you don't have to buy a chip
resetter to be able to refill them.

The lack of a sponge is to save the printhead - older refillables had
a sponge, the same as the Epson carts, but with multiple refills, the
sponge could break down and ruin the printer. The first generation of
spongeless cartridges leaked badly though - the role of the sponge was
to prevent the ink from draining out of the cartridge too quickly.
Newer ones have a vent system that prevents this from happening. It's
important to buy them from a reputable company to ensure that you're
not getting older models.

There are several companies that sell ink refills for the R1800, most
of them get their ink from Image Specialists in order to resell it to
the public (IS only sells wholesale). Don't buy anything unless you
get a /recent/ review from someone using the same product.
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First look at the facts:

Relabelers do not disclose what they are selling (the mfg formulator)
Relabelers change their source of supply based on the economics of their
business and again do not disclose that

Therefore you cannot be sure you are getting the same product if you
purchase at a different time. And sometimes, depending on their
inventory you might get two different sources in the same shipment.
That is far less likely but can still happen.

Basically nobody can tell you much of anything.

and beware from taking advice from posters who are in the business or an
associated business
Older
reviews are useless as the company may have changed suppliers.


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Most of the negative reviews
you hear are from 'universal' refill kits where the ink is not
formulated for a specific printer, but is promoted to 'work in
anything', which is impossible to do while providing quality.
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Read user reviews on www.amazonimaging.com

Do a search for Canon BCI6C ink

You will find a bunch of reviews from users like yourself who went back
to Canon after refilling with all sorts of stuff. Then you can do a
search for Epson branded ink and may find the same thing. You will
learn why so many of these people gave up on using generic ink and they
provide reasons why they went back to oem.
Personally, however, I would only use refill kits for non-archival
things like printing your email, newsletters, etc, and not important
things (such as reprints for sale to customers).
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Is this an advertisement or what?
 
measekite said:
Read user reviews on www.amazonimaging.com

Do a search for Canon BCI6C ink
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Amazonimaging.com is the corporate site, they do not have reviews. I'm
not sure I'd trust their bci-3e... I had difficulity with it in a test
printer, but only one test. Could have been a fluke.
 
zakezuke said:
Amazonimaging.com is the corporate site, they do not have reviews. I'm
not sure I'd trust their bci-3e... I had difficulity with it in a test
printer, but only one test. Could have been a fluke.
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I get both the spongeless cartridges and ink from MIS www.inksupply.com

If you go to the site there is further explanation to how the cartridges
work and the explanation of what parts are needed to use them completely.
One of the things that I truly appreciated about this company was that it's
up front and there were no surprises after starting to fill the cartridges.
 
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