Printer Bob wrote:
"igfg" <
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| > FWIW we go trough $75+ per month of EPSON ink at OEM cost. After
market <
| > $20 so we're ahead $50 per month. 12 months X 50= $600 in four
| > years that's $2400 and that's just one studio (we have several).
|
| What is this "after market" you mention? Sorry I am not a native
| English speaker.
Aftermarket is third party ink not sanctioned/approved by the printer
manufacture.
Just to add that printer makers sanction only their own inks, mainly
for the huge profit it brings them.
Now if you think about that statement it is really dumb. What do you think they are in business for. Of course they want to sell their own ink. It is also best. And yes the price is very expensive.
| Do you mean you use third party ink? If yes, of what brand?
There are no brands. The relabeler will not tell you what they are selling so you do not know the brand (mfg/formulator)
| I am very interested, since you are a graphic arts studio!
Not using the best materials is like screwing the customer.
Suppliers vary. Right now I'm holding ink by Ridisc and G&G in my
hand.
Our standard printer are Epson and have been for years. We did a
balance test on using OEM (original equipment) and aftermarket ink
over 12 to 18 months and found little difference in the work product.
Also no noticeable difference in the equipment failure rate. But I
should qualify that last as a very small sample.
All expenses included and assuming that the aftermarket in was somehow
reducing the functionality of the printers we save, on average, ~
$2000 per year per studio.
If just 1,000 people in the world saved $2,000, that would be $2,000,000
out of printer maker's hands and into ours. And yet printer makers still
do not get the message to reduce the cost of ink.
That is because 90% of the people are smart enough to use OEM ink because they remember why they bought the printer to print photos in the first place.
Their greed is greater
than their guilt. They blindly rather lose it to aftermarket suppliers
than reduce the price accordingly so we wouldn't have to buy aftermarket
inks. Dumb!
Smart. If you look at their profits they are not losing anything.
We don't print archive work product so I have no knowledge of how long
this will last in the real world.
We print preliminary proofs on everyday stock for the most part.
We also print proofs for client approval but on better quality paper.
We also require printer galley proofs and have not noticed a
significant difference in what the printer sends and our client
proofs. Perhaps I should mention that we calibrate our displays, our
printers and coordinate these with the clients printers. But we did
this with OEM ink as well as there are variations there as well.
Grand kids print out tons of snap shots and so far no complaints in
that department.
None here either. Been printing pictures and what have you for friends
for many, many years to rave reviews. They marvel at the fact that I use
aftermarket inks and produce such beautiful, lasting results for a
pittance.
Poeple who look at their friends pictures will marvel at any snapshot but people who look at their friends photographs will not. It is like the people who used to marvel at their friends Kodak Brownie snapshots. Most have never heard of a Nikon, Leica or Canon.
