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talion
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 Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:46 pm Post subject: CIS or generic ink cartridges for Epson |
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| what's cheaper/less hassle in the long run? And which are the best quality names in each genre? available where? |
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biggulp
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| Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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| cis for convenience. |
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J0nn0
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| Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 1:05 am Post subject: |
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CIS for cheapness too.......paid £54 for mine,and have printed around 70-80 dvd's/covers so far, and all my other printing,and the ink reservoirs are nowhere near half empty yet.It came with 600ml of ink,so i reckon it was a bargain!
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loady
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| Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 1:59 am Post subject: |
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| yep...cis all the way.....got mine pre filled and 250ml of each ink.....word of caution though, you will need to port the waste ink tube out of the printer into a recepticle of some kind, eventually your printer will stop working saying that the waste ink pads are at the end of thier serviceable life....you can get round it though and reset the counter that countrols this cheap trick by epson to spend money on your printer.....epson printers are designed to waste ink...you will faint if you saw how much ink is spewed out when it performs head clean...the printer even does them for no reason, just wasting ink.....i suck the ink back out of the waste bottle and tip it back into the black chamber...its blacker than the original ink !!!....YOU WILL NEED TO DO THIS...if you reset the counter and dont either change the pads or port the waste tube out you will have a very nasty mess on your desk. |
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loady
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| Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 10:41 am Post subject: |
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my modded waste tube.......
And my beautiful CIS....
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talion
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| Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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| damn. looks like you're making moonshine, not using your printer! |
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DVDude
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| Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 12:32 am Post subject: |
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| Another vote for CIS here. I'm using a Sinopis CIS with an Epson R310. It was cheap and is hassle free....have printed hundreds of covers and haven't refilled yet. Check out their websit....you'll never guess the url. I've been meaning to do that waste bottle but haven't got around to it yet. Think I better pull my finger out! |
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BigBalloon
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| Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 12:54 am Post subject: |
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have to say cis....
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tkboxer
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| Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:35 am Post subject: |
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Found this info, maybe helpful to someone considering CIS.
This system is sold in the U.S. and is expensive.
http://www.inkrepublic.com/ProductDetail.asp?item=R200
Found this review of that system.
Look at the whole review, especially the updates at the bottom.
http://www.brandonstaggs.com/epson-r200-continous-ink-system-review.html
At this point for me, I think I would rather just buy 1 or 2 more R220's and continue to watch for good sales on compatible carts and buy when the pricces are right.
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hyoogy
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| Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 11:22 am Post subject: |
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| cheap cartriges are easy to come by why have all the mess of bottles |
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talion
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from the review it looks to me that after having used the CIS (which he was happy with) and then going to 3rd party carts he just stuck with the carts as still being a cheaper, no fuss arrangement. Since he was using a top end CIS system then perhaps it is actually more convenient to go with generic carts.
of course, that's just one review, although a pretty thorough one. Anybody else have any comments to add? |
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GEORGIEBOY26
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[quote="William123"]I just ordered a CIS from svp this morning at a very good price of under £40 with extra ink thrown in.[/quote]
thanx...thats good to know... 
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dellboy69
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| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 10:12 am Post subject: |
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SVP show it out of stock now.
They must have flown of the shelves 
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