Awhile ago I was considering buying bottled after-market ink formulated
for Epson printers, but a very experienced friend whose judgement I
trust told me he ruined a printer using ink which had been formulated
for his brand of printer--NOT the garbagey universal kind which gunks
up everything.

I did notice some places online do sell the official cartridges for
less than retail store prices. But which offer the best prices and
reliability? I'd appreciate feedback on the best discount places to
obtain Epson printer ink. Thanks for any and all advice and help.

Cori

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Awhile ago I was considering buying bottled after-market ink formulated
> for Epson printers, but a very experienced friend whose judgement I
> trust told me he ruined a printer using ink which had been formulated
> for his brand of printer--NOT the garbagey universal kind which gunks
> up everything.
>
> I did notice some places online do sell the official cartridges for
> less than retail store prices. But which offer the best prices and
> reliability? I'd appreciate feedback on the best discount places to
> obtain Epson printer ink. Thanks for any and all advice and help.
>
> Cori
>

http://www.valueshop.co.uk/

(E-Mail Removed) wrote in news:1143450997.397266.117430
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> Awhile ago I was considering buying bottled after-market ink formulated
> for Epson printers, but a very experienced friend whose judgement I
> trust told me he ruined a printer using ink which had been formulated
> for his brand of printer--NOT the garbagey universal kind which gunks
> up everything.
>
> I did notice some places online do sell the official cartridges for
> less than retail store prices. But which offer the best prices and
> reliability? I'd appreciate feedback on the best discount places to
> obtain Epson printer ink. Thanks for any and all advice and help.
>
> Cori
>
>

Please don't crosspost.

The fact is (without sounding anti-refill) epson's are among the most
sensitive. and blocked heads are a regular occurance for them,
regardless of the ink or cartridge.

I would reccomend buying bulk ink and refilling them still, just make
sure its formuated correct.

Don't panic if after a refill you have nothing printing, this is an epson
trait due to cartridge design, justdon't continue printing like this else
you will burn the heads out.

the epson cartridge, if you don;t fill it from the extake (which is a
slow and messy way of doing it) has a habbit of getting air in the
sponge, and if you just tell it to do 500 head cleans, may solve it, may
burn the heads out.

the best bet is fill it the conventional way, then go outside on the road
or somewhere you can make a mess, and flick the cartridge, or hit it
against a desk, till ink clearly comes out. this garentees the ink is at
the bottom of the sponge and you don;t have an air pocket, give it a
second thorough head clean before starting to print.

The main reason people kill epsons is not filling the cartridge properly,
or having a leaking cartridge, which means the ink runs where it
shouldn't and blocks the heads that way, and the head cleaning system on
epsons is NOT that good.

If you get blocked heads...
theres several ways of cleaning, if you want the safest result, buy
commercial head cleaner, get a syringe (no needle), push it over the ink
intake (with paper towelling or alike under it) and gently push some
through the heads.
Distilled water next best, filtered water next, pure alcahol (ie, 99% or
so) is the harshest, be sure to go overboard.
the head cleaner built into the printers (as of when I was repairing
them) were rubbish, and old dried ink would slowly build up on it and
cover the nozzles. this again has nothign to do with the ink used. but
is beyond even the squeezing through with a syringe, but dissasembly to
clean.
Most "dead" epsons just need general maintenance.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Awhile ago I was considering buying bottled after-market ink formulated
> for Epson printers, but a very experienced friend whose judgement I
> trust told me he ruined a printer using ink which had been formulated
> for his brand of printer--NOT the garbagey universal kind which gunks
> up everything.
>

I use non Epson ink in my 1290s. It's had 12 colour and 8 black cartridges
from new - with no problem. I use Print-Rite ink which is about 1/6 the cost
of the Epson cartridges.

John

I cannot recommend using any pressurized fluid through Epson printheads
via syringes connected to the ink nipple (spike). Many an Epson head
has been damaged by this technique. The more clogged the head is, the
greater the risk of damage to it. Cleaning cartridges or underhead
cleaning are less risky.

No, I do not sell cleaning cartridges, so I have no vested interest.

Art

cvt wrote:

> (E-Mail Removed) wrote in news:1143450997.397266.117430
> @i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
>
>
>>Awhile ago I was considering buying bottled after-market ink formulated
>>for Epson printers, but a very experienced friend whose judgement I
>>trust told me he ruined a printer using ink which had been formulated
>>for his brand of printer--NOT the garbagey universal kind which gunks
>>up everything.
>>
>>I did notice some places online do sell the official cartridges for
>>less than retail store prices. But which offer the best prices and
>>reliability? I'd appreciate feedback on the best discount places to
>>obtain Epson printer ink. Thanks for any and all advice and help.
>>
>>Cori
>>
>>
>
>
> Please don't crosspost.
>
> The fact is (without sounding anti-refill) epson's are among the most
> sensitive. and blocked heads are a regular occurance for them,
> regardless of the ink or cartridge.
>
> I would reccomend buying bulk ink and refilling them still, just make
> sure its formuated correct.
>
> Don't panic if after a refill you have nothing printing, this is an epson
> trait due to cartridge design, justdon't continue printing like this else
> you will burn the heads out.
>
> the epson cartridge, if you don;t fill it from the extake (which is a
> slow and messy way of doing it) has a habbit of getting air in the
> sponge, and if you just tell it to do 500 head cleans, may solve it, may
> burn the heads out.
>
> the best bet is fill it the conventional way, then go outside on the road
> or somewhere you can make a mess, and flick the cartridge, or hit it
> against a desk, till ink clearly comes out. this garentees the ink is at
> the bottom of the sponge and you don;t have an air pocket, give it a
> second thorough head clean before starting to print.
>
> The main reason people kill epsons is not filling the cartridge properly,
> or having a leaking cartridge, which means the ink runs where it
> shouldn't and blocks the heads that way, and the head cleaning system on
> epsons is NOT that good.
>
> If you get blocked heads...
> theres several ways of cleaning, if you want the safest result, buy
> commercial head cleaner, get a syringe (no needle), push it over the ink
> intake (with paper towelling or alike under it) and gently push some
> through the heads.
> Distilled water next best, filtered water next, pure alcahol (ie, 99% or
> so) is the harshest, be sure to go overboard.
> the head cleaner built into the printers (as of when I was repairing
> them) were rubbish, and old dried ink would slowly build up on it and
> cover the nozzles. this again has nothign to do with the ink used. but
> is beyond even the squeezing through with a syringe, but dissasembly to
> clean.
> Most "dead" epsons just need general maintenance.

cvt wrote:

>(E-Mail Removed) wrote in news:1143450997.397266.117430
>@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
>
>
>
>>Awhile ago I was considering buying bottled after-market ink formulated
>>for Epson printers, but a very experienced friend whose judgement I
>>trust told me he ruined a printer using ink which had been formulated
>>for his brand of printer--NOT the garbagey universal kind which gunks
>>up everything.
>>
>>
YOU FRIEND WAS RIGHT

>>I did notice some places online do sell the official cartridges for
>>less than retail store prices.
>>
AS LONG AS THEY ARE OEM.

>> But which offer the best prices and
>>reliability? I'd appreciate feedback on the best discount places to
>>obtain Epson printer ink. Thanks for any and all advice and help.
>>
>>Cori
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>Please don't crosspost.
>
>The fact is (without sounding anti-refill) epson's are among the most
>sensitive. and blocked heads are a regular occurance for them,
>regardless of the ink or cartridge.
>
>
BUT YOU HAVE THE BEST CHANCE TO AVOID TROUBLE WHEN USING OEM. AND MOST
OF THE EPSONS THAT HAVE TROUBLE ARE THE C SERIES AND NOT THE R SERIES.

>I would reccomend buying bulk ink and refilling them still, just make
>sure its formuated correct.
>
>
THAT IS STUPID ADVICE. MAYBE HE MAKES MONEY FROM IT.

>Don't panic if after a refill you have nothing printing, this is an epson
>trait due to cartridge design, justdon't continue printing like this else
>you will burn the heads out.
>
>the epson cartridge, if you don;t fill it from the extake (which is a
>slow and messy way of doing it) has a habbit of getting air in the
>sponge, and if you just tell it to do 500 head cleans, may solve it, may
>burn the heads out.
>
>
IS THIS DUMB OR WHAT

>the best bet is
>
NOT TO

>fill it
>
AT ALL

>the conventional way, then go outside on the road
>or somewhere you can make a mess, and flick the cartridge, or hit it
>against a desk, till ink clearly comes out. this garentees the ink is at
>the bottom of the sponge and you don;t have an air pocket, give it a
>second thorough head clean before starting to print.
>
>
THIS GUYS PUTS THE INK IN HIS POCKET

>The main reason people kill epsons is not filling the cartridge properly,
>or having a leaking cartridge, which means the ink runs where it
>shouldn't and blocks the heads that way, and the head cleaning system on
>epsons is NOT that good.
>
>
HE IS PROVIDING MORE REASONS TO BUY OEM CARTS

>If you get blocked heads...
>theres several ways of cleaning, if you want the safest result, buy
>
>
OEM INK

>commercial head cleaner, get a syringe (no needle), push it over the ink
>intake (with paper towelling or alike under it) and gently push some
>through the heads.
>Distilled water next best, filtered water next, pure alcahol
>
SURE YOU WILL NEED A DRINK AFTER ALL OF THIS

>(ie, 99% or
>so) is the harshest, be sure to go overboard.
>the head cleaner built into the printers (as of when I was repairing
>them) were rubbish, and old dried ink would slowly build up on it and
>cover the nozzles. this again has nothign to do with the ink used. but
>is beyond even the squeezing through with a syringe, but dissasembly to
>clean.
>Most "dead" epsons just need
>
A BURIAL

>general maintenance.
>
>

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> Awhile ago I was considering buying bottled after-market ink formulated
> for Epson printers, but a very experienced friend whose judgement I
> trust told me he ruined a printer using ink which had been formulated
> for his brand of printer--NOT the garbagey universal kind which gunks
> up everything.
>
> I did notice some places online do sell the official cartridges for
> less than retail store prices. But which offer the best prices and
> reliability? I'd appreciate feedback on the best discount places to
> obtain Epson printer ink. Thanks for any and all advice and help.
>
> Cori

I have an Epson printer and have been using this source for about 3
years with no adverse effects on my printer.

http://www.printpal.com/

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Awhile ago I was considering buying bottled after-market ink
> formulated for Epson printers, but a very experienced friend whose
> judgement I trust told me he ruined a printer using ink which had
> been formulated for his brand of printer--NOT the garbagey universal
> kind which gunks up everything.
>
> I did notice some places online do sell the official cartridges for
> less than retail store prices. But which offer the best prices and
> reliability? I'd appreciate feedback on the best discount places to
> obtain Epson printer ink. Thanks for any and all advice and help.
>
> Cori
inkforcheap.com best prices anywhere.

George wrote:

>(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
>
>>Awhile ago I was considering buying bottled after-market ink
>>formulated for Epson printers, but a very experienced friend whose
>>judgement I trust told me he ruined a printer using ink which had
>>been formulated for his brand of printer--NOT the garbagey universal
>>kind which gunks up everything.
>>
>>I did notice some places online do sell the official cartridges for
>>less than retail store prices. But which offer the best prices and
>>reliability? I'd appreciate feedback on the best discount places to
>>obtain Epson printer ink. Thanks for any and all advice and help.
>>
>>Cori
>>
>>
>inkforcheap.com best prices anywhere.
>
>
NO NO IT IS INKFORCLOGS.COM

>
>
>

Edward Grant wrote:

>In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
>
>
>>Awhile ago I was considering buying bottled after-market ink formulated
>>for Epson printers, but a very experienced friend whose judgement I
>>trust told me he ruined a printer using ink which had been formulated
>>for his brand of printer--NOT the garbagey universal kind which gunks
>>up everything.
>>
>>I did notice some places online do sell the official cartridges for
>>less than retail store prices. But which offer the best prices and
>>reliability? I'd appreciate feedback on the best discount places to
>>obtain Epson printer ink. Thanks for any and all advice and help.
>>
>>Cori
>>
>>
>
>I have an Epson printer and have been using this source for about 3
>years with no adverse effects on my printer.
>
>http://www.printpal.com/
>
>
THEY SHOULD BE CALLED HTTP://WWW.PRINTFOE.COM/CLOG