‘Replacement’ Cartridges

[Keith g]

October 12, 2008 at 9:00 am

Hi all, I’ve been meaning to purchase the epson r2400/r2880 printer, and have been looking around the web at varoius suppliers of the ink cartridges. The epson’genuine’ cartridges are available at about €12 each, while the ‘replacement/compatable’ cartridges are much cheaper at about €4 each.

Question is – is there really a substantial difference in terms of print quality regarding both of these?

Thanks,

Keith..

[Pippatee]

October 12, 2008 at 10:25 am

Hiya Keith …simple answer is yes … big difference …

its not just the quality of the print which is drastically affected, but the heads on the printer will block much faster,

I have the r2400 and Its a cracking printer, quality prints first time every time … a friend has one as well and the spurious inks give him no end of bother,

Phil

[Keith g]

October 12, 2008 at 7:46 pm

Phil, thanks for your reply, I think i’ll stick with the epson cartridges so, blockages are not worth the trouble.

Thanks again,

Keith..

[Mark]

October 12, 2008 at 8:11 pm

I don’t print myself, but all the posts I’ve read here on the site would favour sticking with the quality inks.
In your case, the Epson ones.

[rc53]

October 12, 2008 at 8:15 pm

You will invalidate the guarantee if you use 3rd party inks – it seems safer to stick with the genuine ones.

[Keith g]

October 12, 2008 at 8:17 pm

Thanks Lads

Keith..

[brownie]

October 12, 2008 at 8:24 pm

Hi Keith…i have a 2400 as well and i can vouch for everything that has
been said already…stick with the original Epson inks…i buy them for
£8.99 from 7Day Shop and it makes sense to buy as much as you can
afford from them in one go, as they only charge £7.95 shipping to
Ireland no matter how much stuff you order…once its all on that order.

Also have a Canon i9100 printer and a few years ago i went the compatible
ink road…it was a sad story really…just to say it cost a lot to get it back to
its original state…lots of Canon paper wasted etc.

Noel Browne.

[Keith g]

October 12, 2008 at 8:29 pm

Thanks Noel, I guess that was a hard lesson learned. As for the shipping that’s not bad from 7dayshop, once it’s all on the same order, i’ll remember that.

Keith..