If you are prining a lot of discs, I recommend a continuous ink system such as the Ink Caddy from reliantdigital.com. It's less hassle, and a LOT cheaper in the long run.

Gary

I have the R320 and I get my ink from Meritline. $32.95 for 7 cartridges last time I ordered. 1 of all colors and 2 of black.

Works well for me.

Gary is right if you print a lot.

For smaller needs, buy the original Epson T048920 Color Ink Cartridge Multipack at Amazon.com for $49.99 (44% off list). That's all 5 non-black cartridges for $10 each +$6.99 shipping at that price.

inkdaddy.com. Generic, but works fine and is CHEAP. YEAH!!!

sn

One thing to think about- many Epson printers use pigment inks, not the more-common dye inks used by HP and Canon. Pigments are waterproof and much more UV resistant.

To my knowledge none of the aftermarket ink suppliers sell pigment ink, so if you want the specific advantages derived from pigment ink you will need to buy the official cartridges from Epson. I find Newegg to be about the cheapest for the official stuff.

My other printer, a Canon MFP, uses dye ink and I happily refill those cartridges all the time. The operating cost for that printer is close to zero, but I wouldn't count on printing fine photographs with it and expecting them to last for more than a few years.

I use these guys:

http://private.abacus24-7.com/home.aspx?

very cheap. I haven't had any problems with their inks.

Swiftink seems to work well on my R300.

Also, Inksite has very good reviews.

If you want genuine Epson cartridges, the most reasonable online vendor is Atlex.

John

Thanks to all.

While I may be somewhat new to video editing/production I have been (in a prior lifetime) a professional photographer and have been printing photos on my own printer for years (long before they were cheap or easy).

With any printer I've had (Epson, HP, Canon) I have not had much luck with the non-branded, generic, OEM varieties of ink offered - either house brands by places like Staples (do they still do that?) or over the web (used to be mail-order). I've tried a few times in the past (branded ink costs $$$) .

One company in particular that I tried (they are no longer in business) sold me a magenta cartridge that had people's skin coming out bright red when used. Another a while back exploded and ruined my printer (they are throwaways now anyway - who's gonna pay $100 to fix a $150 two year old printer).

Maybe folks who print a lot need to save the $$$ or maybe they are not printing people (like CD/DVD labels with mostly text). In my experience, it's best to go with the branded compatible cartridges.

Just MHO.

Looks like Laser Monks has them. I get all my ink jet cartridges from them. I buy refilled ones for my HP and they work great never had a problem with them. They also have regular ink too if you are a purist and dont put refilled ones in your printers.

http://www.lasermonks.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=20457_20484_6959_2563


TomE

yes, but your case has been said every time people promote generic inks (and why don't people search anyway). Even though you're right, spending ~$100 every time I want to refill would jump my prices up to a rediclious ammount. Heck, I could buy a NEW PRINTER cheaper then buying the refils. I've never had a problem with generic inks & the image quality on my paper looks the same to me. And at less then $30 for 6 cart's for the price of one Epson refil I can get 18 carts.... and then charge 1/3 the ink cost I charge clients for.

IE unless you do prints for a living name brand inks aren't worth their $$$. And then whywould you use commercial grade inks. You'd buy high quality stuff.

TheHappyFriar:
What is your definition of high quality? Does the printing industry care if a print lasts for more than one year? I think not.

JJK