carrotinc.com is also a good source
I was in a hurry and unfortunately had to blow $84.00 at Best Buy.

Sorry. That was carrotink.com . I had a "c" instead of a "k" in the last post. 11.95 for black and 8.95 for the other ones.

Carrot Ink sells generic cartridges for $8.95, not genuine Epson cartridges.

John

Does anybody else think cartridges for inkjet printers are outrageous??

At some places they're almost as much as the printer. I changed over to a b&w laser several years ago from my Epson inkjet -- a $50 toner catridge lasts me a year and a half.

Now, this inkjet printing DVD's is making me considering an R200 but man, why can't these inkjet manufacturers bring down their ink prices considering everyone is using inkjets and the high sales volume -- it ain't a new technology!!!

MB

I went to get ink for my hp. It was going to be $89 for the set.

Instead I bought a new printer for $69 that was higher quality - of course I do need to wait for the rebate.

I do this at least once a year - I hate to waste these printers, but the keep giving the new ones away. I donate the old ones out.

They practically give you the printer. They know you will need ink. That is where they get you.

God, I hate getting shafted by the man ;-)

This is nothing new in terms of printers.

John

I've been buying from abacusink on e-bay. great prices on epson compatible carts (I get all 6 carts for under $30, including shipping). I've already burned through one set of that ink & it looks just as good as the expensive stuff that came with my printer.

This is always a popular topic on the digital still camera forums. Try dvpreview.com for many discussions and recommendations.

There are continuous inking systems on the market that feed ink from a set of bottles - sort of looks like a science project, but you have to print a lot to make them worthwhile.

I'm into my first set of Epson compatible cartidges. Too early to form an opinion (other than that the price is about 20% of the Epson price.

An Epson chip resetter is a worthwhile purchase also, as genuine Epson cartridges claim they are empty when 20% of the ink is still available.

>>An Epson chip resetter is a worthwhile purchase

I thought this was more of a "procedure" rather than a "device"...

Is this a purchase-able device?

Thanks.

John, you are right, however for those who are interested. I do have to say that their generics are high quality stuff. I personally cannot tell the difference in color, they don't seem to fade any quicker that the Epson ones, they don't smear and they had no adverse effect on the printer since I started buying them over a year ago.

Walmart. Black was about $25 and a box with all the colors was about $35 if I remember correctly. Or you can just buy a new R200 there for $89.98!

If you are going to be printing a lot of discs, definitely check out the Ink Caddy System from Reliant Digital.

I have been using it for a month or so, and after some intial set-up hassles, is working well..

It brings the inl cost to about 1 cent / disc.

Gary

kentwolf:

For many Epsons, the software keeps track of printing usage and decides when the cartridge is probably empty. It then prevents you from printing with that cartridge. Also, if you remove a cartridge to try to clean it, the printer may consider it empty and refuse to let it be used to print.

A chip resetter is a very simple device that resets the chip built into the cartridge to overcome the situations mentioned above. They sell for about $20US.

Check out http://www.neilslade.com/papers/inkjetstuff.html, a rambling site but containing lots of info on printers.

Also look over http://www.inkgrabber.com for compatible cartridges and supplies.

Inksupply.com among others carries an Epson chip resetter. http://www.inksupply.com/shopping.cfm?itemcode=20000&showitem=yes

>>...check out the Ink Caddy System...

That is brilliant; kind of like what you envision mentally would be nice. It looks like they actually made it.

Pretty slick.

>>...A chip resetter is a very simple device...

Thanks for the info!

Sorry. That was carrotink.com . I had a "c" instead of a "k" in the last post. 11.95 for black and 8.95 for the other ones.
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Where is the savings over the genuine Epson cartridges from Atlex? A dollar less per cartridge?
John