Which Printer Ink refill/system do you use?

Photobug · 9th February 2006

Which Printer Ink refill/system do you use? Whether you are using original inks, refills or Continuous Ink Supply (CIS). Please share and participate in the poll so that we know what CSer's preference are. Thank you.

sk.images · 9th March 2006

I'm using an Epson R2400 and won't consider anything except original ink...

cjtune · 26th March 2006

Clone inks do have inaccuracies in colour reproduction (at least when using default driver settings) and have very questionable permanence on paper (ie. resistance to fading).

See Wilhelm Imaging Research's articles:
http://www.wilhelm-research.com/articles.html

But then again, I don't think many (if any) of the cloners can afford to hire Wilhelm or the likes to conduct exhaustive tests on ink permanence. About US$15000 per printer per ink per media type.

PointBlue · 14th June 2006

I will never ever consider using 3rd party inks on the Epson 2100 and Canon S9000. Too much trouble to reprofile and select third-party papers for these inconsistent inks. But I use them on my home printers that I use to print documents and stuff.

I don't give a crap about my lauya Epson CX3100

smtan24 · 15th June 2006

Currently using a Epson C65 using original inks. However thinking of using CIF systems.

satay16 · 9th July 2006

i used sepoms ink system. extremely extremely dissapointed!!!! dun buy their products, extremely lousy!!!! believe or not, it killed my epson printer a year ago. i try using it again on another printer, the results were horrendous, streaks of lines, smudging throughout, some colours not seen!!!!!! once bitten, twice bitten, twrice anger!!!!! dun use their products!!!!

tech_oasis · 17th July 2006

Anyone using the INKE system? Seem pretty popular for awhile and it seem to fizzle out ... wonder what happen.

Lotsa original ink users here

lawr3nc3 · 10th August 2006

Originally Posted by tech_oasis

Anyone using the INKE system? Seem pretty popular for awhile and it seem to fizzle out ... wonder what happen.

Lotsa original ink users here

Im using INKE refilling with my HP & Canon printer which i can say is best

the print out is clear and sharp. As good as buying org cartridge which cost a boom

That save mi alot from printing all my photo and project.
That is my own view of it, do have it a try and that no harm.

match80 · 12th August 2006

Originally Posted by satay16

i used sepoms ink system. extremely extremely dissapointed!!!! dun buy their products, extremely lousy!!!! believe or not, it killed my epson printer a year ago. i try using it again on another printer, the results were horrendous, streaks of lines, smudging throughout, some colours not seen!!!!!! once bitten, twice bitten, twrice anger!!!!! dun use their products!!!!

True.
Heard from my fren(cannon printer engineer) that sepoms ink will damage the printers print head causing the colors to over flow out when printing. Also once the print head spoils, even printing b/w letters will have smudges of color inks.

yokechye · 18th August 2006

printer so cheap, ink so ex...

satay16 · 18th August 2006

Originally Posted by match80

True.
Heard from my fren(cannon printer engineer) that sepoms ink will damage the printers print head causing the colors to over flow out when printing. Also once the print head spoils, even printing b/w letters will have smudges of color inks.

sometime i really wonder how sepoms can win those awards they pften put on show in pc shows. perhaps they make their own awards?

lawr3nc3 · 18th August 2006

Originally Posted by satay16

sometime i really wonder how sepoms can win those awards they pften put on show in pc shows. perhaps they make their own awards?

Maybe why not.. they product is from china cost will also be cheap.
Advertise more on there product so become more pop in the makert.

yokechye · 18th August 2006

all these always when they do it on a printer for demo they sure go tweak the printer abit or watever to make it so good and so nice. then when consumer buys home the product, it is not as what you see at stores

Power2theMax · 22nd August 2006

Originally Posted by lawr3nc3

Im using INKE refilling with my HP & Canon printer which i can say is best
the print out is clear and sharp. As good as buying org cartridge which cost a boom
That save mi alot from printing all my photo and project.
That is my own view of it, do have it a try and that no harm.

I tried Inke refilling - it's not too bad and quality is good too. Only problem: they do not have many outlets, so not so convenient. But it's a worth a try. Fantastic color in Canon - I am using IP 1000

satay16 · 22nd August 2006

Originally Posted by Power2theMax

I tried Inke refilling - it's not too bad and quality is good too. Only problem: they do not have many outlets, so not so convenient. But it's a worth a try. Fantastic color in Canon - I am using IP 1000

hmmm.........i dun mind trying if comments are good. how much does it cost?
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Konica Minolta 7D, Minolta Dimage A1

lawr3nc3 · 22nd August 2006

Originally Posted by Power2theMax

I tried Inke refilling - it's not too bad and quality is good too. Only problem: they do not have many outlets, so not so convenient. But it's a worth a try. Fantastic color in Canon - I am using IP 1000

Hi
If you wan to refill with inke do let mi know i got friend working with them.

mine also done by them .

lawr3nc3 · 22nd August 2006

Originally Posted by satay16

hmmm.........i dun mind trying if comments are good. how much does it cost?
__________________
Konica Minolta 7D, Minolta Dimage A1

Hi

What model of cartridge are you using ?
I can ask it for you if you want.

tcngiam · 24th August 2006

I just bought the InkStation CIS for my Epson 895. Since I have my Epson895 for like 4years and it is still going strong, I decided to give it an experiment (Bought it from Sim Lim Square for $150). Before this I use only original ink and because I print A4 photos, that is why I want to give this CIS a try.

I am doing the following experiment.
1) Original Ink print vs InkStation CIS
2) 1) exposed to normal lighting indoors (for a few months - See the how long the Print will last)
3) 1) Stored in album or will use 2 and cover it up with a frame to see the fade result.

I did some printing last night using on Premium Glossy Photo Paper to do the experiment, and also PGPP supplied by InkStation. Some, first impression
1) Setting on Print Image Matching using Epson Photo Quicker on PGPP
a) Epson original Ink : Skin color looks lighter
b) InkStation CIS : Looks a little warmer in tonality but also looks darker (red-ish tone)

2) EXIF PRint
InkStation CIS : Looks warm, but brighter than PIM

3) PhotoEnhance
InkStation CIS : Looks less warm then the above 2 but warmer than original Epson Ink, Looks a little artificial, Brightest Printout

Ranking by me, wife & son
Me : 2, 1b, 1a, 3
Wife : 1a, 2, 1b , 3
Son : 1b, 2, 1a, 3

I have just taken the photo of the pictures this morning. will try to post the Experiment for fade result. In 2-3 months time.

photo2k · 31st August 2006

Yes, It happened to my 1290 with their CIS. Now my printer only print bands of different colours everytime. No sure if the print head gone. Too late to be sorry. Any expert can help ? Anyone know how much to repair the print head ?

simon80 · 7th September 2006

I think best is to befriend the pple selling CIS, not the sales person but the tecnician

they teach me how to clean my printer head like photo2k had encounter.

clear the binary system after excessive usage from my printer - so no need send to the printer company (every printer will encounter that. imagine how much I print using CIS)

give me a tool to reset ink cartridge, so i just bump ink into original cartridge

me using epson rx510 (CIS) and photo stylus 630

View Poll Results: Which Printer Ink refill/system do you use?
Sepoms	35	18.04%
Inkstation	18	9.28%
SingInk	16	8.25%
Continuous Ink Supply (CIS)	20	10.31%
Refills Cartridge	7	3.61%
Original Ink Cartridge	103	53.09%
Others, (Fullmark, Acujet, Nippon etc)	12	6.19%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 194. You may not vote on this poll

9th February 2006	#1
Photobug Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wild Wild West Posts: 56	Which Printer Ink refill/system do you use? Which Printer Ink refill/system do you use? Whether you are using original inks, refills or Continuous Ink Supply (CIS). Please share and participate in the poll so that we know what CSer's preference are. Thank you.

9th March 2006	#2
sk.images Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,253	Re: Which Printer Ink refill/system do you use? I'm using an Epson R2400 and won't consider anything except original ink...

26th March 2006	#3
cjtune Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,516	Re: Which Printer Ink refill/system do you use? Clone inks do have inaccuracies in colour reproduction (at least when using default driver settings) and have very questionable permanence on paper (ie. resistance to fading). See Wilhelm Imaging Research's articles: http://www.wilhelm-research.com/articles.html But then again, I don't think many (if any) of the cloners can afford to hire Wilhelm or the likes to conduct exhaustive tests on ink permanence. About US$15000 per printer per ink per media type.

14th June 2006	#4
PointBlue Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pasir Ris Posts: 198	Re: Which Printer Ink refill/system do you use? I will never ever consider using 3rd party inks on the Epson 2100 and Canon S9000. Too much trouble to reprofile and select third-party papers for these inconsistent inks. But I use them on my home printers that I use to print documents and stuff. I don't give a crap about my lauya Epson CX3100

15th June 2006	#5
smtan24 Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tampines Posts: 1,482	Re: Which Printer Ink refill/system do you use? Currently using a Epson C65 using original inks. However thinking of using CIF systems.

9th July 2006	#6
satay16 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,977	Re: Which Printer Ink refill/system do you use? i used sepoms ink system. extremely extremely dissapointed!!!! dun buy their products, extremely lousy!!!! believe or not, it killed my epson printer a year ago. i try using it again on another printer, the results were horrendous, streaks of lines, smudging throughout, some colours not seen!!!!!! once bitten, twice bitten, twrice anger!!!!! dun use their products!!!! __________________ -----!!!See CS's city!!!-----

17th July 2006	#7
tech_oasis Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 138	Re: Which Printer Ink refill/system do you use? Anyone using the INKE system? Seem pretty popular for awhile and it seem to fizzle out ... wonder what happen. Lotsa original ink users here

18th August 2006	#10
yokechye Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tasmania, Australia Posts: 2,839	Re: Which Printer Ink refill/system do you use? printer so cheap, ink so ex... __________________ Story of 油菜 yokechyepictograph

24th August 2006	#18
tcngiam New Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 45	Re: Which Printer Ink refill/system do you use? I just bought the InkStation CIS for my Epson 895. Since I have my Epson895 for like 4years and it is still going strong, I decided to give it an experiment (Bought it from Sim Lim Square for $150). Before this I use only original ink and because I print A4 photos, that is why I want to give this CIS a try. I am doing the following experiment. 1) Original Ink print vs InkStation CIS 2) 1) exposed to normal lighting indoors (for a few months - See the how long the Print will last) 3) 1) Stored in album or will use 2 and cover it up with a frame to see the fade result. I did some printing last night using on Premium Glossy Photo Paper to do the experiment, and also PGPP supplied by InkStation. Some, first impression 1) Setting on Print Image Matching using Epson Photo Quicker on PGPP a) Epson original Ink : Skin color looks lighter b) InkStation CIS : Looks a little warmer in tonality but also looks darker (red-ish tone) 2) EXIF PRint InkStation CIS : Looks warm, but brighter than PIM 3) PhotoEnhance InkStation CIS : Looks less warm then the above 2 but warmer than original Epson Ink, Looks a little artificial, Brightest Printout Ranking by me, wife & son Me : 2, 1b, 1a, 3 Wife : 1a, 2, 1b , 3 Son : 1b, 2, 1a, 3 I have just taken the photo of the pictures this morning. will try to post the Experiment for fade result. In 2-3 months time.

31st August 2006	#19
photo2k Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 72	Re: Which Printer Ink refill/system do you use? Yes, It happened to my 1290 with their CIS. Now my printer only print bands of different colours everytime. No sure if the print head gone. Too late to be sorry. Any expert can help ? Anyone know how much to repair the print head ?

7th September 2006	#20
simon80 Deregistered Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,501	Re: Which Printer Ink refill/system do you use? I think best is to befriend the pple selling CIS, not the sales person but the tecnician they teach me how to clean my printer head like photo2k had encounter. clear the binary system after excessive usage from my printer - so no need send to the printer company (every printer will encounter that. imagine how much I print using CIS) give me a tool to reset ink cartridge, so i just bump ink into original cartridge me using epson rx510 (CIS) and photo stylus 630