SEPOMS Ink for Canon S820?

lennon · 17th April 2003

Anyone has tried using third party Ink (SEPOMS) for S820 printer???

It's half the price of the original Canon Ink!

Hows the quality?

hentaitic · 20th April 2003

I have not tried the ink yet but I used the cheap Sepom High Glossy photo printer at S$7 for 20 A4. With the S820, print is not bad!

Also tried the Sepom 4R at S$7 for 50 sheets. Compared it to the free Canon PhotoPaper Pro. Whoa! Big big diff! It seems that the on the Sepom Paper the original Canon ink doesn't dry fast enough, therefore the ink runs!

Maybe got to use the cheap Sepom ink on the cheap Sepom paper to get a good print quality! He He He!!!

HeWolf · 21st April 2003

I tried the 4R paper (the one where the box shows lots of fruit) too, horrible!

Color turns greenish, ink does not 'eat' into the paper.

E1g3 · 22nd April 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by HeWolf
I tried the 4R paper (the one where the box shows lots of fruit) too, horrible!

Color turns greenish, ink does not 'eat' into the paper.

Yeah, bought 6 pkts of A4 during show and ink smudged and 'float' on the paper. Returning the whole thing to them, maybe exchange for ink. Use Sepom ink for S820 before?

denizenx · 23rd April 2003

sepom sux... tried all the 6 colours... only the magenta is near the original...

7th May 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by hentaitic

Maybe got to use the cheap Sepom ink on the cheap Sepom paper to get a good print quality! He He He!!!

I think you're right. The Sepom ink's chemical is slightly different from Canon's and hence will not print very well on Canon's treated photo paper.

However Sepom's paper is designed to work with their own ink and may produce a better result with Sepom ink.

By the way, tried Calidad and Nippon-ink too, neither are satisfactory. So switched back to canon.

If you are printing large volumes of report on plain A4 paper. 3rd party inks are a cost-saver.
(I printed 4 copies of 50+ pages reports and emptied more than 1 cartridge of ink. Should have used a laser printer. More cost-efficient to use toner.

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17th April 2003	#1
lennon Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 393	SEPOMS Ink for Canon S820? Anyone has tried using third party Ink (SEPOMS) for S820 printer??? It's half the price of the original Canon Ink! Hows the quality?

23rd April 2003	#5
denizenx Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: L2TPYSG Posts: 4,514	sepom sux... tried all the 6 colours... only the magenta is near the original... __________________ "I'm... dreaming... of a wide... angle~ Just like the ones I used to know~"

20th April 2003	#2
hentaitic Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 107	I have not tried the ink yet but I used the cheap Sepom High Glossy photo printer at S$7 for 20 A4. With the S820, print is not bad! Also tried the Sepom 4R at S$7 for 50 sheets. Compared it to the free Canon PhotoPaper Pro. Whoa! Big big diff! It seems that the on the Sepom Paper the original Canon ink doesn't dry fast enough, therefore the ink runs! Maybe got to use the cheap Sepom ink on the cheap Sepom paper to get a good print quality! He He He!!!

21st April 2003	#3
HeWolf Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Punggol 21 Posts: 397	I tried the 4R paper (the one where the box shows lots of fruit) too, horrible! Color turns greenish, ink does not 'eat' into the paper.