Epson America Printer chip sets refuse ink Long Beach California

I use a Ciss system that supplies a continuous stream of ink into the cartridges. Every 100-200 Pages I print, I get a alert that Im out of ink. This isnt possible because I can see my ink level in the ink system. I remove the cartridges, hit the handy reset button and put the cartridges back in and start printing again. My Ciss system cost me $38.00 and new ink is $20 for all six colors. Its has cut my annual ink bill by over 75%

I certainly could not buy a new computer or printer for the cost of a set of ink refills for my epson. Neither did I use generic refills for any of my previous printers (HPs and Lexmark).

Why? Because the ink and the papers are made to work together. Longer lasting and better quality prints when you use ink made for the paper.

I don't think epson is any different than many manufacturers in terms of ink cost. My printer takes 8 ink cartridges at $14.00 (that's $122) All the cartridges don't require replacing at the same time, except for the initial purchase I've never had to replace a complete set at once.

The two ink cartridges for my HP cost $65, ran out a heck of a lot sooner than the epson, and I had to replace them both, usually about once a month. (still have that old HP)

The cost over the course of a year averages out to be pretty close. In fact, last year I spent less (by about $12) over the year than I did on the cartridges for the HP the prior year.

I would guess it might be a matter of what's important to the purchaser. I sell prints for a living, so I want quality.