Epson Stylus Pro 4000 and non-OEM inks

[Zemer]

Thanks you all for sharing experiences about color and B&W prints with inks other than Epson's. Advantages, medium/long-term problems ... I use a Stylus Pro 4000, six years old, with entire satisfaction. Unfortunately, Epson inks are quite expensive, as you know.
Zemer.

[Zemer]

Noboby has ever worked on Epson SP 4000 and alternative K2 inks? Nothing to say?
Zemer

[wager123]

yes I have . I use jon cone inks on my 4000 and now on both a 4800 and a4880 with no problems . call inkjet mall ask for well.s he can answer all your questions . you save around 75% and Epson paper profiles work great

[John Bowen]

I don't believe the Pro 4000 is a printer available in the USA. However, I use Jon Cone's B&W Piezography inks in my Epson K3 printers. The website is www.inkjetmall.com As suggested above, if you don't see what you need, call them and ask for Wells.

[Andrew O'Neill]

I have an Epson 4000. Have had it for about 10 years. I've never run Epson inks in it though. And I only use it for making digital negatives. It's been acting really queer recently, so I picked up a used 3800 and run all black inkset. The 4000 never gave me any trouble until this past summer. Now I can still print and poke around on the 4000 to see if I can get her to ever print properly again.

[Zemer]

Thank you all. LFPF is a great community.
Zemer.

[Andrew O'Neill]

I often buy ink cartridges from here: http://www.123inkcartridges.ca/epson...-Pro-4000.html
I always get free shipping if I buy a couple of the larger cartridges...

[Tyler Boley]

When the 4000 was a fairly current product they were in regular use at Cone Editions for 17" K7 work at workshops I instructed there. As far as I know they worked fine, but were upgraded to 4800s and perhaps now newer, as time went on. There did seems to be a lot of cleaning cycles required to keep nozzles at 100%. There were more 44" and 24" printers in regular use though. I had one friend using OEM color inks in a 4000 for some time, color, and B&W using QTR. He had an ongoing problem with visible banding and dither patterns that weren't smooth, it was never solved, he finally changed to a different printer. There was a lot of anecdotal stories of undependable nozzle performance.
That's all I have on the 4000. Keep in mind you only hear the stories of problems, happy users don't write much.

[Andrew O'Neill]

Looks like my 4000 is starting to come around. Never had anything like this in all the years I've owned it.

[Zemer]

Thanks you all for these interesting contributions. Unfortunately, the sites stand in America. What about a German site?
Zemer.