Epson 3800 & Replacement Inks?

[ignatiusjk]

I have a Epson 3800 printer and have always used Epson ink.But I've been tempted to try the replacement brands (mainly because of price) but I'm affraid if I tried the ink and didn't like it would it screw up my printer.Have any of you tried the replacement inks?

[ret wisner]

yes it screws up printers in a surprisingly short time

stick with the real stuff and accept the costs

[Lenny Eiger]

which ones - it depends. Cone's inks are very good. They are next generation type inks...

Lenny

[Herb Cunningham]

shades of paper sells 3800 inks for$49.95, best price I have seen.

[Phil Hudson]

For me the excellent inks was one of the deciding factors when purchasing the 3800!

[BarryS]

shades of paper sells 3800 inks for$49.95, best price I have seen.

Check out antonline---I buy carts for $43.

http://www.antonline.com/antonline.p...epson+3800+ink

[joeyrsmith]

Jon Cone inks all the way.
Match my prints from epson ink perfectly.
My b&w's are great using the color ink set.
Meaning I am not using the 7 b&w ink set.
I have the color ink set and print b&w with the ABW driver.
Great custtomer service.

[Brian Ellis]

Jon Cone inks all the way.
Match my prints from epson ink perfectly.
My b&w's are great using the color ink set.
Meaning I am not using the 7 b&w ink set.
I have the color ink set and print b&w with the ABW driver.
Great custtomer service.

I didn't know Cone made color inks so after seeing your message I checked and his replacements for the 3800 inks look like a huge bargain compared to the cost of Epson inks. I see that the Cone inks come in bottles and you have to pour the ink from the bottles into the cartridges. Is this as clean, neat, and easy as Cone makes it sound? The one time I tried to deal with refillable cartridges for MIS inks years ago it was a messy disaster.

[D. Bryant]

I didn't know Cone made color inks so after seeing your message I checked and his replacements for the 3800 inks look like a huge bargain compared to the cost of Epson inks. I see that the Cone inks come in bottles and you have to pour the ink from the bottles into the cartridges. Is this as clean, neat, and easy as Cone makes it sound? The one time I tried to deal with refillable cartridges for MIS inks years ago it was a messy disaster.

I can echo Brian's experience with MIS carts (and CIS system) with my Epson 1160. Leaks and clogs, constantly! However when they worked they worked very well, at least the Quadtone ink sets did, I didn't use their color inks.

I used their Full Spectrum Neutral QT inks with a custom curve created by John Wolfe. I pulled out a print I made with that inkset tonight and it still looked terrific after 8 years. But unfortunately the problems with the clogs drove me away from their products (along with their worthless customer support - not to be confused with their tech support which was okay). But to be fair I also had problems with Cone B&W inks from that era.

The Cone color ink seems to represent a bargain and I am considering using them. Jon Cone has had been in the biz a long time now and realizes that selling shoddy products only produces short term customers, so I'm hoping their new color inks will be clog free.



Don Bryant

[joncone@cone-editions.com]

WEe made a movie on how to fill and maintain your printer when using refillable ink carts. The 3800 refillable carts we sell look different than the video but the idea is essentially the same. And it really is pretty clean and neat if you prepare an area in which to work.

InkjetMall Techsupport Movies

Incidentally, I produce a white paper on preventative care and self-repair of Epson large format printers.

regards,

Jon Cone
InkjetMall

I didn't know Cone made color inks so after seeing your message I checked and his replacements for the 3800 inks look like a huge bargain compared to the cost of Epson inks. I see that the Cone inks come in bottles and you have to pour the ink from the bottles into the cartridges. Is this as clean, neat, and easy as Cone makes it sound? The one time I tried to deal with refillable cartridges for MIS inks years ago it was a messy disaster.