If you bought a new Ford car, would you allow the showroom to dictate what petrol you can use, or what tyres you would use ? So why do we allow Epson to dictate what cartridges we can use in our printers.
If your Ford car turns five years old, would you allow Ford to dictate that it has reached the end of it's useful life and must be replaced ? So why do we allow Epson to tell us when our printers can no longer be used.
I will use up these cartridges because I've bought them, but I've actually gone one better - I've bought a CISS system.
I had one on my last printer and for three years I didn't buy one cartridge - I just topped up the external tanks. But these cartriges - because of their low price, are the next best thing. The quality of prints is excellent and they won't ruin your printer. If you didn't know already, Epson printers have a waste tank where they collect the ink you use when you clean the heads for instance. There is a sensor in the tank which calculates when Epson thinks the tank is full. Don't let them fool you. At the back of most Epson printers is a small hatch which can easily be removed to give easy access to the clear nylon tube leading to the waste tank. Carefully remove the end of the tube where it enters the tank and re-route the tube to a small container placed outside the printer - and every so often you can simply empty your container. No longer will you get caught by Epson. I wish I had the money to take a legal case against Epson - for infringing my rights and my freedom of choice. So, use these look alike cartridges and save a bundle compared to the exorbitant prices Epson charge for their cartridges and about half way through the last set of cartridges, buy yourself a CISS system and you'll never look back - excellent printing at a fraction of the cost set by Epson.