Epson 99 Color Multipack with Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Light Cyan, and Light Magenta Ink Cartridges for the Epson Artisan 700 and Artisan 800 Printers by Epson
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Digital camera reviews of Epson 99 Color Multipack with Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Light Cyan, and Light Magenta Ink Cartridges for the Epson Artisan 700 and Artisan 800 Printers
Digital camera Review: As Described
Summary: 4 Stars
I buy these very frequently and Amazon offers competitive pricing so I generally buy them here. Printers don't last as long as they used to so it's very important to use the Epson brand ink and not a third party manufacturer. As artisan owners know, you need to replace a drained cartridge to print anything so it's best to have a surplus on hand. My only wish is that they sold a pack bundled with the black ink.Digital camera Review: Beautiful prints----worth the price ?????
Summary: 4 Stars
I just bought the Epson Artisan 800, which I will review shortly. I have not made up my mind as to whether I will keep it or not. I have gone with Epson for years and the quality of inks is unsurpassed in the industry. I usually print 8x10 prints. In testing the printer there were several software glitches that made it print more prints than I told it to.
The ink works stellar on Costco premium photo paper that I personally like more than Epson. It is cheaper and dries faster and looks as good. This ink produces professional quality prints. Epson has done it again.
Nonetheless,it is immaterial what these lab test claim. What matters is what happens in real life. I am not going to make a print that is draft quality which is what alot of these tests do. I am making fine art photos.
Here is the glitch...I printed 5 8x10's and 3 4x6 with margins. My light cyan is 2/3rd's gone. The high capacity black is 1/3 gone and light magenta is 1/2 gone. That is roughly $15 Epson prices or a little under $3/ print. Costco for an 8x10 is $1.79 and 11 1/2x 14 is $2.79 The Epson eats ink like candy. I suspect that the prices for prints are much cheaper commercially.Obviously custom prints are going to be higher. So it comes down to convience and creative control. When the cost is almost 2x what a commercial lab charges, it may not be worth it.
Price: Amazon beats Epson by $3 on the 5 pack and if you have super saver then it is money in your pocket. Epson beats Amazon by $4 on the black and if you buy 3 or more inks there is free overnight shipping. Interestingly the high capacity black which they sell the most of is $2 more than the other colors.....go figure.
Caveat emptor- Epson was found to have made the electronics on it's printer cartriges reflect empty cartridges when they were not empty so buyers would have to buy more ink cartriges. We all know Epson makes money selling ink. Printers do not make big bucks, ink does.I received a bunch of coupons that supposedly I could enter the numbers into their website and get free ink. The number never worked, ergo no free ink.
So that is the ink story. I think I am going to check out the Canon all in ones before I decide to keep this Epson. The last I saw Canon had come way up in quality and the inks are cheaper.
Digital camera Review: Consider this when buying Epson ink cartridges
Summary: 4 Stars
I read the reviews concerning the Epson ink cartridges, specifically for the Artisan 700/800 series. Amazon's current price for the color 5-pack is indeed among the best prices I've seen for that 5-pack. However, consider this: The Epson website sells the 5 "high capacity" cartridges for 1.77 times the price of Amazon's regular-capacity 5-pack. The ISO yield ratio for the high versus regular capacity cartridges is 850/500 = 1.71, very close to the above price ratio of 1.77. Thus, you pay about the same price per unit of ink either way, but if you go with the high-capacity cartridges, you will not have to replenish nearly as frequently. As prices change, this argument may not remain valid, of course.Digital camera Review: Decent deal on over priced ink!
Summary: 4 Stars
This ink set is a much better deal than what you would find in your local store. Thats about all I can say in the positive spectrum about this ink. These ink cartridges are the same size as the higher capacity ones, but who knows if it's a better deal to get this set or a high capacity set because the manufacturer goes to great lengths to hide how much ink is in each. They should ALL be filled up ALL the way. Ink in general is one of the most profitable things for printer manufactures.
Now that my mini rant is over I can at least say that this is one of the better deals out there for half filled printer cartridges.
Digital camera Review: Epson Ink
Summary: 5 Stars
If you want high quality prints, don't mess with third party inks. Epson ink is made for Epson printers. Don't use substitutes.