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Re: Refilling Epson OEM carts

2007-11-12 by john kelly

Very interesting. It might eventually lead to cost
savings and reduction of garbage, but the upfront cost
of large OEM purchases is daunting. And in the end,
it's still Epson pigment...good, but not "better" than
the standard carts.

The main goal of refilling is cheapness. I wish there
were new generations of MIS/Piezo B&W that made the
effort worthwhile visually. 
 
I don't prioritize cheapness: I want clog-free inks
that look like MIS/Piezo, but with Epson's clog-free
performance. 

(somebody's going to say Epson pigs clog, but in years
of previous 2200 posts here and elsewhere, the
complaints were nearly 100% about 3rd party, not OEM).

MANY would pay a PREMIUM for B&W inksets with Epson's
far-superior reliability and Eboni/MIS looks. They
ALREADY PAY A HUGE PREMIUM for superior paper.  

I hope MIS/Piezo use whatever money they've wisely put
aside for research/redesign, NOT FOR LAWYERS or
workaround-marketing to save the current products.

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