Re-purposed old 17-35mm EX HSM to Sony

xpatUSA wrote:

DMillier wrote:

I ran my old Epson R2400 on Epson ink, Marrutt ink, MIS Eboni ink, and Octoink ink, the 3rd party inks all being bulk inks and a CISS system. I had no real problems with the printer with these inks, they were all excellent quality pigments. I had to switch to bulk inks because as the printer aged, it used up all the ink in Epson's tiny carts just doing cleaning cycles. The bulk inks didn't care about wasting 10ml on a cleaning cycle but it emptied the Epson carts in no time. The change of ink brand extended the lifetime of the printer by several years. I saw no loss of quality either and it about 1/4 the price.

However, if you go down this route you need to be prepared to roll up your sleeves, do a lot of messing about and mopping up and constant fiddling with the system. Not for everyone. You'll also need to do your own print profiles.

What I would advise against is buying bargain basement ink carts from mysterious 3rd parties at 1/10th the price. You have no idea what you are getting and I agree it can really mess up your printer. Stick to OEM or use a reputable large 3rd party (there are about half a dozen).

Thanks for the well-meant advice.

Yes, we bought the third-party carts on ebay with little regard for the quality thereof.

Now it's an all-in-one Canon MG8120 and only Canon carts, so far, so good.

That little Canon is a marvel. There are several models all very similar. We have one for office printing.  I think it cost £35 or somewhere abouts. Excellent at what it does.