Comment CIS is the way to go for inkjets (Score 2, Informative) 439
I've had an Epson Stylus 740 hooked up with a CIS system for about two years. I would do it again in a hearbeat. The benenfits:
- You can tell exactly how much ink you left at a glance.
- Your price per page is around $0.12, if you print 2000 pages a year for only 2 years: .12=(200+150+8*8+75)/4000 (200 printer, 150 for CIS, $8 ream, 75 for ink. Obviously, YMMV.
- My print quality is very good- no banding at all.
- I run two weekly crons, one to print a color bar pattern and one to run an extra cleaning cycle. Only once did I have a clogged head, and a couple extra cleaning cycles cleared it up.
- With any amount of diligence, you will never run out of ink in the middle of a job.
- You get the satisfaction of knowing you're not paying pure profit for carts.
I would definitely recommend that if you go this route, you get a new printer and do CIS from day one. If not, invest in the cleaning solution to get every last bit of old ink out and your heads totally clean. This I learned the hard way.
If you have more questions, you can email me at jmgallag at attbi dot com.
- You can tell exactly how much ink you left at a glance.
- Your price per page is around $0.12, if you print 2000 pages a year for only 2 years:
- My print quality is very good- no banding at all.
- I run two weekly crons, one to print a color bar pattern and one to run an extra cleaning cycle. Only once did I have a clogged head, and a couple extra cleaning cycles cleared it up.
- With any amount of diligence, you will never run out of ink in the middle of a job.
- You get the satisfaction of knowing you're not paying pure profit for carts.
I would definitely recommend that if you go this route, you get a new printer and do CIS from day one. If not, invest in the cleaning solution to get every last bit of old ink out and your heads totally clean. This I learned the hard way.
If you have more questions, you can email me at jmgallag at attbi dot com.
