Anyone have experience with a CISS?

[Jack Flash]

I was looking for some EPSON ink on eBay when I saw these CISS devices. Seem like a good way to save some money.

http://www.brandonstaggs.com/e...ous-ink-system-review/

I saw this review and while the system looks dated compared to what's on eBay now, the results looked good.

Has anyone tried one of these?

 

[Lemon law]

Quite a few people have used some of these system on both the nifty stuff forums and Steves digicams. I would check those forums out for reviews of the various alternatives.

But its pretty complex piping, only a few printers can easily be adapted, and from my point of view, its far easier to simply refill cartridges. But for someone using an ink jet printer in super high volume work, cutting out that continuous refilling cartridges step can pan out. But as it is, I can refill a cartridge in a minute or so once I set up, and my volume is low enough so I only have to refill a given cartridge once every two months or so. And when I refill one, I refill a bunch of cartridges.

 

[Zepper]

If you do mass quantities of printing, then a CIS can be useful. As L-L does, I find refilling better as I don't really do a huge amount of printing and it doesn't take up any more desk space. My HP K5400dtn is already big enough plus its XL ink tanks (and the special set of easily refillable tanks I got off fleaBay) contain 2, 3 or more times the ink of most other printers...

.bh.

 

[Jack Flash]

Thanks for the replies! Looking into it more I agree that refill cartridges seem the better option as I print only ~20 pages a week and am just looking for cheaper ink. This technology has certainly evolved from what it was when I last tried refilling my cartridges 5 years ago.

 

[Lemon law]

Sadly, something like a CIS is what a factory inkjet should become if printer manufacturers made inkjets to be both consumer friendly and economical.

IMHO, inkjet technology is both the most versatile and potentially most economical by far of all the various printing technologies. And can easily beat a laser even for monochrome.

Instead, all printer manufacturers basically look at the existing cartridge systems as a profit center to really rip consumers off on ink.

Choosing an arbitrary unit like Gallons, top quality ink can be made for less than $50.00/gal, and when vended in cartridge form, about the cheapest inkjet charges $2600/gal for that same ink in cartridge form.
And many inkjet makers have costs of well over $10,000/gal in cartridge form, so the raw rip off potential of the inkjet technology can be a powerful incentive to ink jet printer makers.

People of the world, comrades we are being betrayed. And until new consumer protection laws are passed, we will keep being ripped off.