Hi Alex, Epson is a good choice for a printer. When it comes to colour photographic reproduction, I rank their top-of-the-line printers as the best there is. To answer your queries. Firstly no worries about when to stop printing on a cartridge. The printer will get to a certain point and then refuse to continue printing using the spent cartridge. There is at that point sufficient ink in the cartridge to ensure there is no damage to the print head.
For the second query my opinion is a decisive no. What makes Epson superior is the research they have put into their colour ink. As a market leader there is really a vast difference between what Epson supplies and the coloured water of the knock-offs. There is a vast amount of literature on the progression of ink technology and it is really impressive stuff. The colourfast nature and resistance to fading of high quality inkjet printers has no surpassed most other technologies. The other factor to consider is that the official ink has just the right consistency and correct proportions of particles so as not to block the printhead. If because of using compatible inks you have to replace the printhead just once in the life of the printer, you have probably lost all the savings that would have accrued from the ink. Also, every photo you have printed to that point is printed in inferior ink that has lesser colour definition and that will fade more quickly. Enough ranting, but that is my two bits worth. :-) Cheers, Carlo On 12/04/2012, at 23:02 , Alex wrote: > Hi All > > I recently purchased an Epson Workforce Pro 4530 printer to replace a > Canon which was giving me the pips. > > I have 2 queries: > > 1. once you get the message that ink is low, how long can one still > keep using it without replacing the cartridge? To me, it seems to go > for quite a while which implies a gross waste of unused ink. One > would have to be careful not to run it dry I would guess? I realise > that the question is a bit like "how long is a piece of string?" - > depends how much & what type of printing is being done ..... > > 2. Trying to look up prices on the net this evening, I stumbled upon > InkStation, which had incredibly good prices for Epson Compatible ink > for the printer. Would this ink be reasonably comparable to the Epson > product or vastly inferior - best not to use? > > Many thanks in advance for your expertise, > > Alex > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
