Anyone tried 3rd party ink for Epson printers?

[mdarnton]

Just to insert a contrary opinion here: the problem is not 3rd party inks, it's Epson. If you don't use your printer frequently, they clog. I can imagine that people who are printing every day don't have this problem, but lots of us aren't. I can't tell you how many different Epsons, photo printers, home printers, large format printers, I went through before giving up on the brand entirely, and moving on to Canon, which has treated me consistently well.

FWIW, the way to clear Epson clogs is to get a kid's ear syringe, fill it with Windex, and force Windex through the jets. The syringe fits tightly on each ink nipple under the cart, at least on the older printers. If the jet doesn't clear, leave the syringe and windex on the nipple over night, then try pushing the Windex through with the syringe.

Or, just buy a better brand.

 

[wota]

Good to hear you have good experiences with lyson from farbenwerk, I just think of trying Lyson ink for an epson R3000. Would be great if that works.

 

[Bob Michaels]

I recently realized that my Epson 2400, which has never had a clog in the many years since new, had not be used for at least 4 months. I had not bothered with doing a nozzle check in years, but tried one. No cleaning other than the auto it does itself.

Result: perfect nozzles after sitting for at least four months even without cleaning.

Two months later, I made about 20 prints with no cleaning. All them them showed no nozzle problems. I remain convinced the newer model Epsons are as close to bulletproof as possible.

..... the problem is not 3rd party inks, it's Epson. If you don't use your printer frequently, they clog. I can imagine that people who are printing every day don't have this problem, but lots of us aren't. I can't tell you how many different Epsons, photo printers, home printers, large format printers, I went through before giving up on the brand entirely, and moving on to Canon, which has treated me consistently well. .....

 

[kanzlr]

same experience with my Epson 1400, never had a clog in years.