Compatible epson dura brite ink

[tegat]

I just bought an Epson WF 3620. Can anyone tell me what's a good non-oem compatible ink for it? I'm not profiling or anything like that. This is for normal home use. Just looking for the closest non-oem match. It uses Epson DURABrite Ultra pigment ink.

 

[The Hat]

Hi and welcome @tegat, of course we can answer your question and give you the best advice but first it would help if we knew what part of the world you were in ?..

 

[tegat]

Sure. I'm in US.

 

[The Hat]

Sure. I'm in US.

One of the best places that I could recommend to you would be http://www.precisioncolors.com/

They will have the very best quality ink for your type of printer with service that is second to none and well trusted by the vast majority of our US members..

 

[tegat]

Thanks for the recommendation. I have been trying to decide among OCP, Image Specialists (IS), and to a lesser extent Hobbicolors (HC). I believe Precision Colors sells IS inks.

One other thing I've been wondering about is the use of pigment vs. dye inks. I know Epson only provides pigment inks for this model. I've read in a number of places that pigment inks are more likely to clog due to a larger particle size. Some people even suggest to use dye inks if not printing regularly (at least once a week). I will most likely be printing at least once a week while school is in but hardly so while school is out (which is about 3 months in the summer).

So if a printer was designed for pigment inks (like this one is) is it still susceptible to the same clogging or is it more resistant? Would a dye ink produce similar looking results to its pigment counterpart? I don't really care about fading. It appears IS sells dye inks for these printers but I didn't see any listed for OCP or HC though I could ask them.

 

[The Hat]

Yes your Epson printer can use dye ink but why would you want to because any printer that’s not used regularly will clog up regardless whether it uses pigment or dye inks, and doing a nozzle check once a week will keep most printers happy.

Pigment inks are far better to use on semi-gloss and matte papers and dye inks give you better pop when printed on glossy paper, but will fade like crazy with time..

 

[bobjoek]

I recommend staying with pigment inks for your Epson WF 3620. This printer will seldom experience clogs as long as it is used at least once every two weeks. I have a similar printer that was idle for a month with no problems. The Image Specialist inks provided by Precision Colors will work fine in your printer and are a very close match to Epson OEM inks.

Bob

 

[Ink stained Fingers]

the Epson WF-3620 is using the Epson Durabrite inks. You should be able to use dye inks without problem, if you don't find them at your ink supplier just contact them by e-mail. Any dye inks für the epson expression home models should suit. Please be aware of some details and effects with Pigment inks, they are very good on paper,matt carton etc, water resistant and UV resistant. On glossy type papers, already semiglossy and alike you may see two effects - bronzing and gloss variations. Bronzing is a color flipping effect when you turn a printout against reflecting light and blacks suddenly change their color to a reddish brown or cyan to violett or some other colors. On glossy material you may see gloss variations with a varying amount of ink, the ink may not be as glossy as the paper coating itself. Some people don't care about that with their photo prints, but if you do, you rather should use dye inks which don't show those effects.