inkforsale.net ?

[moxfyre]

Anyone bought from inkforsale.net?

I'm gonna order some cartridges for my Epson CX3810, black ink T060120 replacements. They have Epson cartridges for only $2.95, which seems like a great deal: http://www.inkforsale.net/cgi-bin/catalog.cgi?keywords=Epson+Stylus+CX3810

 

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Is it just me or does this look a lot like spam... *sigh*

 

[moxfyre]

Sorry :-( I was actually just trying to find out if the products from inkforsale.net are decent or not... they're really cheap so I thought there might be something wrong with them. I don't have any affiliation with them.

 

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Sorry :-( I was actually just trying to find out if the products from inkforsale.net are decent or not... they're really cheap so I thought there might be something wrong with them. I don't have any affiliation with them.

Ah.. ok... just the old alarm bells based on rules:
- first post
- URL to business
- use of keywords: "cheap", "great deal", etc...

Apologies for miss-tagging you though...

As to whether that company are any good.. can't say I've ever used, much less heard of them but I would recommend you drop them a line and see if you can get any further info on their ink supplier (in the USA allegedly) and then report back.. If it's image specialists, or one of the other recommended manufacturers on here (search is your friend - but you'll need some spare hours) then you could be on to a winner, assuming cost is reasonable of course.

 

[moxfyre]

Ah.. ok... just the old alarm bells based on rules:
- first post
- URL to business
- use of keywords: "cheap", "great deal", etc...

Apologies for miss-tagging you though...

No, it was my bad. I would have thought that post was spam on any of the other forums I use. Sorry about that.

As to whether that company are any good.. can't say I've ever used, much less heard of them but I would recommend you drop them a line and see if you can get any further info on their ink supplier (in the USA allegedly) and then report back.. If it's image specialists, or one of the other recommended manufacturers on here (search is your friend - but you'll need some spare hours) then you could be on to a winner, assuming cost is reasonable of course.

I took your advice and emailed them to ask about their ink supplier. I've also ordered a couple of black ink cartridges from them, and I'll certainly report back on what I hear and what I think of the cartridges. Thanks!

 

[moxfyre]

Well, I received 4 black cartridges from Inkforsale.net in about 4 days, shipped USPS first class. They came in vacuum-sealed packages just like the stock cartridges, and the case is basically the same shape. The only difference that I see is that the Inkforsale cartridges have a piece of tape ON TOP that you have to peel off... when peeled off it reveals a little vent hole which I'm guessing is also a place that you can inject new ink. I'm not sure.

I've printed a few pages with one of the new cartridges, and the results look just about as good as the OEM cartridge. Is there any other useful information about the cartridge that anyone would want? In any case, I'd buy from www.inkforsale.net again given their very low price on these cartridges.

 

[fotofreek]

All Canon carts have a vent hole over the sponge area to permit air to come in as ink is drawn out of the ink outlet for printing. Otherwise you would pull a vacuum and not get any ink out of the cart. The OEM carts as well as most aftermarket carts have a little maze on the top from the vent hole to near the end of the cart. There is a plastic tape that covers the vent hole and most of the maze and leaves the end of the maze open so air can get into the vent hole. Some aftermarket carts leave the tape on and some have no tape over the vent hole. I've used both successfully. These are vent holes and are not there to facilitate refilling.

 

[moxfyre]

All Canon carts have a vent hole over the sponge area to permit air to come in as ink is drawn out of the ink outlet for printing. Otherwise you would pull a vacuum and not get any ink out of the cart. The OEM carts as well as most aftermarket carts have a little maze on the top from the vent hole to near the end of the cart. There is a plastic tape that covers the vent hole and most of the maze and leaves the end of the maze open so air can get into the vent hole. Some aftermarket carts leave the tape on and some have no tape over the vent hole. I've used both successfully. These are vent holes and are not there to facilitate refilling.

Gotcha, thanks for the explanation. These Epson cartridges seem like they're quite simple really... since they don't have a print head or anything. I'm kind of wondering where the holes to refill these cartridges are.

The OEM cartridges are only refillable from a hole on the bottom (from this page: http://www.bobpowell.net/refill.htm), but I would have guessed the generic cartridges had a refill hole on top. I'll have to keep lookin'

 

[fotofreek]

I tried the bottom fill technique with some OEM Epson carts a few years ago and ended up buying canon printers for their ease in refilling! MIS now has some clear spongeless Epson carts that they claim are as easy to refill as the canon carts. Part of the problem with the Epson carts was that they were totally foam filled and the instructions for refilling first required that you use a large syringe to pull a vacuum and take out as much of the air/ink foam as possible before injecting the ink with a syringe and bottom fill adaptor. That was really a mess. you also had to carefully measure the amount of ink you were going to inject so as to not overfill the carts.

 

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I tried the bottom fill technique with some OEM Epson carts a few years ago and ended up buying canon printers for their ease in refilling! MIS now has some clear spongeless Epson carts that they claim are as easy to refill as the canon carts.

Having bought a load of them, ostensibly for CIS creation, I can confirm they are an absolute piece of proverbial pee to refill.. They have a little rubber plug for the refill hole which you just pop back in when you're done. The only tricks to it are that you must use a syringe and a blunt needle to pour the ink in with (so the air can escape around the needle out the opening) and it's a good idea to put a bit of electricians tape over the plug to make sure it doesn't pop off as the set I had weren't very secure.

Well worth getting for Epsons though.. couldn't get any easier.