Epson Ink Cartridges
Epson ink cartridges are designed with a combination of unique technologies to deliver the right amount of ink needed by the printer for the highest image quality and reliable performance. Epson currently have four different ink formulations used in
Epson colour ink cartridges
the categories of original Epson ink are as follows.
- DURABrite Ultra ink is a pigment based ink technology giving superior image quality along with water, smudge and light resistance. It uses four individual Epson colour cartridges, meaning you only have to replace the colours you use most, saving you money. This ink gives longevity to everything printed, from ordinary text documents to images and photographs, it is used in many popular inkjet printers like the Epson Stylus Office BX525WD and in the new all in one series Stylus SX printers like the Epson Stylus SX420.
- Claria photographic ink provides rich, professional quality photos that last for 200 years when stored in an album, they are also smudge and water resistant. Printers using this ink have six individual Epson colour ink cartridges, the addition of a light cyan and light magenta cartridge give greater colour definition. The Epson Stylus Photo PX810 printer uses these cartridges and to replace them all can be expensive, to buy cheap Epson ink cartridges for this range the secret is to buy a multipack like the T0807 that reduces the cost per cartridge.
- UltraChrome Hi-Gloss inks main function is to produce vivid and uniformly glossy prints. In addition to the standard Cyan, Magenta and Yellow, this ink set also features Red and Blue as well as a Gloss optimiser T0540. Red and Blue inks extend the colour gamut while the Gloss optimiser ensures uniform glossy prints, Photo printers Epson Stylus Photo R800 and R1800 use this original Epson ink.
- UltraChrome K3 ink's new pigment and resin improve glossiness and D-max readings on glossy media, and provide reduced colour inconsistency under different light sources to ensure you get superior photographs under any light conditions. Until now, light colour inks were used to produce grey mid-tones and highlights. With the introduction of a Light Light Black cartridge, T0599, Epson UltraChrome K3 ink improves overall grey balance while eliminating colour casts. This ink is used exclusively in the Epson Stylus Photo R2400.
Epson Compatible Ink Cartridges
As well as offering cheap Epson ink cartridges, Cartridge Concept also stock a range of compatible Epson ink. These Epson compatible ink cartridges can offer considerable savings over the original Epson ink and in some cases are less than half the price, this is all achieved whilst maintaining a high level of quality that you will find hard to match. These cartridges have been developed to be completely compatible with your printer and carry our full money back guarantee.
Latest Epson Inkjet Printer reviews
Epson Stylus SX515W review
The sole additional real catch we ran in to was that if we did not operate the Epson for a couple of weeks, the resin-based Epson Stylus SX515W ink cartridges had a horrible common practice of setting like glue in the print head nozzles, requiring several cleaning cycles to unclog them.
Simple as well as effective, the SX515W is fantastic for printing as well as photocopying documents with smudge-free perks yet, considering so many of the newest inkjets provide excellent quality output with regard to pictures along with documents, it really is a bit of a one-trick pony.
Epson Stylus Photo PX820FWD review
There's virtually no perceptible distinction in quality between Photo and Best settings, however on a few prints we observed very slightly more fine detail in extreme lowlights when using the highest quality mode.
Scan times are fairly speedy, at 15 seconds to get a whole A4 scan along with 7 seconds for a 6x4-inch photograph, the two measured at 300dpi.
The combination of cyan, magenta, yellow and black Epson Stylus Photo PX820FWD printer cartridges, and also light cyan and light magenta, enable a substantial range together with outstanding dynamic range.
Epson Stylus Office BX320FW review
Colour graphics upon plain paper are usually reasonable making use of the Epson Stylus Office BX320FW printer cartridges, with an above average selection of colours appearing thick and with little in the form of dither patterns. A colour copy was not so great, with colours reproducing in a somewhat spotty style along with with a bit of run of black text over colour. Straight black text is actually rather usable, although isn't really as thoroughly clean as from most other inkjets, exhibiting a bit of spread of ink directly into the paper nap.
Inkjet cartridges for all major printer manufacturers, including Epson Inkjet cartridges can be found in the appropriate section of the site.
