Can I Use My Old Ink With My New Printer? by Barry Shultz
The quick answer is...yes and no. Consider this. How many printer models do you think there are out there right now? 1000? 2000? Who knows. But one thing I do know is nobody is going to spend the time testing the wrong inks in the wrong cartridges all day long to see if it works. ... Pigmented ink particles are much larger than dye based particles so using a pigmented ink in a cartridge designed to use dye based ink will result in a clogged print head every time. ... Any dye based ink can be used in ANY inkjet printer.

Review of the Epson Stylus Pro 9800: Its First Year in Retrospect by Kirk Economos
It has been year since the first announcement of the Epson Stylus Pro 9800 printer, the new generation of 44 inch width, inkjet printer from Epson. Like many of the new releases from Epson, the printer was highly anticipated; offered breakthrough new features; and was impossible to get for about... A final negative, although not affecting the quality of the printer, was that for nearly 7 months of last year, dealers like myself, that focus mostly on the Epson printer line, had no Epson printers to sell.

Choosing the Best Printers by Karen Nodalo
If you are settling for color printing or be it black and white, you should take all considerations in choosing and purchasing your printers. But choosing a printer is really a hard task. Imagine you have to choose from a hundred types of printers that could work the best way for you. ... Not only should you think of the printer itself, think of the effort, time, inks and materials wasted if the printer fails. ... This is so because once you have purchased a printer, you will have to dedicate with its use.

The Three Worst Mistakes You Can Make In Picking Paper For Your Epson Printer by Kirk Economos
Mistake 1: Go cheap. Cheap papers like bond and other non-coated papers are not made to hold ink. The results speak for themselves, they are awful. Some non-coated water color paper may work well with inkjet printers but not nearly as well as comparable coated water color papers. ... FYI: Epson papers that are compatible with a specific Epson printer have been ink limited, linearized and profiled for that printer. ... Aside from these oddities there are some very fundamental characteristics of printer, ink and paper that make it imperative that the paper be designed and characterized for...

Printer Manufacturer Websites - How to Find Your Printer Manufacturer Online by Christy Berger
The Internet can be a complicated place. After all, it is a “web”—literally millions of pages connected by means of links that connect to other pages. Because of this complex interaction between websites, it can sometimes be difficult to find what you’re looking for. ... So now that you know how to find printer manufacturer websites along the lines of HP.com, Epson.com and Dell.com, we can move onto other printing related sites. ... Or, if you end up going to these sites in the round about way, directory sites like Printer.com can help you locate the printer-related information you need.

The Benefits of Printers Using Individual Ink Cartridges by Eli Fry
Individual cartridges are not a new phenomenon to hit the printing world; in fact, they have been around for years. HP was one of the first companies to have separate color cartridges for their printers, such as the early Designjet series and wide format printers. ... The printer's footprint was equivalent to other contemporary 2-cartridge printers (1 black cartridge and 1 color cartridge) but had the advantages of the older large printers that used separate color cartridges One of the best aspects of having separate ink cartridges in your printer is being able to replace a single color...

Benefits Of Compatible Printer Inks by Carla Weaffer
Personal computers along with inkjet printers can be found in many homes these days both for personal and home office use. As prices for inkjet cartridges can become quite expensive, it can be a wise consumer decision to look into purchasing compatible printer ink cartridges. ... Compatible printer ink cartridges are refurbished printer ink cartridges that are compatible with Epson and Canon printers just for example. ... Using a compatible printer ink cartridge along with an ink refill kit can greatly increase the life on an ink cartridge as long as the cartridge is refilled before...

Common Printer Ink Questions Answered by Oliver Turner
What are the options available for refilling my printer? There are mainly two ways you can refill your printer – with printer cartridges or with ink refill kits. There are OEM cartridges, remanufactured or recycled cartridges and compatible cartridges. ... Printer inks are very expensive and the best way to save money on printer ink is to use it economically. ... How to save printer ink? ... Printer cartridges come with printer heads and once these heads wear out, the cartridge needs to be changed.

Printer Ink by Ross Bainbridge
There are as many varieties of printer ink as there are manufacturers. There is no standardization in the composition of printer ink. All manufacturers of popular brands of printers develop their own variety of printer ink, which works well only with their products. ... Manufacturers of branded printer ink claim that while prints created from a branded product last for a number of years, prints from third-party printer ink hardly last for a year. ... They also offer services like refilled printer ink cartridges, refill kits for self-refilling of ink, and remanufactured cartridges.

Inside Your Inkjet Printer: How Does it Work? by Bob Stephens
Have you ever wondered how your inkjet printer works? How does the ink get from the inkjet cartridge to the paper? Why is the print quality is so clear? Why the printing is so quiet? Generally, all that most people know is that there's some movement and a faint high pitched sound when it's... The Epson Stylus 800 was the first printer to use the multi-layer actuator printhead (the printhead is the part of the printer that holds numerous tiny nozzles that actually squirts the ink onto paper).