my contribution - save the cost of printing photos.

[KevinG]

Hi,

It's time for me to contribute something after enjoying this site for a while.
First of all, I would like to say this site does provide many information that I never knew before, especially for thos digital camera reviews and discussion. I really appreciate it !

I have actually looking for some sort of bulk ink system for my Epson R300. I print many photos on the daily basis, I have tried several Bulk ink system before, but I failed all the time. I guess it is not only I am too stupid but also the design of those systems are actually pretty bad. I need to admit that I am not a "handyman" at all.

Few weeks ago, I finally got a very good solution from http://www.InkRepublic.com
Their system is really good and easy to install. I took no more than 10 minutes to set everything up. Besides, their customer service is excellent. I am not tring to promo them, but I would give them A++.

Other choice is: http://www.inksupply.com but their system is not as good as I would expect. At least, I could not have them up. It took me whole day to install, but faild.

I would say this kind of continuous ink supply system does help me a lot and I actually save tons of money from it.

I would like to discuss with others regarding bulk ink support system, especially using on your photos.

Just FYI -

http://www.inkrepublic.com

You all have a good Day !

Kevin

[Peter_AUS]

I've mentioned them before and have links on my own site to them, http://www.mediastreet.com have had continous inking systems for years now and I think after looking at these, the mediastreet.com ones are better made. These are similar but there are some suttle differences in the construction of them as well. They also have a greater choice of printers they cover as well, with more ink selections too.

[KevinG]

Dear Peter,

Have you tried out MediaStreet's CIS ?
I think the one I have is the same as MediaStreet's.
They (inksupply and mediastreet) both use the "re-used" cartridges, drilling several tiny holes on the bottom of cartridges. That's actually very bad design - my opinion.

I have tried inksupply's continuous ink flow system before, I was failed to install.
I have heard some of my friend complain about their vendor - MIS or something, I forgot the name. They reuse the sponage from the original epson or some other oem cartridge to build up the CIS system. But they forgot to count the "life time" of the sponage.
In this case, many of end user cannot "continuously" print out better quality photo, the sponage actually fade away soon. And guess what, people spend more money on CIS rather than buying epson cartridges.

That's I have heard so far, but to be honest, I dont have any experience in using Mediastreet's, since I could not have it up - too difficult for me.

Regardless the "look", I would still vote for the CIS from http://www.InkRepublic.com ,
since at least it does function, and functions pretty well. - just my own experience.

Thank you,

Kevin