Ink costs and why I need a CIS - was RE: Obsolete 1200?

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  Well at Buy.com, in the US the 900 goes for $285(US) and a set of carts
goes for $45, thus here it's 6 sets of carts for the cost of the printer.
An Epson 3000 costs about $1000 and a set of OEM carts costs about $200 (5
to 1 but the carts hold 110ml).  For comparison my office's HP2500 costs
about $10,000 and a set of carts goes for about $500, a ratio closer to 20
carts to 1 printer (but the HP carts hold a useable 370ml).  
  Just because I have to buy these expendables I tried to break down the
cost of inks by milliliter based on some web site info (all prices US and
very approximate) - 
HP OEM for 2500         - $0.38/ml prefilled carts
EPSON OEM for 1200      - $1.33/ml  "
EPSON OEM for 3000      - $0.45/ml  "
EPSON Lysonic for 3000  - $0.57/ml  "
EPSON 3000 dataproducts - $0.17/ml  "
MIS regular for 3000    - $0.03/ml (buy by the 128fl oz gallon)
MIS regular for 1200    - $0.03/ml  "
MIS arch. cart for 1200 - $0.77/ml (figure 15ml/color)
MIS archival for 1200   - $0.12/ml (24oz kit)
Lysonic E for 1520      - $0.20/ml (500ml bulk)
Xtreme Gamut for 9000   - $0.45/ml (WAG, includes cleaning carts and a roll
of paper)

  This seems to indicate that if you can afford a professional printer you
can get the inks at 1/3 the cost or less. As TomCat often pointed out if you
go with bulk ink you can save a BUNDLE.  However for the vast unwashed
masses (those who do not dirty their hands by refilling) life is cleaner,
but more expensive.
  I need a CIS!!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com
> [mailto:owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com]On Behalf Of Charles Knox
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 6:52 AM
> To: epson-inkjet@leben.com
> Subject: Re: Obsolete 1200?
> 
> 
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>. I can't believe there are enough Epson refillers to make 
> a difference
> >> to Epson, but you never know. Maybe their market research 
> tells them it's
> >> a growing trend and they don't want to let that "ink cow" 
> get away :>
> >
> >I agree - they probably don't even think about refillers for 
> the consumer
> >models (1200 and below).  We are probably the 1%'ers of the 
> printer market.
> 
> Don't you believe it!
> 
> Refilling may not be all that big in the US, where OEM 
> cartridges can be
> found at relatively low prices, but here in Australia it's 
> getting to be
> quite an industry -- often a set of carts for one of the bottom end
> printers costs as much as (or more than) the printer did (and 
> it came with
> carts...)
> 
> My newly acquired 900 (with 2 carts) would be equalled in 
> price by 4.7 sets
> of OEM cartridges -- for the same money I can refill them 
> around 40 times
> with refill kits, almost twice that using bulk ink.
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