Re: 3rd party inks

["Diana York / Hawk Meadow Morgans" <diana@hawkmeadow.com>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>I use Generations pigment inks (from www.mediastreet.com) (and have also
used Bulldog, Pinnacle Gold and Indelible) in my various Epsons. I have two
9500s, three 3000s, a 5000, and previously a 7000. Both my 9500s have
Generations installed (one with a CIS). One 3000 is loaded with Cone Piezo
quadtone black inks.

IMO you must profile every new paper/ink combination or you will get
disastrous results. I have used almost exclusively 3rd party inks and papers
and a custom profile is absolutely necessary for good prints.

Whoever you talked to on the phone should be shot by the owner of that
company, if they are supposed to be a customer service rep. I don;t think
you should totally blame the inks - they may work fine with the correct
profiling. Did you talk with others who successfully used this ink in an
820?

Diana York  888-807-2248
Hawk Mountain Art Papers www.hawkmtnartpapers.com
100% cotton digital fine art inkjet print papers
Hawk Mountain Editions, Ltd.  www.hawkmtneditions.com
Fine Art Digital Giclée Printmaker

----- Original Message -----
From: Ray Waddington <rayw2@ctc.net>
To: <epson-inkjet@leben.com>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 8:34 PM
Subject: 3rd party inks


> I recently posted to the list with a question about 3rd party inks for the
> 820.
>
> I went ahead and ordered some, but with disastrous results - every print
> comes out pink!
>
> I just contacted the vendor who told me that most of the products they
ship
> are defective.
> (I know that sounds bizarre, but that's really what they said!), so I'll
be
> returning them
> rather than try a replacement batch.
>
> So, does anyone out there have _any_ positive experience with any 3rd
party
> inks on Epson
> printers? If so can you post the brand name and/or vendor, so I can see if
> it's available for the 820?


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