Comments on: Continuous Ink Systems

By: nick chan

nick chan — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:22:52 +0000

hi there, there are “two” types of CISS system.

I bought a Canon Pixma i2770 which comes with 3 years warranty. And a CISS system for $20

What this CISS system does is, it directly “punctures and connects” to the original ink cartridge itself, without disturbing any of the printer’s electronics.

so, if the printer breaks down, I can claim warranty. if it breaks down after 3 years, I’ll buy another printer, and re-use my cartridge.

It is not recommended to let the printer be idle more than 1 week to prevent drying of the head.

so for printers that uses cartridge with built-in heads like canon, CISS is advantageous and “portable”

By: Ande

Ande — Wed, 26 May 2010 00:51:28 +0000

Graham, I dont know if your p50 is identical to Artisan 50 in US market?

I also suggest only get a real good system like InkRepublic’s Artisan 50, not the one with air bubbles and leaks all the time which would waste you a lot of inks and time. you may want to re-prime the ink lines or something.

below is the setup pictures from inkrepublic’s artisan 50 cis users.

http://www.inkrepublic.com/members/SteveMathieu/review.asp

God bless.

Ande

By: Graham

Graham — Sun, 02 May 2010 21:00:40 +0000

Does anyone know how to get rid of air bubbles in these systems? I bought a jetstream continuous inkjet system for £35 here in the UK when i bought my new Epsom P50 and i’ve noticed it is not printing Yellow, and hence green also. When i had a close look i saw a few bubbles in the yellow tube, so obviously the yellow ink isn’t getting through. Any help would be appreciated.

By: Modern B&B

Modern B&B — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:19:58 +0000

I started caring about ink cost with my HP L7680. First I purchased refillable ink tanks with self-resetting chips off ebay. I seemed to lose my yellow/black printhead pretty often but it was still cheaper than buying OEM ink. I still purchase all my bulk ink on ebay. After researching a bit about the L7680 I found that it isn’t that great a printer and tends to fail often. Its popularity dropped and I was able to purchase it for $100 instead of its original price of $350… so I bought two… one of which failed right out of the box and hp replaced. Also purchased a CIS from inkproducts.com I didn’t have to assemble anything, just stuck it in the printer. I’ve learned printing bulk flyers that choosing paper type is important. If I forget to choose “postcard paper” for my thicker flyers I end up with lines and needing to clean the printhead after 20 flyers or so. Its a process but I’m learnin’.

By: Gordo

Gordo — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:59:55 +0000

I bought a CISS system for two different epson printers on eBay, I just bought the very cheapest one on there, I think it well less than $40, and refill bottles are only around $20. It has worked beautifully, prints are identical to the original cartriges, I’ve had mine for more than a year and it is still working great. I did have to remove the cartridges and put them back in a couple of times when the printer complained, but not a big deal. Also have done a couple print head cleanings which resolved any problems.

By: Daniel Roberts

Daniel Roberts — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:46:55 +0000

Good articel on CIS from fellow Christian – I look forward tol hearing from you.

By: Digitalmind

Digitalmind — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:47:04 +0000

I just got a CISS for my Epson Workforce using Pigment Ink. I use it for heat transfers to make custom demotivational mousepads. In a single day, I used the equivalent of 2 sets of epson cartridges. I’m VERY happy with my setup. I’m having trouble getting bright red though, it comes out looking purple-ish. (not so bad that it’s unusable, just a bit of a pain if an image has LOTS of red in it) … I’m sure I’ll figure it out. (It was a pain to get it working, but once working, it’s amazing)

By: Andrés Orozco

Andrés Orozco — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:03:37 +0000

try inkrepublic knowledge base. it’s been very helpful.

By: Suki Rayne

Suki Rayne — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:55:20 +0000

From whom are you buying the third party cartridges? I would like to go that route (after reading the reviews about the CIS), but I also don’t want to waste $$ since I’m a student.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:56:08 +0000

I received the Epson R200 CIS last week.
The PDF instruction files are bad – they are 0-byte files.
I’ve sent 2 emails to InkRepublic’s support group.
No replies yet.
I’m wondering if I’ve made a mistake buying their system.
They can’t even check to see if the instruction files are any good before shipping them.

Nervously waiting…..