Hi M8's
I recently bought a Epson SX515W all-in-one printer and after the initial supply of inks ran out replaced them with compatible links. The first thing the printer did was to go in a strop, report unrecognized ink cartridge and the magenta cartridge refused to print.
I cleaned the heads a number of times to no avail, so reluctantly paid £35 for a set of genuine cartridges. After cleaning the heads again and checking alignment all appeared well until 15 pages later when again the printer reported unrecognized cartridge again the Magenta appeared to be at fault. Again I cleaned the heads a few times to no avail the error still being reported even though they were genuine parts.
I phoned Epson and they again suggested I clean the heads then when it did not work suggested I return the printer from whence it came (sorry forgot to mention to them I had tried compatibles - I am naughty)
Changed the printer and again all appeared well except that the black ink cartridge reported being low on ink after 17 A4 pages. Then when I changed the inks for compatibles (new ones) everything worked until about 25 pages later when the Magenta and the Yellow stopped working and no amount of head cleaning changed the situation. Again I phoned Epson who told me they were concerned that the same supplier (Tesco) had two printers (the only ones they had) with the same fault. I gave them serial numbers and they said they were quite old stock so suggested the printer was returned and I bought one from another supplier, which I have done.
Question is has anyone any bad experiences using compatible inks in their printers and is there a way of curing this.
I am printing off copies of my latest book to send to Joint Venture partners around the world and need to print 3000+ pages. If I get 17 pages from a cartridge that runs out at around £1800 for printing alone I think a professional printer would do it for less and I would need to borrow money from my son!!!!!!!
Any advice appreciated.
cheers
I recently bought a Epson SX515W all-in-one printer and after the initial supply of inks ran out replaced them with compatible links. The first thing the printer did was to go in a strop, report unrecognized ink cartridge and the magenta cartridge refused to print.
I cleaned the heads a number of times to no avail, so reluctantly paid £35 for a set of genuine cartridges. After cleaning the heads again and checking alignment all appeared well until 15 pages later when again the printer reported unrecognized cartridge again the Magenta appeared to be at fault. Again I cleaned the heads a few times to no avail the error still being reported even though they were genuine parts.
I phoned Epson and they again suggested I clean the heads then when it did not work suggested I return the printer from whence it came (sorry forgot to mention to them I had tried compatibles - I am naughty)
Changed the printer and again all appeared well except that the black ink cartridge reported being low on ink after 17 A4 pages. Then when I changed the inks for compatibles (new ones) everything worked until about 25 pages later when the Magenta and the Yellow stopped working and no amount of head cleaning changed the situation. Again I phoned Epson who told me they were concerned that the same supplier (Tesco) had two printers (the only ones they had) with the same fault. I gave them serial numbers and they said they were quite old stock so suggested the printer was returned and I bought one from another supplier, which I have done.
Question is has anyone any bad experiences using compatible inks in their printers and is there a way of curing this.
I am printing off copies of my latest book to send to Joint Venture partners around the world and need to print 3000+ pages. If I get 17 pages from a cartridge that runs out at around £1800 for printing alone I think a professional printer would do it for less and I would need to borrow money from my son!!!!!!!
Any advice appreciated.
cheers