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Epson 98 High-Capacity Black Ink Cartridge (T098120)

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Epson Artisan 800 Wireless Photo All-in-One Printer (Black)(C11CA29201)

Epson Artisan 800 printer is the best inkjet printer I have ever owned!!!!

I have bought just about every make of ink jet printer there is over the years. I can give a list of printers to avoid, but that is another horror story.

I use ink jet printers primarily for photos as I have not found a lazer printer that can reproduce photos as well as an ink jet.

I read the reviews on Amazon before I bought this printer and I can say that I was a little gun shy about the issue of ink use and other downfalls people wrote about. I bought this on sale at a major office supply store with the guarantee that if I didn't like it I could return it.

I have owned it about 9 months and printed a lot of 4x6, 5x7 and a few 8x10 pictures. The detail and color is beautiful, the printing fast, you can handle the prints right out of the printer. Documents look like they were printed on a lazer. I have found that it is very good on ink. At the time of this writing I have gone thru 2 sets of ink cartridges. Note: ONLY use Epson Ink and Epson Photo Paper. Like most printers, if you use aftermarket supplies you will get very bad results. Inexpensive supplies that don't work is no bargain.

Being wireless is great. The only draw back is the scanner is slow, no big deal to me as I use a lazer all in one for that.

Bottom line is if your looking for a great printer I highly recommend the Artisan 800! Hope this helps.

We purchased this printer because we were having trouble printing photos with our prior all-in-one printer, and this one had great reviews in our local newspaper and online.

As advertised, the printer setup was relatively easy. The biggest challenge I had was in loading paper tray, which left me wondering if I had done it right until I actually printed anything. I still haven't done the network setup for the printer, partly because you can't scan images to your computer using that setup. You must use the USB connection to do so.

Once set-up, I was impressed by how easy it was to get our camera connected and to work with photos from the computer.

I was very unimpressed, however, with the print quality we were getting on photo paper. We were using some photo paper that we already had lying around the house to do the printing, and the images all seemed grainy. You could see ink dots all over the images, and while they would look fine from about 5 feet away, they looked horrible at arm's length.

Frustrated with the results we were getting and feeling like we had been taken for a ride, we decided to give the recommended Epson brand photo paper a try as a last ditch effort. There was no sample was included with the printer, but that brand was recommended throughout the documentation. The specific paper we purchased is the: 100-SHEET 4X6 Glossy Ultra Premium Photo Paper

That paper made all of the difference. The images that we're printing now are matching the descriptions provided by others. They're high quality, just like a photo printed from a shop.

It's hard to review this high capacity ink cartridge. For one, yes it does last a lot longer than the standard black but I only know that because I got a standard capacity with the printer and so do have some comparison. However, since then I have been unable to find a standard capacity black cartridge to purchase since then, this makes the 'high capacity' the de facto standard. At the current price-point it's twice as expensive as a standard color cartridge and that niggles me a little. The ink lasts... the printer prints well... it does what it says on the box - and so all should be good.

But I wish epson would bundle the 98 black with the 5-pack color multipack and not force me to shell out so much separately for a single black cartridge.

Received the ink cartridges several days ahead of listed date in excellent condition and cheaper than offered through Epson's website.

I like the genuine replacements because the colors are truer than knockoff replacements. The only problem (which is with the Artisan) is the ink runs out too fast.

It's fine; printer quiet compared to HP; and very happy with purchase of both the printer and extra ink. Capacity drain is not bad as some say; they are spoiled and do not recall what printing costs were or still are with other means; including higher costs for color laser and the problems with certain other brands of inkjets.

In ISO/IEC 24711 tests

Black 98 ~520 pages

At current Amazon prices:

Black 98 2.89 cents/page

I highly recommend the Epson Photo papers as they are designed for these Epson inks and Espon printers specifically. I tested the "Epson Premium Photo Paper Glossy" and "Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy" and recommend both. Looking at the same image side by side on the two papers the differences are almost imperceptible. The detail and color are identical under the most careful scrutiny. A few differences emerge under very careful observation:

* The Ultra Premium Paper is slightly heavier paper, this adds to its stiffness. When picking up a 4x6" photo from the 4" edge there is about half as much bend vs the Premium Paper.

* The Ultra Premium Paper has an ISO brightness of 96, versus 92 for the Premium Paper. This makes no difference in color rich areas of photos but in light highlights if you stare long enough you can convince yourself they are brighter in the Ultra Premium. Telling the difference in brightness requires good light, identical photos side by side, and far too much scrutiny.

* The Premium costs about 12.7 cents per 4x6 sheet in packs of 100

* The Ultra Premium costs about 22.7 cents per 4x6 sheet in packs of 100

Given the differences are almost imperceptible and the price difference is almost double I'd recommend the Premium Photo Paper Glossy for every day use and the Ultra Premium only if you are entering a photo contest or have money burning a hold in your pocket. Photos on the Premium paper will be better than you'd get at your local Walgreens or Costco.

Epson High-Gloss Premium Borderless Photo Paper, 4 x 6 Inches, 100 Sheets per Pack (S041727)

Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy, 4 x 6, 100 Sheets (S042174)

As with so many printers, the ink doesn't last very long, and I print most of my pages with Draft quality. I also have an HP2600 and bought the Epson 835 because the HP ink runs out so fast. It's disappointing that the Epson ink doesn't do much better.

This is an OEM product which is excellent as it is oil based rather than water based to give longer lasting photos when using an Epson Artisan 710 printer. The details between oil and water based ink cartridges were politely pointed out to me by an Epson Technician.

Top quality ink from Epson; price is exceptional, I save at least 30% purchasing my ink from Amazon, and delivery is usually within 5 days.