Customer Reviews

Epson Stylus S020089 Inkjet Cartridge (Color)

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We use 100's of these cartridges each year and we have tried every generic cartridge we could find. None of them have the same quality as the original.

I have been using RHINOTEK ink for 3 years and I will never pay Epson prices again. The quality of my images are superb! I get more pages out of a RHINOTEK cartridge than I have using Epson. I also like purchasing from a company that supports environmental causes like their commitment to saving the Rhinos from the poachers.

I always bought Epson cartridges for my Epson printer from my local Sears store. Then one day Sears eliminated the Epson cartridges with generic substitutions. I decided to try them out since they were $10 cheaper. This turned out to be a big mistake. I had to constantly use the head-cleaning utility to unclog the nozzles. The print quality was also bad, especially with the color printing. I highly recommend paying more for the namebrand.

...I bought it anyway. Parts is parts, right?

Wrong.

The print quality of the Dataproducts knock-off was *in no way similar* to Epson cartridges. Even after numerous nozzle purges, ink splattered all over the page, there were veritcal discolored lines in the photos.

Worst of all, it didn't quite fit properly. When I tried to remove it (following the instructions in the Epson manual meticulously) the Dataproducts cartridge got jammed in the cartridge housing (actually stuck onto the "spikes" the open the ink wells... my guess is the covering is not quite the same thickness as the original model) and so the cartridge cover (the purple plastic lid over the cartridge) wouldn't pop up. It took two printer techs almost an hour to extract it, and we were contantly in fear of ruining the printer.

I'll say it again: even if you're feeling frugal, buy the real brand product. My only criticism is that the price is so high that the knockoffs are almost too tempting.