Epson Matte Black Ink Cartridge (T054820)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 4.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001DHHHK
• Item model number: T054820
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 1, 2008

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

This expertly formulated black ink cartridge prints digital photos that look and feel like traditional 35mm photo lab prints, when used with genuine Epson premium glossy, semigloss, and luster photo papers. It features incredible lightfastness--rated for years before noticeable fading occurs, under a glass frame in normal indoor fluorescent lighting, when using genuine Epson heavyweight matte paper. Results will vary depending on lighting, humidity, color intensity, color range, and print media. Water-resistant prints are produced using genuine Epson ink cartridges and Epson premium glossy, semigloss, and luster photo papers. The yield is about 400 pages at 5 percent coverage.

Product Description

Engineered to give your customers optimum photographic output, these UltraChrome pigment inks provide excellent resistance to water, fading and smudging. Their wide color gamut allows for truer, more realistic pictures. The gloss optimizer gives uniform gloss coverage for prints that look like traditional photo lab prints.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Its more inky than others, May 25, 2007

By	N. wilson - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Amazon requested a review for this from me.. so here it is. Its great. Not sure what else to say, anyone using this printer knows this is the only ink you should use. Epson has high quality pigments that will last for years, Epson claims it will last even centuries before fading.

3.0 out of 5 stars Ink is just expensive, August 25, 2009

By	DigitalMan "DMAN" (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews

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It's how the printer companies really make their money. I cringe that it costs me $120 to replace all of my ink cartridges on my Epson R1800 and I never get as many prints as I think I should. A necessity for sure, there is no way around buying these things, I just wish they were a little cheaper. The quality of the inks are very good though and the prints I get from the R1800 are outstanding.

5.0 out of 5 stars Genuine, and thus perfect, June 21, 2009

By	Mark Grinshpon (Roswell, GA, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I don't think this ink requires any comments. Its genuine from Epson, period. It's perfect for the Epson printer it's designed for. I don't have a problem using third-party inks on my cheap everyday printers. But for professional quality jobs on a pretty expensive (at least when we bought it a few years ago) Epson Photo R1800 -- genuine ink is the only way to go.