printer inks

Chelsea96

This is just to warn people about getting caught out in signing up to schemes by Epson for their ink cartridges which they claim will save money.  In my case I have paid over £100 and received only one set of inks (after my initial purchase when I bought their printer and paid extra for cartridges at that time).  Furthermore should I now decide to end my contract with them they have said they will be entitled to ensure the inks I have already paid for will no longer work.  They claim this right is included in their 8 pages of very small print which I apparently signed up to.  So having paid at least £100 for just one set of cartridges, I can no longer use them.  Buyer beware! 

Devongardener

You only receive replacement ink when the current cartridges are low.  It happens automatically, Epson can see ink levels through your online account.
If you haven’t used the ink you won’t get any more yet but the monthly subscription will continue.  These schemes only really work well if you use your printer a lot.

20122013

Devongardener said:

You only receive replacement ink when the current cartridges are low.  It happens automatically, Epson can see ink levels through your online account.
If you haven’t used the ink you won’t get any more yet but the monthly subscription will continue.  These schemes only really work well if you use your printer a lot.

I am not sure which Epsom printer you have but with some models, even if you have only print a few pages, the ink cartridge will run dry = useless. 

Chloe_G

How do they stop the inks you already have from working?  (I have an Epson eco tank printer but I haven't had to refill it yet.)

elsien

20122013 said:

Devongardener said:

You only receive replacement ink when the current cartridges are low.  It happens automatically, Epson can see ink levels through your online account.
If you haven’t used the ink you won’t get any more yet but the monthly subscription will continue.  These schemes only really work well if you use your printer a lot.

I am not sure which Epsom printer you have but with some models, even if you have only print a few pages, the ink cartridge will run dry = useless. 

They will run dry if they’re not used for long periods of time. How often are you printing things? 

Devongardener

Chloe_G said:

How do they stop the inks you already have from working?  (I have an Epson eco tank printer but I haven't had to refill it yet.)

The cartridges have a chip which is read through the user account which is how Epson gauge when to send new supplies, so theoretically they can disable the cartridge when the account is closed.
However I had the HP version of ink supply account and they said the cartridges would no longer work when I cancelled, but they did.  I even had a spare new set they had sent previously which I gave to my son for his printer and they worked, with a different ip address.

Beeblebr0x

I've never had any bother using compatibles. The online supplier that I use guarantees the cartridges will work in my printer.