Epson Durabright ink is expensive…. is the compatible ink on Ebay a good alternative ?
I’ve been using compatible ink for about 10 years. There have been several articles about it in PC magazine and other publications. It will NOT damage the printer. It will NOT void your warranty. Someone I know had a canon printer and insisted on using only Canon ink. Then it needed a repair. She took it to the authorized Canon center. When she picked it up, they wanted to prove to her that it worked but it was out of ink. So they put in new ink – compatible cartridges. When she questioned them, they told her there wasn’t much of a difference and compatible was much cheaper. She’s been using compatible since. Is the ink exactly the same as Epson? I don’t know. To me it looks good. Photos I printed ten years ago still look pretty much the same. But my supplier makes no claim about this lasting 100 years. I figure for the amount I’m saving I can reprint the photos in ten years if I have to. So are compatibles 100% safe? Not since March 2007. That’s when inkjet companies won the right to
