How long does the ink last and is it expensive to replace?
1340270
I agree, the ink goes fast. not a great printer ink-wise for a student needing to print. going through an ink carttridge per week, black, and it will not let you print in other colors just to get the darn report printed, you have to replace the empty catridge for the printer to work. my other printers i never had a problem. mine is going back!
1340271
I just bought this printer and am already in need of more ink. The ink multi-package I bought from Epson cost about $45. With the cartridges that came with the printer I was able to print around thirty-five 4x6" high-quality color photos and about ten 8x11" photos of the same quality. Ink does seem to go fast when printing like this. Hope that helps.
1340272
I am extremely disappointed in this Epson 810 printer. I have owned this printer for two months now and am waiting for my 3rd set of ink cartridges to arrive. I print very little except for the 50 pages of a Christmas letter I printed last week, which emptied two of my cartridges. At this time the cartridges are not available locally and need to be ordered. Last two orders over $90. each. Not good.
1605653
I did not order "replacement" ink. It would have been much cheaper than what I paid. I always buy the original product. It costs more but I have been very satisfied with it so far.
588170
I'm sorry to say I have not had the need to replace either red or blue ink refills yet since I use it more as a stylist. Sorry I could not be more helpful. Pat P.
394451
I have had mine for 2 yrs before replacing - but then I printed lots of color pages that use Magenta. So it mostly depends on the photos/papers you print and how often you print.
899240
I am not 100% how many pages that 100cc will print but I can tell you I am an artist and I use this machine everyday for my archival prints. I bought this back in September and haven't run out of ink yet. I couldn't find the refill on amazon so I ordered it from here..http://www.inkowl.com/index.php?p=product&q;=r2000&product;=6282 It's a little more expensive than the other stuff but it's much better quality.. this will last me probably 6 months printing daily.
1202740
Don't know what the ink service module is. Whatever it is, I haven't had to replace it for the 2 years I've used this printer. You need to replace the ink cartridges, just as with any printer. It's a LOT easier than any other printer I'd owned (more than a dozen over the years, HP & other brands).
1924663
I've had mine for almost three years and with the exception of changing ink cartridges frequently, have only good things to say about this printer. After market cartridges may be cheaper, but they don't last line Cannon cartridges.
2062183
Well...an ink container lasts me about six months, but I don't print that much. I think you could google this and find out how many one-page documents one container can print.
1203227
I do quite a bit of large print printing; I would say that they lasted me close to a year. I use my printer for only personal, not professional printing.
1254573
I think so as my research showed that you can get more pages per dollar than traditional cartridges and you can search and find the cartridges for less or even refurbished like I did as well. I've had mine for almost 6 months and based on my small business usage I should get an additional 9 months or more without changing the cartridges the first time. This has been the best printer I've ever owned of many. Good luck!
1254574
yes, cartridges last longer than your regular ink printers that cost $30-$50 per cartridge.
692657
Agree. You do have to replace each ink when they run out. On the plus side you don't have to replace the entire unit and lose the ink you haven't used yet. But the separate black ink and black photo ink is confusing.
915099
not very long depending on how much you print... I PRINT ALOT AND GO THRU A CARTRIDGE OF EACH A WEEK. AND THE REFILL INK IS TERRIBLE
1652300
I have printed less than fifty 8x10 and the black ink and the yellow ink were approaching warning levels. This is in about three months. I used the Ink Republic bulk ink system with my R-2400 for two years and loved it. I have switched to that system for the R-3000. The complete system costs less than half of the cost for replacing the Epson cartridges and lasts roughly 12-15 months at my print rate. Refill is a matter of squeezing ink from the large bottles into the smaller bottles that feed the cartridges.
1378131
If they are not unsealed they will last probably forever but after they are in the printer I am sure they tend to dry out as any liquid does when exposed to the air. So far my ink has lasted an average length of time and I am in the dry air of Tucson, AZ. Probably depends on your location to determine the speed of drying time.
1920365
My black ink lasted 4 months before I ran out. and I printed approximately 600 pages. My Brother model has a ink saver mode which I use unless I want a very bold print.
323199
It's entirely dependent on your coverage. We print fairly larger composite images probably 5 times a week, and we change out ink maybe every six months.