Epson Stylus Photo R3000 ink

Are there any reliable substitutes for Epson Ultrachrome K3 ink? Or should I just stick to the tried and true Epson?

You may try here:

http://www.printerknow​ledge.com/

I've always stuck with Epson inks for my R2800. Always been happy with them.

I use the Fotospeed refillable cartridges. No problem and inks every bit as good as the originals (when used with appropriate custom profiles)

I have an R3000 and stick with Epson but only buy from them direct when they send me an email advertising 15% off with free shipping. They usually have a deal every 1-2 months.

Bob_A wrote in post #16950122
I have an R3000 and stick with Epson but only buy from them direct when they send me an email advertising 15% off with free shipping. They usually have a deal every 1-2 months.

I'll sign up for their email.

tvphotog wrote in post #16950680
I'll sign up for their email.

I'm in Canada Jay, but I can't imagine that they don't have the same deals from Epson USA. They only give free shipping for a minimum $150 order, but ink is so expensive that I always exceed that amount.

I just got an email this morning from Epson for 50% off all Home and Business papers.

I keep forgetting this is a US site

EOS_JD wrote in post #16951296
I keep forgetting this is a US site

Heh! I guess it could be Welsh, certainly not Scottish, though!

Been using Cone Inks in my 3880 for a couple of years now. Check out Ink Jet Mall for more info on refillable carts for your printer. I get enough ink to fill five carts for the price I was paying for one Epson cart, also keeps all of those empties out of our landfill.

EOS_JD wrote in post #16951296
I keep forgetting this is a US site

Well actually I thought the site owner was Swedish. Although the "official" language is English, handy for us mostly monolingual Brits. Actually it often seems like many of the US based users forget it is actually an international site.

Probably the combined most annoying thing I find is that the Canon Refurb Shop and CLP are both US (and Canada?) only. If a what camera should I but question comes up and the OP's location is outside of the US then it's a really useless suggestion.

As to the OP's question, I have never had a better quality A3+ printer, mostly because of the expense. Nobody seems to give A3+ printers away here in the UK for only £75 (around $100) like they do in the US. I did have an Epson R200 printer, which used dye inks, and I used (cheap) aftermarket ink with it, but was never happy with the results for photos. I now only use genuine OEM ink, but in a Canon MG5150. I also stick to Canon paper too, I like the way that the Canon Platinum Pro paper looks after the print dries. It seems like that is the only paper that can actually be used with the highest print quality setting on the printer.

Alan