We have a small business and have had dozens of printers. At the moment we have five or six, two of these are Epson SX200s. We have always used compatible ink, and have had no problems what-so-ever with compatibles; however, it would appear, as far as I can see, that Epson have things set up to dismiss my compatible cartridges. Every time I want to print, a very annoying message flashes up telling me that I am using a compatible cartridge and asking if I want to continue! Well, yes! So I click on the button which then allows me to continue. But this week a more serious problem arose. The printer would not work, so we changed all the cartridges, which then allowed it to work. The thing is the cartridges were not empty! Once we put the new cartridges in (all full by the way) it showed two as being only half full. We have never had this problem with any other printer, apart from two other printers a few years ago. These were? EPSON! My concern is that Epson try to take too much control over our personal choice regarding the ink. If they don't like us using compatible ink (of which we have bought thousands of) then they should reduce their prices. After all if the companies who produce compatible ink make a decent profit out of it, then I reckon Epson can afford to reduce their prices accordingly. If you intend to use the sensibly priced and equally as reliable compatible inks, then do not buy this printer. In fact, consider a totally different make altogether.
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Nov 2nd, 2009
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