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Originally Posted by XabbaRus
I have an Epson Stylus Photo R300 and am coming up for cartridge replacement time.
Doing a bit of searching and I get a lot of results for compatible cartridges.
anyone had experience with these for this printer or similar. I am a little dubious as I have heard they can screw up print heads etc. I know they are half the price but I'm wondering if this is a situation where buying original is better and worth the extra price.
Also can anyone recommend any decent sites online. Us sites aswell as UK if shipping charges aren't too bad.
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If you depend on professional printing results of extremly good quality, you cannot avoid testing different inks and their interaction with different kinds of paper. On my old printer I use third-party-cartridges of a well-known manufacturer, they costed half as mjuch, nealry, than those of Epson. the printer lived close to ten years
Now using a new Canon model, which is very good, but the cartridges are chip-coded, so third-party offers are not available anymore.
If you don't order some dubious ink from a direct Chinese supply line
I doubt you run any serious risk to "damage" your printer. Just use a decent third party-product, not just some dubious no-name stuff.