{"id":84,"date":"2009-02-14T00:03:53","date_gmt":"2009-02-14T00:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pgregg.com\/wp\/2009\/02\/valentines-ciss\/"},"modified":"2017-10-10T10:39:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T09:39:23","slug":"valentines-ciss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/valentines-ciss\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine&#8217;s CISS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Printers. Love them or hate them, you still have to feed them Ink (or Toner) cartridges.<br \/>\nThese are expensive little beasts to keep running &#8211; it has been commented that printer ink is expensive, and to give to an idea just how expensive it is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Printer Ink is 7 times more expensive than Dom Perignon.<\/li>\n<li>Printer Ink is more expensive than the most expensive perfumes.<\/li>\n<li>Printer Ink is more expensive than human blood.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Or if you want to see the scale, here is an often posted image (attribution unknown):\u00a0 Update, found the original source at <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/212444\/hp-ink-costs-more-than-human-blood-booze\">Gizmodo<\/a> from Nov 2006.<\/p>\n<form class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\" contenteditable=\"false\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pgregg.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/import\/1-compare.jpg?w=525\" alt=\"1-compare.jpg\" \/><\/form>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\nLike many people I had found the relative comfort of 3rd-party or remanufactured Ink cartriges which brink the cost per cart down from around \u00a33 (instead of \u00a39) for my particular model.<\/p>\n<p>However, as I was installing the last of my replacement carts, before having to order more, imagine my horror when the magenta cart simply failed to work.\u00a0\u00a0 Nothing &#8211; printer refused to accept it, thankfully my old cart had a dribble of ink left and was able to convince the printer to keep going while I got my order in for more.<\/p>\n<p>Next step, the online store where I order my carts, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.svp.co.uk\/\">SVP,<\/a> typed in my printer model in the search box as they recommend and the first hit wasn&#8217;t my usual multipack of 3rd party R265 carts &#8211; no, it was a CISS (Continuous Ink Supply System).\u00a0\u00a0 Interesting.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pgregg.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/epson-r265.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"746\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/valentines-ciss\/epson-r265\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/epson-r265.jpg?fit=1500%2C1236&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1236\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"epson-r265\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/epson-r265.jpg?fit=400%2C330&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/epson-r265.jpg?fit=525%2C433&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-746\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pgregg.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/epson-r265-1024x844.jpg?resize=525%2C433&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/epson-r265.jpg?resize=1024%2C844&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/epson-r265.jpg?resize=400%2C330&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/epson-r265.jpg?resize=768%2C633&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/epson-r265.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHere is the page (no longer working): <a href=\"http:\/\/svp.co.uk\/product\/ciss_for_epson_r265_r360_rx560_printers_mte058\">http:\/\/svp.co.uk\/product\/ciss_for_epson_r265_r360_rx560_printers_mte058<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Intrigued, I read the install manual they have on the page and thought it looked easy enough to try. And so I bought one &#8211; couldn&#8217;t hurt &#8211; it cost the same as a complete set of carts and would last 10 times longer on the first fill.<\/p>\n<p>The device arrived a few days later, I sat on it a few days more, then got stuck in.\u00a0 I took some photos of the completed install and I have to say I am <b>very<\/b> impressed with it.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pgregg.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/2-IMG_7042_500w1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"177\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/valentines-ciss\/img_7042_500w-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/2-IMG_7042_500w1.jpg?fit=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_7042_500w\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/2-IMG_7042_500w1.jpg?fit=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/2-IMG_7042_500w1.jpg?fit=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-177 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pgregg.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/2-IMG_7042_500w1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/2-IMG_7042_500w1.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/2-IMG_7042_500w1.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pgregg.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/4-IMG_7046_500w1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"178\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/valentines-ciss\/img_7046_500w-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/4-IMG_7046_500w1.jpg?fit=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_7046_500w\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/4-IMG_7046_500w1.jpg?fit=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/4-IMG_7046_500w1.jpg?fit=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-178 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pgregg.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/4-IMG_7046_500w1.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/4-IMG_7046_500w1.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/4-IMG_7046_500w1.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI originally had the Inkwells on top of the printer, but I found it was putting out way too much ink &#8211; blobs of the stuff &#8211; and I figured gravity was playing a part.\u00a0 Placing it down beside the printer saw the ink flow backwards, so I taped a few empty DVD cases together to get the right approximate height beside the printer and placed it there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pgregg.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/5-Ink_Well_500w1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"179\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/valentines-ciss\/ink_well_500w-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/5-Ink_Well_500w1.jpg?fit=500%2C398&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,398\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ink_Well_500w\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/5-Ink_Well_500w1.jpg?fit=300%2C238&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/5-Ink_Well_500w1.jpg?fit=500%2C398&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-179 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pgregg.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/5-Ink_Well_500w1.jpg?resize=500%2C398&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/5-Ink_Well_500w1.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/5-Ink_Well_500w1.jpg?resize=300%2C238&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>I have printed the equivalent of 20 full A4 colour pages at photo quality &#8211; quality is excellent and although the computer thinks the carts are now half full (or half empty), the evidence above shows just how much money I am going to save even in the short term.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pgregg.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/6-ink_levels1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"180\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/valentines-ciss\/ink_levels-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/6-ink_levels1.jpg?fit=500%2C123&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,123\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ink_levels\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/6-ink_levels1.jpg?fit=300%2C73&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/6-ink_levels1.jpg?fit=500%2C123&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-180 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pgregg.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/6-ink_levels1.jpg?resize=500%2C123&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/6-ink_levels1.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/6-ink_levels1.jpg?resize=300%2C73&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIf you are feeling the cost of Ink is too high (who doesn&#8217;t?) and if you can find a well reviewed CISS system for your printer, I would encourage you to give it a go.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Printers. Love them or hate them, you still have to feed them Ink (or Toner) cartridges. These are expensive little beasts to keep running &#8211; it has been commented that printer ink is expensive, and to give to an idea just how expensive it is: Printer Ink is 7 times more expensive than Dom Perignon. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/valentines-ciss\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Valentine&#8217;s CISS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[26,50,83],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-ciss","tag-ink","tag-printer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbQOUu-1m","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":747,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pgregg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}