The savings on ink costs and environmental benefits with this system were too tempting to ignore. I had been using the refilled cartridges for an Epson 9800 and ConeColor Inks were highly recommended by another print shop owner I met down in Memphis. So far, excellent results, no problems... just the learning curve to get started.. but these guys provide great support too.
Photographer
10/22/2011 7:18 am
I use Ergosoft's PosterPrint RIP for all of my color printing, and I have created custom print environments for all printers (4000, 4880, 7800) and papers using Epson inks. This involves linearization and profiling to assure accuracy. The fact that Cone Color inks are a perfect match is a testimony to the quality.
Professor of Art
9/19/2011 10:42 am
I first met them at the Society of Photographic Education national conference few years ago. Since than I have used their ConeColor inks in our Epson 2400, 4800, 7800, and 9890 with solid results. I have used other third party inks, but had many problems and quality issues. There is a big difference between other companies and ConeColor. Their customer service has been excellent with any questions or concerns.
Lab Coordinator
8/1/2011 1:06 pm
I use both the Photo Black and Matte Black ConeColor inksets in my department's Epson 4800 printers at University of Vermont. It works very well indeed and has saved the art department over a thousand dollars just in the last semester. We are a rather small digital lab but it makes a huge difference in our budget.
Owner - Total Camera
8/1/2011 12:49 pm
We have been using your inks for a year and one half, and wanted you to know that I LOVE them. I was very skeptical, because in the past I had used another company's inks and ruined our Epson 9800. We now have the Epson 9880, and your inks are working great. When we were using the Epson inks I was having to do a power cleaning at least once or twice a week. With your inks I am only doing this once a month. What a savings in ink and money. My head clogging problem has almost disappeared with your inks. Thank you for creating a great product.
Photographer
7/18/2011 12:58 pm
I purchased this kit for my Epson 4800, after using the cartridge version of Cone inks in my Epson 4000 for several years with great success. I recommend it because it is a cost effective alternative to more expensive inks. I re-profiled my papers with the new ink, and the results are very good. I haven't experienced any clogs.
For less than the cost of a single Epson Ultrachrome K3 220ml cart, you can purchase 250ml (8oz) of ConeColor K3 replacement ink and a refillable (reusable) cart. Its easy to pour the ink from the bottle into the cart with the included funnel. When you run out of ink, you need only purchase another bottle of inks (only $45). You never have to throw away an empty cart again!
ConeColor 100% pure pigment color compatible inks are compatible with EPSON Ultrachrome K3 printers. These inks are designed to be used as an entire set in order to arrive at color compatibility. If you are used to printing with EPSON inks on EPSON papers, you should be able to slip ConeColor inks into your present workflow without trouble.
ConeColor inks use much of the same pigment technology as found in the Piezography K7 inks. This means that these inks utilize a proprietary pigment treatment and a very slippery vehicle to insure that the pigments do not clog in printer heads, and that startup and resting periods are no more traumatic on your EPSON printer than it would be using EPSON's own inks.
This kit includes an 8oz (236ml) bottle of ink and a refillable cart which comes with a funnel. Next time you need ink, simply buy another bottle if ink. When you refill the cart, you need the optional resetter to reset the chip.
If you buy a complete set of these inks and carts, we include the resetter for free.
You get a complete set of nine Refillable Carts and bottles, including funnels, gloves and priming clip. A chip resetter is included.
This system is compatible with this model Epson printer and can be used to repair the printer in the case any OEM carts prematurely empty or malfunction.
ConeColor inks are compatible with Epson inks. You do not need to flush your printer if it currently has Epson inks, or if it has Piezography inks in it. You can install ConeColor inks one position at a time and allow the ink to slowly chase out the Epson ink during printing.
However, it is known that Lyson brand inks are incompatible with other brands. If your printer currently has Lyson brand inks it - you should flush the system with PiezoFlush. Do not use Lyson brand flushing carts for the same reason as Lyson incompatibilty with other brands. Use PiezoFlush ink to flush your printer of Lyson brand inks.
ConeColor is compatible with Piezography inks. ConeColor inks are compatible with the widest range of media. But, for best results you should use the Photo Black to print on non-matte papers. Likewise, matte black is the preferred option for non-glossy media.
ConeColor inks were designed to be color compatible with Epson color workflow. You can expect to get similar color on Epson media if you have been printing according to the color management directions published by Epson and have been using Epson designed media profiles. The one exception to this is when we put ConeColor K3 inks into the Epson 1400 and 2200 printers which were designed for other color space inks. We provide K3 as an alternative color space to these two printers. We support this color upgrade by making an ICC profile library available for these printers. Also, we give a K3 Vivid option to the Epson 3800 printer. If you choose to run K3 Vivid in an Epson 3800 rather than K3, that will require custom ICC profiling.
We have third party media profiles for many of our supported printers. You can access our ICC profile library here.
ConeColor is not compatible with the CIS system we sell at InkjetMall. It may be compatible with other CIS systems. However, we recommend that you use our Refillable Cartridge System with ConeColor.
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