Waaaay back in the day (late 1980s and 1990s), when you bought a new inkjet printer, it came with ink cartridges that were full, there was no such thing as a 'starter' ink cartridge. They were full cartridges and generally, they lasted a good long while before you needed to buy a new replacement set. Unfortunately, in the late 80's and early 90's, the color cartridges were combined, so that if one color: cyan, magenta, or yellow, ran low, you would have to replace them all. But in the mid 90's to mid-2000's or is that the mid-2010s?, they finally got smart and started making color inkjet printers with individual color cartridges. This meant you weren't wasting ink, AND, each individual refill cartridge was much cheaper (back in the 90's it was about $9 for an individual brand-name cartridge). These cartridges were also full, at first. There was no "regular" size and "XXL" size. Just one size that was full. Fast-forward to the later 2000's to the present day, and the printers come with cartridges with almost no ink in them. I am not kidding. I don't even think they are 1/8 full. What's worse, the 'regular' size replacement cartridges, are probably only 1/2 full when purchased. If you want a cartridge completely filled, you must buy the XXL size and they are very pricey. I have a Canon inkjet and I love it, I have used Canon printers for a very long time. But, the inks don't last and replacements are ridiculous. A regular size ink set will set you back $60 which wouldn't be so bad if the ink lasted, but I can print 10-15 color pages and the ink is GONE. Being fed up with it I finally bought some after-market cartridges. Two FULL XXL sets for $55. And the cartridges are CLEAR so that you can actually see how much ink is in them (they are full to the brim). Now I know why Canon's name-brand cartridges are black. So that you cannot see a thing.
Epson has some awesome Ecotank printers. You pour an entire bottle of ink for each color and can print until the print head falls off! I think there is another brand that has done something similar.
I bought my ink yesterday from Amazon and it was delivered today. The brand is EZink and their reviews were over 1100 5 stars so the ink has got to be decent. I hope it is and I hope it lasts longer than 2 weeks.
That's it for today's gripe.
In other news, I have been digging into polymer clay the past few months and have completely ignored my Etsy store. I have made less than $500 so far this year compared to $4500 by this time last year and right now I don't care. I am not liking Etsy much and don't feel like giving them 20% of my profits.
-Peace-out
