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  #1 Chadwick Kaufman on 17 Apr 12

   

  It has long been said that users, corporations and also enterprises included, don't understand how a good deal they devote to printing. Exactly the same can often said of users who generally don't understand many of the fundamental principles within the technology they are making use of to be able to accurately define their needs and make intelligent purchases.
  
  Where on earth is this going?
  
  Quite simply, I have finally managed to track down an appropriate supplier of bulk pigment ink, at an appropriate price(!), for those inkjet desktop printers that are designed to use them. I just wanted black, partly because a number of printers use pigment black in conjunction with dye coloured inks and partly because it was a first purchase and I didn't want to spend too much before being able to experiment and test the ink.
  
  The seller was an eBay seller and the ink arrived today, so I thought I'd leave the customary feedback on eBay to encourage the seller.
  
  Right under my feedback was a note from the previous buyer of this ink, saying "The ink does not work on most hp". Please note here that the seller has inks for all manufacturers and the reference to Hewlett-Packard here is purely coincidental.
  
  However, it is entirely relevant.
  
  The comment refers to "most hp". This buyer actually knew what he wanted but it occurred to me that, in his position, I wouldn't have done because I thought that "most hp" inkjet printers use dye black ink and not pigment! I knew enought to know that what I wanted was pigment ink but not enough to know that, had I been buying for an HP inkjet printer, I would have got it wrong (but, at least it would have been wrong the right way round - read on to find out what I mean!).
  
  So, I set about findiing out a bit more about it.
  
  A great deal of my difficulty in finding an appropriate source for this ink has been down to the fact that a very great number of desktop inkjet printers do use dye inks and not pigment inks. Therefore, most third party compatible ink suppliers (cartridge or bottle) focus on dye inks and sell these even for printers that should be using pigment ink. What they certainly do not tell you is which printers should use pigment instead of dye black.
  
  There are only two third party suppliers I have come across so far that do supply pigment black ink for a printer designed to use pigment black ink - those are Pelikan and Geha, both German. However, don't get me started on that because testing of those brands, Geha in particular, has not shown them in the best of lights by any stretch of the imagination - poor cartridge design, very poor ink delivery, leading to very poor overall reliability and exorbitant Total Cost of Printing. The only factor in their favour is this use of pigment ink.
  
  Until now, the pigment inks that I have been able to locate easily are sold for Large Format printers (for the graphics industry) and almost invariably for Epson models, specifying that the ink is designed for piezo inkjet print heads whereas I wanted ink that would be suitable for thermal inkjet print heads. cb540a, hp cb540a

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">It has long been said that users, corporations and also enterprises included, don't understand how a good deal they devote to printing. Exactly the same can often said of users who generally don't understand many of the fundamental principles within the technology they are making use of to be able to accurately define their needs and make intelligent purchases.<br /><br />Where on earth is this going?<br /><br />Quite simply, I have finally managed to track down an appropriate supplier of bulk pigment ink, at an appropriate price(!), for those inkjet desktop printers that are designed to use them. I just wanted black, partly because a number of printers use pigment black in conjunction with dye coloured inks and partly because it was a first purchase and I didn't want to spend too much before being able to experiment and test the ink.<br /><br />The seller was an eBay seller and the ink arrived today, so I thought I'd leave the customary feedback on eBay to encourage the seller.<br /><br />Right under my feedback was a note from the previous buyer of this ink, saying "The ink does not work on most hp". Please note here that the seller has inks for all manufacturers and the reference to Hewlett-Packard here is purely coincidental.<br /><br />However, it is entirely relevant.<br /><br />The comment refers to "most hp". This buyer actually knew what he wanted but it occurred to me that, in his position, I wouldn't have done because I thought that "most hp" inkjet printers use dye black ink and not pigment! I knew enought to know that what I wanted was pigment ink but not enough to know that, had I been buying for an HP inkjet printer, I would have got it wrong (but, at least it would have been wrong the right way round - read on to find out what I mean!).<br /><br />So, I set about findiing out a bit more about it.<br /><br />A great deal of my difficulty in finding an appropriate source for this ink has been down to the fact that a very great number of desktop inkjet printers do use dye inks and not pigment inks. Therefore, most third party compatible ink suppliers (cartridge or bottle) focus on dye inks and sell these even for printers that should be using pigment ink. What they certainly do not tell you is which printers should use pigment instead of dye black.<br /><br />There are only two third party suppliers I have come across so far that do supply pigment black ink for a printer designed to use pigment black ink - those are Pelikan and Geha, both German. However, don't get me started on that because testing of those brands, Geha in particular, has not shown them in the best of lights by any stretch of the imagination - poor cartridge design, very poor ink delivery, leading to very poor overall reliability and exorbitant Total Cost of Printing. The only factor in their favour is this use of pigment ink.<br /><br />Until now, the pigment inks that I have been able to locate easily are sold for Large Format printers (for the graphics industry) and almost invariably for Epson models, specifying that the ink is designed for piezo inkjet print heads whereas I wanted ink that would be suitable for thermal inkjet print heads. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.officeoneplus.co.uk">cb540a</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.officeoneplus.co.uk/hp-cb540a-remanufactured-muiltpack.html">hp cb540a</a></div>

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