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Patent
Litigation, Shrinkage and Cheap Ink
The Epson
Inkjet Story
In October 2007, the ITC entered an order against several Chinese
manufacturers prohibiting import into the United States of
Epson compatible cartridges, finding those cartridges violated
Seiko-Epson patents. Within days, compatible cartridge imports
from these companies, which had captured more than 15% of the U.S.
market for supplies for Epson manufactured inkjet printers,
ceased. The order prohibited sale of certain compatible
cartridges and restricted the "third party" market to
remanufactured cartridges.
This litigation continues, with multimillion dollar fines imposed and
counterclaims pending in U.S. courts.
At the same time, Epson designed new generation inkjet cartridges
with more air space and lower ink capacity than previous cartridges.
Epson does not provide ink content on its website or packaging.
However, according to industry sources which physically measured both
the ink capacity and amount of ink contained in popular Epson
manufactured cartridges, ink content shrank from 31ml per cartridge
in the older Epson T032120 cartridge to a low of 3ml of ink per
cartridge in the T088120, 7 ml per cartridge in the T069120 and 11 ml
in the T068120. These cartridges, selling for $9, $13 and $20 per
cartridge, make Epson ink one of the most expensive liquid substances
sold. There are 3785 ml in a gallon; at $3 per ml, that is $11,000
per gallon.
In the face of a more difficult market Vibrant Ink continues to seek
out and supply high quality-low cost alternative inkjet cartridges
for Epson, Canon, HP and other popular brand printers.
At
Vibrant Ink we believe ink shouldn't cost more than your printer . .
. . .
We value you, our customer. Let us know how we can
improve your experience.
Ink and Toner Cartridge Yields Measured?
Ink and toner cartridges are frequently advertised by their "page yield," which implies that yield measures the number of pages which can be printed with each cartridge. In the fine print, you may see a note that page yield is measured at "5% coverage." This is an industry standard measure. However, what does it mean?
5% coverage is commonly described as the amount of print used on a double-spaced typed page. However, if you look at the items you print, you may find that this measurement has no relevance to your actual needs. A single spaced document, such as this newsletter, will use at least twice the ink as a double spaced page. Thus, a cartridge rated at 400 pages, will print only 200 single spaced pages. Pictures and photographs have much higher page coverage. A full page picture or photograph represents 100% page coverage - the color covers every inch of the page. Thus, a 400 page yield cartridge will print 20 large photographs or densely printed pages. Maybe. Photographs frequently require multiple layers of color.
Vibrant Review of New Printers
This month, the Vibrant Ink "printing cheapskate" review focuses on new, popular, wireless multifunction ("MFC") and laser printers. We'll help you choose printers that will not only perform well, but will do so at the lowest cost per page - or per photo. We show you the per page operating costs for each model, using both original manufacturer and alternative supplies. Printer prices are taken from recent ads published by national retailers. All "per page" calculations use "industry standard" page yields.
Epson WorkForce, NX415 and NX 515 MFCs
ReInk Technologies Inc. 1920 E 3rd St, Suite 8 Tempe, AZ 85281
Apollo, Apple, Brother, Canon, Compaq, Dell, Epson, HP, IBM, Lexmark, MICR, Panasonic, Samsung, Sharp, Xerox and other manufacturer brand names and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners. Any and all brand name designations or references are made solely for purposes of demonstrating compatibility.
