Epson DURABrite Black Ink (T060120S)

As a user of an Epson Stylus CX4800 printer, I find myself regularly replacing the ink cartridges, particularly the black cartridge, in what amounts to a legacy system (it's quite old, at least ten years). Fortunately, Epson continues to support their older hardware with supplies such as this. Text and graphic details stand out most impressively when printing goes normally, though with an older printer such as the CX4800 anything is possible. Not so much a recommendation as it is a requirement for those printers that still exist, and make use of these cartridges.

This ink has very nice print quality. Always looks good and the cartridges are easy to use. Have tried comparable cheaper products, and sometimes they work alright, but sometimes they are terrible. The last cartridges I installed leaked badly and left smudges on the papers. I had to take them out. What a mess.The Epsom ink cartridges are pricey, but they always install cleanly and print beautifully.

I have an ink jet printer and do not care for the fact that the print cartridges are so expensive. I primarily use black -- but when the other colors are running low (magenta, cyan, yellow) the black ink is not as dark as it should be even though there is a fresh black cartridge in the printer. I have no idea why the other colors would affect the darkness of the black ink.