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.

This is basic black ink compatible with certain Epsom printers. Based on the price, compared to other black ink from Epsom and other brands, it seems likely that the printers that it works with are fading into obsolescence. Unfortunately, I found out the hard way that the printer I inherited does not work--but at no fault of the ink. Time for a new printer.

had to replace ink in a printer that had not been used in quite a long time and had to install the printer too so i decided to go with brand name ink to avoid any install problems and avoid any hassle of not knowing if the printer or the ink was the source of any trouble. Had no issues and the ink worked first time printing with no quality problems.