True... Epson is rated as quality ink for longevity. Here's a good article, in general, about all this ink hoopla. So many more via Google if you do a search: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,111767,00.asp ---Troth Judith Tramayne said the following on 12/27/2005 1:07 AM: >But we all have opinions -- my HP has been going strong for 7 >years with the **cheaper** ink in it for the last 4 years. > >____________ >I AM going to further clarify this by saying "the man >(specialist) in ink cartridges only will sell refurbished >**black ink** cartridges. He says the color cartridges he won't >make nor would advise anybody to use them in their printer. > >But then again -- Tori had better luck using **cheaper** color >cartridges. I do know there is a study about the longevity of >color ink and Epson color ink used to be the only one which >would last 50 years or longer. > >Of course that was over 5 years ago. > >Judith > > > > >-- ><Please delete this line and everything below.> > >To unsub or change your email settings: >//www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > >To access our Archives: >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ >//www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > > > > -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/