EpsonOriginal Durabrite T1006 Rhino Colour Multipack Ink Cartridges, Genuine

According to the Epson Status Monitor, the T1001 cartridge I bought from GenuinePrintSupplies for £20 was about 10 years old! It worked OK for a few pages then it started to act as if the print heads needed constant cleaning. Each cleaning cycle wasted a lot of perfectly good ink from the other cartridges of course. Eventually I gave up and bought a compatible cartridge from Stinky Ink for a tenth of the cost. My printer has worked perfectly ever since. Reading the feedback for GenuinePrintSupplies, I am not the only person to be caught in this way. They refused my request to return the product because too long has elapsed since delivery; this seems unfair for this product because it is usual to keep a new cartridge available all the time.

When I opened the white jiffy envelope I found a used ink cartridge. There was no EPSON outer packaging. The inner packaging had been cut open,. The cartridge did not have the yellow/black strip over electrical contacts. I emailed this company who said this was not possible as they only supply new cartridges. They suggested I contact EPSON. I contacted Amazon for help. I said they had a contract with me to supply this. They then asked for pictures which I sent. They then offered to replace the cartridge if I returned it. I returned it and they refunded my money. They had promised to pay my return postage but only did when I pointed this out. All of this has taken nearly 4 weeks. They were distrustful and I had to force things along to get my money back.

The cartridge is an original and you cannot get a better quality than an original.Unfortunately, you also have to pay the price, which, as with all printers of all makes, is quite outrageous.With Epson, the opportunity to go 'compatible' is effectively reduced because the design of the printer and its inks seems to ensure that any use of non Epson products results in a trip to the repairers which will always cost more than the money saved. You simply cannot get at the printheads to effect cleaning or repair yourself.

What can you say about printer ink? It either works, in which case you get printed documents, or it doesn't, in which case you get a big squidgy mess. Well, I didn't get a big squidgy mess, so...Actually this has worked out fine for my SX515W printer. My only complaint is that most shops appear to only supply the smaller "Cheetah" type cartridges rather than these big "Rhino" sets which do last longer. Thankfully, Amazon had them...

I have bought this cartridge several times. My experience is that Epson's own cartridges are reliable and produce good quality prints. They are definitely worth the extra over third-party cartridges.

Can anyone prove these are better than copies? I don't know. They do however fit well, last ages, dry quickly and offer up a good print (I don't do photos so can't comment on the quality there).It does help that I can claim these on my expenses. My view might be tainted if I was paying as they are very expensive. Having said that all the manufactures are at it from this point of view.

Having been disappointed in the past with non original manufacturers inks, I have consistently striven to use only OEMs. The T1001"Rhino" cartridge represents the best value in terms of numbers of copies produced compared with smaller capacity cartridges. The quality is also excellent.The downside is that I still consider the cost to be very high (this was the best price I could find) and has increased massively over the last two years. The term "captive audience" comes to mind.

Very fast delivery at a discounted price. What's not to like?!