New 3800/3880 refillable cartridges
This new cartridge is different than the 150ml refillable cartridge set we have been selling. The benefits besides substantially lower costs is that these can be installed one at a time, can be mixed with Epson carts, and you can close the cover on your printer. The cartridge holds 80ml of ink. That’s the same amount of ink that Epson claims is in their original cartridge.
However, you can’t print 80ml ink from an Epson original cartridge. Your net yield from an original cart is about 65-70ml. We know this because we have recycled thousands of used 3800 and 3880 carts. We routinely draw out 15-20ml of ink from original ”empty” Epson cartridges. With refillable carts, you can’t abandon ink like that. You simply refill them again and again and again. Ink is to precious to waste! And carts should not be thrown away after one use.
The benefits of having an inexpensive refillable cartridge such as our new 80ml refillable 3800/3880 cartridge is that we can offer a complete flushing cart system for the Epson 3800 and 3880 printers for only $185.84 including 750ml of PiezoFlush and a filling syringe.
We can also offer complete ConeColor Pro K3 and K3 Vivid ink sets for the 3800 and 3880 printers for only $349.84. And you can buy one color position at a time for only $39.84 including 120ml of ink and a filling syringe. In each case we are offering 1.5 time more ink than Epson and at less than half the cost of Epson. 120ml refills are less than $25.00. And we offer extensive ICC profile libraries for popular 3rd party papers. If you use Epson papers, our color match is so close that you can continue to use Epson ICC profiles.
But, the best news is that with our new refillable carts, you don’t need to toss them into the garbage and clog up your local landfill. These carts can be easily refilled over and over again. The chips will auto-reset. With more than 450 million OEM ink carts discarded annually in the USA alone, you can be part of a green solution and save money! If you already have Epson carts in your printer, you can easily remove the chips and place them under the auto-chip resetters of our 80ml refillable carts. This video shows you how easy it is.
The refillable carts fit under the cover and can be mixed with Epson carts.
3800/3880 PiezoFlush kit
ConeColor PRO inks for Epson 3800 / 3880
Can be installed one position at a time!
New Ink•Thrift® archival dye inks for the Epson 3800 / 3880 at 10% the cost of OEM and with significantly higher gloss and dMax!
Here is a link to a video instructions on how to fill, refill and the proper use of these cartridge.
Sorry to say but when it comes to being GREEN, throwing away a little polypropylene cart into the trash is the least of my worries considering the amount of disposable products we have to live with these days. Personally, I would rather have a larger ink cart.
Everyone has to live with the amount of eco-waste they are willing to contribute to. But, just a few carts being thrown away is adding up to more than 750 million a year and is responsible for more then 10% of all the oil imported into the USA. It takes 4 ounces of oil to make that little plastic cart. The chip also is produced by the most toxic manufacturing method known on Earth responsible for a majority of the carcinogens released into the environment. So throwing it away or allowing the OEM to incinerate it is not as small as the size of the little cartridge. It’s not like throwing away a cereal box or pickle jar. It’s very serious and there is no purpose for it other than the OEM seeking to sell as much ink as possible. In other parts of the world, Epson sells continuous ink supplies where you refill from bottles. But, I am not trying to make you feel guilty for throwing away your carts! At the least, you might consider using a syringe to draw out the 15-20ml ink that remains in an Epson 3800/3888 cart and storing that in clean PP bottles. When you have a pint or so of each color – perhaps you might consider using it to refill carts! We recycle about 2000 of these carts every six months and end up with liters of OEM ink! We use this ink. We salvage the chips from the 38XX carts – and finally we return the carts to a recycle center.
I understand what you say. If you can get everyone working on the same page then I’m all for it. Have you been to Costco or Sam’s where they pack just a little item in very heavy duty plastic to protect it? This kind of thing needs to come from the top. Ever been to Japan and see the way they recycle? It’s a remarkable effort, unfortunately imposed upon them by the government…and we need less government here because it’s getting a little out of hand.
I believe that it is up to the individual to reject this. InkjetMall went reUse because of my son who was in a recycling program at his school. He said I was part of the problem and that I should be part of the solution. So I am just one person – but I changed the way our business operates. Even our packaging changed. We ship our goods all in minimal packaging so as to not add to the problem. The Gov’t and the Corporations will never change until consumers do. You can choose!