Too many projects, too little time

I am tired of how fast my Epson 2200 printer guzzles the color inks. Not only the color cartridges hold a measly 18ml ink, their “intelligent” chips overestimate the ink usage and makes me replace them even when there is a decent amount of ink left in them. And at the price of $11 a cartridge before tax, it is the biggest ripoff ever. Some people have tried to refill the original epson cartridges and a very good writeup is here: http://www.bobpowell.net/refill.htm

I took interest on a Continuous Ink System (CIS) that many reported as fantastic savings without much loss in quality. I found this site http://www.efillink.com/ with pretty good reviews and videos. By the specifications, CIS seems to be suitable only for volume printing, so I decided to go with the refillable cartridge system. A 4oz kit for $208 can refill each of the 8 inks about 10 times, which would otherwise cost me $880 before tax.

I will report back with my findings.