M**L
Makes me love my Epson WorkForce again!
I used to love my Epson WorkForce but when printing coupons became a thing, suddenly the ink started to get very expensive. I got so tired of buying black cartridges or refilling them at $9 a pop, then I bought a cheap laser printer just so my wife could print coupons needless to say she was not happy with the laser, she likes color. I saw this on "TekZilla" (http://youtu.be/bdmbzba5TqM) and was instantly convinced this is the direction to go.Before you run out and buy this remember:1) This kit is designed for three different printers.2) The instructions are only OK, as they do not show this being installed in all three printers (only one).3) to make it work correctly you will need to make a mod to your printer.The mounting hardware has single use, two-sided tape to hold the ink ribbon in place if you set the hardware down that is where it will stay, period. I had to move the mounting hardware as I followed the directions, which are not for a WorkForce 610.It is important that you place the hardware as close to the center of the head travel as possible so the ink ribbon doesn't bind on either end of the printing area. I ended up using scotch two-sided tape so I could test the placement several times. Once I got it in what I considered perfect, I used a few drops of ShoeGoo (all purpose adhesive) and let it dry for 20 minutes.Using my Rotary tool, I cut a 1/8 inch notch in the cover on the right side so the ink ribbon would not be pinched when I closed the cover.The printing setup was simple, I turned on my printer and it said I needed to replace the cartridges. I pressed down (quite hard) to make sure they clicked and were all the way in. Then I hit the reset button on the Print Head assembly (little button next to the ink ribbon). Then I ran two cleaning passes and one alignment pass.WOW! Now I am off to the races! I am back to printing Photos, Canvas Prints, T-Shirt and Color Labels, Oh yes my wife is back to printing coupons and web pages again. It has been a week and I have done more printing with this than I have in years. I also bought the refill kit not knowing how long the ink would last but I don't think I will be buying ink for quite a while.I almost forgot to mention, I bought the Ink System and refill kit for less than four new cartridges!
D**.
I'll never buy cartridges again!
I love it! I can't tell you how much money it has saved me. I've been using it for about a year and haven't had to replace a cartridge yet! I use my printer daily for tattoo transfers so it's always going. I had to rearrange the ink cartridges so they matched my printer but they snap in and out easy enough. The only issue I have is that every now and then it will throw a message saying that it doesn't recognize the cartridges. I push the reset button on the cartridge and it starts charging the ink. Then it works fine again. I recommend this to anyone who uses their printer all the time. It pays for itself in the long run!
Z**N
Didn't Work Properly for us
We have an Epson 500 series. Husband got this product connected properly (requires some care not to make a mess), but it never worked right. We tried all of the troubleshooting suggestions, and ran numerous calibration and other tests over a period of months, hoping we could get it to work properly, but it never did. Now it is too late to return the product. In the meantime we bought a laserjet printer with much higher copies per toner cartridge than the Epson, and our $$ for this product went down the drain.
M**K
Good product, bad stickey pads, just buy it and save money
Overall the system works great, install was OK (difficulty wise) but the rubber sticky pads on the plastic clips were crap and I had to mount with electrical tape over the plastic brackets.System prints well and although the instructions are included a video prior to installing helps A TON. Good product and after cleaning the clogged print heads on my printer with rubbing alcohol and running the printer head cleaning cycle several times, I can tell no loss in print fidelity. This was needed due to the printer sitting for several months with no use and ink in the system (has no effect on the product itself).If you want to save money on ink and plan on doing a lot of printing, your an idiot if you don't get one of these systems.
K**N
CIS Works Great In My Epson Stylus NX515
The product was shipped quickly and packaged well. Upon initial inspection, the arrangement of cartridges didn't match the order in my printer, even though it said it was compatible with my Epson Stylus NX515. I contacted Gigablock support and they responded within 1 hour to let me know I could just take apart the CIS cartridge and rearrange them if the colors didn't match the order. It was a little tricky to do that because the circuit board looked fragile and I was very gentle with the pieces. One the cartridges were rearranged I was able to install the system on my printer and it has been working excellent. The printer did jam once, but that was due to not having pulled all the slack out of the ink line. Once that was adjusted I have had no problems.
G**A
Great product. My husband had the same observation as ...
Great product. My husband had the same observation as M P Mac's review; the instructions were not specific to the WF 610 so we had to modify them. Lucky for us others had already posted about the placement of the T clamp. We used scotch tape since it has be be placed at the middle of the T.We did have a problem with the printer itself since the old ink had dried out. We found a video on about cleaning the heads with Windex and isopropyl alcohol and that did the trick.We now don't have any concerns whenever the kids print a color page.
L**E
The CIS product works but installers be aware.
Ok, The CIS system works perfectly, but make its installation is made by a technician or a person with some previous experience installing such system.In my own case, after printing 20 perfect coloured pages, my printer an Epson WorkForce 615 had a catastrophic failure which it resulted in the breaking of the carriage belt . This belt is powered by a motor and allows the ink carriage to move side to side.I dont hate the product because of my own personal result but keep in mind the value of your printer as an investment against the possibility of losing everything altogether.The instructions are easy to follow, thats for sure,lots of pictures and explanations.
E**N
Difficult to install.
Very difficult to install. Then once installed, didn't work. I'd recommend just buying cheap ink cartridges. Safe yourself the headache.
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