EpsonInk Cartridge 80 ml, Yellow, Genuine

I have been using Epson printers the last decade, and I have also concluded that 80ml as used in the 3800 and the current 3880 printers is just about the smallest ink cartridge that makes monetary sense if you do any proper volume of printing. Any smaller and cheaper printer with lower capacity ink cartridges - also from Epson - will soon have cost you more than the professional A2 printers.It varies depending on what you print, of course, but at £35 per cartridge, my calculations indicate a price of 1p per square inch with the 3880's ink. That's almost exactly £1 per full-bleed A4 sheet. Based on numbers I found online that in my experience seem relatively accurate, changing blacks costs a bit over £1 as well, though with a bit of planning, one can avoid doing that too often.From experience, I have also found that there is no need to worry about expiry dates on ink cartridges - at least not with these - as I have some that are more than two years over now (I've not printed as much as I used to the last few years), but there's been no problem with clotting, clogging or colours being off.I can't compare it to third-party inks as I'd never gamble by putting anything like that through a £1,000 printer. I'll stick to the originals, thank you very much. I know that they work, that they last, I know exactly how they behave and how I have to adjust my prints to make them exactly the way I want them.To this day, Epson Ultrachrome is the best inkset I have used, with the nicest colour transitions and shades of (very neutral) greys, negligible metamerism, an excellent gamut, and no clogging problems - though that is probably also due to the printer as the 3800-series seem to historically have had fewer complaints about that than Epson's other offerings.

I have been using Epson printers the last decade, and I have also concluded that 80ml as used in the 3800 and the current 3880 printers is just about the smallest ink cartridge that makes monetary sense if you do any proper volume of printing. Any smaller and cheaper printer with lower capacity ink cartridges - also from Epson - will soon have cost you more than the professional A2 printers.From experience, I have also found that there is no need to worry about expiry dates on ink cartridges - at least not with these - as I have some that are more than two years over now (I've not printed as much as I used to the last few years), but there's been no problem with clotting, clogging or colours being off.I can't compare it to third-party inks as I'd never gamble by putting anything like that through a £1,000 printer. I'll stick to the originals, thank you very much. I know that they work, that they last, I know exactly how they behave and how I have to adjust my prints to make them exactly the way I want them.To this day, Epson Ultrachrome is the best inkset I have used, with the nicest colour transitions and shades of (very neutral) greys, negligible metamerism, an excellent gamut, and no clogging problems - though that is probably also due to the printer as the 3800-series seem to historically have had fewer complaints about that than Epson's other offerings.

Original Epson cartridge - but out dated stock - by a massive 8 years!! I am not willing to pay top price for old goods that have long since passed their sell by date. Avoid this supplier. Goods sent back for refund.

Just what I needed, good price and fast delivery

Epson inks are always good quality but very expensive. You get what you pay for but I always feel Epson charge too much for their inks. If you buy an Epson printer, bear in mind you'll always pay highly for genuine Epson ink, that's mot the sellers fault, it's Epson.

This is an excellent product and reproduction is always top quality with epson ink. Unfortunately I made the mistake of ordering the more expensive ink offered by Amazon prime as I required the ink urgently. It took 4 very frustrating days for me to receive 'next day' delivery from Amazon during which time I experienced their idea of "customer centric" service from their telephone advisors. On the positive side it was relatively easy to contact them- they called back within 10 minutes each time (except when I finally asked to speak to a supervisor/ manager- then it took over a day and a half). Yes- they were apologetic. No- they were completely incapable of finding out where my order was; obtaining any more detailed information from their own logistics department regarding a delivery date or time or dispatching the order again to ensure that the second one might arrive timeously. In fact the customer service department(s) I dealt with managed communicate nothing more than the tracking information already available on the website and could do nothing to expidite the order other than send unanswered messages to their local logistics people. The order finally turned up 2 hours before Amazon would have been obliged to declare it lost (1900 on a friday evening) and either provide a refund or their system would finally allow them to resend the order. As I use the ink in my business (I'm an artist) and as I explained to their customer service advisors the delay had the knock on effect of stopping me from filling my own orders and as Amazon could provide me with no information or guarantee that the ink would arrive on Friday I was forced to order another with guaranteed delivery from a competitor at considerable extra expense in order that I would have the product and be able to catch up on the backlog of work before end of business on Monday. The overwhelming response from Amazon's customer service team was complete indifference to the situation and a total lack of interest in providing anything other than the absolute minimum of effort in response to my enquiries. As expected the supervisor did not call back until after the delivery had finally arrived after close of business on Friday.

I always use genuine inks for my Epsom photographic printier. Have used compatible inks in the past on a previous printer but felt, despite the cheaper price they created problems with the printer clogging etc. These cartridges last a long while before needing replacement so represent good value for money.