All CISS. About the harm of CISS or false advertising from Epson. What is a continuous ink supply system

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What is a continuous ink system?

For efficient office work, which is generally built on continuous document flow, it is required quality equipment.. This is a simple device that is used in printers with inkjet printing and integrated print head. It is specifically designed to save money - its compact size and stable shape will allow you to place the CISS in any place, save money and decorate your desktop. The design is indispensable for high-quality photo printing, printing on optical discs, plastic products, envelopes and even on clothing. As a rule, CISS consists of:

• autochips;
• ink containers;
• special cartridges;
• loop for supplying paints;
• special fasteners for the cable.

According to the design features of CISS systems, they are divided into capsule and cartridge. The continuous ink supply system is an excellent option for large print volumes and a good alternative to cartridges. In our catalog you will find designs, as well as other printer consumables from well-known companies. At your service - convenient selection of equipment by parameters, comparison service, universal search by name, detailed descriptions and characteristics, user reviews, photo/video galleries of products, useful links and instructions.

Nowadays inkjet printers with CISS have become an integral part of the life of a successful business man, and they are used almost everywhere at home, especially due to their affordable price. The cost of a print is constantly decreasing, and the quality of printing is steadily increasing, so that almost everyone can afford to buy a printer. In commercial applications, the label printer has proven itself well, in demand in trade and other household areas.

Reasons for the popularity of inkjet printers

It is now not difficult to obtain alternative consumables, such as others, but the positive properties of printing devices are not limited to these:

• The printing speed of most models is impressive - from 20 to 30 pages per minute. In our age, when the pace of life is constantly accelerating, this is a very valuable characteristic.
• The average inkjet printer handles media that comes in a variety of formats and types. various types. This is not only regular paper, but also matte and glossy photo paper, cards, envelopes, banners, labels, and CDs.
• The number of color cartridges supplied in the kit ranges from 4 to 6 pieces. This is enough for printing e-books, photos or pictures from the Internet at home, as well as commercial printing.
• Most devices support standard options for autonomous operation, such as direct printing from cameras, printing via Wi-Fi or Ethernet, and also have a convenient control panel.

Today I accidentally went to the page with the article and saw an intriguing advertisement from Google, which could not leave me indifferent.

I couldn't resist and clicked on it. A page on the Epson website opened, the essence of which was to demonstrate the “inevitable” consequences of using a continuous ink supply system.

When you click the “Find out the cost of printing with CISS” button, the following graph appears.

It is possible to compare these depressing figures with the original cartridges.

All this would look more convincing if the graphs showed numbers and timing. Let's take a calculator and calculate how much 500 prints will cost (for home printing "for yourself" this corresponds to approximately six months of operation) and calculate the cost of printing with original cartridges using the Epson Stylus T50 printer as an example.

Printing cost

Original cartridges

The cost of one cartridge is 420 rubles. You need 6 of them. Thus, the cost of one set will be 2520 rubles. One set of cartridges is enough for 100 10*15 photographs, printed with maximum quality (we won’t skimp on ourselves!). Thus, we can assume that to print 500 pictures you will need 5 sets of cartridges. However, it is worth noting that they are consumed unevenly, some faster, some slower. To take this into account in the calculations, we introduce a reduction factor of 1.5. Epson Premium Glossy photo paper costs 1,850 rubles for 500 sheets. We get the following schedule:

Price (original) = 5 * 2520 rubles / 1.5 + 1850 rubles = 10250 rubles

Cost price one print 10 by 15 when using original cartridges and photo paper is (attention...): 20 rubles 50 kopecks!!!

See graph above - "Normal price for VERY good result". If you want to "save almost 30% (although the graph clearly shows that the savings will be exactly 25%)" with economical cartridges, then the cost will be: 15 rubles 38 kopecks

CISS

Calculation economic effect from the use of CISS for Epson T50 we will carry out according to the same principle - the cost of the CISS, the cost of ink, the cost of photo paper. We use the same photo paper - Epson Premium Glossy.

So, in six months of using CISS I spent:

1. CISS - 850 rubles (purchased 1 time)
2. Jet Ink ink - one set of 100 ml cans costs 480 rubles. I completely used up one set. The second - 30 percent. Total - 624 rubles.
3. Photo paper (500 sheets) - 1850 rubles.

The total cost (taking into account the cost of CISS) will be:

Price1 (CISS) = 850 rubles + 624 rubles + 1850 rubles = 3324 rubles

Price2 (CISS) = 624 rubles + 1850 rubles = 2474 rubles

We calculate the cost of one print. The price will initially be 6 rubles 65 kopecks, subsequently it will decrease to 4 rubles 94 kopecks. By using non-original paper, this cost can easily be reduced further. 2 times.

Amendment dated June 25, 2010:
Yesterday I wanted to print one document, and discovered that I had run out of A4 paper (my wife printed a lot of recipes, patterns, etc.). At one time I bought a pack of 500 sheets, now there is nothing left of it. When calculating the cost of a photo print, the cost of printing 500 pages of text with color pictures is not taken into account. I won’t recalculate, I’ll just say that for the money indicated above you get a bonus - “print 500 photos and get the opportunity to print another 500 sheets of text for free” :)

"The quality of the prints is significantly worse"

Blatant lie. Most professional photographers use CISS, refillable cartridges, non-original materials for printing and at the same time achieve very good quality print. You just need to avoid buying the cheapest consumables and configure the printer’s color profile to print with this particular ink on this particular paper. There is enough information on this procedure on the Internet. If you can’t do it yourself, you can simply buy a profile; the price is around $10.

"Frequent printer breakdowns and rapid failure, voiding the warranty"

Printer breakdowns only occur when the CISS is installed incorrectly and used carelessly. To avoid them, just follow the installation recommendations given in the article and do not use too cheap ink. Such things as “the cable is frayed and the entire printer is flooded with ink” can only be caused by very crooked hands of the installer. So crooked that the rule “make a fool pray to God...” works.

As for the possibility of a printer failure, over six months the economic benefit from the CISS amounted to 6,926 rubles (the difference in price). Meanwhile, the cost of the printer is 4,500 rubles. Thus, it turns out that even after 500 prints your printer will die without the possibility of recovery, you will remain in the black compared to if you used original cartridges. Although, despite all the scares from Epson marketers, my T50 continues to work and is not going to die anytime soon. And when friends look at our photo albums, they are surprised at the quality and ask: were these photographs really printed at home?

The moral of this story is...

Feel free to use CISS and refillable cartridges. Don't fall for marketing tricks. Manufacturers inkjet printers sell these devices below cost in order to then take money out of your pocket by selling original ones consumables. The cost of original cartridges is several times less than their retail price. Such pricing policy nothing more than an enticing and subsequent scam that lures money out of the pockets of users.

CISS - what is it? Not the most ingenious invention, which makes it possible to use devices such as printers or MFPs more intensively and not worry about running out of ink. This abbreviation can be deciphered as follows - “continuous ink supply system”. In other words, you can answer the question: “CISS - what is it?”, as follows. This is a small device that contains paint or ink for continuous use of a printer or MFP.

CISS set

In order to get a more detailed idea of ​​CISS, what it is, and what it looks like, it is best to study the components for this set. It consists of the following parts:

1. Special cartridges.
2. Autochips.
3. Donor containers.
4. Loop.
5. Set of fasteners.
6. Instructions for use.
7. Ink set.

Here, in fact, is the whole set. In order to better understand CISS - what it is, you can study the photo in detail.

It is worth noting that the photograph shows containers with a large number ink. These are most often used in large offices. However, there are other configurations that include containers with a smaller capacity. Volumetric bubbles contain from 200 to 500 ml of paint. In these, the maximum ink content exceeds the filling of the cartridge by 10 times.

Using the set

There are some recommendations for using this kit. To use it effectively, it is best to have a printer that has a built-in print head. This recommendation is due to the fact that the resource of a built-in print head is much longer. Currently, the most common devices are Epson MFPs with CISS. However, other manufacturers did not waste time and started producing similar models. Such companies were Canon and HP. It would be advisable to use inkjet MFPs with CISS from such manufacturers as Epson, Canon, HP, Lexmark.

The use of a continuous ink supply system in such inkjet models will help significantly save on printing costs. If we look at the numbers, the cost reduction compared to using an original cartridge will be 50 times greater, and compared to a third-party cartridge - 30 times.

Efficiency of use in various conditions

If we talk about the scope of application of printers with an ink supply system, they are almost limitless. For example, you can use Epson CISS at home. Using the system will help save a significant amount of money on printing any color materials, as well as photographs. The printer will ensure uninterrupted output of finished material if it is placed in the office. There, savings will be achieved on printing various types of documents, of which there are always very, very many. Some enterprising people use Epson, XP, and CISS-enhanced models in business to provide various additional services for copying and duplicating necessary papers.

What are the advantages of CISS?

Naturally, the greatest advantage of this set is that it allows intensive use of the printer, in which there is no need to refill it constantly. Depending on the volume of printing, you can purchase sets that contain from 50 ml to several liters of paint or ink. Thanks to this feature of use, such devices were first used on large-format plotters. They use up ink huge quantities, and therefore such sets were extremely cost-effective.

It is worth saying that some users who are just getting acquainted with such devices mistakenly believe this is the only way to save on inkjet printing. This misconception occurs due to the fact that all sets are equipped with chip cartridges. The essence of these parts is that they act as the main parts for the printer. That is, the machine considers them as primary paint or ink cartridges. Although in some cases the device may provide information that the part is fake or used. It is these small details that make it possible to use cheaper ink for printing, which the original cartridge would not have accepted without the set.

Cons

The disadvantages include the fact that many users mistakenly believe that such a set is the only way to save money. This is wrong. In addition, when purchasing a device, you need to understand that the initial installation of CISS and further operation of such a design is quite labor-intensive. Due to such difficulties, experts recommend using the system only if the printer prints at least 100 sheets per day. Otherwise, there is a more optimal way out of the situation. PZKs became such a solution for owners of home printers - these are refillable cartridges. The savings from such a part will be no less than from the whole set. But this is in the case of low intensity use.

CPF system for inkjet printers

Printers from certain companies have certain typing requirements. Such companies include Epson, HP, Brother, Canon Pixma. CISS for these devices have several main parts, which are the base.

• The first thing that is present in all systems is the reservoir. There may be several of them. Each of them is made either of transparent material or is complemented by a small window. This is done to make it convenient to monitor the amount of ink in the donor reservoir. If you need to purchase a system for home use, it must be equipped with Mariotte vessels, which maintain constant pressure on the printer's working head.
• The second mandatory design element is a connecting cable made of several tubes. The tubes must be equipped with fasteners for installation.
• The last necessary part for CISS operation is chip cartridges. However, they are not available for all printer models. Some Brother models do without such a block with chips. In this case, the cartridges are installed in place of the original ones.

How the system works

The principle of operation of the system is quite simple. During the printing process, the amount of ink or ink in the main cartridge begins to decrease. At this time, excess pressure is created in the system’s containers, due to which ink from them begins to flow into the cartridge through the tubes. However, there is a small nuance that needs to be remembered. This one concerns the operation of the print head. In most cases, the ink flows to it by gravity, which means that when installing the CISS you need to be careful and balance the structure so that when the printer is idle, the ink does not flow into the cartridge or, conversely, does not flow out of it.

It is worth saying that different printer models experience some balancing errors differently. Epson models, for example, can work normally even with some gross violations in balancing. But in other models, the slightest inaccuracy can lead to paint leaking into the body of the device.

CISS installation method

The system installation method most often follows the same procedure:

1. The first thing to do is to fill the system and bleed it. Pumping means completely filling paint tanks, filling all tubes and cartridges. In this filling process, the most important thing is tightness. You need to make sure that the ink does not drip from anywhere.
2. After this, it is necessary to install all the fasteners and lay the cable from the tubes. It is worth noting that it will not be possible to route the cable correctly until the cartridges are placed in the carriage. Because of this feature this stage also implies the installation of cartridges.
3. The last, third stage is checking the functionality of the continuous ink supply system, as well as adjusting it if necessary. You will also need to adjust the position of the cable if it starts to “chew” when the cartridge moves quickly.

Another small nuance concerns printers with motherboards. At the first stage of installing CISS, they must be turned off.

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