As I type this I’m waiting for my “off brand refills” from Amazon for my Epson 837. I’d not touch Epson but they are the only printers I can find at a reasonable price that will print directly on to printable CD’s and DVD’s. I was printing up 60 when I ran out of ink. And when it runs out, your done until you get more ink.
I too have an Epson 837 (assume “Perfection 837). It prints great, even with the cheap CIS system. Only issue I’ve had with this one is that it throws up an objection about not being able to recognize a cartridge every so often.
I ran an CIS in my previous Epson Perfection and it lasted about 2 years before the head just plain died.
My office had a nicer Epson Workforce with a CIS - it only lasted about 5 months before the heads just crapped out. Epson refused to honor the warranty because of the 3rd Party ink (didn’t matter if CIS or individual cartridges). And of course, the firmware records every use of non OEM ink - and your bypassing the warnings... Sigh.
“I’d not touch Epson but they are the only printers I can find at a reasonable price that will print directly on to printable CD’s and DVD’s”
Same here. Only problem is if you go a while between printing the jets get gummed up and useless.