The media launch was entitled “Printer Evolution: Exceed Your Expectations” and was attended by members of the media composed of representatives from many magazine, newspaper, and online news outfits. The ever-growing blogging community were also invited in the event including our very own Pinoy Tekkie.
When the Continuous Ink Supply System (CISS) or simply Continuous Ink System (CIS)
became popular in the Philippines, I imagined it brought a significant
effect on the ink cartridge sales of not only Epson but of other printer
provider, such as HP, Brother and Lexmark, as well.
While other providers tried to remedy the
situation by offering lower cost ink cartridge solutions, Epson was the
first one to adapt the ink tank system probably a year ago. I could
still remember HP offering a new printing system that promises of more
affordably-priced ink cartridges that also yield many print outputs. I
even bought one myself just to try it out comparatively with my
CISS-installed printer. But unfortunately, the number of pages printed
by the HP were less than the output of the printer with CISS.
Well, you couldn’t really gauge it
effectively as print-outs produced by both printers varied
considerably. A laboratory test having both printer setups printing
entirely the same type of images and photos would be required if we aim
to achieve fair testing parameters.
With the addition of new ink tank system
printer models, there’s now more reason for the consuming public to
think twice in buying CIS options where it would only void their printer
warranty. Epson is offering their own printer line that are equipped
with a similar CIS-like system. Actually, its practically the same
technology if the ordinary layman would look at it.
However, the big advantage is you no longer
need to worry about voiding your warranty, and still you get the
excellent after-sales support that only Epson could reliably provide.
Back then, if I was asked which printer
would be the most excellent choice in printing colorful reports, photos
and presentations, I would be choosing Epson as my top of the list. The
choice remains the same until now. Although HP comes in second place, HP
also has its specific advantages, though that would be a different
story.
Anyway, going back to the Epson event, the new models of printers included in the launch was the L110, L210, L300, L350 and L355.
The all-black color is still the dominant
aesthetic for all the printers. Epson guarantees that even though
they’re offering the ink refill priced a little below Php 300, it still
the same quality ink that Epson was know to provide. All black printing was said to yield an approximate 4000 pages, while the combine Cyan, Magenta and Yellow would yield around 6000 pages.
That’s enough value for your money already. But we do all know the
actual print-outs would largely depend on what type of images or
documents you are printing.
…and oh, check out the C,M,Y,Bk girls in
their lovely sexy outfits…I was too shy to have my picture taken with
them because their high heels didn’t help boost my ego that had probably
shrunk if ever I was seen in a picture with them lovely tall ladies.
I wonder if Epson would also be open in the popular “unboxing” getting
to know sort of a slight glimpse and review any one of their printer
models, that would be cool to check out every nook and cranny of their
printer, to get a feel of the housing, and to try the assembling of
parts, maybe try to time the print per seconds, check out if there’s any
improvement in the ease of ink refilling, give a comparison to the many
other printers that came into my life…whoah…hehehe….and maybe do some
printing just to see if its really the same colorful and vibrant outputs
we have known to love, and many other tests we deem necessary.
Thank you to Epson Philippines for inviting
Pinoy Tekkie to the media launch, and hope we get invited again soon to
your next event. Thank you also to the free-flowing brewed coffee,
excellent food, media kit and token.
As a parting note, we may soon be seeing the
diminishing dominance of the CISS suppliers with respect to affordable
printing solutions. The CISS suppliers may either lower their unit setup
and ink refill price, or they may think of other ways to further lower
the cost of printing. Maybe a totally new system setup? There are, after
all, quite a number of smart minds out there.
But whatever their move, as of the moment,
the ink tank system of Epson would indeed be more of the positive choice
for every consumer, and may even spell the death of the CISS when most
of the old printer models using the CISS setup have bonked down and
retired it useful life.
With the warranty intact, you’ll definitely have peace of mind, and plenty of colorful pictures to boast.
