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(18 customer reviews) 24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
better deal than the 69 series,
October 21, 2009 Joel Schopp (Austin, TXStates) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Epson T068120-D1 Black Ink Cart Hi capacity Dual Pack (Office Product)
As of this writing every printer that takes this cartridge (T068120, 68 series black) also takes the T069120 (69 series black). This cartridge gives you 50% more prints vs the T069120 but the T069120 is more common and therefore you can often get it farther below list and/or with free shipping.
Some of the printers (check yours) will also take the T088120 (88 series black) cartridge, but it's always a bad deal.
Pages per cartridge:
T068120: 370 pages
T069120: 245 pages
T088120: 170 pages
Prices per page based on current Amazon prices (including shipping)
T068120: 5.9 cents/page
T069120: 6.8 cents/page
T088120: 7.5 cents/page
So as of this writing it makes sense to get this cartridge even with the steeper discounts on the other ones. And given the 69 series is already more steeply discounted I'd expect this cartridge to only widen its price advantage over time as it becomes more popular.
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Epson Markets Ink not Printers,
May 8, 2009 The Old Dutchman (Severna Park, MD United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Epson T068120-D1 Black Ink Cart Hi capacity Dual Pack (Office Product)
In the six months I owned the Epson printer I poured vast amounts of ink through it. Worse than being expensive ink is that the printer used blue ink along with black no matter what I did. Was this an Epson plan? Local stores rarely have Epson 68 and 69 inks in stock because of how much people must buy. The ink dries slowly and fouls the printer fairly quickly; so quickly that the printer clogged up and gave up the ghost in less than half a year. No amount of head cleaning, alignment or other adjustments made a difference. I have given up color printers and gone laser. Buy a cheap Epson printer, and pay lots more for ink in short order.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
May not be the real deal,
June 16, 2009 Boca Boy "computer guy" (south Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Epson T068120-D1 Black Ink Cart Hi capacity Dual Pack (Office Product)
I had in the past purchased this exact cartridge number directly from the Epson Store for my CX6000 and it worked fine. The cartridges I received from Amazon were labeled the same but had a different-looking electronics panel and were not recognized by my printer. Since these were bought as spares at the beginning of the school term, the problem was discovered way too late to seek a refund or replacement, so I'm out the full purchase price.
