Epson Ink Cartridge 80 ml, Light Cyan- C13T580500, 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.

The Epson 3880 is quite an old printer not but still punches above its weight. I've owned one the past, which I sold many years ago, and recently picked up a freebie with a blocked print head I managed to fix quite easily. As it's an old printer I'll probably switch to Marrutt refillables soon but as you need a toner a chip from a cartridge with 15% left to use refillable bought a couple of genuine Epsons to tide me over as two colours were nearly empty. You can't fault genuine. A downside of the 3880 is a) prone to blocked heads if not used regularly b) expensive cartridges. But genuine does work fantastically and for modest-moderate use they last a long time.

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.

Product is fine - sell by date of just 2 months is not - especially when there is 80ml of ink. I realise it was a good price but can find nothing to say there was such a short shelf life. Need it on the day so have to use it. From Wembley Supplies Group

Epson are good inks but very pricey. They do perform well however. I have a stylus pro 3800 which is great for up to A2 photographic printing.

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.

Just what I needed, good price and fast delivery

Does exactly what it should - no complaints. Print quality from Epson, as always is superb. Great value for money.

c'est une cartouche d'origine donc tout va pour le mieux dans son utilisation. Aucune mauvaise surprise d'encre sèche à l'ouverture ou autre.

Cartouche utilisée par une imprimante 3880. Fonctionne parfaitement. Je n'achète que des cartouches du fabriquant et je n'ai jamais été déçue. Elle durent toujours et préservent l'imprimante. La réduction de prix est appréciable. Cela l'achat compétitif!

Teures aber sehr gutes Original Produkt. Ich verwende für den R3880 nur die original Tinte und habe damit seit vielen Jahren keine Probleme und nur die besten Druckergebnisse. Klare Kaufempfehlung.

Für den Epson Stylus Pro 3800 sind die originalen Epson Patronen immer die beste Wahl. Der Drucker liefert damit immer verlässlich excellente Ergebnisse und das schon seit einigen Jahren.

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