Comparative Test of 8 MFCs with Fax: Ink Cartridges
Brother MFC-5860CN and MFC-845CW
On the Brothers´right front side you find four replacable cartridges. A tube-system feeds ink into the printhead. The latter is designed to last a printer´s life. An optical monitoring system tells you about the remaining ink. There are no smartchips (yet) to prevent refilling or clones.
Four single cartridges...
| Cartidges for Brother MFC-printers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of item | Price (approx.) | Range (checked by DC ) | In scope of supply | |
| Black | LC1000BK | 18.70 Euros | 418 pages of text 1,140 A4-photos | yes |
| Cyan | LC1000C | 10.60 Euros | 63 A4-photos | yes |
| Magenta | LC1000M | 10.60 Euros | 57 A4-photos | yes |
| Yellow | LC1000Y | 10.60 Euros | 73 A4-photos | yes |
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Canon Pixma MP830
In addition to the standard colors cyan, magenta, yellow, and black the Pixma MP830 holds a photo-black cartridge.
| Cartidges for Canon Pixma MP830 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of item | Price (approx.) | Range (checked by DC ) | In scope of supply | |
| Textblack (26 ml) | PGI-5BK | 12.60 Euros | 423 pages of text 402 A4-photos | yes |
| Photoblack (13 ml) | CLI-8BK | 11.10 Euros | 402 A4-photos | yes |
| Cyan (13 ml) | CLI-8C | 11.10 Euros | 149 A4-photos | yes |
| Magenta (13 ml) | CLI-8M | 11.10 Euros | 109 A4-photos | yes |
| Yellow (13 ml) | CLI-8Y | 11.10 Euros | 82 A4-photos | yes |
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Epson Stylus DX7000F
Epson´s DX7000F comes with four exchangeable cartridges.
| Cartridges for Epson Stylus DX7000F | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of item | Price (approx.) | Range (checked by DC ) | In scope of supply | |
| Black (7.4 ml) | T0711 | 8.70 Euros | 199 pages of text 227 A4-photos | yes |
| Cyan (5.5 ml) | T0712 | 8.60 Euros | 34 A4-photos | yes |
| Magenta (5.5 ml) | T0713 | 8.60 Euros | 34 A4-photos | yes |
| Yellow (5.5 ml) | T0714 | 8.60 Euros | 42 A4-photos | yes |
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HP Officejet J5780 and Officejet Pro L7580
HP´s smaller MFC is equipped with two disposable cartridges (350 - black, and 351 - color). The bigger one holds four single exchangeable cartridges.
| Cartridges f0r HP Officejet J5780 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of item | Type of cartridge | Price (approx.) | Range (checked by DC ) | In scope of supply | |
| Nr. 350 (4.5 ml) | CB335EE | Black | 12.40 Euros | — | yes |
| Nr. 351 (3.5 ml) | CB337EE | Color | 14.50 Euros | — | yes |
| Nr. 350XL (25 ml) | CB336EE | Black | 25.50 Euros | 823 pages | no |
| Nr. 351XL (14 ml) | CB338EE | Color | 28.00 Euros | 48 A4-photos | no |
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| Cartridges for HP Officejet Pro L7780 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of item | Price (approx.) | Range (checked by DC) | In scope of supply | |
| Black Nr. 88 (small) | C9385AE | 15.50 Euros | — | yes |
| Cyan Nr. 88 (small) | C9386AE | 11.90 Euros | — | yes |
| Magenta Nr. 88 (small) | C9387AE | 11.90 Euros | — | yes |
| Yellow Nr. 88 (small) | C9388AE | 11.90 Euros | — | yes |
| Black Nr. 88 XL | C9396AE | 25.80 Euros | 1,992 pages of text 2,440 A4-photos | no |
| Cyan Nr. 88 XL | C9391AE | 19.00 Euros | 136 A4-photos (CMYK) | no |
| Magenta Nr. 88 XL | C9392AE | 19.00 Euros | 161 A4-photos (CMYK) | no |
| Yellow Nr. 88 XL | C9393AE | 19.00 Euros | 122 A4-photos (CMYK) | no |
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Kodak Easyshare 5300
Kodak´s Easyshare 5300 comes with a thermal permanent printhead, containing two ink cartridges: One for black ink, one for cyan, magenta, yellow, black, and a brilliance-optimizer, doing the same job as Epson´s gloss-optimizer. Kodak doesn´t offer low capacity cartridges. If the printhead fails after warranty´s end, you can buy a new one for about 40 Euros.
Chips prevent refilling.
Both blacks, the one in the single ink tank and the one in the combinded cartridge, have the same chemical composition, says Kodak. Putting an extra charge of black into the color cartrige is hard to comprehend.
The nozzles in the single cartridge for black and the yellow ink tank emit droplets of 6,5 picoliters in size, all others go down to 2,7 picoliters.
| Cartridge for Kodak Easyshare 5300 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of item | Price (approx.) | Range (checked by DC ) | In scope of supply | |
| Black | 8955916 | 10.00 Euros | 407 pages of text 270 A4-photos | yes |
| Color | 1967082 | 15.00 Euros | 54 A4-color-photos | yes |
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Lexmark X9350
Lexmark´s X9350 comes with one cartridge for black and one for color, both with an integrated print-head.
| Cartridges for Lexmark X9350 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of item | Price (approx.) | Range (checked by DC ) | In scope of supply | |
| Black | Nr. 44 (18Y0144E) | 21.20 Euros | 253 pages of text | yes |
| Color | Nr. 43 (018Y0143E) | 19.80 Euros | 22 A4-photos | yes |
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