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As a long-time serious 35mm film photographer, I had my doubts about digital photography. Two weeks ago, I bought the Olympus C3030, the Epson 870 printer and, of course, this cartridge and the Epson photo paper. The results are outstanding! The color accuracy and vividness beat the photolabs hands down. Two weeks ago I was a skeptic. Today, I am a digital addict. If you buy a high-end digital camera, get an Epson photoprinter...and buy extra cartridges, photopaper and coffee.

I've had my Epson 890 for a couple of weeks now. Finally, I had an opportunity to print all those digital pictures that have been piling up in my computer.

I made about 40-50 4X6 photos from one color cartridge. I knew I would be running out quick, as I had a lot to do, so I orded the extra cartridge when I got the printer.

This is great because now you can share your digital pictures on the fly with people who don't have a computer.

When the ink cartridge ran out in the middle of my run of 4" roll paper pictures,it just stopped told me to change it, offered to walk me through the process (I took the offer) and then started right back up where it left off.

Nice, simple and easy. I like that.

No ruined photos, no wasted paper.

Replacing the ink was as simple as:

1. Open the lid

2. Respond to the computer's offer to position the ink cartridge head.

3. Open the lever of the color cartridge.

4. Take out and discard the old cartridge.

5. Open the new cartridge packaging, remove the blue tape.

6. Place the new cartridge in its spot and relatch.

7. Close the lid.

8. Tell the computer you are done, and you're off.

Heed my warning ... do NOT buy the third party or refurbished ink carts that you see on sale in the "used" category. They clog like CRAZY! I found it almost impossible to get a decent print out of them. Maybe under different circumstances I wouldn't care as much and would rather save the cash. However, I don't do a lot of text printing, it's mostly photos or some kind of color printing and a failure rate as high as those carts were is completely unacceptable. I was ready to throw a parade when I finally ran out of ink ...

So take my advice (considering you probably own a photo printer if you're buying this), stick with the original Epson Carts. Don't let your pictures come out looking lousy just because you wanted to save a couple of dollars ...