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Printers with CISS: select and compare cost per print

Normally made CISS appeared in inkjet printers relatively recently. Prior to this, device owners who did not trust the artisanal add-ons had to limit themselves to the volume of the printer’s native cartridges. Now you can save on inkjet printing with all warranty liability!



We have prepared recommendations and comparative tables that will help facilitate the selection of a specific model and assess the benefits of the transition to refillable systems.





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Under the cut on what to look for when choosing an inkjet printer with a standard system of CISS.



At one time, continuous ink supply systems (CISS, Continuous Ink Supply Systems, CISS) were the response of manufacturers of non-original consumables to the high cost of native inkjet consumables. After many years of fighting the “pirated” extensions, printer manufacturers surrendered and took a good idea into their own weapons, proposing models with standard CISS.



Essentially, CISS is an extension of the standard cartridge where you can pour more ink. This gives the consumer the opportunity to make more prints before any color ends. In addition, the colors can be refilled separately, which eliminates the situation when the entire expensive cartridge has to be changed due to the end of the ink of the same color. Ink refills are sold in bottles in comparison with the volume in the original cartridge, this is a direct wholesale purchase. In addition, bottling in a simple container without any electronics and protection significantly reduces the cost. At the same time, some manufacturers even care about the shape of the bottles in order to facilitate the refilling of the CISS for the average user. For example, Epson this year supplied bottles of different colors with different shapes of nozzles so that they would not be confused when refueling - like gasoline and diesel at gas stations.



Previously, most manufacturers of inkjet printers tried to install ink cartridges directly on the printhead. In ink systems, large ink tanks are immobile, which reduces wear. But at the same time, printers with CISS are larger, since containers with paint require additional space.



How to choose



Today on the market there are models with CISS four global manufacturers: Brother, Canon, Epson and HP. We do not take into account the wide-format models Mimaki, whose cost starts from 500 thousand rubles. The market itself was formed relatively recently, and the last of the four came on HP - in 2016 (and Epson pioneer five years earlier). Analysts predict further growth for the market, and even now quite a lot of models with CISS have been released.



Based on the use case



As they say, there are no bad models, there is a wrong choice. At the initial stage of the selection of any printer (regardless of the presence of CISS), it is important to consider:





Do you really need a CISS?



The above characteristics are relevant to any inkjet printer. The presence of a CISS adds five kopecks to the selection process.





What else to pay attention



USB, LAN . It would seem, why are they in the 2010s? However, if your airwaves look like the screenshot below, some printer models may start to be naughty.







Simple tasks begin to be sent to the printer for several minutes, during which the communication error with the printer has time to jump out. With younger models of printers and multifunction printers, everything is solved by itself - on the contrary, they often do not have a Wi-Fi module.



Paper trays . Different form factor printers determines the various ways of feeding paper. It is necessary to take into account these features, depending on the location of the printer. It is also important to remember that manufacturers consider convenient trays for hundreds of sheets of paper to be the privilege of more expensive models. For budgets there are folding supports for 10-15 pages, which easily fly from these supports.



Go to specific models.



In the market of A4 inkjet printers can be divided into three groups of devices.



The first is monochrome printers and multifunction printers. These are few, since the target audience for black-and-white printing prefers to buy laser devices. Now only well-known manufacturers of Epson M-series have remained here for sale.



The second group is ordinary color printers (without a scanner and other MFP options). In this group there are relatively low-end models, like the Canon PIXMA G1410 , and options are 2-3 times more expensive (for example, Epson L810 ).



The third group is a multifunction printer with color inkjet printing. They are obviously more expensive than printers. However, it should be borne in mind that within one generation, most companies use the same base (printing mechanism) for both the MFP and printers. For example, the Canon PIXMA G2410 MFP uses many nodes of the Canon PIXMA G1410 printer mentioned above.



Comparative tables



So, to help you navigate a bit, we have prepared a few tablets. In the first three, we calculated the approximate payback period of some models with CISS in comparison with their closest relatives using conventional cartridges.



The last tablet will help you choose the most profitable model in the segment up to 14 thousand rubles.



Canon



Model

Price of the device, rub

Cartridge price

(BH / color), rub

Number of prints from 1 cartridge (BH / Color), pcs

The cost of 1 print (excluding the cost of the device) BH / color, rub

Recoupment of CISS, prints (BH / color)

Canon PIXMA iP2840 Printer

2090

1100/1300

180/180

6.11 / 7.22

Analogue with CISS - Canon PIXMA G1410

7630

450/450 * 3

6000/7000

0.08 / 0.26

5540 rub. - the difference.

860/745

Canon PIXMA MG2540S multifunction device

1980

1100/1300

180/180

6.11 / 7.22

Analogue with CISS - MFP Canon PIXMA G2410

10870

500/600 * 3

6000/7000

0.08 / 0.26

8890 - the difference.

1450/1255



Epson



Model

Price of the device, rub

Cartridge price

(BH / color), rub

Number of prints from 1 cartridge (BH / Color), pcs

The cost of 1 print (without the cost of the device) BH / color, rub

Recoupment of CISS, prints (BH / color)

Epson Expression Home XP-247 MFP

5500

900/700 * 3

175/180

5.14 / 11.67

Analogue with CISS - MFP Epson L366

14250

320/450 * 3

4500/4500

0.07 / 0.30

The difference is 8750.

1700/770

MFP - Epson WorkForce WF-2750DWF MFP

7400

1100/850 * 3

175/165

6.29 / 15.45

Analogue with CISS - MFP Epson L566

24600

1200/500 * 3

6000/4500

0.2 / 0.33

The difference is 17,200.

2.8 thous. / 1150



HP



Model

Price of the device, rub

Cartridge price

(BH / color), rub

Number of prints from 1 cartridge (BH / Color), pcs

The cost of 1 print (without the cost of the device) BH / color, rub

Recoupment of CISS, prints (BH / color)

Multifunction Printer - HP DeskJet 2130 Multifunction Printer

1900

700/700 (one!)

190/165

3.68 / 4.24

Analogue with CISS - HP DeskJet GT 5810 MFP

9700

700/700 * 3

5000/8000

0.14 / 0.26

The difference is 7800.

2200/1950

Multifunction Printer - HP OfficeJet Pro 6960 Multifunction Printer

5700

1200/700 * 3

300/315

4.00 / 6.67

Analogue with CISS - HP Ink Tank Wireless 415 MFP

11800

700/700 * 3

5000/8000

0.14 / 0.26

The difference is 6100.

1500/950



Printers and multifunction devices with standard CISS (up to 14 thousand rubles)



ModelWed price, rub.Cartridge Resource (BH / Color), p.The name and cost of consumables (BH / color), rub.The cost of one print (BW / color), rub.
Epson L120

7370

BW - 4500C13T66414A - 300BW = 0.07 rubles.

color - 7500

cyan C13T66424A, yellow C13T66444A, magenta C13T66434A = 300 * 3

Color = 0.12 rub.

Canon PIXMA G1410

7630

BW - 6000

GI-490 PGBK = 500

BW - 0.083

CV - 7000

GI-490 C / M / Y = 600 * 3

Tsv - 0,26

Canon PIXMA G1411

7740

BW - 6000

GI-490 PGBK = 500

BW - 0.083

CV - 7000

GI-490 C / M / Y = 600 * 3

Tsv - 0,26

HP DeskJet GT 5810 MFP

9600

BW - 5000

HP GT51 - 700

BW - 0.14

CV - 8000

Cyan HP GT52, Magenta HP GT52, Yellow HP GT52 - 700 * 3

Tsv - 0,26

Epson L132

9600

BW - 4500

C13T66414A - 300

BW - 0.075

CV - 7500

cyan C13T66424A, yellow C13T66444A, magenta C13T66434A - 450 * 3

TsV - 0,18

Epson L312

10,000

BW - 4500

C13T66414A - 300

BW - 0.075

CV - 7500

cyan C13T66424A, yellow C13T66444A, magenta C13T66434A - 450 * 3

TsV - 0,18

HP Ink Tank 319

10,500

BW - 6000

HP GT51 - 700

BW - 0.116

CV - 8000

Cyan HP GT52, Magenta HP GT52, Yellow HP GT52 = 700 * 3

Tsv - 0,26

Canon PIXMA G1400

10600

BW - 6000

GI-490 PGBK - 500

BW - 0.083

CV - 7000

GI-490 C / M / Y = 600 * 3

Tsv - 0,26

HP Ink Tank 315

10600

BW - 6000

HP GT51 - 700

BW - 0.116

CV - 8000

Cyan HP GT52, Magenta HP GT52, Yellow HP GT52 - 700 * 3

Tsv - 0,26

Canon PIXMA G2410

10,800

BW - 6000

GI-490 PGBK - 500

BW - 0.083

CV - 7000

GI-490 C / M / Y - 600 * 3

Tsv - 0,26

Canon PIXMA G2411

11,000

BW - 6000

GI-490 PGBK - 500

BW - 0.083

CV - 7000

GI-490 C / M / Y = 600 * 3

Tsv - 0,26

HP DeskJet GT 5820

11,500

BW - 5000

HP GT51 - 700

BW - 0.14

CV - 8000

Cyan HP GT52, Magenta HP GT52, Yellow HP GT52 - 700 * 3

Tsv - 0,26

HP Ink Tank Wireless 415

11800

BW - 5000

HP GT51 - 700

BW - 0.14

CV - 8000

Cyan HP GT52, Magenta HP GT52, Yellow HP GT52 - 700 * 3

Tsv - 0,26

Brother DCP-T300 InkBenefit Plus

12,000

BW - 6000

BT6000BK - 650

BW - 0.11

CV - 5000

cyan BT5000C, magenta BT5000M, yellow BT5000Y - 300 * 3

TsV - 0,18

HP Ink Tank Wireless 419

12200

BW - 6000

HP GT51 - 700

BW - 0.116

CV - 8000

Cyan HP GT52, Magenta HP GT52, Yellow HP GT52 - 700 * 3

Tsv - 0,26

Canon PIXMA G3410

12300

BW - 6000

GI-490 PGBK - 500

BW - 0.083

CV - 7000

GI-490 C / M / Y - 600 * 3

Tsv - 0,26

Canon PIXMA G2400

12,400

BW - 6000

GI-490 PGBK - 500 / GI-490 C / M / Y - 600 * 3

BW - 0.083

CV - 7000

GI-490 PGBK - 500 / GI-490 C / M / Y - 600 * 3

Tsv - 0,26

Canon PIXMA G3411

12500

BW - 6000

GI-490 PGBK - 500

BW - 0.083

CV - 7000

500 / GI-490 C / M / Y - 600 * 3

Tsv - 0,26

Canon PIXMA G3400

12,600

BW - 6000

GI-490 PGBK - 500

BW - 0.083

CV - 7000

GI-490 C / M / Y - 600 * 3

Tsv - 0,26

Brother DCP-T510W

12,800

BW - 6500

BTB60BK - 700

BW - 0.108

CV - 5000

cyan BT5000C, magenta BT5000M, yellow BT5000Y - 300 * 3

TsV - 0,18

Brother DCP-T310

12,900

CHB-6500

BTB60BK - 700

BW - 0.108
CV - 5000

cyan BT5000C, magenta BT5000M, yellow BT5000Y - 300 * 3

TsV - 0,18

Epson L3060

13100

BW - 4500

C13T66414A - 300

BW - 0.075

CV - 7500

cyan C13T66424A, yellow C13T66444A, magenta C13T66434A - 450 * 3

TsV - 0,18

Epson L222

13500

Chb-4500

C13T66414A - 300

Color - 0.075

CV - 7500

cyan C13T66424A, yellow C13T66444A, magenta C13T66434A - 450 * 3

TsV - 0,18



Brief conclusions



With CISS, the cost of one print becomes cheaper dozens (!) Times. And the greatest difference is manifested when working with only one black cartridge. And in order to beat off the cost of the price premium for the prefix of the CISS in the title, you need to make only 750 to 2800 prints, depending on the model. On the other hand, the smaller the load, the greater the likelihood that the inkjet printer with CISS will fail, without having time to pay for itself - if you are not lucky with the self-cleaning system.

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/420193/



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