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On this page are download links for four PDF files you can use as a printer test:

• People, Metals, Wood, Bright Materials and General Colors
• Jewels, Plants, Foods, and Brights
• Reds, Oranges, Yellows, Greeens, and Blues
• Violets, Pinks, Grays, Browns, and Default 8 Colors

You should be able to get a decent picture of how well your printer renders colors with those files.

On this page are download links for four PDF files you can use as a printer test:

• People, Metals, Wood, Bright Materials and General Colors
• Jewels, Plants, Foods, and Brights
• Reds, Oranges, Yellows, Greeens, and Blues
• Violets, Pinks, Grays, Browns, and Default 8 Colors

You should be able to get a decent picture of how well your printer renders colors with those files.

On this page are download links for four PDF files you can use as a printer test:

• People, Metals, Wood, Bright Materials and General Colors
• Jewels, Plants, Foods, and Brights
• Reds, Oranges, Yellows, Greeens, and Blues
• Violets, Pinks, Grays, Browns, and Default 8 Colors

You should be able to get a decent picture of how well your printer renders colors with those files.

On this page are download links for four PDF files you can use as a printer test:

• People, Metals, Wood, Bright Materials and General Colors
• Jewels, Plants, Foods, and Brights
• Reds, Oranges, Yellows, Greeens, and Blues
• Violets, Pinks, Grays, Browns, and Default 8 Colors

You should be able to get a decent picture of how well your printer renders colors with those files.

On this page are download links for four PDF files you can use as a printer test:

• People, Metals, Wood, Bright Materials and General Colors
• Jewels, Plants, Foods, and Brights
• Reds, Oranges, Yellows, Greeens, and Blues
• Violets, Pinks, Grays, Browns, and Default 8 Colors

You should be able to get a decent picture of how well your printer renders colors with those files.

I have been buying third-party cartridges and refill kits from Alotofthings.com for years -- ever since shortly after I bought an original Epson Stylus Color (no number, no 'Pro', no 'Photo' -- the original). I have never had the ink jam up the printhead, and aside from clumsiness on my part have never had any problems doing refills.

Even if you're not interested in buying third-party ink-jet cartridges or refill kits, I strongly recommend that you visit that site if you are interested in more information behind OEM ink cartridge design and the technology and procedures of refilling cartridges.

Its more than known that refilling those expensive cartdridges are no good for our beloved printers. They are not made on the same materials so they MAY end up damaging the printhead.

Actually, the good companies that sell refill kits for specific printers (as opposed to the 'universal ink-jet refill kit' -- that's about as rational as 'universal oil-change kit') buy their inks from the same companies that manufacture them for the OEMs, so you are buying ink that's 'made on the same materials'. You can tell the good companies, because their refill kits will have guarantees that their inks will print as good as the OEM inks.

'Made on the same materials'? That's a joke. Go look at this page and look at the color variation in Epson OEM cartridges for the same printer; the ink colors, particularly for the yellow ink, are visibly different from OEM cartridge to OEM cartridge.

Actually, they have a significantly longer life than just one tank full of ink; you just have to refill them right. The problem is that the thermal ink jet systems use the ink for cooling the printhead. If you let the ink cartridge run dry, the lack of cooling ink allows elements in the print head to burn out (Information on burning out print heads). If you refill the cartridge before the ink runs out, you can generally get four to six refills before the print head wears out.