At my printer (Epson 7525) I let off only original cartridges ... Everything else has to be very frustrated myself. With my old HP inkjets I could take up no name products, but at Epson denied either the technology or the result is simply too bad! The quality of the prints with the originals is great and just in the Express - Settings to fear the comparison with a color laser. "Screws" is the quality up and takes only slightly better paper, you can hardly make a difference even in writing. With pictures on the same paper even the simple 4-color Epson is my superior HP color laser printer. Good ink, the price is justified for the quality - who prints a lot should purchase a laser (possibly like me as 2.- device in A4) ... strong buy recommendation!