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The Epson Expression Home XP-345 replaces the outgoing XP-335 model.  The article 'What is the difference between the Epson Expression Home XP-335 and XP-345 Printers?' compares both specifications, old and new, and discovers the following changes...*Faster black and white printing with the new model.*Media handling now includes borderless print and manual duplex.*The height of the case is 1mm taller at 146mm on the new XP-345.*The new XP-345 is 100g heavier at 4.3kg.*An added feature for the new XP-345 is Red-eye removal, Photo Enhance. Epson talks about a liberating experience using the new Epson Expression Home XP-345 printer.  This is because...

New Eco-Fill Ink Refill Kit for use with Canon Pixma MG5750, MG5751, MG5752, MG5753, MG6850, MG6851, MG6852, MG6853, MG7750, MG7751, MG7752, MG7753 printers includes 3 X 28ml Black Ink Bottles, 1 X 28ml Cyan Ink Bottle, 1 X 28ml Magenta Ink Bottle, 1 X 28ml Yellow Ink Bottle, and refilling instructions.  The simple refill procedure involves dropping small amounts of ink onto the ink outlet sponge on each cartridge.  The sponges typically hold around 4ml of ink. This new Canon PGI-570BK CLI-571 BK/C/M/Y refill kit is available from this link. *Please note.  Some Canon models above have a Grey cartridge. ...

Following the recent price increases of original ink cartridges, refilling is becoming more popular again.  We regularly get asked how to refill Canon PGI-550 BK CLI-551 BK/C/M/Y used in the Canon Pixma MG5550, MG5650, iP7250, MG5400, MG6300, MG5450, MG6350, MX725, MX925 printers. Although the above is a workable solution we do not recommend the below method of refilling the ink in your printer.  The original Canon cartridges are not designed to be refilled and can be messy to do so.  We recommend you use special refillable cartridges that contain auto reset chips.  However if you are determined to refill your...

For the majority of printer owners, ink is just ink.  You insert a new cartridge, or refill an ink tank without taking too much notice of the ink type. The way nozzles in printer heads cope with different types of ink determines which formulation they use. Canon commonly use a pigment black, and dye coloured ink in their Pixma range of printers.  Epson use dye ink in their Photo R1500w, but pigment ink in the R3000.   So what are the differences with the two types of ink? Water-based dye inks are made up of small particles of colourant, while...

To accelerate internet traffic to our website we are introducing regular discount coupon codes.  This means that potential customers may want to check back at this page on a regular basis to collect money off coupons and discount codes. These codes will offer a discount on purchases over a certain amount of money.  For instance returning customers can use rc1 to get a £2 discount on orders over £15.  Coming up to Christmas when printer ink is not such a popular purchase compared to buying presents for loved ones, we will be adding some more codes to encourage more sales...