PANTONE ColorVANTAGE Ink Starter Kit for Epson Stylus 1270/1280 | 
 enlarge | Brand: Pantone
Category: CE
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $21.34
You Save: $18.65 (47%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 4.3 x 2.9 x 3.5
MPN: PE1270
Model: PE1270
UPC: 640146233308
EAN: 0640146233308
ASIN: B000234WV8
Release Date: March 13, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Archival quality pigmented inksfrom thecolor experts at Pantone | | • | Neutral pigmented black inks | | • | Expanded color gamut over EPSON UltraChrome and nonUltraChrome inks | | • | Up to 20% more affordable than Epson inks | | • | ColorVANTAGE ink uses a true black ink, instead of mixed colors, to provide the most neutral tones capable on Epson inkjets |
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Product Description
PANTONE ColorVantage Starter Kit is a complete set of ink cartridges for your specific printer. It includes a CD that contains printer/media profiles, an ink cleaning file and a file that will let you print a PANTONE Color chart.This starter kit is designed for Epson Stylus Photo 1270, 1280. It replaces T007201, T009201.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Complete waste of money... September 17, 2008
These inks are a complete waste of time and money. The print quality is hideous. If you care at all about color reproduction, do not buy this ink set! Even with Pantone's custom color profiles, it didn't help. Colors were way off, terrible magenta and green casts, and the prints looked badly faded right out of the printer. After 10 or so prints, I couldn't take it; there were no combination of settings that would give me an even reasonable quality print. That was the first time I ever took out a cartridge that wasn't completely empty; also the first time I didn't buy an Epson branded cartridge. I guess I'll never do that again. Do yourself a favor and skip this terrible ink AND Pantone's don't care support attitude.
 Pantone Starter Kit for Epson Stylus October 27, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've never been all too excited about using non-OEM ink cartridges, unless I was in a bind and that was all that was available at the local office supply store (even then only black, never color). I've been impressed with the quality and performance of the Pantone kit - direct replacement for the Epson cartridges and no need to change the printer driver (unless you want the added bells and whistles available from Pantone). Bottom line - I've only been using the Pantone Starter Kit for about three weeks and recently ordered another to keep on hand. I see no reason to pay so much more for genuine Epson.
 Why do they taunt us?! March 5, 2007
We schmoes who bought Epson 1280 printers before archival inks became all the rage might have thought the good name of Pantone had come to save us. But we were wrong! What good is archival weirdness? Every now and then I am able to make a decent print with these inks, but by and large it is not possible. Almost everything comes out too green. In order to make an acceptable print I have to impart a hideous magenta cast to it on my monitor, but even that doesn't guarantee success. If a tech fix is available I would love to know about it.
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