Difference in UV, Pigment and Dye Ink for CIS System?

[Dayna]

I am looking into buying a CIS for my Epson R220. I noticed that different places are selling different inks. I was told UV was the best, but not sure what the difference in that or pigment or dye ink is. Any help would be appreciated on this.
One reason I was wanting to know is I had an Epson R200 and it messed up due to using off brand cartridges and so I bought the R220. I thought of the CIS because I do a lot of printing in my small home business. I wanted to know the best CIS that is, I guess, the most popular around for a good price. I was thinking of this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Epson-R200-R300-R320-Continuous-Ink-System-Cartridges_W0QQitemZ684...hippingPayment
It seems to be a pretty nice one, but any other suggestions would be helpful. Thanks.

[rallynavvie]

The best CIS for OEM printers is no CIS. I use my R320 for DVD printing when the desing is heavy in photos or gradients just because it comes out better than my Everest II thermal printer and I've gone through maybe a dozen sets of cartridges for it and it's never griped. I still make plenty of profit using Epson ink tanks for this so why risk something going wrong with it to make a few cents more?

What exactly is it you're using an inkjet printer for in a business setting?

[Dayna]

I transfer video and photos to DVD for people for my business. I use the ink jet printer becuase I was told it was a great printer for printing my DVD case inserts, etc. I wanted a lasor printer but couldn't afford it at the time. Maybe later. Its just that the cartridges for it run about $63 for just the color and $18 for just the black....to me, thats like paying for the printer all over again. Thats why I wanted to invest in a CIS for it. I heard good things about them. What is bad about them?
Thanks for your reply.
Dayna

[rallynavvie]

It'll instantly void the warranty on the printer for starters. Second is that it will have more problems than even OEM-substitute ink tanks. Ink tanks are expensive, and it's one of the reasons I push people toward laser printers for that kind of work. Manufacturers are really taking folks to the cleaners on branded ink tanks.

When I started I was designing the inserts and saving them out as full bleed PDFs. I'd put them on a USB drive and take them down to the local copy shop and use their laser printers to print the inserts. I found the best look for an insert comes from a text-weight gloss laser paper. Double-sided liner notes are a little trickier to do but no more tricky than doing it on an inkjet, in fact far easier since most of their laser machines will duplex that weight paper just fine.

After a while I got my own Xerox desktop color laser printer for this sort of thing. However I bought the R320 after the laser printer because I still needed a different solution for printing direct to discs. The Everest II was a more recent addition, part of my Rimage replicator.

[b1tchm4gn3t]

I bought these>>> http://shopdyesub.com/cartridges.htm
for both my R200 and R220. and I use Ink from Sams club. NO problems yet and I print all sorts of things on a daily basis. And these even have 'always-full' chips installed. I highly recommend.