Epson has become one of the giant manufacturers in the industry of inkjet printers in recent years. The increasing popularity of the brand during the last 5-6 years was fueled by their large stock of less expensive compatible inkjet cartridges.  These compatible cartridges are generally defined as new cartridges that are made by the manufacturer other than the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). Today, there are millions of companies throughout the world who manufacture their own compatible brand of inkjet cartridges that work specifically with Epson printers, some better than others. The success of the compatible cartridge is mainly due to the high price of Epson OEM Inkjet Cartridges.

As the retail price of Epson printers have declined over time to compete with the market price of other brands, the volume of ink in their cartridges shrunk, which have eventually increased the frequency that consumers needed to purchase supplies. Epson became more dependent upon heavy margins on the printer ink supplies, to support financially the lowers selling price of their printers.

Presently, some of the companies are now producing remanufactured Epson Inkjet Cartridges. These remanufactured cartridges are those that been collected through various recycling programs and then reused. These units are collected and then drained off the remaining ink, flushed with cleaning solution, and new parts installed where needed. Once prepared, they are refilled with new high quality ink, and prints are tested to ensure proper performance before putting them to sale.  So, when you are burdened with the heavy cost of original cartridges, you have remanufactured cartridges to ease it out!