For on the fly ink, maybe you just need two sets, one ready to go, and the other in the printer? That way, you do not have to stop to refill, just swap and refill when you have time. For my home printer, the refill process takes a few minutes at best.

They do have a LARGE, EXTERNAL ink solution as well, which has large tanks of ink OUTSIDE the printer that keep the inside cartridges full (for many printers anyway). This was cool as you could just add ink to the outside tank as they got low, and you never stopped printing at all. But it might not have been available for your printer.

I also have not seen the empty problem on my HP (it knows), but have not tried them on my Cannon printer. That is just a small LED that shines into the cartridge, so something in the plastic cart must screw up the sensor on that printer. Please do report that to Silo, as they will try and fix it over time.

Thanks for the feedback, always good to see what happened for others.

It also is not good for a classroom setting (or my setting) where I have to be able to change the ink on the fly.

For those educators wanted to try it contact Silo directly. They offer free cartridges to the schools with the purchase of the ink. Makes it a lot cheaper.

Nice write-up.
A couple of points…

1) My wife prints stuff that she uses in her Art Business. The HP and Epson inks she uses advertise their “Archival” quality…which she advertises when she sells the artwork, and they MUST be for lasting images.
Are these inks at that quality level?

2) I am color blind, but I can still see many colors, so your crack about the color on the bottles is not accurate and it isn’t that simple for those of us that are color-blind. I don’t understand why companies can’t simply print the name of the color on the bottle. How difficult is that? They have the ink.

Good review…

Rich

By the way, I should have mentioned that $100 was the cost for MY HP kit, no all kits. For example, a set of BCI-6 carts for Canon cost only $41 (http://siloink.com/silostore/canon-color-compatible-cartridge-p-43.html) for the cartridges only, and $150 for the refills for 6 carts and the inks, because there is 6 of them. Some are only $90.

They do offer a full money back guarantee however if you are not happy. And after one refill, you have saved money.

You can also call or email them with your questions, and their customer service is great. 408-905-7710, or email them with the form on their website: http://siloink.com/contact/

Is the ink waterproof/fade resistant like the name brand stuff?