| Epson is currently top of the printer | | | | of Cartridge Concept and specialist |
| manufacturer sales listing, with five of the | | | | highstreet outlets. With Epson's continued |
| top ten best selling inkjet printers of the | | | | success in restricting sales of compatible |
| summer.The full results from market research | | | | cartridges their position in the UK market |
| firm GfK were: | | | | looks set to grow.Canons' only entrant into |
| | | | the top 10 is positioned at 5, with the Pixma |
| 1) Epson Stylus C48, | | | | iP4200 which also uses individual ink |
| | | | cartridges and although these are more |
| 2) Epson Stylus Photo R220, | | | | expensive than Epson have the benefit of |
| | | | having a larger capacity.Lexmark take the |
| 3) Lexmark Z735, | | | | opposite tack with the Z735 printer at No.3, |
| | | | this printer uses only one cartridge, which |
| 4) Epson Stylus D68, | | | | is appropriately called No.1. This cartridge |
| | | | contains all the colours in the one unit, |
| 5) Canon Pixma iP4200, | | | | making replacement a simple but possibly |
| | | | frequent occurrence as individual colour run |
| 6) Epson Stylus D88, | | | | out. This appears to be a fact which Lexmark |
| | | | seem to be aware of, as shown by the recent |
| 7) Lexmark Z617, | | | | introduction of a twin pack.Hewlett Packard |
| | | | fills both slots 9 and 10 with their Deskjet |
| 8) Epson Picturemate 100, | | | | 3940 and Photosmart 8050 printer |
| | | | respectively. Both of these printers maintain |
| 9) HP Deskjet 3940, | | | | the middle ground, using separate black and |
| | | | colour cartridges, while a third separate |
| 10) HP Photosmart 8050Three of these models, | | | | Photo cartridge is available for the |
| the Stylus D68,D88 and Stylus photo R220 use | | | | Photosmart printer.The latest introductions |
| individual ink cartridges for each colour, | | | | from all these manufacturers have shown a |
| allowing replacement of colours as they run | | | | similar trend with both Epson and Canon |
| out. Individual cartridges for these models | | | | favouring individual colour cartridges which |
| are available for under £5 from the likes | | | | can be replaced singularly whenever required. |