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Comment by radiojasper

3 years ago

Buy an EPSON. Apart from the fact they have separate ink cartridges for each colour, they also don't act like satan.

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meragrin_  3 years ago

They don't let you change the waste ink pads. Once that counter is up, either into the trash or to a service center.

https://epson.com/Support/wa00369

  • criddell  3 years ago

    Epson is refreshingly frank on that page.

    > Why not just make the Ink Pads a user-replaceable item?

    > Implementing this type of a design would result in more expensive printers. Most users would not benefit from such higher costs because their printers will never reach the Parts End of Life message.

    In other words, if the pads are done, then chances are the rest of your printer is worn out.

    Thanks for posting that link. It makes me feel better about Epson.

auxym  3 years ago

I had an Epson printer in college, it screwed me over one night where I had to print a paper to turn in the next day by refusing to print some black text because the cyan cartridge was running low.

I understand this is standard practice from all printer makers now, but it really turned me off the brand.

gpvos  3 years ago

Don't. You need to have all colour ink cartridges even if you only print B&W, and if you don't print often, you will need to replace the cartridges after some time anyway. I don't know if that's because the ink dries out or if they have some artificial time limit, but I had to replace all cartridges every half year or so while I think I printed only a few dozen pages in that time, almost all black & white.

I replaced it with a €140 Brother B&W laser printer/scanner a year or two ago and have been happy with it ever since. Sad to hear they turned evil too.

InCityDreams  3 years ago

If any onevof the colors runs out, does it still print in b/w? Or, even worse- there is a printer i lnow that won't scan to usb if there's a color missing.

pxx  3 years ago

Except the nature of inkjet printing makes it just look inferior to the crispness of laser.