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They've made the thing more complicated than a phone plan. So before you print something, you have to remember how many pages you have printed this month, plus
by morpheuskafka 6y ago
They've made the thing more complicated than a phone plan. So before you print something, you have to remember how many pages you have printed this month, plus the rolled over pages from last month and how long before they expire, and if you are going to go over, you have to change your plan instead of just going over because the overage rate is absurd (like, more expensive than going to a print shop). How is anyone supposed to get work done when printing is this complicated?
Given that I am not that heavy of a print user, I recently opted for the $300 Canon G7020 refillable inkjet over a color laser. The EPSON EcoTanks also looked good, but I think the G7020 included two extra, full bottles of black ink, plus the initial set of CMYB. The initial bottles are full-size, however, about 1/6 of the ink disappears on setup as it fills the tubing and print heads inside the printer.
The only catch I have heard with this printer is that apparently the waste ink absorber (non-replaceable) can fill after a few years of use, shortening lifespan. However, the print heads are replaceable which is nice compared to the EcoTank line. (In a refillable, the print heads look like cartridges, but instead of ink, they have a port that connects to the tanks). The setup (AirPrint) works great and the only issue I have had is that the old-school LCD screen is impossible to read without a lot of lighting.
- ineedasername 6y agoI bought a different model of Canon's G line for this exact reason. They cost more than a typical entry level inkjet, but not much more than a single replacement of each color cartridge.
- 0x_rs 6y ago>apparently the waste ink absorber (non-replaceable) can fill after a few years of use, shortening lifespan. That is true, and correct for many Epson printers in my experience too. There's a program to reset the printed pages counter, AntiPampers, which makes a paperweight printer return to work for many years instead of having to deal with planned obsolescence, which that definitely is - entirely on purpose from a customer view. Printers market, inkjets in particular for their very low initial cost, have a lot of shady if not straight criminal practices that unfortunately are overlooked.
- neurostimulant 6y agoI bought a new ink absorber when I got the error message on my Epson printer. Turns out the absorber is just a dumb piece of plastic and foam and the printer actually simply keeping a counter of how many pages has been printed and pop up the error when the counter exceeds certain threshold (the old absorber was still in a good shape). Simply resetting the counter with some apps clear the warning.