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After years of dodgy HP printers and their very expensive inks, I brought an Epson EcoTank. It cost a lot more but it prints are amazing and the Ink lasts forev
by dalemhurley 2y ago
After years of dodgy HP printers and their very expensive inks, I brought an Epson EcoTank. It cost a lot more but it prints are amazing and the Ink lasts forever. It took 2 years to get through the included ink.
- ForOldHack 2y agoHP brings a broad new meaning to Dodgy. Shotty and shabby. Its wholly unethical how hey manage their affairs, but now to hear they are disabling their own printers, oh my how unfortunate, and I shall decline the gift of any, and inform potential buyers of their ... unwholesomeness. I was going to limit myself to brothers, but I hear they are now on the 'short term profits over everything.' type of CRM. Customer Relation Managment: Screw you.
- genewitch 2y agoI tell people not to buy HP and to buy a brother, but what did they change? Mine works fine, even with third party cartridges. Printer ink has always been hilariously overpriced. A gallon of IBM check sorting machine ink was $25. And that's magnetic ink. Extract as much value from your users as possible I guess. If some subset of users figure out how to at least lube up, first, disable their hardware.
- codr7 2y agoMost of this world is firmly on the 'short term profits over everything' bandwagon by now.
- ajnin 2y agoFWIW Brother denies it made any of the customer-hostile firmware updates Louis Rossman recently accused them of, according to this other Ars Technica article: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/brother-denies-using-firmware-updates-to-brick-printers-with-third-party-ink/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/brother-denies-using...
- sedatk 2y agoMy local Costco always has Epson EcoTanks on sale, FWIW.
- dustbunny 2y agoHow often do you print? I feel like if I had a printer, I'd probably only use it a couple of times per year.
- knowitnone 2y agoJust print at the local library. 10 cents/page
- ditsuke 2y agoWe're not all in the US or EU
- sebazzz 2y agoI purchased a HP laser printer instead. I don't print that often and it has been complaining since a few packs of paper ago that the black toner is almost empty but it just keeps printing.
- yencabulator 2y agoMy decade-old HP laser has complained about very low toner for some 2 years now. Buy spare toner but don't replace until you actually see the print fade.
- aitchnyu 2y agoPlease remember to print once a fortnight to prevent the tubes from drying (at least in this hot and humid city). Apparently the head/printer cost ratio is at magnetron/microwave levels.
- jve 2y agoYou unplug your printer? I never had this issue with HP Smart tank, but I always leave it plugged in so it can dip the ink if needed.
- JohnFen 2y agoThis problem is what made me ditch inkjets entirely in favor of laser printers. You don't have to remember to do occasional "maintenance prints" with laser printers.
- dalemhurley 2y agoGen X / Millennial, we have no issue with not printing that often.
- harrall 2y agoI have a higher end dye-based EcoTank (ET-8550) and I absolutely love it. Absolutely sips ink. I also actually have a Brother color laserjet too (HL-L8360CDW). Between those two, I get a LOT of projects done. They are both reliable workhorses.
- jve 2y agoIs it hassle-free printing? I have HP Smart tank budget printer and it sometimes drives me mad that it stops printing, you have to restart it and whatnot. The colors are not great either. However the tank lasts few years before it dries out and we do print with it quite a lot. For kids, for school, for coloring - usually I set low quality prints. But the printing is cheap. But when I change the printer, I want hassle free print experience. And a tank based printer.
- dalemhurley 2y agoThe paper tray is very small, like 75 pages which is annoying. Everything else with the EcoTank is great.