Printer Ink, It's a SCAM
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In this video, a Canon print cartridge is opened up and revealed not to contain the meagre 11.9 ml (0.4 fl oz) of ink it is advertised. The proposed solution is to buy a printer designed to be manually refilled with bottles of ink (such as the featured Epson EcoTank ET-2850), though it has only been tested briefly.

  • Shazbot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    This is a scam as old as time. An old professor of mine did the math, realized buying a new bottom tier printer was cheaper than buying its corresponding refills. Her husband was understandably furious at the stack of pristine printers pilling up in the garage.

    While you do save money on ink for larger printers (laser/pro photo inkjet) you are losing a lot of money just to start up. Its also worth noting that liquid ink has a shelf life, drying out, hardening, and a hassle to clean out if not used.

    On an interesting note: the EcoTank system is a reversal of the Stylus Pro and SureColor tank system. Instead of slotting in a fresh tank, you’re just pouring a bottle into a permanent tank. Good to see Epson taking a practical and consumer friendly approach.

    • 8ender@lemmy.worldEnglish
      01·
      2 years ago

      Epson is a surprisingly good company when it comes to products. I can’t find fault with their projectors or printers.

      • Dumpdog@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        11 days ago

        I am so angry with Epson that I am replying to this post two years later… Fuck Epson. Epson is a shit company just like all the rest.

        Use your favorite search engine to look up “Epson e-ll error”. The short TLDR story is: Epson “Eco Tank” printers brick after a certain number of prints. The excuse is that you have to replace ink pads that collect excess spilled ink. Even if you replace “ink pads” Epson still wants you to send in your printer for a simple software reset. Fuck them and all the shady 3rd party fucks who will reset your Waste Ink Counter with a WIC utility.

        Search long enough and you will find the free tool that prevents planned obsolescence.

        https://codeberg.org/atufi/reinkpy

        This script was used to fix an Epson ET-2550. Either way I’m never buying a fucking Epson again.