• qyron@lemmy.pt
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    1 year ago

    Epson is running the market hard with their EcoTank printer. I’ve seen one litre bottles for less than €50.

    If not, go for refurbished/refilled cartridges.

    I still remember the fun of refilling old HP cartridges for a dime a dozen.

    • Faceman🇦🇺@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      Those ink tank printers are their own kind of scam though, they clog if you dont use them frequently enough, and they use a non-replaceable dump pad when cleaning and purging that effectively bricks the printers when it is considred full, which is usually just a timer, not an actual sensor.

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        1 year ago

        Ugh, I keep getting an error when posting a reply so I just repeat the send.

        Thank you for the warning.

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            1 year ago

            Agreed! I miss my Samsung CLP. That was a real battle horse!

            Yet, the talk was about printer ink and it is really hard to beat the price for that much ink, for those machines.

            Fun fact: I don’t even own one of those machines. I have a Canon. Still cheaper than HP cartridges but those assholes tie the entire machine operation to the cartridges.