• BeardyGrumps@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Epson Ecotank happy as a pig in shit user here. Bought it 5 years ago, still going strong. No bullshit cartridges just fill the tanks with ink and off it goes. Yes you don’t a little more for the printer but it pays off the first refill.

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      1 year ago

      How are they for rare usage? My last ink spewer dried up after each print because I had weeks between them. Switched to monochrome laser years ago but it’s getting old and it decides to print 20 pages of garbage on every fourth print or so.

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        1 year ago

        I think you’re probably fine. The inks themselves have a 2 year expiration date, but AFAIK that’s just a typical “Quality assured until” date. I’ve not heard any issues with long spans between prints, so long as it’s plugged in so it can do a bit of maintenance.

      • dodgy_bagel@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 year ago

        Mine is going strong with the ink that came with it. Around five years too.

        Probably epson is going to enshittify the model, because they’re not making any money off of me (because their shit is actually working)