[crusty old prospector]

Sweet. Ink is such a ripoff.

[Swordmaker]

Review of the new Epson EcoTank printers which have eliminated the ink cartridges. . . This is a cool idea. . . and economical. Total Cost of Ownership is lower than cartridge Ink Jets over the life of regular ink jet printers. I'd get this even over a color laser printer! You don't wind up throwing a lot of cartridges away or taking time running to the store for expensive ink cartridges either. I can live with that! It should be interesting to see what the other printer manufacturers come up with to compete with Epson in similar cartridgeless printers. — PING!

CARTRIDGELESS INK JET PRINTERS are coming! BIG improvement
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[JimSEA]

I’ve learned to keep extra cartridges on hand at all times but it’s really expensive. This looks interesting.

[Paladin2]

I've been filling my own cartridges for at least a decade in spite of the printer companies attempts to intervene.

Sometimes though I've bought a new printer on sale instead of going through the fill hassle. I own a LOT of printers.

[Swordmaker]

This will be of interest to your lists. . .

[dennisw]

LASER PRINTER is the way to go!!!
You can usually find black and white laser printers on sale for $50 by a reputable brand such as Samsung, HP, Brother. I have one by HP and it works great. A refill toner cartridge was $14 incl shipping from ebay.

I have an inkjet that is used only for color printing a few times a year. Put scotch tape over the cartridge to preserve the ink from drying up. Over the area the ink jets out of

[Moonman62]

WSJ’s Wilson Rothman explains why paying more will make your ink-cartridge hassles disappear.

...

No it won’t. The heads will still clog if they aren’t used often enough. I switched to laser when they became affordable and won’t go back.

[TomGuy]

I never had much luck with inkjets. After a while, they would quit recognizing even new cartridges. They would clog. When that happened, it seemed to signal their demise.

About 2004 I found a home laser printer for $200. It lasted until I went Win7 and drivers were not available.

About 7 years ago I found a color laser Xerox for $150 on a CyberMonday sale. It still works great. Since I do not print very most at home, it does not dry out, etc. It is still using the original cartridges.

Go laser. Inkjets are not worth the hassle. Laser printers can be found for around $50 for b/w and under $200 for color.

[smokingfrog]

What took them so long?

[Fungi]

The only way a printer manufacturer can make money is charging for ink, apart from the initial printer purchase. Epson was sued a while back for their practices. They paid and I received a check for $25. There has to be a catch here. You can buy generic ink and fill up cartridges. The only way I see Epson making money here is if they force you to buy their ink, or make a killing on the printer. I would not trust this move until I know more.

[W.]

Worked in manufacturing, this place had a Brother 3/1. EVERY time you turned it on, it printed a ‘test’ page that burned through the color inks, and the cartridges were tiny. And, like the article, it stops immediately upon detecting an empty ink cartridge. That was 15 years back, and I STILL get pissed thinking how that miserable POS would quit when I needed it to be quick at kicking out BOL’s, etc., for my shipping paperwork. RRRRRRR... ;)

[Wingy]

I buy and maintain four computer setups in the Philippines for family members. They have had this setup for printers for YEARS! It's simply too expensive for your average Filipino home user to buy tiny carts of ink. This has been researched and found to be true.

But, and it's a big but, try to find this in the States. I've done some searches but have not found one yet.

[Sequoyah101]

Sweet! The Brother Color Laser has a one track mind..LOW ON TONER!!! Even when it is not!

This looks like the way to go.

[Beowulf9]

Epson killed the ink cartridge...

Sung to the tune of Video killed the radio star.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwuy4hHO3YQ&list=RDIwuy4hHO3YQ

[umgud]

I just buy a new cheap printer when I run out of ink.

[TheBattman]

So Epson finally figured out that people really like CIS systems - being able to buy ink in “bulk” and keeping the supply running, all at a massive cost savings? About time!

[House Atreides]

Thanks. I pre-ordered from Amazon.

Does anyone know where one can be ordered cheaper than Amazon?

[Mount Athos]

I agree with the comments about black and white laser printers. Saved me a ton of money.

[Mozilla]

I gave up using a printer due to all the hassle with ink. II decided to just use a libraries’ printer or go to Fed Ex Kinkos or whatever to print out things. These printers are a start.

[Organic Panic]

It is called a laser printer. I have the same one from 15 years ago still works great. But good to see one of the bog boys dumping the $20 printer $150 ink cartridge.