• Krulsprietje@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Printer inkt. In our shop people are still buying them for a way to high price…

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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.

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                1 year ago

                Old HP LaserJets like 1000 series (XP/2000 era drivers) are absolute behemoths. Still have and use one since 10-15 years.