Comment on Has HP printers always been this bad?
Whattrees@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
HP sucks donkey balls. Printer, computer, laptop, all-in-one, doesn’t matter. Friends don’t let friends by an HP.
That said, ET-2800 is an Epson brand printer, specifically the base-model “Eco-Tank” printer that uses bottles of ink instead of cartridges. HP makes a few under the “Super Tank” line. If that’s the right model number, that might help explain driver issues if you have an Epson printer being controlled by HP drivers.
If you plan on keeping it, make sure to set a calendar reminder or set up a task to print at least one color page every month to keep the ink from drying out in the print head. If you decide to replace it, consider a brother laser, especially the black-and-white only models. They are tanks
PurpleTentacle@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
The Epson Eco-Tank printers are probably one of the most infuriatingly mislabeled products ever, though. They all come with self-destruct timers.
If their software counter device that their excess ink sponge pad is full (which can happen rather quickly depending on printing behavior and the amount of cleaning cycles), they turn themselves into e-waste. Epson considers the sponge non-serviceable and the only official solution is to buy an entirely new printer with a clean sponge. Absolutely nothing Eco about that.
There are firmware hacks available now, though.
So, yeah, fuck Epson, but for very different reasons than op is listing.