I have an ecotank and I like it a lot. It setup quick and works wired and wireless. The only thing I don’t like is the print quality feels desaturated. Although I don’t print for any art purposes so it doesn’t matter too much.
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wazoobonkerbrain@lemmy.world 8 months agoWhat do you think of the Epson Ecotank?
Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world 8 months ago
ThetaDev@lemm.ee 8 months ago
They look like good machines if you are printing a lot and need an inkjet (like for photo printing)
If you are only using a printer occasionally for letters or shipping labels, laser printers are probably a better option. Sure, they need more space, but they cant dry out and dont require cleaning programs.
Reygle@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Have no experience with Epson outside of 1 complete trash-teir $50 inket, which was hot garbage which of course it was- sorry.
rambos@lemm.ee 8 months ago
We have one A3 format in the office for 8 months and its been amazing
BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I was looking to buy an ET. Then I learned about the sponge. While you’re free to refill the ink at little cost there’s also a sponge that cleans the heads or soaks up excess ink. I have forgotten the purpose, but it’s a 2 dollars sponge, you can easily get something like it and replace it. But the printer won’t reset the counter for the sponge. Unless you want to download sketchy stuff off of a Belarusian website, your only option is to ship the printer to Epson and pay them for the trouble.
That maneuver is about the same price as a new ecotank.
Since writing the above I did some late-night googling, and it seems that Epson US has caught enough flack for this, and now offers a one time key for a reset utility epson.com/…/epson-ink-pads-reset-utility-faqs.
If I buy a printer it’ll be a brother laser, or a professional inkjet… And I don’t see the latter happening.