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[–] nul9o9@lemmy.world 66 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Epson inkjets with refillable tanks probably.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 91 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Depending on the frequency of your printing, they can suck as well. Chronically clogged nozzles are maddening.

[–] darkevilmac@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You can run a power clean cycle which should help, then just replace the foam pads they saturate with ink for the cleaning

They're not perfect but they're still the most consumer friendly option on the market at this point

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

After talking to support 15 times, they never suggested replacing anything, and power clean wasn’t enough. I’ve long since destroyed the thing out of malignant rage and turned to libraries and copy shops, but it’s good to know that there might have been a solution.

[–] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Wait until copy shops start raising their prices cause nobody has printers anymore and you have no choice but to use them

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Still cost me less than a new printer every two years if they multiplied their prices by 10.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

yup and your not using a printer every single day.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

a personal printer/ink is far more expensive.

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

Not for me, 40€ toner cartridge gets me 10k pages, already have over 80k pages printed so the printer paid itself multiple times compared to a copyshop

[–] rarbg@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

Aliexpress syringe cleaning kit

[–] nul9o9@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, that's true. That was a pain in the ass when my wife needed good color accuracy.

[–] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

This. My partner’s office is stuck with “it has to be inkjet and not toner", and on January their printer got clogged…

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Inkjet is great, for photo printing regularly. For absolutely every other situation a laser printer is better.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

ink jet ones are so messy, and it waste a ton of ink.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

I have the 2850. Been using it for a couple years now. Print maybe once a month. Nozzles get clogged periodically but you run the automated cleaning process and it's back to working again.

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't print that often but I do have a calendar event to tell me to print something monthly. This could be a nice side project for someone to write a program that sends a print to your printer on a schedule to keep the heads clear. Wastes paper but at least the heads won't dry out.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

I reuse old paper when I do this.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Did they ever make the excess ink parts user replaceable?

That they weren’t in some models kept me from getting one when I was in the market a few years ago.

That printer is a nightmare. But financially makes sense.

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

The printer has the same ink problems, clogged, runs out easy, can't print b&w when missing a color. But I can buy random ink.