• MapleEngineer
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    1 year ago

    Wait…you guys still use cartridges? We’ve had an Epson ET-4550. No cartridges. No subscription.

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        Have they moved away from cartridges to ink tanks? We buy bottles of ink for our printer that last for a long time.

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          They’re probably talking about laser printers. So technically cartridge I guess, but the toner lasts so long it’s pretty affordable.

          The ink tank printers sound interesting, but I don’t print very often. Do the heads still dry out on them?

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            They’re probably talking about laser printers. So technically cartridge I guess, but the toner lasts so long it’s pretty affordable.

            Oh…maybe. I read “ink” and thought inkjet.

            The ink tank printers sound interesting, but I don’t print very often. Do the heads still dry out on them?

            We are a family of 4. We don’t print a huge amount most of the time. The print head does sometimes get plugged up if it sits for a long time. It’s got a head cleaning cycle that does a good job of getting it cleared out and back in top shape. We’ve had it for a while now, years, and we really like it.

            I’ve actually been considering getting one of the smaller ones for my office.