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06-22-2016, 12:55 PM
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| Epson WorkForce ET-4550 EcoTank™ All-in-One Printer
is anyone here is using one of these... hoping to hear real-life experiences instead of the online canned reviews: Epson WorkForce ET-4550 EcoTank™ All-in-One Printer - Product Information - Epson Canada, Limited. 
just wondering if it's worth the hype over the refillable tanks. the old fax machine is acting up and my laser printer is old so i thought maybe now is the time...
would like to know if it's good with windows 10 and apple airprint.
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06-22-2016, 02:32 PM
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How often do you print? A toner cartridge will last much longer than ink. If you dont print enough you will end up wasting money as it dries fast.
Personally I stay away from Ink printers, there plenty of local companies that offer re manufactured toner cartridges for really good deals.
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06-22-2016, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Dragon-88  How often do you print? A toner cartridge will last much longer than ink. If you dont print enough you will end up wasting money as it dries fast.
Personally I stay away from Ink printers, there plenty of local companies that offer re manufactured toner cartridges for really good deals. | +1 I one of the printers that uses ink and everytime we want to print something there would be no ink left coz is all dried out.
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06-23-2016, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Dragon-88 How often do you print? A toner cartridge will last much longer than ink. If you dont print enough you will end up wasting money as it dries fast.
Personally I stay away from Ink printers, there plenty of local companies that offer re manufactured toner cartridges for really good deals. | printing more often now than before. using an old hp non color laser right now and because of it's age it's not apple compatible and is having issues with windows 10. i went with a laser back then because i needed to print stuff for use at jobsites and inkjet printed stuff is obviously not good if it gets wet.
also have a brother laser fax/printer but it's a bitch to use because it's usb and it hates my asus router, and brother's tech support is a joke.
my mom is starting to really get into scrapbooking (nephew) and the need to print photos is becoming a factor.
not a fan of reman stuff. had problems in the past with leaking toners and short lifespans and i've been using oem since.
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06-24-2016, 12:13 AM
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Without really knowing anything about it, my first thought reading through that page is that they expect you to print a lot, so I'd have concerns with printhead issues down the road if you're not printing the 150+ pages/month they're referencing in their propaganda.
I know when I worked in retail, our vendors were always pushing us to sell more inkjets (HP especially) because they make more money on ink than they do on toner. And we always had more satisfied customers with lasers than ink (exception: Samsung color laser pieces of garbage). After the disasters that were HP's business inkjets (promised to be less expensive per print compared to laser; many of our clients ended up switching back to laser after 2-3 cartridge sets. Realtors found the ink would run if wet despite HP's colorfastness claims.) and Lexmark's Pro series ($5.99 black cartridges with promise that printer could print black w/o colour; Lexmark shortly thereafter bumped the price up and released a firmware update that prevented black only printing. On top of that, printheads would crack and spill ink everywhere; Lexmark refused to cover under warranty), I'm pretty gunshy when it comes to high-volume inkjets that try to compete with lasers (and vendors tried to get us to push instead of lasers). That said, it's been nearly 5 years since I worked in retail, so the game may have changed, but I doubt it.
I'd rather grab a laser for my day-to-day printing and a separate printer for photos (dye sub if all you want is 4x6, inkjet if larger prints are required), but space may be a factor. Even cheap inkjets did decent photos 5 years ago; they should be even better now. Not professional quality or anything, but certainly adequate for scrapbooking.
I've been running the same colour laser since 2005; never changed a cartridge, Canon still supports it with drivers (Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10. Including 64-bit versions). Best $150 I ever spent.
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