As far as I can tell Epson printers are now not worth the low
purchase cost of them. Disposable printers.

The cost of the ink cartridges are out of site and the printer Epson
software can tell if it is not an Epson cartridge. I suspect  the
printer will disable it self if it detects a non Epson ink
cartridge.

I am not about to go out and buy a whole new set of expensive Epson
cartridges to see if it will start working again.

I would rather buy a different printer.

Not a nice thing for Epson  to do but hard to prove one way or the
other. Reminds me of VW cheating on smog by detecting when the VW was
being smog tested.

I now have a junk epson printer going in the land fill.

Paul Lamar

Paul,

I have had the same problem with both HP and Epson inkjets - Ink is WAY
overpriced and the cartridges have chips that won't let you use generic -

Older HP's would let you use generic ink - Also now more subject to
clogging - Have 3 HP inkjet printers available for anyone who wants to pick
them up -

Bought a Brother laser printer, model HL 3170CDW - It too knows whether you
are using generic toner cartridges but doesn't seem to care - Only thing
that doesn't work is reporting back when cartridge is low - Excellent
quality prints and long life on toner - Generic cartridges cost about 1/3 of
Brother brand - I have no stock in or connection to the Brother company

Roland Friestad


Yes I agree ink jet has seen it's day. I found a black and white Samsung laser jet at Fry's
for $89. Cartridges do over a 1000 pages and cost $37. It is much faster than ink jet
as well.

Paul Lamar


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