Amazon has Epson EcoTank ET-4800 Wireless All-in-One Cartridge-Free Supertank Printer (C11CJ65201) on sale for $199.99. Shipping is free.
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Product Details:
Innovative Cartridge-Free Printing: High-capacity ink tanks mean no more tiny, expensive ink cartridges; Epson's exclusive EcoFit ink bottles make filling easy and worry-free
Impressive Print Quality: Unique Micro Piezo Heat-Free Technology produces sharp text – plus impressive color photos and graphics – on virtually any paper type
Zero Cartridge Waste: By using an EcoTank printer, you can help reduce the amount of cartridge waste ending up in landfills
Built-in Scanner & Copier: High-resolution flatbed scanner and a color display for easy document copying and navigation
Our research indicates that this deal is $90 less (31% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $289.99 at the time of this posting.
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Amazon has Epson EcoTank ET-4800 Wireless All-in-One Cartridge-Free Supertank Printer (C11CJ65201) on sale for $199.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Deal Hunter phoinix for finding this deal.
Product Details:
Innovative Cartridge-Free Printing: High-capacity ink tanks mean no more tiny, expensive ink cartridges; Epson's exclusive EcoFit ink bottles make filling easy and worry-free
Impressive Print Quality: Unique Micro Piezo Heat-Free Technology produces sharp text – plus impressive color photos and graphics – on virtually any paper type
Zero Cartridge Waste: By using an EcoTank printer, you can help reduce the amount of cartridge waste ending up in landfills
Built-in Scanner & Copier: High-resolution flatbed scanner and a color display for easy document copying and navigation
Our research indicates that this deal is $90 less (31% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $289.99 at the time of this posting.
Please see the original post for additional details and give the WIKI and forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
About this Store:
Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
For those wondering, tank printers can be cheaper per page than a laser printer. However you need to print a lot to take advantage of it.
Tank printers also have many of the same issues as regular cartridge inkjet printers. For example the nozzle is going to clog if you leave it sitting idle for long stretches. There are more moving parts and potential messes so that decreases its reliability over laser.
I downloaded a CMYK image from Wikipedia (big graphic of the primary colors). I print it every few weeks so all the print heads get used a decent amount without running a clean cycle. Works great.
Much better than HP which dumps ink almost every time you go to print.
I bought an older model Epson Ecotank about 7 or 8 years ago and I have had zero problems with it. I filled the black tank once and have printed about 5,000 pages total. Waaaaaay cheaper than a standard inkjet to operate.
How's the print head? My old inkjet printer first problem was always a clogged print head doesn't matter how much ink I have. Just a waste of money
Yes, any Ecotank can convert, just NEVER put the regular ink in it. If you got one free then you could do a massive clean out but it would probably be better to replace the lines. Just be sure to not let it sit idle for more than a few months or the lines/heads may clog and it is a btch to clear. I'm checking this out because my 2760 is clogged and full flushes aren't fixing it. Honestly though Sams has a ET-2400 for $170 and if you're doing sublimation then you won't need duplex or scan, etc. I'd just pick that up and spend the $30 difference on sublimation ink. I really want a printer that can do 11"+ wide, but both the 4800 and 2400 (and my 2760) only do 8.5" wide.
Bought this just about 2 weeks ago. Note that it has ADF capabilities so you can scan multiple pages by using the feed tray without having to do one by one manually
I'm hesitant to pull the trigger. The eco tank I have now is still on its first set of ink, but I don't print enough so the heads get dried up or clogged. It shaving paper feeding issues too, not sure if I should upgrade.
If this is converted over to a sublimation printer, probably worth it, but as a regular ink jet??? For any regular inkjet, no matter how big the tank, $200 is ridiculously high. Can get a laser on sale for that and it will last years longer.
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I'm hesitant to pull the trigger. The eco tank I have now is still on its first set of ink, but I don't print enough so the heads get dried up or clogged. It shaving paper feeding issues too, not sure if I should upgrade.
If you don't print much, get a laser printer. Laser use dry, powered toner so you can let it sit literally for years and it will still print like it did the last time you used it. Laser printing doesn't smudge if it gets wet, etc. Literally, the paper will fall apart before the printing gets smudge by liquids hitting it.
The EcoTanks are some of the best non laser printers out there. Have had one from Costco for over 8 years and only issue I had was to unclog the black nozzle. Apparently if you don't print for a few months it can clog. Now we print more often with it and it hasn't happened. +
What's annoying about the "heads cog if not used" issue is they could trivially add an automatic head-clean schedule if they wanted.
For example: the printer knows how often each color is used, and if it goes over [defined threshold] then either cycle the nozzle into the waste tank or print onto a sheet of paper if there is no other solution. It "wastes paper" but still less waste than throwing away the printer.
My friend's Mom has this. We had a conversation, she loves it. Now remember to properly clean the heads every now and then!!
I've been using only (color) laser printers for 2+ decades at this point. The only thing I have ever had to do is replace the paper when it runs out, and once in a blue moon a toner cartridge that finally is running out. Nothing clogs. If I don't print anything for 3 months, when I do it just works. I do however realize there are a few use cases where ink is definitely better, like printing photos. Everything else, I would never touch anything but a (drm free) laser printer.
If you don't print much, get a laser printer. Laser use dry, powered toner so you can let it sit literally for years and it will still print like it did the last time you used it. Laser printing doesn't smudge if it gets wet, etc. Literally, the paper will fall apart before the printing gets smudge by liquids hitting it.
Does laser do color glossy photos?
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Tank printers also have many of the same issues as regular cartridge inkjet printers. For example the nozzle is going to clog if you leave it sitting idle for long stretches. There are more moving parts and potential messes so that decreases its reliability over laser.
Much better than HP which dumps ink almost every time you go to print.
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For example: the printer knows how often each color is used, and if it goes over [defined threshold] then either cycle the nozzle into the waste tank or print onto a sheet of paper if there is no other solution. It "wastes paper" but still less waste than throwing away the printer.
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