Printer ink subscriptions
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I looked them up and I thought "Is that Usain Bolt flogging printers now?"
then I find he did a series of adverts for them lol..
Just fill & chill
Soldato
I have an HP Envy 7200 series and pay for the minimum subscription. It's convenient but they've just put it up a quid and that's a 33% increase or so, which is ridiculous. It's a principle thing IMO.
However, if you stop the subscription they deactivated the print cartridges. That's a deal breaker for me so I'm looking for a new printer. I'll look at the Eco tank.
However, if you stop the subscription they deactivated the print cartridges. That's a deal breaker for me so I'm looking for a new printer. I'll look at the Eco tank.
Soldato
Mugs game... Just buy it when you need it....
Man of Honour
Or get an Epson ECO Tank Printer.
Soldato
Might look into this, was after a new printer last year, only use a printer for a few basic things, like printing a postage label.
Have a cannon pixma and the ink runs out so quick and is very expensive for the full set of ink, like £60+!
Would you say the above printers you linked are good for general basic printing, never print photos for example.
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Man of Honour
My dude: https://www.thecartridgecentre.co.uk/pages/search-results-page?q=canon pixma
:edit: btw, your name has always been rad, but after having seen Barbie it's even better.
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Man of Honour
I've seen results and was very impressed with photo's printed out.
My wife argued it was a waste of money at £150 saying it was pointless, I reckon we've spent over £200 on compatibles since then.
Soldato
What model do you have?
Me too. Picked up a cheap brother laser from Ebay for labels. Well worth it as often you can't use paperless.
Had like 50 percent ink left. Which is a lifetime of labels.
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Man of Honour
Mine's still an old Epson, I said my wife wouldn't let me have one and we have now spent way more than the ECO Tank on compatible cartridges.
Yeah the price increase is ridiculous, before it made sense as we'd go through 1 set of cartridges a year and due to lack of use they'd often get blocked and need to waste a load of ink cleaning. Strangely the instant ink cartridges have never blocked, despite being used very little. Odd that
Unless you need to print colour or photos, get a laser.
For just printing labels, letters, forms and stuff, they are perfect. You buy a toner cartridge maybe once every five years. They work first time, every time. No subscriptions. No mess.
Soldato
That's exactly what I've found too. Not a single blockage in several years, yet they're allegedly the exact same cartridges. Prior to this, every time I went to use my printer (which might be a month apart) it'd been blocked and I'd have to waste time, effort and cash getting it all working again. It seemed easier to go with Instant Ink but it has made me a bit suspicious of their "normal" cartridges.Yeah the price increase is ridiculous, before it made sense as we'd go through 1 set of cartridges a year and due to lack of use they'd often get blocked and need to waste a load of ink cleaning. Strangely the instant ink cartridges have never blocked, despite being used very little. Odd that
Man of Honour
Next up on Infowars: a special feature on BIG INK.
Yeah the price increase is ridiculous, before it made sense as we'd go through 1 set of cartridges a year and due to lack of use they'd often get blocked and need to waste a load of ink cleaning. Strangely the instant ink cartridges have never blocked, despite being used very little. Odd that
Let me guess, the printers now get left on 24/7 and are allowed to do their own thing with regards to standby and maintenance to stop HP moaning about it as opposed to them being turned off for weeks at a time beforehand?
Nope still left off, just ignore the emails. Use it a couple of times a month same as when I bought cartridges and its the exact same printer.
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Soldato
Not Epson, but I was going to suggest an ink tank as well.
Brother DCP-T710W.
Bought it 3 years ago and it still has some ink left as it came with tank refills.
Soldato
Equally, our printer is never turned off because I want to be able to use it on demand. Not have to go to it, start it up and wait for it to get ready.
Man of Honour
I've put my money where my mouth is after running out of compatible cartridges again
I didn't expect the ink bottles to big so big
I didn't expect the ink bottles to big so big
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