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[–] ardvarcus 0 points 13 points (+13|-0) ago 

I used to have an ink jet printer. It would waste pages of ink "cleaning itself" every time I turned it on. I couldn't just print in black, it demanded that I use the color as well, even when printing black text. I couldn't buy cheap no-brand ink, it demanded that I use its in-house ink that cost five times as much. I couldn't print when even one of the ink cartridges was empty, even though I wasn't using that color. That's when I put the printer out on the curb on garbage day and swore that I would never buy another Epson product as long as I live ... and I've kept my promise.

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[–] slwsnowman40 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

HP's are like that.

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[–] xobodox 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Plus, the ink cartridge times out. If you don't print anything for several months, even though you barely used it, it will say "out of ink",

Biggest scam ever!

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[–] uvulectomy 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Yeah, I have an Epson like that. Great print quality, but absolutely refused to print...even black text... because the cyan cartridge was empty. Never bothered buying more, because fuck that shit.

Fortunately I got it for $25 when I worked for a certain shitty electronics/appliance retailer. The scanner still works, so it's still somewhat useful. But fuck ever buying ink for the bastard, or buying another Epson ever again.

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[–] prairie ago 

Sounds like my story (same brand even). Someone had given me a few of them, same bullshit every time. "Oh, you just turned me on? I just realized it's that time of the month so wait a minute while I have some heavy ink flow into my pad, to you know clean things out.... OK, all done, I just wasted a dollar of ink!"

Got a used laser for $30 and haven't ever looked back.