Epson ET-2650 Printer – Goodbye to ink cartridges!!
There was never a printer that I could love, until I met the Epson ET-2650. Here’s the quick review.
It was the first time in my life I found an inkjet printer that could outdo the saving cost of a laser printer. The Epson ET-2650 is a member of the Epson EcoTank printer series, it does not use tiny little cartridges for ink.
See, I grew tired of buying Magenta one day, then Yellow the next and ended up spending more for Black on the weekend. It was a never ending battle of cartridges replacement every month.
So what does the EcoTank mean? It means ink come in a bottle and you refill the big ink tank on the side of the printer whenever that color is depleted, like back in the very old days.
But that’s what printers should have been nowadays instead of those expensive cartridges. Here, buy this printer for tree fiddy, but ink will cost you two kidneys. Ever feel like being scammed?
It has been a year now since I bought the ET-2650 and I still haven’t used half of the ink supply that the printer came with. And I printed plenty.
The refill bottle costs less than $20 and buying all four colors would set you back ~$80. Imagine a single cartridge of other typical printer would have cost you $50 on average and only lasts 2-3 months top. I’m starting to believe I could go 2 years with this original ink supply before I have to order a new set of them.
So if my math done right…
– Epson Ecotank each color bottles (B,Y,C,M) is about $12. For a total of less $50, you have ink that last for up to 2 years with tens of thousands of color prints.
– Typical 4 color cartridges x $40 (average each) = $160 lasts about 6 months or less before you run out of ink. For 2 years, it would have been $160 x 4 = $640.
– Remanufactured version of those 4 color cartridges x $12 (average each) = $48. For 2 years, that’s $192.
Good job, Epson!
Reviewed in this article:
- Epson strongly recommends the use of Genuine Epson inks for a quality printing experience;...
- Cartridge free printing comes with up to 2 years of ink in the box (1)
- Includes enough ink to print up to 4,000 pages black/6,500 color (2) equivalent to about...
- Save up to 80 percent on ink with low cost replacement bottles (4) plus easy to fill,...
- Epson strongly recommends the use of Genuine Epson inks for a quality printing experience;...
- Save upto 90 percent with low cost replacement ink bottles vs. ink cartridges (4) plus...
- Cartridge Free printing upto 2 years of ink in the box and with each replacement ink set...
- Value and convenience replacement ink bottle set includes enough ink to print upto 4,500...
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Inkjet printers are a good choice for those who prioritize quality and convenience over speed and cost-effectiveness.
This is the best choice forever. Most consumer inkjet printers, including those from Canon (FINE Cartridge system, see photo),
Hewlett-Packard, and Lexmark, use the thermal inkjet process
It doesn’t matter what printer you decide on, they are all designed to fail at a specific short life. Then to be held at ransom for the use of ink, that is equivalent to the price of gold. Not only the cost of the ink, they decide to put microchip on the ink cartridge to have the printer fail upon the not branded installed ink cartridge, Example, when I installed 2 new ink cartridges into my epson printer and let the machine go through its moves and to charge the ink. When it finally stopped, come to look at the LCD screen and it showed 75% available, from 100% new cartridge. That will be the last ink I will buy, because it’ll be the last printer I own. I send my print to staples and pick up when I’m out. There has got to be a CLASS-ACTION lawsuits against these printer manufacturers on unfair business against the consumer. When I broke open the printer case and examined the boards, some of the failures were simple $5 capacitors and a design to have the ink leak into a sponge on a tray to purposely lose ink. WE ARE DESIGNED TO LOSE WITH MONEY AND BE RIPPED-OFF