Printer Ink Costs

People already do that, ink is so expensive and printers are such a loss lead that people often just buy a new printer

Because of the trillions of dollars they'd have to spend on ink refill cartridges?

I have an EcoTank (not the pro variant). There are absolutely no strings attached. No subscriptions. No lockout. I have been using it for five years now. The "other way" they found is apparently "selling the printer hardware at its real cost instead of subsidizing it through ink cartridges".

I recently purchased an Epson Eco Tank printer (their budget mono without a scanner) [1], I'm quite impressed so far. The first thing I did was print 200+ pages, and it kept up well. My biggest cost now is the price of paper (as it should be). I would suggest ink jet still could be useful, especially with cheap refillable ink rather than this expensive cartridge bullshit.I remember years ago wanting to buy a new ink cartridge for my HP printer. In the shop the printer was something like

Since I've seen this many times before, I would be willing to pet you were buying "cheap" inkjet printers. By "cheap" I mean they take ink cartridges.Never ever ever buy a cartridge inkjet printer.instead buy a tank printer (eg Epson Eco-Tank). They are more expensive. You fill up the ink from a bottle.Cartridge printers are sold at a loss and designed to make a profit from the cartridges. This is why printer manufacturers are constantly fighting third-party car

"Buy a laser printer" is maybe the best workaround. Preferably a slightly older one. Inkjet printers have little competition (3 manufacturers that hold the patents) and are sold in a "give away the razor, sell the blades" type of deal. This is creeping into some of the laser printers lately, and of course there's still differences between brands, but if you pick up a random inkjet printer and a random laser printer you will have far less trouble with the laser printer.

After years of dodgy HP printers and their very expensive inks, I brought an Epson EcoTank. It cost a lot more but it prints are amazing and the Ink lasts forever. It took 2 years to get through the included ink.

I'd stay away from their InkJet printers. Mine has a chip which forces you to replace coloured ink when it's empty.I've not printed one color page, yet I recently had to install a new yellow ink cartridge in order to print in black/white.

Got an Epson ink tank printer - more expensive to buy but glad to be rid of the cartridge scam.

But that is indeed the point, see printers and ink cartridges