This is the perfect review for us. I also homeschool my pre-schoolers and have had it with our brother printer. After using up not even half the ink in the cartridge, it stops printing and I get a low ink message. I've spent so much money on ink these past two years, I could have bought two new ecotanks. I'll be picking mine up at Costco tomorrow, crossing my fingers it's in stock.

@TheNetGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Best wishes! The 2760 is a good family model too. Less paper and slower, but rear feeder and Sd card reader.

@tommyharris5817

3 жыл бұрын

How is it, any issues?

@valenciamaribel

3 жыл бұрын

@@tommyharris5817 no issues , we went with the 3760. I’ve printed a full year of first and pre-k curriculum. A homeschool planner, budget planner and three unit studies. It hasn’t even made a dent in the amount of ink. Also, copying has been a breeze with the top loader.

@tommyharris5817

3 жыл бұрын

@@valenciamaribel That's good to hear. The reason I asked is many people say they have issues after a year with regards to the print pad and need power cleaning often which destroys the ink, etc.

@valenciamaribel

3 жыл бұрын

@@tommyharris5817 thankfully i haven’t run into that issue, but I’ve only had the printed for about 2 months.

We have had this printer for 3 years now. Flat out the best printer we have had.

I meant to give this a watch earlier this week! Love the video, especially the intro! Great creative twist there!

I purchased that exact printer then I watched your review and I became more satisfied that I made the right discision purchasing it . Thanks for the useful review 👍 God bless!

Great review, quite possibly one of the best I've watched for a printer. Going to purchase from Costco! Thumbs up. This guy knows how to do a proper tech review!

@TheNetGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! New video is coming out tomorrow!

i do like honest reviews. Thank you for the information. There is so many printers to choose from and this helps narrow down my considerations.

@TheNetGuy

2 жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome and thanks for the kind words!

Excellent review, straight to the point on everything, thank you

Very informative for a layman as my self. I am ordering an Eco Tank printer right now. I've subscribed to see what else the Net Guy has to say. Thanks Net Guy.

@TheNetGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! I do my best!

Great review Jon! I'm looking forward to breaking the cycle of tiny ink cartridges when it's time to replace my current color inkjet.

I did not do the recommended alignment, went straight to printing a photo and was flawless for me. Sometimes those alignment adjustments can put the printer out of perfect it seems. Everyone’s mileage may very but I love this thing. Thanks for the video.

@TheNetGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. Glad to hear you’re enjoying it!

I've been using the ET-2600 for five years with no problems at all, and boy am I pleased with it. Best printer I ever owned (been through HP, Canon etc), and by far the cheapest to use.

@mememe84

Жыл бұрын

what was wrong with the cannon?

Excellent work on this video! Well done! Great review keep up the good work!

Hi - I just stumbled onto your site and I’m impressed, I really enjoyed your NO B/S , NO NONSENCE video , you went straight to the meat of the subject unlike most videos where they babble on about just garbage just to try and impress people on how much they know. ( extremely frustrating ), because of your well liked video I did like and subscribe, THANK YOU .

Really appreciate this review! Thanks for the great video! 😀

Thank you so very much! I bought this printer a year ago with the intention of converting it to a sublimation printer, but I will use it as my main printer instead of returning it & convert the ET 2850 into a back up sublimation printer instead! Your video helped me decide! Thanks, again!

Thank you for this wonderful review! I'm sold. 😃

Best review after checking soooo many other reviews. You really covered all. No talked about scanning...

Very thorough review - thank you.

Great review thank you. Was looking at the Costco deal and you helped me

@TheNetGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect! Enjoy!

Always very informative with a touch of humor! Thank you. I dropped the inkjet for the laser because I am not printing enough.

@TheNetGuy

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a great plan. I didn’t cover some of the big problems of inkjets drying out now. You can’t just buy new cartridges or tubes if they’re frozen.

watching this to find a replacement for my HP which has finally stopped processing HP cartridges. Think this will do quite well. thanks! And thanks for the mention of Costco - It is a much better deal than ...

Excellent video. Crisp and concise.

Thank you for your review! We are a homeschooling family as well and are blowing through ink cartridges at the moment. Looking forward to not having to buy new cartridges constantly. Thank you!

Very well done, comprehensive, review. We were looking at this very printer.

@TheNetGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words Roger. Glad to have you aboard, I’m just finishing editing a follow up video on this printer and how to refill the ink. We’ve printed over 5000 pages so far this year.

@rogerredford6242

2 жыл бұрын

It's about time the companies caught up with reality@@TheNetGuy

The ink tank system appears to be much better than the cartridge system kzread.infoUgkxciSwynMJ7PnUvvx11rewiu-yFBkZTl53 and a lot cheaper to run. The machine was easy to set up. A small point but I thought they'd be a USB cable included to help with the set up but there was none. I've been using it now for a few weeks and it seems like a good product and superior to my previous printers which were all troublesome HP machines.

I have an ET7750, I had a chap profile it with an i1 profiling unit for Ilford Galerie glossy 300gms paper from a 24" roll and it produces excellent colour and black and white prints upto 11"x24". From the roll I can cut any size and get consistent prints. I put my Canon Pro 1 in the skip after the bank refused a second mortgage for the ink.

Greetings from Ireland, thank you for this Video really help and balanced, Kind regards

We got one from Costco at least five years ago, and use it at least a few times a week. It's been completely trouble-free, and the tanks are still 50% full. It's a refreshing change from the insanely expensive cartridge printers.

Excellent video; I converted this printer to a Sublimination Printer. It was economical, and I got great results for what I wanted to use it for. Now I need a printer that I can use 11 x 19 Sublimination paper.

Ordered one tonight. My HP Officejet Pro (aka POS) 8620 has played with me for the LAST time! Great review.

@shauns5680

3 жыл бұрын

Same here... 8620 inbuilt obsolescence printhead error. I’m done with HP

GREAT review!

I have the ET-3850 and I wanted a second printer that uses the same ink. I bought the ET-3760 on Ebay used for $140. Works great and much better than paying $400 for a new one. Can't beat the ink usage and it's the nicest looking printer I've ever owned.

I bought an ET 3750 a couple of months ago. Delighted with it so far

@TheNetGuy

2 жыл бұрын

💃 🤘

Thanks for the review!

Magnificent review bells and whistles are for those who have the time to fiddle, not those who want to just print!

@TheNetGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kinds words!

Thanks for the review of the all-in-one. Don't need a new one right now, but ill keep your comments.

Hi Jon! Loved the review video. I have a question about the ink coverage. I'm wanting to print a transparency film. I need the coverage to be opaque for screen printing purposes. In your opinion, will I have any trouble getting a solid opaque image using the ET-3760? Of course, I'll be using black ink only on the clear film. Thanks for you hard work in sharing your review videos!

Great video Net Guy. Another important feature for longevity.....Maintenance Cartridge or Waste Ink pad being user replaceable. The canon megatanks have replaceable print heads but no all have waste cartridge replacements. I just returned a Canon PIXMA G7020 because of this.

👍 good review!

One thing I didn't see you cover is the Epson Firmware updating. I have had firmware updates basically break my last 2 Eco Tank Printers. It can cause them to get put into a funky state that is difficult to get out of. I would say do NOT do the firmware update unless it is absolutely required to fix something you find is an issue.

I have the ET-2500. Can find no fault with it. Didn't buy it as a photo printer, just an every day printer and it works just fine. I've had it for some time and have only just needed to buy more ink, the cost saving over cartridge printers is enormous!

@TheNetGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome and good to hear 🙏

I would love to see this Epson Eco tank printer be compared to a laser printer. My biggest issue is ink cartridges drying up with my current inkjet printer. I am in the market for a new printer.

Thanks, this is a good start for my search for a new printer. I bought what I hope will be the last of the ink cartridges while I search for an ink saving printer. I have zero tech knowledge but I know I'm spending a stooopid amount for ink. This gives me an idea of what to consider like print quality (important) and paper capacity (not so important) and auto feed (kind of important). 🤪

I love mine. I run a large lawn spray business and run the legs off this thing. So much more economical than other brands. All pluses and no negatives in my book!!

Thanks for your review. Tired of paying a fortune for printer ink. Will be heading to Costco to pick up the ET-3760!

I picked mine up at Costco. I was underwhelmed with print quality on the default setting and the slow speed of the scanner. I guess I was spoiled with my previous Brother printer, which printed and scanned much better. My previous printer also had a rear paper feed for envelopes and thicker card stock. I have owned Epson printers in the past and did like them, I'm hoping that this one grows on me.

@TheNetGuy

2 жыл бұрын

My wife just pumped over 100 pages through it tonight. I don’t dare to look at the printing counts yet but it’s massive!

@melanietapp3414

2 жыл бұрын

I also bought mine at Costco almost a year ago. I've yet to have a "good" print come out of it, even with adjusting quality and settings. Everything seems very grainy and dull, everytime I see a good review I'm baffled!

@sophiesmom6943

Жыл бұрын

@@melanietapp3414 I agree with you. Very poor printing quality. I have an old HP officejet prnter as well and when I print the same flyer on both printers you can really tell how poor the quality is from the Epson. Okay for casual printing but not for anything you want to share professionally. It also keeps going offline and difficult to get back online so not a reliable device.

Thank you for a very informative review, I was going to buy this model at Costco but I just learned that it wouldn't be a good choice if I need to print envelopes.

@TheNetGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Take a look at the 2760. It’s $100 cheaper, and other than having less paper capacity and being a little bit slower, you still get an amazing deal on ink and it has a rear feeder and SD card reader. Good luck!

I converted a cheap ($50) Epson printer to CISS with a $50 CISS supply and $30 of ink a good 8 years ago. After lots of at home use through all that time I still use it faithfully. CISS is the way to go; cartridges are criminally expensive. Good review, thank you.

@fatimadalal4211

2 жыл бұрын

What is CISS?

@buddyboy4x44

2 жыл бұрын

@@fatimadalal4211 Continuous ink supply system. You replace the little ink cartridges with ones having supply lines to outside tanks which are easily filled with infinitely cheaper bulk ink.

Seriously great video, thank you!

@TheNetGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Equaled only by your comment! Thanks for the kind words!

I love my et-2550. Im a teacher and have had it in my classroom for three years. Only complaint is some inconsistanies with the wifi direct connect. I never have a problem with my phone just my computer so I usually just print it fron google drive. It might be something with my computer rather than the printer. I did have to clean the print head after it clogged after 3 years but it was pretty easy to do.

@saragruber1019

2 жыл бұрын

Ice spent less than $20 in ink and print for my classroom and two school age children all the time.

This review was actually the driving force that brought me to buy one of the pro models (ET-5800) for my office where we print about 5000-10000 pages per month. It was supposed to be a supplement to my large black and white laser copier but the running costs are so much lower I might be supplementing it with a second and phasing out the copier the next time it breaks. The paper input tray and output tray are a bit small for the 100-150 page print jobs we do at our office and the print speed advertised is not realistic at all. But besides those issues which we can work around, I love this thing.

@tookitogo

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been eyeing those models myself (for home, because I want a duplexing ADF). Did you get a color one, or one of the black and white models they sell? As for speed: if you look at the European website, do the print speeds listed there match our experience? (As I understand it, the EU mandates print speed specs based on a standardized real-world test document. I’m curious as to how accurate it is…)

@qwikz28

2 жыл бұрын

@@tookitogo mine is color. It's a great printer thus far. I've been very happy with it. My only gripe is the paper trays. They are small and poorly designed. If you fill them to capacity, they will jam. And it will sometimes grab multiple sheets so you'll have random blank paper in your document. As for speed, it's hard to tell because the advertised speed is for 5% coverage and I rarely print with such little on a page. I don't find it to be a problem though. Color is much slower though, so I do regret not paying more for the 5850

@tookitogo

2 жыл бұрын

@@qwikz28 Epson _still_ doesn’t have reliable paper feed?!? I remember my old Epson from over 20 years ago having that issue. My Canons never had problems. As for speed: I thought the 5850’s claim to fame (compared to the 5800) is having the same print speed in color as in black and white?

@qwikz28

2 жыл бұрын

@@tookitogo that's my understanding. The color seems to go at half speed on mine.

Great review! Subbed based off the review and big family crew! 🤟🏽 (dad of 6 here)

@TheNetGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Woot! Thanks man!

I have an ET-4850 for over a year now that I mostly use for printing music scores. Best printer I’ve ever had and I have using PC printers for over 30+!years…!

I got the Epson ET3760 for FREE, someone in my local buy-nothing group could not get it to work 😂 I use it to print flyers for my local business, for document scans and prints, for legal agreements for terms of service for clients (they sign it in person on my Supernote A5X, I then export it as a PDF, email to them and also print it out through wifi.) It's the best little printer I've ever owned!!! It's so easy (once you set up the print heads....)

Great review

Nice review

very informative thanks!

@TheNetGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words!

bro, i'm not even looking for a printer or anything and i know its 2022, but thank you for actually doing a proper tech review vs. reposting a manufacturer spec video w/ tts. i lol'd at the "touch screen" part 💀💀😂😂

@TheNetGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! My wife is still tapping it and we’ve owned it over a year 😭

Just saw I watched your video before and commented. Came on KZread to look up what was said about this printer now because I am having issues with it printing cardstock yet again. After printing off three cardstock sheets no problem it refused to print it or it caused a paper jam. Funny thing is when I was ready to give up I got it to print one sheet again properly. Really frustrating and wishing I would have done better with my research when buying it. Thing is I put in quite a bit of time looking at the right printer to buy. : S

That's a great review thanks made my decision easier.

@TheNetGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks friend!!!

Bro your video is great

I have an epson ecotank printer, I love it. You have to make sure you don't let lots of paper stack up where the paper comes out, or it can jam. Once it jams, I have to run a 'print head cleaning test' and a 'printer alignment test', which is a pain. But it is so much cheaper on using for the cost / price of ink. The ink last really long and is not that expensive to replace. Yes the little led screen is such a pain, and so small. Why they could not put in a bigger screen is beyond me. WOW I like your big fluffy beard. Shaving is such a pain in the neck - literally. I forgot about the daisy wheel.

@TheNetGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Just got some new color ink and am recording a “refilling” video today. I would guess we have at least 2,000 pages printed so far.

Sold. Thanks for the review. I do have a tech question on a photo printer i have do i ask it on here.

This was awesome !

please do a video about how to label envelopes with this ET3760 printer. Thank you.

Great video Net Guy!

Mine is the ET 2550 a small printer with the ink on the side. I am into my second lot of ink.. I've had it since 2015 and I use it a LOT

@TheNetGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Very nice to hear. Sounds pretty reliable.

Purchased one about 3 years ago for use in my home office. Have printed at least 10,000 pages since then. Never a single jam. Good quality every time. Has a feature to self clean printer heads when needed. You can buy refill bottles (set of 4) on the internet for about $25. ( Costco charges about $45 ???) Uses very little ink. Despite what was said in the video, it does not have an actual touch screen. Move the curser around until it lands on your choice. Then click OK.. I highly recommend this printer. Less than a $10 per year in ink cost……__

Informative, to the point review. I'm looking at the Epson EcoTank ET-2720 All-in-One Supertank Printer for about $200. Is this model already obsolete? Thanks!

killer B-roll intro dude ;)

@TheNetGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Killer comment 🤘

I bought this printer so far I love it it sure beats my Epson the other one that I had every time I turn around I needed a new cartridge otherwise the machine wouldn't work this one so far it works fine I do a lot of pictures I don't do it for a while I turn it on a prince write up the other one I had to wait until it downloaded the ink this thing I turned it right on and it prints right away so far I love it I've only had it for 4 months the machine cost me a lot of money up front at Walmart but so far it was worth every nickel I paid for it that's only my opinion is e.t. 3710 Epson

Its so funny because here in the Philippines, Epson already sold in the market these type of ink tank printers since 2011. It seems like its just nowadays 2021, 10 years later that USA is having their hands in theese type of printers. Epson L100, L200 and L800 were the pioneer models of ink tank models.

first time... good presentation

Good morning! First of all, your videos are VERY helpful and have been watching you often for my personal use and for work. I bought the Epson ET 3760 and do love it. Today I have noticed that I have a line on my scans. I know the slit glass is dirty. On this model there is a piece of plastic so I can't access where the black spot is at. I took out the 3 screws and it does not come off easily. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks!

@TheNetGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Oh no! Yeah long solid lines on ADF scans are almost always dirt on the glass. Short of “percussive maintenance” (bang on it) I’m not sure how to disassemble it. A strong vacuum brush around the edges may help too. Good luck and let me know if you succeed!

I have a Epson L4160 eco tank printer. Their products is good. In South Africa everything is ridiculous expensive and saving money on ink is great. Thanks for your review.

@TheNetGuy

2 жыл бұрын

You bet! Thanks for finding my channel. Would love to make it to your side of the world 🌍 someday.

I have the 3600 and do not have any problems. But I only use it a few times a month.

Hey John, nicely produced review... and FYI "Shlepping" doesn't mean what you think it does, probably want to use the term "hucking" LOL.

@TheNetGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Whoa! You’re right. In any case he has way more money than me :). Thanks for watching and commenting!

Quality of your review are really awesome, wanted to subscribe but found out I'm already subscribed ^^ Those printers are interesting, maybe I'll come back to ink printer after leaving them a few years back for a laser printer because of their infuriatingly high price. ink.

@tookitogo

2 жыл бұрын

The mistake most people make, whether with inkjet or laser, is spending far too little on the machine up front. I remember back in the mid 90s, when a color inkjet cost $500 and a black and white laser cost $1000 and up. The laser wasn’t being sold below cost, so it cost a lot but the toner was cheap. Nowadays, cheap color lasers are also sold below cost, and so their toner is even more expensive than inkjet ink. High end inkjets have been mostly elusive, but the few that have existed (like large format printers) use much cheaper ink. But nobody is going to buy a $25000 poster printer to print their home correspondence. Then again, most people refuse to spend $1000 on a color laser, so they buy a $200 one, blindly believing “laser toner is cheaper!”, not realizing the $200 laser’s toner costs even more per page than the ink for a $150 inkjet… I’m actually sort of in the market for a new printer*, and have concluded that I’ll probably spend $500 minimum, in order to avoid high ink/toner costs later on, and get some features I want. *My current printer is a Canon inkjet from 2008: as people’s old printers die, they sell their (unopened) spare ink cartridges for peanuts in the classifieds (or give them away outright). So I’m now able to print for around 1/4 the retail cost, without having to resort to questionable third-party ink. Luckily, Canon doesn’t program expiration dates into its cartridges the way HP does…

@tiloalo

2 жыл бұрын

@@tookitogo I bought a laser Samsung printer second hand, 40€ with 9.000 page remaining on the toner (black&white). Figured it's cheaper to buy those than any other solution. They seems to always be available for cheap (probably from companies replacing them every few years). It does all I wanted, double sided printing, wireless and ethernet support, envelope, A4/A3.

@tookitogo

2 жыл бұрын

@@tiloalo Yeah. I’ve considered going that route.

hi jon, thanks for the review, i'm looking into getting one of these epson ecotank printers but it's not clear the difference between there entry level to top of the range, hoping you or someone in the comments could advise me, many thanks

I would watch that unboxing.

I have the ET-2826 and agree with all the comments here. The big complaint I would add to the review is that dealing with paper jams is very frustrating because I cannot figure out how to fully open up the flimsy plastic printer body to gain full access to the innards, so I end up poking at jammed paper through a tiny slit under the glass plate. Argh!

Thanks for the review! Does it also have a copying functionality, or it's just scanning and printing?

@TheNetGuy

3 жыл бұрын

It has copy and capability, but only one side. No duplex.

@gimmethatthing2035

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheNetGuy Got it, thanks!

Great video. Thanks for including that it can print on cardstock...that's important to crafters and homeschoolers 🙂

@IvetteRamosLevy

2 жыл бұрын

I have the same question

@ITYWML

2 жыл бұрын

Cardstock papers don't work well and gets stuck and makes roller marks.

@DanaK817

2 жыл бұрын

I've been printing on cardstock since I got my printer. I've never had a paper get stuck. I do have to kinda push the paper under the roller, then its fine.

@737smartin

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanaK817I appreciate the update! I think I'll wait until they improve the paper handling a bit to switch over. My wife uses cardstock somewhat regularly for 20-ish page jobs. I can't imagine she'd be happy babysitting the feed to that degree. Besides, we have a few more expen$ive color cartridges to go through before having to decide. 🙄

@IvetteRamosLevy

2 жыл бұрын

An update, I bought it, and I had being printing beautiful christmas Card stock for my Etsy shop.

Great overview! Does the ink dry up if I use it sparingly?

@fletacollins7791

2 жыл бұрын

My printer heads are prob dried out. I might be able to fix it- but honestly it’s more than I want to deal with. It no longer prints AT ALL. I would never buy this printer again, and I don’t recommend it.

Hi Jon. I really like your videos, thanks for that. I would like to know how the printer is doing now, after a year of heavy usage.

@TheNetGuy

Жыл бұрын

Still going strong. Some have said the waste tank can fill up making the printer inop without software flash. Haven’t hit that yet.

thanks John

I dont need a printer, I dont even know why this was in my recommended, But i appreciate someone is out there review printers on youtube

@TheNetGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Alex, the world works in mysterious ways. It’s a good video, and I put a lot of work into making it. Thank you for taking the few minutes to comment. What kind of stuff are you into?

@IronGuardLegionnaire

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheNetGuy computer hardware, autos and motos.

I find that the paper jams a lot from the top feeder, especially if I put multiple

Great review and first time here. I bought one at Costco and am very pleased so far. How can I get duplex printing from my MacBook Pro? The option doesn't show up in the print window. Thanks!

@TheNetGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Karen! I haven’t tested this myself but the usual way is to click the heading copies & pages and go to layout. Under two sided printing it should give you some options. 👍

I enjoyed your video. Emailing the printer was a very nice touch. Would you say the current Epson 3850 is like the one you reviewed?

@TheNetGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly - I don't think they did anything but change the number slightly and charge you for new ones :)

It was informative. The ending made me wonder what I missed. Actually watched a second time. Left me asking myself, would I buy it? My last printer was an epson. Jets got plugged up. It too had one print head that I really couldn't get to to clean out and it had just the ink cartridges without a print head. Mostly because i don't print constantly so there was a lot of sitting time between prints. Weeks at times. Also, you mentioned the previous cost of ink cartridges but i didn't hear you give a price for the refill ink. Quality of your video over all is very good though. If I was interested in the printer, I'd still have to research other features of it. Also compare it to less expensive hp premiers with similar features.

@TheNetGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Randy! Very good point on sitting time. This Epson may suffer the same fate of many others where the non-replaceable printhead could dry out and be damaged - that is if my wife will ever stop printing on it for a second. Now I need to order more paper!

@barneymel

3 жыл бұрын

That's why I'm sticking with HP

@TheNetGuy

3 жыл бұрын

Fair!

@tookitogo

2 жыл бұрын

This is my concern with them - the late 90s/early 2000s Epsons clogged horribly if they weren’t kept in constant (daily!) use. I asked a guy at a store if they’ve been having trouble with clogging on these, since they’ve been out for a few years now, and he said no. If they clogged anywhere distantly as often as old Epsons, they’d know about it. Even so, it’s hard for me to forget just how bad the Epsons used to clog, so I may end up going for a Canon. (Never had permanent clogging problems on those, any clogs have always been cleared by, at worst, a “deep” nozzle cleaning cycle.) My current printer is a Canon from 2008, still going strong. (And I buy my ink in the classifieds, since people sell off their spare ink for peanuts once their old printer dies. So I’m printing at essentially the same cost as the ecotank/megatank printers now!)

@69Dartman

2 жыл бұрын

I had a Epson 3640 all in one printer I got a deal on at Costco. I liked it but had the same issues you did. The default print mode looked faded and even the best mode was merely ok and used more ink. I finally got it looking good and it ran out of ink and would cost a lot to buy new cartridges. I got a aftermarket continues ink system and I had to redo all my tweaks. I realized it was using non pigment ink so I ordered pigment ink for when it ran out. After about a year of using it when I needed to print something out the heads started clogging. Then the black cartridge head thing plugged and wouldn't print so I bought another setup as it was cheap and I had ink. The print head started plugging again due to long idle times between print jobs and removing and properly cleaning it is very hard. I used to have a Ancient HP 990 high end straight printer, and yes every time I bought new cartridges it had a new print head built in. I also started buying rebuilt cartridges and they worked great, and you could knock out the fill plugs and refill them about 5 times before the cartridge just stopped working. I could let it sit forever as long as it was turned on and had ink and it would just print beautifully. If it did plug I'd pull the cart and clean it up with alcohol and it would start printing again. I finally couldn't find good rebuilt or new carts anymore so bought the Epson wf 3640. I don't trust Epson anymore with my use case so found a HP that has easily removable print heads, instant ink, if you care, and does everything. It printed better in standard mode than the Epson did with all my tweaks and only got better with some minor changes. Ink is expensive but there are excellent quality after market inks for it and with two sets of cartridges you can refill one set at a time and save a ton of money. I got the 9018 Costco version, after being very happy with it I upgraded to the 9025 version that has two paper trays and is faster but the same cartridge and engine as the cheaper version. I think as long as you use Epson printers every day and keep it on they work great, but you can't let them sit the ink dries up and clogs the heads badly. I'd certainly be interested in your updates with time and if they ever offer a unit with ink tanks and a easily removable print head for cleaning I might try them again

I miss Costco's ink refill option, they ditched in back in 2019 or early 2020 and even closed their photo departments too. They were having a hell of a time getting ahold of the chips necessary to rebuild the cartridges so it wasn't worth the real estate for them anymore. Sad day. HP then started bolstering their HP InstantInk program where you pay a monthly fee and get a minimum number of pages to print each month and they auto ship cartridges to you when your printer is low. Unused pages roll over to the next month but eventually they cap out depending on the level of program you have. It has the potential to be a real cost savings program if you do a lot of printing but when you are an infrequent printer then its not even worth it, even on the cheapest plan. I just bought an epson ET- 3850 from costco so if I am ever pissed off with it then I will just take it back, even if its 5 years from now, and i'll get instore credit and buy a new one! Thanks for the video guy!

Would you recommend it for sublimation print?

Nice, I might get one.

@TheNetGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Personally I want to review the 2760 and see how it does with feeding and SD support. The 3760 and 4760 are essentially the same inside with more paper capacity on the 4760.

Do you have a comparison of epsom and Hp tank printers or which epson has fax capability, or do I need that feature in a printer at all or can I fax with my computer?

I purchased one of these two years ago. I work from home and this is my only printer. My wife uses this and my daughter used it for months as she started a new job teaching and setting up new online courses. Two weeks ago I had to add more black ink. Of course my printer came with a second set of ink. This is the best printer for ink use that I’ve ever used. I used Eason years ago and I’ve used HP for years. As you know, ink cartridges are expensive. This eco printer is truly with the cost.

Would this be a printer I could use with only my iPhone? I live out in the boonies and the two companies who provide internet in my area are insanely expensive and the internet is awful so we only have the hot spot from our phones. I would love to get one of these and am scratching my head trying to figure out if these can be set up and used without having to connect them to a router. I bought a little HP that advertised you could use it wirelessly and then you had to have both your phone and your printer connected to wifi (not from your phone) in order to work, so now I’m wondering if it is even possible 😅 you seemed like a good person to ask.

May I ask whats the deal with ink? What is the average cost per page in B&W text only 60% coverage? Is this an economical printer or will it require a second mortgage at 30 cents per page like HP Envy Line?

interested in the Epson EcoTank Photo ET‑8550 and how it compares

Would be great to have a review after extended use of the printer say after 2 years. Did you have issues? Thanks