OutOFtheinkwell
Printing Ninja
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I've been through the counter shut down gimmick, the (This printer has come to the end of it's useful life) notice where a perfectly good and working printer is suddenly converted into a paper weight.
That seems to be the norm for the average home printers Epson,(and others sell) but I'd like to know if they do the same thing with their more expensive Pro line of printers as well?
If I buy say, a Epson 3880 or above professional printer will I still see this type of notice? And if I do, does Epson make it any easier to get that expensive printer back online again?
Before I spend over a thousand dollars or more on any printer I'd really like to know what the Epson policy is on their top of the line machines! I have a friend that owns 2 stores that sell art supplies and he also has an Epson printer that prints large pictures on canvas that are beautiful and he sells those all the time. I forget the model number but that thing is huge, sits on it's own support legs and he paid over $4000.00 for it. Am I to assume he will be printing away and one day see a notice that states, ( This printer has reached the end of it's useful life?) Each cartridge costs him over $200.00 Per unit I think. He complains about the costs for ink but would never consider using third party inks. I have no idea where all the excess ink goes in a machine like that but I imagine there is some sort of limit to the number of prints he can produce, but then what happens?
Any one in the forum have any information of this question? Outoftheinkwell!
That seems to be the norm for the average home printers Epson,(and others sell) but I'd like to know if they do the same thing with their more expensive Pro line of printers as well?
If I buy say, a Epson 3880 or above professional printer will I still see this type of notice? And if I do, does Epson make it any easier to get that expensive printer back online again?
Before I spend over a thousand dollars or more on any printer I'd really like to know what the Epson policy is on their top of the line machines! I have a friend that owns 2 stores that sell art supplies and he also has an Epson printer that prints large pictures on canvas that are beautiful and he sells those all the time. I forget the model number but that thing is huge, sits on it's own support legs and he paid over $4000.00 for it. Am I to assume he will be printing away and one day see a notice that states, ( This printer has reached the end of it's useful life?) Each cartridge costs him over $200.00 Per unit I think. He complains about the costs for ink but would never consider using third party inks. I have no idea where all the excess ink goes in a machine like that but I imagine there is some sort of limit to the number of prints he can produce, but then what happens?
Any one in the forum have any information of this question? Outoftheinkwell!