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>>b112+(OP)
I have an epson eco-tank printer. I buy 3rd party bottles of ink once every 2-3 years. The upfront cost of the printer (multifunction model ET-4550) was high in 2015 ($500) but I've spent maybe $60-70 in ink to print (as of this morning) 19,536 pages (13,954 in color, 5,582 in B/W).

I can't see a good reason to keep buying printers that are locked into proprietary cartridges or toners.

>>Giorgi+Q6
Me too. Credit to Epson for taking this track. I wouldn't consider a cartridge printer again.

>>rustyf+z9
Sadly only applies to these high end ones; I got a cheap Epson one and found out after moving it to another country, that the cartridges are indeed vendor+region locked.

>>dgl+wb
Region locked ink?! That's a special kind of stupid.

>>hyperd+9g
Amusing story.

Sun used to sell different (large) CRT monitors to northern hemisphere vs southern hemisphere.

Apparently the magnetic field was reversed and the CRT guns would be pre-aligned for the correct part of the world.

(insert northern vs southern hemisphere toilet joke)