Anyone Using the Epson EcoTank or HP Smart Tank Printers?

Happy EcoTank user here. The colors are good (make sure to set to high quality in the print job settings). And the ink is indeed very good value, and you can refill each color separately.

Giving up some speed, it can also print pretty quietly, which was nice when we had a big batch during night time.

But I still order family photos from an online store. YMMV.

If you use them daily or every few days, most inkjet printers will perform well.

Only used occasionally, all inkjet printers are nightmares.

Get an inkjet if you print all the time.

Don't get one if you don't.

Basically, inkjet is a good technology for color production work and poor for occasional use.

A commitment to printing is the key to inkjet happiness.

Good luck.

We’ve been using an Epson eco tank at work, daily, for a few years now and it works great. The ink seems to last forever.

Only nuisance is that the nozzles sometimes get a bit clogged up but that’s pretty easily fixed.

Even so I’ll never go back to a normal inkjet ever.

In a fit of rage after seeing the prices of replacement ink (at Costco, no less) for my Canon printer I grabbed an Epson EcoTank and plunked down over $300 for it. That was almost three years ago and I'm still on the ink that came in the box. Currently the black is at 50% and the colors are at about 60%. I'll never go back to the criminal enterprises that are the likes of HP and Canon.

For comparison; we don't print a whole lot on average but we are a four-person household with two kids in school.