• Reddit_was_fun@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      A few have tried…

      Kodak did this a few years but the big printer companies slashed prices in the printers to next to nothing. Kodaks $200 printer with cheap ink, huge cartridges, and no chips didn’t sell well when Canon would have a similar printer (scan, print, etc) for $49 next to it. Consumers are dumb.

      Brother’s eco tank is close… but if they are killing that off in the name of ink selling greed as this meme suggests…

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        2 years ago

        I had a Kodak printer. The first reload I put in it was off brand and it proceeded to immediately brick itself. Refused to recognize any cartridges even the originals.

        Also EcoTank is Epson, super duper recommend. I use to sell printers and I would only sell Brother and Epson.

        If you’ve got any questions about them I still have my Epson contact in my phone

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      2 years ago

      The thing with printers is that they are very hard to get right. Its not like some startup can just make a printer that printer with the same speed and quality as some of the big brands.

      With that being said I still would back any startup that tries