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Maybe worth mentioning the Epson EcoTank, included ink lasts forever, works offline, no weird DRM on the ink bottles that some are discussing here

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Yes. I just bought the monochrome ecotank printer for a project and worked out with a rep from inkowl to get 3rd party mixable dye ink to print a custom mixed single color. worked pretty well.

I want to read more about this.

I picked up an HP ENVY Inspire yesterday to do some experiments to see if I can create images of modern tech but produce something that reminds me of the nostalgia of the 80’s CRT’s using the CGA palette (cyan, magenta, black, and white). So far, I’m not happy with any of my results, but the printer does give me decent color matching.

I also considered the EcoTank. I didn’t consider custom ink though and that sounds interesting.

I wasn’t able to find much info on it. I went around compared all the printers i could find then compared the third party ink options for the ones i was interested.

i’m still experimenting with ink mixing. decent results so far. the thing is there are so many ways to go about it with 8 base ink options available.

I’d be tempted to try official inks too. When you adjust the color, does the old color stick around long? Make your prints muddy?

I don’t think you can use the epson ink because it is pigment based opposed to dye. the pigment-based ink require a specific medium for suspending pigment that differs from color to color.

dyes on the other hand can mix. mixing takes experimentation.

Yep... plus, HP has screwed over customers so many many times.

To quantify that, I get about 2500 sheets on a bottle of black ink, which costs £9.

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