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This is the best advertisement for Epson I've ever seen. I know Canon wasn't thinking of it that way but being on the fence between the Canon and Epson photo printers this sways me strongly toward Epson.

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Epson has been the absolute worst home printer I've ever had, restricting access to the scanner because one of the ink cartridge was empty.

I've tossed it into the e-waste container and bought a Brother laser printer, and it's been rocking on for 8 years so far.

You REALLY don't want to go down the road with Epson. Historically Canon has been the best in terms of reliable "inkjet". I still shiver at the nightmare of the Epson printers in the 00s and early 10s. They used this really agressive ink that while produced beautiful print, easily clogged up the expensive printheads embedded in the printers. The school district I worked for lost easily 100+ units to this issue. And the tactics they used to prevent refills. God what a nightmare. All the printer companies suck (yes even brother) they just suck in different ways and at different times.

Since you seem to have a lot of experience with printers I'm genuinely curious to know what goes wrong with Brother laser printers

Not much actually, I put brother in there because there was a story about 7 months ago where they started engaging in these shenanigans.

[1]:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31860131

I have an Epson R2880 that needs keyhole surgery because of this stupid ink. Stunning, heavenly prints but needs to be constantly used. The alternative ink feed options are excellent, however, such as the bulk options. I inject TP ink into TP cartridges now.

It's not a bug, it's a feature. Constant usage means constant need to purchase.

Why Epson ? Canon is a shit company since 20 years but Epson is not far away. Yes i can use non Epson ink after i press ok on the warning after every print, but it will print missaligned. A thing which, automagically, does not happen with Epson ink.

What are the other options? Just living with poor quality prints from Brother or HP?

Get laser printer for at-home b/w printing. Go to office store to get good quality color prints the few times a year they are needed.

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