This is the info they get - Remote monitoring includes provision to HP of Your ink levels, page counts, types of documents printed (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, pdf, jpeg, etc.), types of devices that initiated print jobs, printer serial number, cartridge information (e.g. HP Original ink status, and whether the cartridge was new or used at the time of its last insertion into the printer),
They also inform the retailer you purchased the printer from that you have signed up to instant ink (I assume they get a cut of the monthly fee as a rebate somehow).
I'm opting for the EcoTank printer to save big on ink costs in the first place.
Looks like the Epson 5850 is the best fit for me and our current needs ($849).
It's funny...this project just started out as a pro-bono effort to help someone import data into FileMaker so they can print postcards. Then, found out they only have B&W laser printer. Since the postcards have an election-related American theme, color seems like a natural choice. Just add $, like always.
I also have a WF-3540. That's my second Epson printer, the first one was a CX6600. I loved the first one, it was quite a good printer. But the WF-3540 is not that good: text print fine, but graphics are horrible.
There is a main difference between HP and Epson InkJet: Epson tanks has the heads built-in, but Hp uses separate tanks and heads.
Printers are embedded devices so my guess is they do without a HD. There could me an exception with large printers that sit on the floor and can store faxes internally or scanned documents.
Despite some annoyances I still love my mfc 5980 from Brother. I loved my little b&w Cannon but wasnāt impressed with the colour one. Brother had the best photo rendering. Probably outdated now I bought it when I was studying architecture because I could print 11x17 on it. It still remains a great multifunction 10 years later. Cartridges are expensive and the sensor tells you way too early to change the colour ones. And the darn printer wonāt do b&w printing if thereās a low colour warning. I learned to trick the bugger by putting black electric tape over the ink level visor. I get 30% more print that way. Once the warranty was over, I started using refill kits. I would do about 3 refills then get a new cartridge and repeat. Unfortunately I let it sit too long so I have to manually clean the heads with alcohol before I can use it again
I got totally ticked off when my super old Epson WF-3540 refused to even SCAN if one of the cartridges was empty. There's a prompt in the printer that says you can continue to use the printer with just black ink or other uses (like scanning) when you have an empty cartridge, but that's not the case when you actually try to do it. That Epson marketing nastiness alone makes me not to want to buy another Epson, but I do like the large bottles of ink that save lots of money. (conflicted.)
Does anyone use PostScript these days? I'm not sure I would.
Good points. After it stopped printing (and everything else), I Now havenāt used my epson 3540 for years.
Back to our other conversation, I did hear back from Epson today and they told me that thereās no hard drive in the 3540 to worry about. They suggested I reset the printer to factory defaults for anything else.
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