Printing

[fuse]

Has anyone got a HP smart tank printer perhaps a 1505
Any problems or regrets?
Ive got a dying 2700 that has cost me a fortune of ink over the last 8 yrs and these tank models appear to be a much better overall proposition.

 

[RogerS]

I’m not sure if this can happen to their tank based printers but I do know that on some of their other printers, if you run some of their software as part of the setup then it locks the printer irrevocably to their expensive consumables.

 

[Spectric]

Hi there

I have got the HP Smart Tank 7006 and what a nice printer. Before this I had many Epson cartridge printers that were hopeless and printing was a nightmare as well as a few Hp cartridge printers which were no better. I did have a tank printer many years ago but that was a retrofit for an A3 Epson where you had small pipes from the printer to a row of tanks ina rack mounted on the wall. This HP was easy to fill and get up and running and it works on demand, the last printer I had which was as reliable was an old Hp laserjet 4 which was only monochrome. The reason I went for this Hp model and not the slightly cheaper version was the inbuilt paper tray, you just load it with A4 and done, no hand feeding from the rear. The ink comes in bottles and is cheaper than cartridges plus it is easy to fill with the sight glasses on the front, a big bonus is NO cartridges which was such a source of grief and expense, always suspicion around half empty supplied cartridges and the OEM blocking third part ones. So no regrets and would buy again, I think Epson have some catching up to do. Should also have mentioned that this printer is also a scanner.

 

[Woodbloke]

We've got the Epson ET-2850 which is the version that'll do double sided printing. Thus far it's been a fantastic bit of kit, the only grumble being that the set up screen is a shade over 25mm square; apart from that wunderbar - Rob

 

[Phil]

Gave up on ink printers when the heads packed up.
Moved to laser, now everything is B&W .

 

[Pete Maddex]

Laser for me, you can leave them for months and just print with out all the head cleaning.

Petr

 

[fuse]

All answers so far align with what Im doing.
I have a laser printer for text documents that is zero maintenance - bombproof
I just feed it a ream of paper every 18 months.
I need an inkjet for my label printing.
It sits unused for months then it has to go hell for leather.
Surprisingly for a budget printer it doesn't clog up like the Epsons I had did.
But I buy genuine ink ( not much more than the cheap ones for that type) so thats probably why.
It occasionally needs the print head alignment done.
I have to have HP printers as there is full support for Linux-I abandoned Microsoft years ago.
My current HP has the paperfeed in trouble and Im having to force the paper in sheet by sheet.
Pita.
Ive had it apart and cleaned the loader and the feed rollers to no avail.

I was given another Hp last year with Instant Ink - you set it up via an app and they send you ink cartridges when you start to run out.
Great but the server also gains full control of the printer and stops you printing more pages than your subscription teir allows.
No thanks!

I notice that HP blurb , post brexit now again warns that they will shut down machines with non original cartridges - something the EU had outlawed.
I also have noticed that the XL high yield cartridges I buy dont seem to be lasting as long

I think I may give the Tank model a try - overall its what I will be spending anyway