Epson ET-2810 Wireless Ink Tank Multifunction Printer $272.19 (Usually $399) + Delivery @ Megabuy

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Dealking on 12/06/2023 - 15:20 megabuy.com.au (820 clicks)
Last edited 13/06/2023 - 14:13 by 1 other user

I was looking for a printer and decided to take a bite at the EcoTank. Jb has this one at $398 and Amazon has probably price matched TGG @349.
I thought this was a steal. Had no problem price matching at my local Jb and used TCN gift cards from Coles for additional 10% - effectively around $245.
Hope this helps some of us!
Enjoy!

Update:
Got home and set it up. I had read reviews on product review that it was difficult to set up. But to my surprise the EpsonSmartPanel app was very impressive. It automatically connected to my printer via Bluetooth and the guided setup was a breeze. It did take a while to set up, as it was initialising the ink, but other than that the setup was pretty straight forward. Also impressed with some of the features like printer email - apparently I could send in an email to my printer to be printed. I guess I will still need to logon to the admin console and release the print.
Did my first test print - and it’s looking good.
Also, registered the produce with Epson for an additional 12 months warranty and also got a $25 voucher.

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  Fanzao on 12/06/2023 - 15:53

  is the ink cheap for this printer?

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    Dealking on 12/06/2023 - 15:57

    Yes - it’s $15 per bottle, claims a black can print upto 4500 pages - only time will tell.

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      GordonD on 12/06/2023 - 16:02

      +1

      I have an ET-2820. Yes, the ink is most definitely cheap.

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        Fanzao on 12/06/2023 - 19:01

        thanks mate0

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      Fanzao on 12/06/2023 - 19:00

      thanks mate

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      Fanzao on 12/06/2023 - 19:00

      thanks mate

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    DarkSide on 12/06/2023 - 16:33

    +1

    i have a couple of friends whom have eco tanks and the theyve had the ink for 2 years and only recently refilled

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      BadGiraffe on 13/06/2023 - 09:38

      +1

      I've had mine for 2 years as well. Still using the same ink that came in the box. I've printed a few photos with it. Quite happy with the result. I feel better printing my own photos rather than giving some online service or KMart my photos.

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  kungfuman on 12/06/2023 - 15:54

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  yeah I woudl say for the price just get a lazer printer.

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    Rod M on 12/06/2023 - 16:58

    +2

    not unless you want to actually print reasonable photos on glossy photo paper,

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      kungfuman on 12/06/2023 - 17:17

      -1

      honestly people still print photos? no wonder we can't get rid of paper, people keep using it.

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        jv on 12/06/2023 - 18:43

        +2

        honestly people still print photos?

        yep

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  GordonD on 12/06/2023 - 16:09

  Ink jet printer manufacturers can make their profit one of two ways.

  They can make a great printer, sell it relatively cheap, then charge you a fortune for the ink. I have a HP Envy Inspire 7920e for which this is the case. I soon gave up on it because the ink cost a fortune, made doubly so by them preventing third-party inks being used in it.

  Or they can make a cheap printer, and sell it at a high price that is justified by the ink for it being really cheap. This is the case for my Epson ET-2820. Even with really cheap ink I wouldn't have been willing to pay the list price for the ET-2820. I would have bought a colour laser. I only bought the Epson because it was a half-price refurbished model, so I got the price of a cheap ink-jet, and cheap ink.

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    Dealking on 12/06/2023 - 16:31

    I was looking at the refurb as well but even that was $234 @epson. I got this brand new one for about $10 more.

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    SickDmith on 12/06/2023 - 17:54

    Ink jet printer manufacturers can make their profit one of two ways.

    I can't see what stopping them doing both.

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      GordonD on 12/06/2023 - 18:14

      I can't see what stopping them doing both.

      They can't do neither. They have to make a profit somehow.

      They can't do both because they'd lose sales to any competitor who only did one or the other.

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  manity on 12/06/2023 - 16:22

  Do these types of ink tank printers suffer from the same print head blocked problem if not used regularly like the cartridge printers?

  Can you really get a colour laser multi function printer for this price?

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    Dealking on 12/06/2023 - 16:30

    +2

    Someone suggested you just print a test page a week when you haven’t used it. I am going to check if there is an automated script or something I could run to fire a print each week so I don’t have to do it manually.

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    GordonD on 12/06/2023 - 16:49

    +1

    That was what annoyed me with the HP ink jet. Half the considerable ink cost was going to do an all-colours test page regularly to make sure the heads didn't clog up. After having to chuck two otherwise perfectly good ink-jet Epsons because their heads were clogged, I still do it with this ink-tank Epson, but the ink is so cheap that its costing me nearly nothing to make sure they don't. I just have to remember to do it. I don't know whether ink tank ink is any more or less likely to dry up and clog the heads than ink cartridge ink, but I'm making sure I won't have that problem at nearly no cost.

    The first of every month seems to have been often enough to ensure the heads don't clog up. With <$20 bottles of ink that'll do thousands of pages one printed test page a month doesn't cost much.

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  Awesomandy on 13/06/2023 - 21:09

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  I’ve got a variant of this model, and, don’t get me wrong, it’s not a bad printer as such, but if this had the old fashion cartridge instead of ink tanks, the speed and overall quality would suggest that it’s closer to a $99 model rather than whatever silly RRP it is listed for.