Epson Strategy

[Taksmon]

So can we expect some informal light fading tests with this HP bulk ink then?

 

[Ink stained Fingers]

Epson is announcing a wide range of new Ecotank/Ciss type printer models on the German Consumer Electronics Fair IFA in Berlin
https://www.druckerchannel.de/artik...epson_expression_workforce_ecotank_kollektion

I would assume that some or most of these models will make their way as well into other
Epson market regions like the U.S. and other media will report shortly as well.

 

[Ink stained Fingers]

Epson has apparently removed one severe limitation of the current ET-... Ecotank models - no borderless printing which is now becoming available with this new generation.
I recognize that Adorama starts listing these new models already e.g. the ET-7750 with 5 colors and
A3 capability as a photo printer
https://www.adorama.com/ieset7750.html?searchinfo=et-7750&searchredirect=true
https://www.epson.de/products/printers/inkjet-printers/consumer/ecotank-et-7750
so these models should become available on the U.S. market parallel to the European market
and the ET-3750 as well
https://www.adorama.com/ieset3750.html

 

[dimirass]

Epson has apparently removed one severe limitation of the current ET-... Ecotank models - no borderless printing which is now becoming available with this new generation.
I recognize that Adorama starts listing these new models already e.g. the ET-7750 with 5 colors and
A3 capability as a photo printer
https://www.adorama.com/ieset7750.html?searchinfo=et-7750&searchredirect=true
https://www.epson.de/products/printers/inkjet-printers/consumer/ecotank-et-7750
so these models should become available on the U.S. market parallel to the European market
and the ET-3750 as well
https://www.adorama.com/ieset3750.html

As an old ink refiller, when this site had different name, tired from ink stained Fingers- what a very real username! - I ask you the Epson master what's the benefit of new Epson printers with 5 inks ( your conclusion that there is no noticable difference between 4 and 6 inks come True? ) and a price of nearly 680€ for A4 prints vs L805 with 320€ or l850 with 375€?

 

[Ink stained Fingers]

Epson's ET-printers with 5 inks come both with a pigment black for normal/copy papers and a photo dye black for photos - an approach Canon is doing since a very long time. Whether standard inks - without light inks - are considered good (enough) for photo printing goes together with the smallest droplet size apparently dropping for these new models. Whether a printer is good or better for photo printing should be judged on actual print samples beyond comparing technical data.
Epson pricing - a kind of miracle - they need some margin for later discounts - and they know that they will not yield much profit on the later sale of ink bottles.

 

[dimirass]

Thank you, I think one of L8xx is the right choice for now...