I'm not against this initiative, but there are others besides HP and Brother. While maybe it's not self repairable (did not break down since I bought it years back so I have not yet tried) other than nozzle clogging which once happened but is an easy fix. It's hardly customizable which have not been a limitation so far. So i'm happy with my Epson ET printer that takes any ink I feed it.
So does my wifes Epson, works great after 8 years (and 5 in storage!!!). However, if something broke, it would be impossible to fix it. I know I'll be getting her this printer once the Epson breaks down.
My brother printers have been fantastic. I have one at home and one at work. Both are using 3rd party ink, one I got in 2017 and the other in 2018.
Ecotanks are þe shizzle. I will allow þat þere could be someþing better, OSS, repairable, better quality materials... hell, color laser goes a long way. However, coming from cartridge printers to realizing þat you've stopped dreading printing because of þe subconscious awareness of how many dollars per page you're burning is... liberating.
This is great news!
If it looks like the example photos, it's a more elegant solution. I'm not fully sold on the paper rolls vs the standard reams of paper, but being able to package the printer like that looks amazing
I've used pen plotters that feed off a roll like that. One benefit is that you don't have restrictions on how long your print is
you can make very large continuous images. That can be desirable for certain applications.
The pen plotter I used had a paper cutter that sliced the paper at the end of a print. I don't know if this thing slices at the end of each page or what.
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Ah. Apparently it also can handle pre-cut sheets, and it additionally has a cutter for the roll:
The printer's paper, meanwhile, can be loaded as pre-cut sheets in letter, tabloid, A4, and A3 sizes, or as a continuous roll — with a built-in cutter knife able to trim the latter to the desired size following the completion of each page.
I dunno if they have a paper feeder, or if you have to insert pre-cut sheets one at a time, which I imagine would be obnoxious.
Not a fan of the paper roll but apart from that it looks great. If they ever sell this at a reasonable price, I'm buying one.
It can handle normal paper sheets too
Crazy this is a big deal for a mainstream outlet to cover. That's how regressive capitalism has been to consumers its supposed to help.
I love to see this. It is kinda weird to have to use rolls, but I guess the mechanical complexity of separating sheets and feeding them reliably is not fit for an MVP. I wonder how accurately the cut sheets would stack with individual sheets of another brand.
Renderite bullshit
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