I need a printer recommendation

[user9430961]

I’m at my wits end with my Epson WF-2630 printer that I purchased 1 year ago. This printer guzzles & gulps ink like there is no tomorrow! Plus this printer is noisy & slow . . . it often seems to want to do internal stuff (which sounds like it is drinking MORE ink) before it will print one page for me (most of the time when I turn it on for the first time for the day). Plus this printer will not print any time that I use a non-OEM ink cartridge. This printer cost me $59 on sale at Target, but I know that I have easily spent over $400 in OEM ink since I purchased this little ink sucking vampire! With my previous 8 year old Epson 3-in-one printer (that totally broke down last year), I spent less than $100 (per year on ink), as that printer WOULD PRINT using non-OEM ink cartridges. However I am not printing any more pages per year (per se) with the WF-2630 than I did with my 8 year old Epson 3-in-one printer.

Can anyone recommend a good WiFi 3-in-one printer (for less than $90) that is either good on ink OR can use non-OEM ink cartridges. As long as the copies are fair and decent, I really do not care about the speed. Since I HATE this Epson printer so much, I would prefer to go with a non-Epson printer while I am at it.

Lastly, someone told me if the nozzles are part of the cartridge as in HP, then I can use third party/non-OEM ink. However since I am not very computer savvy, I have no idea how to find printers that have nozzles that are part of the cartridge . . . so that would be great is someone knows of a few new computers on the market that have nozzles that are part of the cartridge. Yet if all HP printers only have nozzles that are part of the cartridge, then I can easily see that I have several HP 3-in-one printers I could buy.

Thank you in advance for your help.

 

[opinterph]

I’m at my wits end with my Epson WF-2630

Epson WorkForce WF-2630 Review - All-In-One Wireless Color Printer Scanner Copier Fax (Dailymotion video)​

Choice of printer will depend a lot on what you print and how often.

Ink-onomics: Can You Save Money By Spending More on Your Printer? (PC World; May 2012)​

Several years ago Clark Howard recommended Epson’s EcoTank design as a way to save on ink costs.

EcoTank Supertank Printers​

 

[user9430961]

Epson WorkForce WF-2630 Review - All-In-One Wireless Color Printer Scanner Copier Fax (Dailymotion video)​

Choice of printer will depend a lot on what you print and how often.

Ink-onomics: Can You Save Money By Spending More on Your Printer? (PC World; May 2012)​

Several years ago Clark Howard recommended Epson’s EcoTank design as a way to save on ink costs.

EcoTank Supertank Printers​

Thank you, Opinterph. This looks like great information! I will review it to help me make my decision on my next printer. Thanks so much for your help. It is greatly appreciated.

 

[user9430961]

The Clark Howard recommended one looks very interesting.

 

[Spring]

I had that brand of printer(epson) and it's not so good.

 

[jbrown329]

I bought a HP DeskJet 2132 All-In-One Color Printer/Copier/Scanner. But my printing needs are minimal. For me it works fine. I bought it at Walmart for $39 and the ink cartridges are reasonable.

 

[star-warrior]

I had a hp deskjet 1510, and guzzled the ink by the cartridge load. Printed out a 1580 page document, to bookbind at home, and that took up 6 cartridges. That Epson Ecotank looks good in this light.

 

[jbrown329]

I had a hp deskjet 1510, and guzzled the ink by the cartridge load. Printed out a 1580 page document, to bookbind at home, and that took up 6 cartridges. That Epson Ecotank looks good in this light.

Good God! Maybe you should've taken it to Kinko's.

 

[star-warrior]

Good God! Maybe you should've taken it to Kinko's.

Well, it was for the fun of it. Took a week to print out, and in signatures for sewing, before gluing it all up with hardback board covers lined with canvas. It weights about 2lbs and is 4 inches thick, A5 sized.