Where are Leader laptops made? Can anyone please tell me? I am looking for a laptop that is not made in China and I am hoping this this Australian Leader brand does not export goods to China to be assembled. Please tell me where Leader computers are made. And also, can leader laptops run web browsers and do they operate on windows?

Why are governments allowing these dirty tatics and it isnt only the printer industry. Vaccum makers, car manufacturers do it. All products will go this way then they will be rented and you wont own anything. You will be at the mercy of these vultures!!!

The problem is inherent in the design of the printer and it's not "solved" by making replaceable inkpads. You are still wasting a lot of ink to keep the printer head clean and then at some point it will fail and clog, rendering a working printer unusable for a small part failure. The swappable cartridge with print head is clearly a better design, since the print heads are the vulnerable part in the printer system. They just need to build decent size printer cartridges which themselves refillable. So you can buy the cartridge, refill it until it gets clogged and then change it. The cartridge then can be expensive as it needs to be. This is basically what you get if you find a inkjet with cartridges that you can "hack" refill, this is the best scenario and this is what should be on the market.

Thank you very much for sharing your insight. My question: Brother MFC-J4335DW INKvestment Tank do they have the same problem as the ecco ink tanks? Thanks

I linked this video to my mom before watching it, since she was wondering about "Smart Tank Printers", and you came to the same conclusion that I originally tried to tell her years ago: Color Laser Printer!

well what ink printer is then recommendable

What would be your recommendation for an ink tank printer? I want to stay under 300. Thanks!

IMO, all inkjet printers are a scam, no matter who makes them or how they're designed or what type they are. I bought a color laser printer 10 years ago and it has worked perfectly ever since. I only ever had to change the black toner once in that time.

Have Epson ink tank printer for over 3 years now - yes same one. Mine has waste ink tank (easily replaceable and printer has reset). Spent $90 on ink during that 3 years. Page count is 16,880. Was spending $400 a year for color laser toner. Printer paid for itself the first year. If I just tossed out the printer each year - would be a wash. Listen the video is 2 years old and really bad information as well. There has always been a reset code for the foam on this printer. Note all the printers with screens have the option in menus. So where is the scam - the guy making this video is the scam.

Thank you Printer Jesus

Talking about document feeding. Whatever happened to chain paper (as we say in the Netherlands, but it's "continuous stationery paper" or " continuous form paper" elsewhere) ? That was the best paper feeding way ever. You could put a full box below your printer and you could seemingly forever feed your printer with paper.

Very informative and honest content. Had Canon G4000 which was expensive when I bought it, thinking this is the best cheapest solution for my casual printing. I found myself doing maintenance (flush the ink) to get decent printing. I eventually gave up after 6 years, and after paying service center a good amount of money for sponge replacement, and many DIY attempt.

Gee, I wonder why I am enrolled in the HP Instant Ink program? Haven't purchased an ink cartridge in years. They just come to my door. 😎

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Thank you so much for this info!

The purging function and the sponge is not unique to ink tanks. This keeps the head from getting clogged to the point of ruining the whole printer. It's actually a great feature, and it makes even more sense if you can get the ink that much cheaper.

These Epson tank printers are less than half the price listed in this video, noticed the update on Epson's maintenance policy but nothing on any updated pricing. The ET-2850 is $189 on Amazon as I write this btw.

I looked it up and a replacement waste pad for my ET-4850 is AUD12 and the licence key for software to reset the waste ink counter would be USD10. I watched videos of how easy it is to open and replace the waste pad. This "problem" is easily and cheaply solved.

Is this the case in the EU? I'd expect the much more consumer protecting laws there would not allow for this sort of practice.

I just replaced the ink sponge and, after an unsatisfying exchange with Epson (service centers are 300 and 700 km away from us, despite us being close to a major city), I found a $10 utility from a 3rd party in the UK that hacks the firmware to reset the ink counter. We print in batches, with long gaps between, and find we have to clean the printer often, even if it has been idle for only a day or two. This should be a user-servicable item, with a menu-driven reset. Epson has lost my respect.

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Capitalism breeds "innovation", am I right?

today my 9 years old epson L355 just died after its last printed 139000 pages . 4-5 times reset (i cant remember) and waste pad replaced once..worth the money 😃

Inkjet Cartridges directly on the print head carrier are the way to go. Any model with Cartridges or Tanks with tubing running many inches to the printhead are a total disaster for ink usage and especially if you have to clean the printheads.

I purchased the Epson Ecotank ET-2850 and after 18 months had the exact same problem. It's a piece of junk. I wish I had come across this video first. It's tragic the amount of environmental waste Epson knowingly creates.

My current home printer is a Brother INKvestment MFC-J1215DW (a Walmart exclusive, very similar to the MFC-J1205), which cost me US$89.95 about 3 years ago. I've only had to replace the INKvestment oversized ink cartridges (Brother's alternative to the bottles used with other brands of tank printers) twice in that time, most recently about a month ago. Do your criticisms of tank printers also apply to the Brother INKvestment range?

Thank you for this information.

Buy once, cry once. I'm going color laser (or LED) with my next purchase and never looking back. Inkjets are a great scam because they're cheap to make, cheap to manufacture ink for, and the ink can be sold at markup; the up-front cost looks low, which to most people reads "I don't print a lot, that's for me!" Damn shame.

I went to a color laser a year or two ago. Working great.

WHAT A SCAM! ...I hate EPSON!!! I still have a Epson Stylus NX400 Series printer from years ago😠😠😠 I CAN'T USE!!! ...MORE WASTED MONEY!!

I've been looking at Ecotanks and the ET-2850 is noticeably cheaper now.

The 2850 has a document feed and double sided printing. Just look at the image on the webpage you opened, you can't miss it. The price is now around $200. It is a fantastic deal and a really good printer.

I bought the GX7020 Maxify Canon. I chose this model because it has a removable printhead. The Epson Ecotank has a fixed printhead. You should seriously consider looking at the tank printers who not use a sponge but a removable cartridge dedicated for cleaning ink.

i have been using Epson l3160 for two years and over 5000 color prints and never stop or broken

ALL THEY HAD TO DO IS MAKE IT SO YOU COULD FILL THE INK CARTRIDGE YOURSELF THEN THESE THINGS WOULD MAKE SENSE. THEY JUST HAD TO MAKE A NEW INK CARTRIDGE THAT COULD BE FILLED LIKE YOU WOULD THE ECO TANKS OR WHATEVER

Sadly I didn't see this video a year ago when I purchased our EcoTank. From almost day one with Epson ink we've had to clean the printhead. Now after seeing your video I know why we've had all the problems we've had.

Thank you 🙏

Yeah, I nearly took the bait on one of those ink-tank printers. Went with a laser printer instead. It's expensive, the toner is even more expensive. The unit itself is a tank... and loud as hell when it prints. But this is probably the last printer I'll need for a long, long while and I don't have to worry about the toner evaporating from non-use. I print so little that it'll probably be years before I even get through the starter toner.

I have a laser printer and it allows you to refill the cartridge with toner powder. A new branded toner cartridge would be $116 but 100g of toner powder is just $15.

Just over a year, so just outside compulsory warranty, sounds intentional to me. We need an open source printer. Edit: Jurien Bay, nice I thought there was a hint of an Aussie accent there.

thanks very much for the vid

The epson ecotanks have a sponge cartridge that costs a few bucks, is user replaceable and the printer works for yaers at a very low cost compared to hp. I think you did this video only to clickbait. We have three of them and two of them are used in companies. They are the most reliable and cost effective printers we have ever owned.

Good job exposing this. Thanks, Jesus!

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I have experience with only one of this type of printers, my mother's (€250) 6 liquid ink Canon PIXMA G650. It is 3 years old and very seldom used so the nozzles got clogged with dry ink. Purchased a €11 bottle of printerhead cleaner, got the printer heads out and flushed each channel, then did an ink flush and it is as good as new. Eventually the waste tank will fill up but it is €10 to OEM replace and has a chip that resets the counter. I still find it better value for money than many other printers I have had and will probably be buying one to replace my Epson 8 ink photo printer, just my 2 cents

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I resetted my Epson L360 waste sponge/ink counter to remove the error warning and replace the sponge twice in span of 5 years, its still working now.

I just want a printer that I can use with little , less cost on ink and that I dont have to buy a new printer to replace it in a year or less. Imagine a printer that lasts 10 yrs, and ink doesn't cost more then the printer ... oh what a dreamer I am :P

Thank you this was great

Thank you for this very informative video I am considering buying one of those Epson ink tank printers and after hearing about the sponge and that it's a limited life and can't even be replaced I'm probably not going to buy it