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Are you with paying extortionate of money for ink cartridges that run out soon after you buy them? Help may be at . The Japanese printer company Epson has just released a new of printers that have enough ink to last the person two years. Its new EcoTank printers will be able to print up to 6,500 pages in colour and 4,000 pages in black before the ink needs up. Epson said the typical family prints 200 pages a month. The company says the of using small cartridges with a limited life are over. With the new printer, users simply pour new ink into the . A spokesman said consumers would save around 65 per cent on printing with its new printers.

Profits from ink cartridges are falling as more people are choosing to print and share more on social . There has also long been with printer makers over their marketing of ink cartridges. The business model has relied on the concept of "planned ". Companies intentionally put as ink as possible into the cartridge so it runs out , making consumers buy more. Some manufacturers use smart chips in cartridges to prevent the from printing out more than a number of pages, even though the cartridge may still be half full of ink. Britain's Daily Mail newspaper said companies sell cartridge ink for the of over $4,700 a litre.

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