Hi. My first post here.

I want to find an inkjet printer, but what keeps me away from buying is I rarely print. Literally I want to have one is because it looks fun, but I need to print sometimes too and printing shop is like 5-6KM and I hate crappy/laggy PC they use at the shop.

So, my friend recommended me Epson L3110. He said he used a previous model and had a very good experience. He print something weekly and sometimes monthly. That means, he rarely using the printer. And he said the printer never dried out.

He have been using the printer for the last 2 years and never refilled the inks yet except black which he refilled once.

So are this series really good? Should I go with them? If not, which one should I use and why?

Currently I have budget of 500MYR which is around 127USD. Price here might be differ from your place, but I don't mind to take a look on them.

Thanks!!

I will preface this by saying this is by far the easiest, cheapest to use, and quality printer I have ever seen, on a per dollar spent basis. I use this printer for my printing business, and customers are satisfied with the quality. It doesn't produce fluorescent colors, but for CMYKG + Pigment Black (this is a dye/pigment hybrid printer), it is pretty great. However, it does not come without it's limitations.

Pros:

1. It's an ecotank. The ink comes in bottles, which is way cheaper than cartridges, so you do not feel guilty about making prints. With this printer, you'll actually spend multitudes more on paper than you will ink. You are not vendor-locked by the ink, but I still use the ink from Epson to insure that I get the best prints possible (there's no reason not to if the ink is already cheap).

2. It can print up to A3+ Borderless Prints (13"x19")

3. The Epson Print Layout software makes visualizing what the print will look like easy before it's actually printed

4. The colors are vibrant and accurate (albeit that the colors are within gamut capabilities of the printer, which most of the time they are unless you are printing fluorescent 100% saturated colors that can only be seen on a screen)

5. You can print through the local network, or print directly to the printer's native network. Either one works great.

6. There is a guy named Keith Cooper who runs a channel called North Light images, who has basically documented everything about this printer you could imagine, and who has saved my ass on multiple occasions by providing very niche solutions to user-error problems I have run into while operating this printer.

7. You can convert this into a sublimation printer using sublimation ink from Epson. I have not done this, as I do not make clothing for my designs; however I've seen many people use this printer for that purpose.

Cons:

1. The manual feed in the back of the printer does not produce accurate print layouts. I have tried and tried and tried again to get prints to come out correct in the manual feed, but they always come out skewed rotationally. The only thing you need the back of the printer for is to print on very thick board that you cannot bend through the top of the printer. A little unfortunate that I can't print on thick board because of the skewing issue, but at least the printer can print on up to 300gsm paper through the top normally. It can print on thinner card stock through the top of the printer though that is somewhat more stiff than regular paper, but less stiff than board.

2. Every once in a while (about 1 every 50 prints), it will disconnect in the middle of a print and cancel for no clear reason. I have not figured this one out yet.

Grey area between pro and con:

1. Airprint is not the same thing as the native printer driver from Epson. You need the driver directly from the Epson website for Epson print layout to work. Do not install Airprint if you wish to utilize EPL, which makes printing specific sizes/finishes/etc easier. Thankfully, Keith Cooper the guy I mentioned above, had a video on this specific topic and got EPL working on my Macbook.

2. It cannot print above 13" wide. I wish there was a version of this printer that could print up to 17", or 24" so I could make larger posters instead of only medium sized ones, but we are unfortunately stuck with 13" prints for now.

For those who are curious, the paper I have in the photos is 11"x17" Canson Infinity Photosatin RC paper, which is a luster finish paper. It produces deep blacks and colors without the harsh reflection you get from glossy paper. It's hard to F up a print with this paper unless you use the wrong settings. These are also my own designs that I am showing.

Conclusion: I would say this printer is 9/10 for artists looking to make prints of their artwork.

Hope this was helpful.