Choosing a color inkjet printer (preferably an MFP) for a home with a low cost of ownership

Question

Iron

In principle, the work is simple - print out brochures for children. up to 100 sheets per month + every little thing
Questions such.
1. what to choose
2. Ink supply system or injectable cartridges.
3. Drivers under Ubuntu

Paper is basically planned for plain

Answer 1

Now, with savings on inkjet machines, it has become generally tight. Previously, most cartridges for Canon / HP were easily refilled and were of normal volume - now the electronics on them burn out very quickly. Plus paranoid protection against non-original cartridges.
If I ran into your problem, then I would try to find a used Canon MP140 / MP160 / MP170 - they are very reliable (as a former engineer of an authorized SC I tell you) and very economical.
If you are too lazy to bother - take a new Epson with a proprietary CISS (L100, L110) and a separate scanner - the built-in scanners are very mediocre.
If you want to save a little (and lose the Epson branded warranty), then look for earlier models and a separate CISS. There are many companies that offer turnkey solutions.
As for HP printers, I will say one thing - they are never repaired in the ASC under warranty, but they are exchanged for new ones, HP is too lazy to send spare parts to the ASC. This is good if the printer breaks in the first year and bad if the warranty runs out.
In terms of print quality (subjectively), Epson comes first, then Canon, then HP.

Answer 2

Look Epson L210 - cheap and cheerful.
L350 is faster than L210.
L355 = L350 + improved scanner + WiFi.
In all models - factory CISS. The cost of ownership is outrageous.
Only at the expense of drivers under ubuntu - I'm not sure.

Answer 3

I'll put in my 5 cents. I have an Epson TX210. I bought refillable cartridges for it (I don’t remember the price of "blanks", but it's pretty cheap). I bought a set of bottles with them for about 400 rubles. Three years have passed, and the bottles have not been used up to the end (only the black one is almost running out). Parents have TX410. Both run Sabayon Linux (not the original Ubuntu, of course, but an Ubuntu-like derivative from Gentoo) ;)