[FractalParadigm]

I worked at Staples in university when the EcoTank printers first started coming to market. There was an Epson rep that came in and offered to print anything for anyone using the top-of-the-line model, as a demonstration of the quality and longevity of the ink and tanks, as well as promoting the cost benefits over even a cheap laser printer.

Needless to say, most of us employees (who were students at the same university) had everything printed. Textbooks, assignments, posters. Thousands upon thousands of pages got printed on those Saturdays, some days you'd swear it just went continuously from the minute we opened to well after we closed. With my family having owned nothing but lasers, I was incredibly impressed by it. Being able to refill the tanks while the printer was going was just incredible, leading to zero downtime or the suffering quality you start to see when cartridges run low.

For the low volume of printing I personally do, I'll stick to laser, but for those who do a lot of colour printing and want the high-quality inkjet offers, I'd go as far to say there's no competiton.