I have L110 (only printer, no scanner), got it around 2-2.5 months.
before buying i made extensive research between laser and ciss
i know laser is in same price range but t has high power consumption and only B&W so i went to inkjet and then saw some hp models(have 2 hp inkjet lying in dust, frustrated and high cpp, repeated refills and high ink cos which is cstly than blood) and so i got epson ciss, i went for only printer so that i can buy scanner seperately and incase i need a new printer, no need to buy scanner
before buying i saw the model in a net cafe, and in a ac dealer shop, he said he uses it in inverter(10W consumption only) and takes everything from envelope to brochures(High quality in colour and they looked fablous)
Im still using the ink bottles which came with the printer, and after many prints also still the ink is more than half of the tank
initially for charging ink it shoild take 20 minutes, but i had difficulty and didnt do properly (power cuts) so somehow it got charged and started printing.
in draft mode, ink is light and print speed is fast, ink is saved
in standard mode, ink is beween light and dark and some what slow print speed
in high quality, prints look very good, but it prints very slow(but you get high quality colour printouts on a glossy paper, which is awesome and worh the wait for low cost per page)
colour has also 3 modes... it has inbuilt booklet, 2 or 4 in one page, manual duplexing function, which automatically prints one side and notifies you on the pc to flip the pages and reinsert it and press "continue"
so for printing books i used word and aligned,etc and set the font to
BOLD and used the draft mode to get the -standard mode- print in -draft mode- speeds.
when my apc ups got repaired, the service guy was actually a printer technician, he saw the new printer and asked how much i got for. I asked abt the waste ink tank(many face this ONLY after doing multiple print head cleaning or ink tank flushing, which is stated in the used manual also), he said that anyone can easily open the cabinet of the printer, take the waste ink absorbing sponge, wash it with plain water and clean the place(box) where the sponge is held, OR put a new sponge inside and use the epson resetter software to stop the printer from notifing "please service the printer, contact..bla,blah)
for maximum print head life and prevent it from drying the sevice guy said to take atleast one colour print a day or the head will fail- I did at early days but im not doing it now and so far its good. im taking 1 page per 1 or 2 weeks
after leaving it idle for a month, the yellow colour was not outputting properly
(you use nozzle check, ehich prints all 4 colour lines, it the lines are cut off/not proper then you need to do head cleaning)
each ink BOTTLE( NOT A SMALL PUNY CARTRIDGE WITH 1-8ML OF INK) is Rs.374/- locally i get for 350 itself
so for four bottles it takes 374*4 1496 rupees which is nearly 1.5k
but all 4 bottles do not exhaust at the same time, which ink you print more only that ink will be over
(in a cartridge, if one ink is over, you replace the whole cartridge)
the printer is glossy, after buying there will be a huge sticker on the top, how to use blah blah, peel it off gently and remove all other sticker and then it looks great!!!
I have not transported(in a car or bike) the printer still so i dont know if anthing will happen (like ink leak or something)
flipkart comments:
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Really amazing and unbelievable.......
I bought it 1 month ago....i have printed more than 7000 prints. Still there is ink left to print more than 10000 pages....I have to tell you that it is the best printer which offers low cost colour prints with amazing quality..Photo prints have got better quality...There is no ink wastage.....Definitely you can print more than 15000 pages with this printer....
Ink bottles are also having very low price just Rs 380 for each bottle.....
I recommend this product....
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I have had to use the printer continuously and hence found out after doing 20,000 copies the real headache starts.
1. Your Ink Pad life (Rs.650+350) gets over.
(He Must have did multiple head cleaning see down so head damaged)
2. The head (about Rs.2500+350)goes kaput. Am about to get it changed.
3. The Service guys will make it more worse with strange solutions to try to keep the printer running before the final analysis. Mine told me to to keep the ink tank cap open when cleaning the head..
Frankly i wouldn't say this one is worse than the other competitors but for sure is as good as the others in the market. This one simply takes probably 5000 pages extra to start giving you your nightmares.
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This printer is just amazing. Very economic, I got more than 5000 pages from one ink bottle which costs just Rs. 372. So if you are not concerned about the printing speed then simply go for it. You'll get 2 additional black ink bottles with it, So in total it'll give you approx 15000 B/W pages.
Thanks to EPSON for their Ink Tank Technology.
Simply brilliant.
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I have used this printer for 3 months...and it does have a realy good speed in printing without comprimising the print quality....
Now i have taken 10222 pages.Its running cost is very cheap.I have also taken prints using glossy sheets and the results are brilliant.I suggest this printer for home and medium business.
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Compact product (despite an add-on cartridge carriage); OEM ink for refill, with what I believe is probably the most inexpensive option available out there today; very portable and light, and no compromise print quality.
Definitely a must for all home users needing decent color (nice photo prints on epson photo paper...better performance than most canon's out there with 4800x1200 resolution) and monchrome prints at an amazing price per page (say good bye to expensive Canon and HP cartridges).
All in all more impressive, plentiful prints without driving you mad with frequent expensive cartridge replacements. (they claim 10,000 draft page yield on full cartridge...even half that is still heads and shoulders above competition).
Just a word of caution, the unit seems a bit fragile, especially with the loose and somewhat vulnerable CISS compartment (ink tanks).
(ONLY IF YOU PULL THE INK TANK AWAY, THE PIPES WILL CUT/COME OFF) It should be fine though, if you don't have a little one intent on checking the innards and you don't drop it
PS : bailed out at the last moment from investing in another canon (MG3170) because of its meagre cartridge yield and expensive replacement cartridges, that I would have replaced ever so often. No complaints with Canon print quality though and features (wi-fi, all-in-one, auto duplex etc.)...but alas it's operating cost is through the roof (deal breaker).
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Being a user of this printer i felt many issues with this printer : First the ink used is dye based and gets washed
[TRUE] if few drops of water gets over it. And I hope no one will like washed out prints. Secondly on high resolution settings the font size 6 letters can hardly be read, Sometimes on plain paper all the colour gets mixed. Third sometime you notice the colour of image on screen is different from what you have printed, the colours (printed) looks over saturated.
(THIS IS NOT A ordinary printer BUT HAS SEPEARTE INK(C,M,Y,bK) IT GIVES THE REAL PRINT COLOUR IF YOU USE PHOTOSHOP AND OTHER PROGRAMS AND SELECT CORRECT COLOUR SETTING IN PHOTOSHOP) So finally If you look for photo printing go to canon (though it is costly) because it uses chrome ink (in some models) and is water proof in comparison to dye based inks, otherwise if you are for a b/w printer with ciss kit go for epson m series printer that comes with chrome inks and are much efficient than l series printers.
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My idea: if after 20k prints if printer damaged you can get a new ciss printer (if you add up the cartridge costs in inkjetfrom another brand and electricity bill and toners in lasers)
I will keep an eye on this thread. My requirement and budget is same as OP. 
