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Are you [fed / feed] up with paying extortionate sums of money for ink cartridges that run [up / out] soon after you buy them? Help may [be / by] at hand. The Japanese printer company Epson has [just / only] released a new line of printers that have enough ink to [final / last] the average 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 / after] the ink needs filling up. Epson said the [typical / typically] family prints 200 pages a month. The company says the days of [using / usage] small cartridges with a limited life span are over. With the new printer, users [simply / simple] pour new ink into the tank. A spokesman said consumers would [savings / save] around 65 per cent on printing costs with its new printers.

Profits from ink cartridges are [fallen / falling] as more people are [choosing / chosen] to print less and share more on social media. There has also long been [deconstruct / discontent] with printer makers over their marketing of ink cartridges. The business [models / model] has traditionally relied [on / in] the concept of "planned obsolescence". Companies [intentional / intentionally] put as little ink as possible into the cartridge [before / so] it runs out quickly, making consumers buy more. Some manufacturers [use / using] smart chips in cartridges to prevent the user from printing out more than a set [numeral / 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 equivalent [of / for] over $4,700 a litre.