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Re:Never buy Epson printers by bsilvereagle on Saturday March 12, 2016 @05:28PM (#11274951)
I believe this is because the tracking dots[1] require yellow ink.

[1] https://w2.eff.org/Privacy/printers/index.php

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Re:Never buy Epson printers by kuschku on Saturday March 12, 2016 @06:00PM (#11275135)
Well, why can I print with just black ink on my canon and HP multifunction printers then?

(they also allow me to do high-res (4800dpi) scans of money without any issue, in hilarious contrast to photoshop, which refuses to open them)

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