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side by side, a printer test page from a Windows PC running Epson software and same page from same PC after removal of every Epson software. First output in mangled, mimicking a printing defect that Epson wishes users will blame third-party cartridges for. Second output if flawless, proving third-party cartridges work great.

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side by side, a printer test page from a Windows PC running Epson software and same page from same PC after removal of every Epson software. First output in mangled, mimicking a printing defect that Epson wishes users will blame third-party cartridges for. Second output if flawless, proving third-party cartridges work great.
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patpro (patpro@mastodon.green)'s status on Sunday, 23-Feb-2025 20:41:18 JST patpro

I’ve learned yesterday that #Epson is a #ransomware group. No less.
They use #malware that degrade users computers in order to extort money.
On a Windows computer with Epson software package installed, the software will intentionally degrade the printing quality if it detects non-Epson ink cartridges in the printer. The degradation is so blatant that the output is unusable.
If you remove all Epson software, Windows will happily use its own driver and the output is perfect.

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