This means position the printer in an office is somewhat limited. But what of the printer quality? Well, for the most part, the Epson L220 whips out documents for fun and at a rapid rate.

According to the Fight to Repair Substack, the self-bricking issue affects the Epson L130, L220, L310, L360, and L365 models, but could affect other models as well, and dates back at least five years.

Epson’s bricked printers highlight the industry’s repairability problem Printer makers have a history of invasive practices that hurt user repairability, experience.