Mischa, I think the feeling (expressed as 'wasting ink') may actually be that one really just can't see an appreciable difference between 1440 and 2880 in the Epsons--that's MY guess from the posts I've read. I have 3 Epson printers--one can only print 1440, the other 2 2880, but I stay at 1440--because I really couldn't tell the difference--maybe with a loupe, but not with my naked eye.