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Summary: Ink cost is insane. DEAD unless all colors filled!
Review: I would heartily suggest you do NOT but this printer. I bought mine for $99 and was impressed by how well it printed. Then I decide to buy some photo paper. Other brands of paper do not work, and Epson paper is 50-100% more expensive than competing brands.
Then there is the ink issue! This thing must pump ink out the electric cord, it disappears so quickly. All six tanks MUST have ink in them for the printer to work AT ALL. Have an urgent document to print in black and you run out of yellow ink? Too bad!! You know have a $100 paperweight to sit and stare at you until you buy yellow ink. I am unemployed and can't afford to buy 5 tanks of ink which cost $60. But can I buy just black and use it to print resumes? Oh, heck no! Replacing all six tanks will cost $75-80, the whole printer only $90-100.
Right now I could strangle the people at Epson who designed this thing to rip off the consumer. I will never, ever, ever buy another Epson product. I suggest you learn from my stupidity and do the same!
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Summary: A Great Value - Great looking DVDs and CDs
Review: Ignore the person compaining about it not drying and chipping off, he\she obviously is not using printable inkjet media. Prints look great DVD or paper. Text looks like text from any inkjet - Only as good as the paper will allow it. Economical for an inkjet (six cartridges).Laser is the only long term economical method for documents. Inkjets are the only quality method for photos or other raster images. If you don't need to print pictures bigger than letter size paper this is the best deal currently on Amazon.
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Summary: Completes (and creates) the picture
Review: So I bought the Epson Perfection 2400 Photo Scanner (see my review) for my wife's photography. The problem was my printer was pretty much shot. It served its purpose well; as a writer, I need a fast and easy to maintain printer. However, it was time for one that suited my writing needs, as well as my wife's photographic ones. The Epson Stylus R200 Photo Printer completed the picture (pun intended, sorry) for my technology needs. It is easy to set up and use. Best of all, it is consistent and reliable. The price that Amazon is offering is more than competitive. It's unbeatable.Rocco Dormarunno,
author of The Five Points and The Five Points Concluded
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Summary: Not what it claims to be by any stretch
Review: The good news.... OK it prints on white paper, and if you set it to its highest quality (slowest printing) it will turn out pretty decent photos. And on the off chance that you are able to load the CD/DVD tray into it exactly the way it wants, it will print on CD's relatively well.
Now for the real review of this printer: Text is abysmal, even on its best setting. I have a Canon i860, which in every way (text and graphics/photos) blows the doors off this Epson. Printing CD's which really is the ONLY actual reason anyone would buy this over ANY Canon, is a chore at best. You must print them one at time (choosing more than 1 copy craps out the tray alignment for the next copy, which brings on the error message) and it takes a REALLY LONG TIME. Don't get me wrong, the quality in "Best Photo" on CD's is pretty great.... but the hassle with the tray never being happy and the S L O W print speed is just not worth it. WAAAAAAAAYY better results are achieved using the Avery Afterburner kit and printing labels with ANY Canon printer. I had an Epson several years ago, and upon buying Canon, will never go back to Epson. The quality difference is measured in light years. But alas Canon has no CD printer in the U.S., only Europe. So if you're contemplating this as your primary printer, and just every once in a while will print to CD's... move on to another brand that is actually capable of printing clean black text. If you just need a printer to print 2 or 3 CD's a week, this will suffice.
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Summary: Terrible for printing CDs and DVDs
Review: THE INK SMUDGES, even after letting it dry for 2 days!! Totally useless feature of the printer. We bought the printer and a huge stack of printable CDs and DVDs and now it's all garbage.
It seems to me that this whole "Inkket printable CD/DVD" thing is a big scam. Not only does the ink smudge, but it also chips off really easily.
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Summary: Works Good
Review: The main reason I bought this printer is for the CD printing feature. So far, it's worked fine. Yes, the ink does smudge a little bit, but mostly if you rub the surface right after printing, and after waiting awhile, I had to rub pretty hard to notice any smudging. So I'm quite satisfied. You may have to change the inner/outer diameter settings if you want to cover the whole surface of the CD, otherwise it will have white borders. Yes, the ink is a little expensive, but if you search for it on ebay, I've seen sets of all 6 colors for only about $17.00!!! I was a bit nervous about buying this printer at first, but I think I'll keep it for a long, long time.
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Summary: Awesome Printer
Review: This is a great printer for the cost... Granted I have only printed a few 4x6's so far as I got it yesterday... But on the sample paper provided with the computer the prints come out looking like actaul photographs, and I didnt even have it on the highest quality... Borderless printing option is great... Looks even more like an actaul photo... Cant wait to try out the direct CD printing...
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Summary: Great value for money
Review: This is great value for money. I've had some mixed experiences with Epson products in the past but this seems to be of high-quality. It prints gorgeous prints, and I had no problems at all to get it set up with my Mac (OS X 10.3 and PS CS). I don't really use the CD printing but it's a nice feaure to have. Lastly, you cannot really beat the price. I was going for the R300 first but didn't really need the flash card reader and display so I saved almost $100 and got the R200 instead and I am very happy with that choice.
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Summary: Inexpensive brother of R300
Review: Update of my first review below. I've now owned the printer for nearly three months and its everything I had expected. I don't use it for text so I don't know about its text quality, but its photo prints are awesome using Epson's Colorlife, Premium Glossy, and Heavyweight Matte papers which are good with the types of ink in this printer. Ink usage seems light. Its hard to estimate but I'd guess I've printed the equivalent of 70-80 4x6's and so far each of my ink cartridges seem to be less than half used. I chose the Epson not just for the print quality, which has not disappointed, but also for the cost of consumables. Check paper prices before you buy because you really do want to stick with the correct brand papers unless you really know what your doing. And DON'T use non branded ink if you really want pictures with accurate color.
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I don't own this, but I'm ordering it today. It has exactly the same print engine and software as the R300 that's almost twice the price - I checked the specs at Epson. If you don't need the card readers or pictbridge, buy this instead. On the Canon printers you have to go to the i960 also close to twice the price to find a six color printer. Read Steve's digicams reviews of the R300 if you want to know how well this prints. The best buy out there. The inks alone are worth $70.
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Summary: Incredibly cheap, yet quality photo & cool CD printing !!
Review: We were stunned to see this item for well under $100 PLUS a sizable rebate! Actually our expectations were not too high as we bought it mainly for its unique ability to print on CD platters using a special tray into which you place the printable CD (after you have burned your music/data onto it). It has turned out to be an amazing printer.
The software installed quite simply and after snapping in the six (count 'em!) ink cartridges, the printer itself started up nicely and printed a fine test page. The box included a printable CD, so we tried a rather complicated one with clip art, arched title text, and text in several sizes and colors; and it came out first time looking outstanding!! We've since experienced similar results printing photos using high gloss photo paper. Of course it's a little slow, but for the low volume uses for which we bought it, who cares. The six-color ink is a great feature -- you only have to replace the ones you need and the photos look really great due to the excellent color control. In short, we're pleased and delighted with our new toy! Recommended!
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