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Summary: They made me happy
Review: Notice the post above. After a slow start with tech support, I got to see the staff at the Epson Canada ofice in Toronto. They actually brought me inside and checked it out. The only real flaw is the nature of the feeder tray. It is a bit on the flimsy side. Just remember to be very gentle with it. They replaced the tray and sent me on my way. With my gratitude. I have a feeling the tray will be mentioned in Epson's in-house product enineering issues. All in all, I ended up satisfied, even though more then a few disks were destroyed.
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Summary: Ink Sucking Box on my Desk
Review: Prints great and is quiet. Sucks ink like a hungry baby on a bottle.20 8"x10" prints = $100+ in ink. Epson would give this printer away for free, but they're smart enough to know that buyers would suspect a catch. I know - charge the buyer for the printer AND continually drain there wallets in ink expenses. Epson doesn't make money on printers- they make money on repeat sales of ink. To make more money on ink they make a printer that blows through it. A WIN-WIN for Epson! Hoo-ray Epson! Oh....but like I said, it does print nice...but should't it anyway?
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Summary: Using the Epson Stylus Photo R300 for About a Week Now
Review: Seems easy to use and prints both text and pictures impressively. The only drawback is that it prints relatively slow, but, since I bought this for home use, this doesn't really come in to play too much. I was wondering if anyone has tried any of the non-Epson (less expensive) replacement ink cartridges and what the print (especially photo) quality and coloring results were ?? Do you know of any inherent drawbacks? Do you also know if the non-Epson ink cartridges are of a similar ink/pigment type and technology as the Espon ink cartridges? Please respond via a review.
(p.s. 1 Star reduction for being slow).
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Summary: A Smart Buy
Review: The prints made by this printer really do look like what you'd get from a photo lab, and I dare say better if you know how to use Photoshop or any similar image editing program. What I see out of my monitor is exactly what I get out of the printer, and this is without doing any calibrating whatsoever. This printer has exceeded my expectations, especially when one looks at the $180.00 price tag. I like how it monitors the ink levels by counting each drop that comes out of each cartridge. And each cartridge can be replaced individually. It prints best on Epson premium glossy paper, but Hammermill and HP premium glossies work well too. This printer is a smart buy.
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Summary: DON'T BUY THIS PRINTER UNLESS YOU LIKE AGGRAVATION!!!
Review: This printer is the biggest piece of s*** I have ever had the misfourtune to use. Don't get me wrong, IF you can get it to print, the results are beautiful, but it actually works about 2% of the time. It seems that it WILL NOT feed greeting card paper, and forget about printing out more than one copy at a time. It constantly reports jams that are not there, or that the CD tray is open when it is not, and locks up the whole printer. I have been trying to print out my wedding invitations for 6 days, at least 3 to 4 hours at a time, and I am ready to pull my hair out. It will feed regular paper, no problem, but who wants to print out their wedding invitations on regular paper? For a printer that is supposed to be a "photo" printer, you would think that it would feed specialty paper. I can't wait to get to the store tomorrow to return this damn thing. Save yourself some time, money and aggravation and buy something else!!!
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Summary: Epson R300M
Review: This printer was rated the best of every photo printer in an Office Depot store, by one eventual buyer. He tried them all. The Canon 900 was a distant second. Other than the superb quality of the prints, the amazing thing is that it will take a CD driver, so you can print from your CDs. It will also burn the pics in your camera card to a CD. What talent!I sold a HP Photosmart 7550, when I got this one. The R300 is the basic printer. If you buy the R300M, it includes a plug-in LCD viewer. The viewer is pretty important, in my judgement, for photo printing.
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Summary: Epson Cartridges Waste Ink & Have "Smart Chips"
Review: Wonder why you're getting an extra featured printer so cheap? You're probalby only getting reject half filled ink tanks included, and look at the cost of new cartridges and consider how frequently you may need to buy them unless you hardly ever do any printing.
People are fed up with printer manufacturers having cartridges with sponges that don't refill well (Lexmark), or smart chips that prevent refills (Epson), not to mention HP's methods including "Expired Cartridge" messages, etc. If we don't, as consumers, vote "no" by not buying these printers and sending letters to CEO's we'll just get more of the same scamming.
I was excited to read about Canon Pixma IP3000 & up models with separate ink-tanks & no smart chips. Examining all the Pixma models at a local store I noticed this extra pull down tray in the front-middle. After full investigation, it's a disabled/never will work CD/DVD printing bay. Yet the same models in Europe have a working CD/DVD print bay. The USA price does not reflect the non-functional CD/DVD printing either. So I will (doubtedly) try to get a Euro model or wait for Canon to release USA models that are fully functional. I may end up temporarly buying the Epson R200 but I feel like I should be ashamed supporting Epson and their smart-chip scam. There is a chip resetter device (avg. $10 to $15) but I don't know if it works well yet. Forget Lexmark unless you have money to burn on cartridges. And there's concern about Epson printers wasting/spraying ink all over the inside (read all R200 reviews) that soon causes problems (dries solid/hard). The Canon has ink tanks with no smart chips, look easily refillable, and their print head underneath the ink tanks holder is also removable (i.e. replacable, but I don't know what that will cost. If other printers' print heads go you pretty much resort to trashing the printer). It looks like the Pixma line is leading the way in printing and cartridge technology. Canon: Kudos for heading a little more environmetally responsible with the Pixmas obviously designed for long-term usage in mind but PLEASE get those CD/DVD printing trays functional soon!
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