Rating: 
Summary: A one-star rating is unspeakably generous.
Review: I am honestly surprised that I even have time to write this review, considering the fact that my every waking second is spent fixing the paper jams created by this worthless, soul-destroying printer. Not a single print job is completed without at least two noisy, snarly, monumentally infuriating paper jams. This printer basically just sits there, rips up paper, guzzles through insanely pricey low quality ink, and makes my life a waking nightmare. Needless to say, the paper jams aren't the only problem. Ink cartridges will last you approximately 10.5 seconds, and I have easily spent five times the price of the printer in replacement cartridges and I've only owned the thing for THREE MONTHS. Epson, you have some serious freaking explaining to do. I have no idea if your other products are equally horrific, but I am content with the knowledge that I will never find out. I wouldn't buy another Epson product if it were the only thing standing between me and a slow, painful, early death.
Rating:
Summary: Unreliable and Expensive
Review: I bought this printer 8 months ago. It worked well for the first few prints. After that, I used up about 80% of my first cartridge cleaning the print heads, which never seemed to work very well. Each head cleaning seems to use up about 5% of the ink in the cartridges. After the black cartridge ran out I spent $22 on a new one from Amazon, only to discover the printer had stopped printing entirely after installing it. I will never buy another Epson product after owning this.
Rating: 
Summary: Amazing
Review: I have had the earlier version, the C62, at my office for a year now. It is solid, trouble free, reliable, hard working. The C64 is an improved version with faster printing (17 pages per minute vs 14 ppm on the C62), and better resolution (5760 x 1440 up from 5760 x 720). The print manager is very good, lets you know when you have 20% of an ink cartridge left, then 10%, and then when you are out. When it is time to replace a cartridge, the display on the screen walks you through the steps. If paper jams (which it does not do very often), the print manager displays an "eject" button, click on that and it handles it for you. Rarely does the print head need cleaned. Last week I printed over 500 pages in the week, and the printer just kept churning them out trouble free. As to using up too much ink, perhaps the other reviewer is changing early when the 20% warning comes up, which will usually tell you how many pages you have left to print similar to the last page you printed. The amazing thing is, I paid $89 for the C62, which is a great deal considering how well it has performed, and the new improved version is only $59.
Go Epson
Rating: 
Summary: Slated too badly
Review: I have read quite a few bad reviews for this printer, but I bought one after it being reccomended to me at my local office suppliers. I think its a nice little printer for a good price. As for the ink cartridges, Epson are the cheapest printers to run, as at a computer fare or online, you can pick up a set of 4 replacement cartridges for about ?10-?15.
Rating:
Summary: Slated too badly
Review: I have read quite a few bad reviews for this printer, but I bought one after it being reccomended to me at my local office suppliers. I think its a nice little printer for a good price. As for the ink cartridges, Epson are the cheapest printers to run, as at a computer fare or online, you can pick up a set of 4 replacement cartridges for about £10-£15.
Rating:
Summary: Decent color printer
Review: I purchased this printer specifically for color printing, since I have a trusty 11-year-old Panasonic KX-P4110 laser printer for my regular printing. I use my Epson printer just for making fancy cards, colored labels, business cards, and color letterhead stationery. I've found that the quality of printing is leagues ahead of my old color printer, a 6-year-old Bubblejet. The cards that I've made with the Epson have a very sharp appearance, and they are much less susceptible to water and moisture damage than the prints from the Bubblejet. On the other hand, the ink cartridges seem to last even less time than the Bubblejet cartridges, and they are quite expensive to replace. I would never even consider printing a simple black-and-white job on the Epson- -I route all black-and-white jobs to the laser printer for fast and cheap copies. And when I design my cards, I find myself thinking about ink usage as a primary factor in the design, which limits my creativity somewhat, but helps my budget. After lofty plans for cards with retouched photos and fancy borders, I usually end up going with simple line-drawings and no borders. And the text for the cards has to be in color because the black ink seems to disappear so quickly. When I write a letter on my company letterhead, I first print the letter text on my laser printer without the letterhead logo. Then I put the already completed letter into the Epson to add the colored logo. Using the two printers in tandem for a single document is time consuming, but the ink savings make it worthwhile and necessary. In short, this printer will most likely satisfy your occasional color printing needs, but when you use it, you will constantly be thinking of your ink.
Rating:
Summary: Decent color printer
Review: I purchased this printer specifically for color printing, since I have a trusty 11-year-old Panasonic KX-P4110 laser printer for my regular printing. I use my Epson printer just for making fancy cards, colored labels, business cards, and color letterhead stationery. I've found that the quality of printing is leagues ahead of my old color printer, a 6-year-old Bubblejet. The cards that I've made with the Epson have a very sharp appearance, and they are much less susceptible to water and moisture damage than the prints from the Bubblejet. On the other hand, the ink cartridges seem to last even less time than the Bubblejet cartridges, and they are quite expensive to replace. I would never even consider printing a simple black-and-white job on the Epson- -I route all black-and-white jobs to the laser printer for fast and cheap copies. And when I design my cards, I find myself thinking about ink usage as a primary factor in the design, which limits my creativity somewhat, but helps my budget. After lofty plans for cards with retouched photos and fancy borders, I usually end up going with simple line-drawings and no borders. And the text for the cards has to be in color because the black ink seems to disappear so quickly. When I write a letter on my company letterhead, I first print the letter text on my laser printer without the letterhead logo. Then I put the already completed letter into the Epson to add the colored logo. Using the two printers in tandem for a single document is time consuming, but the ink savings make it worthwhile and necessary. In short, this printer will most likely satisfy your occasional color printing needs, but when you use it, you will constantly be thinking of your ink.
Rating: 
Summary: Cheap printer, expensive ink!
Review: Okay, it's a perfectly fine printer, and it's cheap. So what's the problem? I'll tell ya. Go to your local office supply store and scan the inkjet cartridge aisle. Go ahead, I'll wait. Back already? Remember the one and only cartridge that costs TWICE as much as all the rest? Yeah, that's right, it's the black cartridge for the Epson C64. It costs about $25, and that's just for one measly black cartridge, which of course is the color you'll use the most. You use three of those and you've already spent more than the price of the printer... does that make sense? Oh, and you'll need cyan, magenta, and yellow too (those are only $13 each, for some odd reason). This printer will cost you MUCH more to use in the long run than a more "expensive" printer (like, say, a printer that costs over $60). I'll admit it is easy to use and has, for me, been completely trouble-free from the moment I installed it last year. That's why I gave it 3 stars instead of 2. But seriously, do yourself a favor. Only buy this printer if you HARDLY EVER actually print anything. Otherwise, like me, you'll be kicking yourself every time you buy that overpriced black ink cartridge (which will be often, I promise).
Rating:
Summary: Cheap to buy, expensive to own
Review: The ink will kill you, especially the black. Generic ink? Forget it. It clogs the nozzles and you'll waste more than you will use cleaning the nozzles. This thing does give a good print-out, but it's not worth the high price of ownership. I had an 880 and loved it. I hate this.
Rating:
Summary: Great Printer, But Ink Eater
Review: The printer itself is a great product, especially for the price. The print-outs are of excellent quality and it prints fairly fast. However, it goes through ink SO FAST! I don't use it extremely often and I go through one black cartridge every month and a half.
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