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Summary: junk junk junk -
Review: just replaced all color ink cartidges - now none of the color print heads work. i owned an epson stylus 720 back in 1995 - it was also junk and I swore i would never buy an epson printer again. my next printer was an HP Deskjet 722C - the best printer ever - good color, low ink useage, indestructable - then HP ceased support of the original win98 driver - for win2k the driver was a generic piece of trash - no more good color, etc. then i saw the C82 on sale in 2003 - i thought 8 years might be enough for epson to get their act together - apparently i was mistaken. I think i might send this one back to epson with a pile of dog doo in it and a note that reads "keep the change"boycott epson printers
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Summary: This printer is garbage
Review: I've had the printer almost a year and it worked perfectly. Then all the sudden, the heads became clogged and could not be self-cleaned. Apparently this is a common issue with this model. If you're looking for something that will become useless within a year, this is the printer for you.
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Summary: Yet more disappointment
Review: Sadly, this review echoes that of so many others here. I've just spent 10 minutes trying to get paper to feed into the printer for a simple one page print-out - never does go on the first try - and started to go look for possible solutions. I'd guess we've printed less than 40 sheets in 6 months - it's just so cranky. Once the paper finally feeds, it usually works fine from there. Something in turning it off and back on for the next print fouls the feeding. Secondly - I've never gotten anything reasonable for printing photo-quality on photo paper. It's always very gritty. Sadly, printing on plain paper usually comes out better - despite trying nearly every combination of "paper setting" for the photo paper. I bought this printer through Office Depot - they jerked me around selling me different paper and offering advice until I ran out of warranty. No return, despite the initial problem I reported was 2 days after purchase.
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Summary: very bad printer
Review: piece of junk... loading the paper is extremely noisy, printing could be quieter also... after few months heads will get clogged... soon the problem gets worse. it totally died on me after 15 months... overpriced toner. colors doesn't match at all, needs lot of calibrating with poor results.
* i just replaced it with canon i860 first impressions are superior and sophisticated inkjet. fast and quiet, colors are brilliant. never buy epson.
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Summary: It's a good printer, until it breaks
Review: I had this printer for one year and three weeks. I liked it a lot and used it often but one day it stopped printing ink. Something was wrong with the printer head. I brought it in to someone to look at it. At first they thought the printer head was clogged and needed to be cleaned but it was worse than that. I was quoted prices to fix it but fixing would of cost the same as a new printer. The only horrible part to was dealing with the Epson people. It seems that because it broke three week after the one year mark there was nothing! they could do about it. Oh, except recommed a service center for me to take it to. What a joke.
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Summary: garbage
Review: Printer worked great in the beginning. But after a few months the ink gets clogged and your printer is worthless. They say "clean it 9 times". that does nothing. Printer is worthless now, and i just bought all new ink (as they said that would fix the problem.. not telling me FIRST that the it may be clohgged and therefore unreparable). It's too bad, I really liked it when i first got it and
DO NOT BUY THIS PRINTER. DO NOT BUY THIS PRINTER. DO NOT BUY THIS PRINTER. DO NOT BUY THIS PRINTER. DO NOT BUY THIS PRINTER. DO NOT BUY THIS PRINTER. Going to HP now.
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Summary: Buy it if you never need to change the cartridges. No EPSON
Review: My EPSON Stylus 580 is dead after working for me for just over 1 year, so I bought this printer. It's a fast printer for printing jobs if you are not using the photo quality settings. It's also a fast printer for inks. If you are considering replacing the inks, you should actaully consider replacing the printer. Although the inks are durable and water resistant, they are super expensive (more than $60 for all four). If you are planning refill the inks, you'll need a chip resetter (about $20) and expensive refill inks.
The sound of loading papers always wakes up my 1-month old daughter, which is a good thing for that she can eat again. For printing documents, the printer is fine. The photo printout is terrible. With the 'best photo' setting, it usually takes more than 3 minutes to finish one 4x6 photo, but it can finish your ink cartridges pretty soon, and the droplets are easily seen.
Now, all those don't really matter because the nozzles are blocked.
Just got a Canon i960. It produces photo lab quality like photos even with normal quality setting. And it takes less than 1 minute to finish a 4x6. Although it's about $80 more than the C82, I shouldn't have waisted my money on the C82.
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Summary: Another Disappointed Owner
Review: I purchased this model on the recommendation of my father-in-law who normally has great computer advice, but this time he sure didn't. This is one of the worst printers I've owned. I have not had it long enough for the ink jets to get clogged, but from the other reviewers say, I can't wait! Even when it was new the paper feed was completely frustrating. You'd think I was trying to force feed a three year old castor oil, not feed paper into a printer. 80% of my print efforts have required me to fiddle with the paper to get it to go in and begin printing. I'm just a basic home user. I don't ask much of a printer, but even what little I expect this Epson fails to deliver. I used to think highly of the Epson brand. I'll look elsewhere next time. So should you!
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Summary: Beware - This thing is junk
Review: I have had the same problem as most people using the C82. In general worked ok for the first few months. I had problems with the ink status working and finally gave up but worked ok for the most part. But the real issue is the heads plug up and the head cleaning process will not clear them. So, unless you are still under waranty you will spend more to get them cleaned than the unit costs. Eventually this will happen to you. Don't replace the ink cartridge as the trouble shooting suggests as you will just be throwing your money away. I almost forgot to mention that you would think the ink cartidges had gold in them (very expensive). Finally be aware that if you are out of warranty you will need to pony up $10 just to speak with a technical rep. I recommend you stay away from Epson. I have had good luck with HP and Lexmark. I bought this one on a friends recommendation.
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Summary: Review after a years use
Review: for the first 12 months I can only praise the printer. Now the nozzle's are bloicked and it is not worth repairing. I have used it lightly and regularly over the past 12 months and having tried unblocking the jets through the cleaning utility it is still blocked I heading for the bin. As for me I am heading out to but an HP ink jet printer having had one for years and years with no problem.
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