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Summary: DRY AIR KILLS IT!
Review: It was a perfect printer until we start the heating system (winter, you know ;).
Unfortunately we have air heating system and that means DRY AIR in the whole house. Heads became clogged immediately, if you use it less then every day. And at least three cleaning cycles necessary for reviving it after a day of non-printing (what a waist of expensive ink!). Think twice before buy it (or any other EPSON printers with build-in heads) if you have air heating or live in area with dry climat.Switching to HP, at least you can remove the heads after printing and seal them in some box with moist air.
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Summary: Clog of Death!!
Review: Like most people I read all the reviews before I buy any piece of equipment but nothing I read prepared me for the problems I've had with this printer. For a start, I have to charge ink constantly. This uses an incredible amount of the stuff and it's extremely expensive. We're talking $40+ for a single cartridge of black ink which won't last you that long. Talk about giving the razor away and charging a fortune for the razor blades. If a single cartridge is out of ink, stupidly, you won't be allowed to print. Once, this required me having to wait several days for my Cyan cartridge to arrive just so I could finish printing an all-black business document. Students with essays to print - BEWARE!! After 10 months of minimal use, neither the yellow or black heads will print anything anymore. The black cartridge I just blew $40+ on is wasted. The print head is clogged and my only resort is to send the whole printer back to Epson for a new one which will then subsequently go kaput - I've no doubt. Geez -- what a waste of money. Please look elsewhere for your next printer. Can anybody recommend a GOOD printer and a GOOD brand?
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Summary: Works great until cartridge change
Review: We purchased two Epson C82N's and they worked great at first. Then the black ink cartridge ran out of ink. When replaced it, but the printer printed without black. We repeatedly ran the nozzle check and print head cleaning to no avail. Finally the other colors ran out because of cleaning the print heads so much. After replacing those cartridges the same problem occurred with those colors. In fact it prints out a completely blank page. A search on Goggle found a link to a discussion board where numerous people are having the same problem. I followed the cleaning instructions included there to absolutely no avail. A call to Epson and they refuse to acknowledge that their printers have this issue. They also refuse to send a replacement printer without a credit card. Being a government agency in which the code prohibits from having a credit card, we are unable to get a replacement without us first sending our printer back to them. Needless to say, I will be requesting Epson replace both printers with new ones and I will be recommending that the $238 printers which are still under warranty be considered junk and replaced as soon as budgets allow.
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Summary: Really good printer
Review: The Epson Stylus C82 printer is really good it prints pretty fast and with real good quality until you print pictures. Then you notice it isnt real good. If you want really good picture prints consider a higher quality printer. But for every day use this works just fine
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Summary: Wonderful... while it worked
Review: The quality of the printouts was quite impressive. However, I've had nothing but trouble with maintenance on this printer. I've had banding issues that were only sometimes solved by cleaning the print heads. This process took too much time and used too much ink. The ink is very expensive. And now, I'm running into the clogged print-head problem that Epson claims it can't do anything about. It was nice... while it lasted. Mine is a year old, and I'm replacing it.
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Summary: Good Reliable Printer
Review: I purchased the Epson Stylus C82 to go along with my new Gateway 500SE computer, which runs on the Windows XP operating system, and I only have good things to say about this printer. 1. The quality of print is excellent.
2. Decent printing speed, not overly noisy.
3. Easy to install software.
4. Connecting the hardware is simple. This is the third printer I've purchased in the last 3 years (the other 2 were HP's), and the Epson Stylus C82 has been the best by far. All in all, this a good dependable printer that I find to be worth the money spent.
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Summary: FRAGILE
Review: Purchased the Epson Stylus C82 to replace the Lexmark Z51, which was too unreliable. Z51 was taking too much of my time to keep it printing, and INK was too expensive. I liked the fact that the C82 carries individual cartridges for the different colors. I was VERY IMPRESSED with the color output of the C82, and black text is as good as you can expect with an inkjet. I ran out of BLACK ink surprisingly quick,& replaced it with a generic cartridge. Soon after the yellow and red stopped printing. No number of running the printhead cleaning process would open them up, and Tech Support could not help. Was under warranty, so they sent me a replacement. Within a month had the same problem with the replacement. It will only print BLACK & BLUE. The C82 will only operate with it's proprietary DURA-Brite INKS. Using generic inks will clog the printheads very quickly, and the Printhead Cleaning procedure will NOT clean them to operational once again. Epson Tech Support recommends that you turn the printer off when not in use, and not sit it on top of your monitor as the heat may affect the inks, and OF COURSE use ONLY Epson inks. This printer is to "finicky" for me. The DURA-Brite Ink costs more than fine vintage champagne, and I am on a beer budget. Will find a printer that will operate with reputable third party inks that cost half as much as Epson's.
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Summary: skj
Review: I have had this noisy printer for a year. Actually this is the replacement printer the first 82c cratered after less then 6mo. It has problems with banding. My HP 882c after 4 years of flawless printing had to go to the shop and will cost more to repair then what a new HP will cost. I read all the reviews on this printer and thought it sounded like what I needed an all around printer for text and photo's. Text is good photo's come out with banding more times then not. It's not my camera or the software. I noticed that the C82 isn't on the market anymore. Gee wonder why???!!!!
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Summary: Constant Cloggin
Review: We had our printer for a year with no problems, but then the ink clogged and we had to send it in to get the entire printer replaced. Less than 3 months later the new printer clogged too and Epson says there is nothing they can do for us. Save your money and try a better printer with less clogging issues.
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Summary: Liked it while it worked.
Review: When I first got this printer it was noisy but I loved it. Then the first time the ink dried out the print head clogged and no amount of cleaning cycles would fix it. Even with new ink it still only prints blank pages. My next printer I wll definately go back to HP.
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