Epson Stylus C42 UX Inkjet Printer

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Summary: Excellent photograph printer
Review: This printer is excellent for printing my digital photoraphs on glossy photo papers. Given the 100$ + prices for other photo printers, this printer is really a steal. Had no problems whatsoever with this printer so far.

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Summary: This printer is the worst!
Review: This printer really SUCKS!!! It is loud and slow and has low quality and low cartridge life. It is SOOO loud. You can hear it bewteen two closed doors. However, to the reviewer that said all epson printers are loud and clunky, thats not true. I was looking in a store to replace my aging HP DeskJet 722c and I saw an Epson C66, C86, and a CX6400 multifunction. The C66 and C86 look very similar (the only difference is the print speed and resolution). I printed a sample of both of these. I was amazed, they were whisper quiet! The CX6400 has performance similar to the C66. The only thing these printers have in common is the same Micro Piezo 4 seperate cartrdges and they are the Epson brand. I was very impressed with their quality, noise, speed, and looks (design). So if you are looking for a new printer, don't judge your Epson experience on this hunk of junk. Take a look at their higher end models that don't cost that much more.

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Summary: Worthless
Review: This thing has given us problems from the start and of course with no help from their tech support. It's so erratic that it won't print try after try but if you shut it off for a few days it might work after that.

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Summary: Might be nice if I ever got started
Review: Well, from now on I will open and check the contents of all peripherals I buy as soon as I get them home. When I finally got around to opening this one up to set it up, I discovered the power cord was missing. The store I bought it at happily lifted one from another box, but a week later (when I once again got around to setting it up), I discovered that the ink cartidges had also been forgetten when the unit was packed. Now the store's return cutoff date has passed and the cartridges are difficult to find; they aren't even currently in stock at the store which sold the printer! So as long I'm here at Amazon looking for ink, I'd figured I'd pass on my experiences. It may be a fine printer once I make it go, but this bad start seems to promise more headaches yet to come.