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Summary: Great quality but HUGE BOTTOM UNPRINTABLE/LOWER QUALITY AREA
Review: Don't know about the clueless person who couldn't get this installed - that went very quickly without the least hitch, and I did it under 98 and NT.I've compared the output of this printer to a multi-thousand laser and must say the similarity of quality is quite astounding. The ink doesn't look like other inkjet stuff I've seen and lays on the paper seemingly with the same appearance as the laser. THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE with this printer is a large 3/4" or so unprintable area at the bottom of the page. NOTE: You can print there by making some changes to the set-up BUT COLOR QUALITY IS REDUCED, which is why by default they make it so you can't print there at all. All other sides have very tight unprintable areas of 1/8" but the bottom has this horrendous large area. This is a major problem for me and will most likely cause me to return the printer. If not for that, I was massively WOW'd by this product, and that problem is the only reason I give it three instead of FIVE STARS. One note: At least Epson is honest telling you that quality will suffer somewhat if you print in that bottom area - I can imagine that other manufacturers may have the same situation and just not tell you. One other note, colors came out looking a bit "warm" (i.e. higher red levels?) compared to the extremely expensive color laser, but in this case I think the Epson might have been the more correct! But I'm not sure and the expensive laser was going through a Fiery print processor which I would have thought would make everything perfect, but I just thought I'd note this, colors came out warmer than on the other printer, though I'm not sure that that wasn't correct.
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Summary: Interesting, Fun, Great 4 color Photos
Review: I thought I would take a chance and get Epson's latest 4-color pigment printer. I wanted it for an inexpensive photo printer. I thought the pigment inks would be great for their durability. I am overwhelmingly surprised. It exceeded all my expectations. It is quiet, fast and easy to set-up. I connected it to my computer according to the instructions and it worked immediately. If you are printing plain paper it is very fast. If you are printing photos I would recommend using the vivid setting on photo enhance. This is because the printer is being sold as an office printer, so Epson thinks it will be primarily used on plan paper and have adjusted the printing algorithms to such printing. The pigment inks make all the difference. If you need the best then go for the Epson 2000p. It has 6-color printing. But, with the 4 color of the 80c I was exceedingly happy with the photos done on Epson Premium Glossy Paper. They are better than regular photos. They are amazing. It prints with 3 picoliter drops so the detail is very sharp. Also, I did a test on the durability of the photo paper prints. You are unable to smear the ink right after printing. I then submerged a photo from an inkjet dye printer and a C80 pigment print. The inkjet dye ink rubbed off immediately. The C80 stood fast. I even increased the water temperature to hot and rubbed very aggressively and the print remained in perfect condition. I am sold. This printer is a great buy for a standard office printer or a photo printer for people who demand the durability of pigment inks at lower cost. As I said if you want the best get the 2000p. An added bonus is that Epson says the inks last for 70 years without fading. Buy it and have Fun.
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Summary: EPSON provides yet another exceptional printer!
Review: I purchased the C80 and i must say this printer is simply amazing. This printer is the only printer out in the market with durabrite technology. This technology provides exceptional printing quality even on normal paper! Just print out a photo on regular paper and do the same with another printer. There is truly a comparison. The C80 durabrite technology blows the rest of the ink jet printers out of the water. Not to worry if your printing photos on glossy paper. It does an exceptional job as well. This printer comes with individual ink cartridges for each color. Black, cyan, magenta, and yellow. A very smart idea by the epson people. [Don't you hate it when] when you had the one color cartridge and you ran out of one of the colors so you couldn't print the right colors? So what did you do? Throw it out and buy a new one right? Well not anymore... thanks to the individual cartridge. When you make colors you don't use the same porportion of ink from all color pallettes.. you end up using more from one color then the other. So forget one color cartridges anymore.. that's a thing of the past. The individual cartridges are reasonably priced too. And you can make lots of prints before running out of ink. Its exceptional value is an added plus. On top of that, you also get Epson's micro piezo technology. I have no problems with this printer so far. As long as you maintain the printer properly you won't have any problems or hassles. So read the user manual that most people neglect. I been a loyal epson customer for over 3 years. They make excellent products. The customer support is alwayz friendly and ready to help. This is a great product for those who do application printing and photos. This is a very versatile printer, i'm very happy with it... thanks epson.. keep making new products to keep me happy!
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Summary: Nothing but Problems
Review: I purchased the Epson Stylus with hesitation. I was planning on purchasing the HP 1218 but after speaking with the sales rep at the store who had reviewed all of the Epson's features such as individual ink cartridges, 20ppm black and 10ppm color speed as well as the price (about 120 dollars cheaper than the HP). I decided to give Epson a try. Boy, was I disappointed!!.
After getting the printer home and installed, I was unable to get the printer to communicate with my laptop. After uninstalling and reinstalling the product, I called the tech support, which was honestly, a bigger disappointment than the printer not installing. They kept insisting that the parallel port cable I was using was the problem. After explaining to them that I use the same cable on my HP 690C without difficulty, they thought that perhaps the parallel port on the printer was bad. Back to the store, exchange the printer, buy a USB cable to ensure it is NOT a parallel cable problem and after 2 more calls to tech support and reinstalling the drivers from their website, the printer would never work. Very disappointing. I have Windows 98 with a 500MhZ processor and 128 RAM, so I would caution anyone considering purchasing this new printer to wait until they fix the software drivers to accomodate Win 98. Other disappointment was the inability to print 4X6 prints easily. It is not pre-defined in the printer set up. You must define the dimensions each time you want to print this size even though Epson makes a 4X6 photo paper. In talking with the tech support, she was dumbfounded and said she would report it right away and was sure that the driver would be updated to accomodate the 4x6 dimension as default.
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Summary: Epson C80 Printer- More trouble than its worth !!
Review: I have 2 of these ink jet printers. When they are new they're fine. After use, the ink jet nozzles become clogged and cause nothing but printing problems. This is a common problem as witnessed by numerous customer complaints about it, and the large number and variety of nozzle cleaning kits sold. I followed the Epson Web Site to correct the problems to no avail. The final result from Epson was: "Take it to the repair shop." Local charge to unclog the printing nozzels is $ 130 because of the time it takes to clean. Instead, I bought two Brother HL-1440 Laser Printers. Installation was simple using the CD provided. The printing looks great, AND I NO LONGER MUST BE CONCERNED WITH STOPPED UP NOZZLES AND CONSTANT REPLACEMENT OF EXPENSIVE TONER CARTRIDGES !! The Brother HL-1440 prints up to 3,000 copies on a laser cartridge that takes 30 seconds to replace.
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Summary: Feeling betrayed by Epson
Review: I bought this printer my last year of college based on a number of excellent reviews both online and from reputable publications. When I first got it, I loved it. Fast printing, great quality printouts, and the price was right for a broke student. Though it went through ink quicker than I would have liked, I was pretty conservative with its use and only had to swap black cartridges once in the span of a year. I was using it to print papers and research materials anyway, so I used color very sparingly.
Anyway, I moved back home after graduation due to money problems. Had a hard time getting a job at first (rough market even with a four-year degree), but I did eventually after about a year, and once I did I decided to get the printer the new ink it so badly needed. (Borrowed my parents' Epson Stylus Scan 2500 in the meanwhile, a wonderful printer by the way.) Got all new cartridges--authentic ones, no generic knockoffs here--and discovered to my dismay that the black print head was clogged seemingly beyond repair. I printed a test page in Windows once I got the new cartridges installed. All I got was the four-color Windows logo and lots of wavy black lines that didn't even resemble text. Tried one head cleaning cycle after another, and the problem didn't go away. Adding insult to injury, it sucked the new color cartridges dry almost instantly.
I agree with the general sentiment here--this thing is a money pit. It ran wonderfully when it was new, but it wasn't built to last. I know it's common for inkjet manfacturers (HP, Canon, Lexmark, etc. all do this, but perhaps to a slightly lesser degree) to take a loss on the printers themselves in order to make a profit on the ink and accessories, but Epson really went to the extreme. I'm lucky that I got my new ink on clearance, but I could have easily dropped over $50 trying to resurrect a lemon of a printer, and I sympathize with everyone else here who experienced this.
Incidentally, this happened with my brother, who got a C82. I've been an Epson loyalist for years, so it pains me to say this: Stay away from new Epson inkjets at all costs! They're very pretty and have impressive specs. But then they love you, take all your money, and then leave you. I'm getting rid of mine as fast as possible--not even sure I want to sell it because I don't want to force this misery on anyone else. For now I'm probably going to get a monochrome laser printer because all I need right now is a reliable, cost-effective documents printer. But if I were ever to get another color inkjet, it will not be an Epson.
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Summary: What a disappointment and disaster!
Review: O.k., so the printer is pretty fast, but that is the only good thing about it.
It does not keep its alignment more than one or two pages, so there are always lines in any document with a solid area. And mine makes these lovely puddles of ink inside the machine, which smears all over the place. Even after cleaning it up, it smears ink all over the next 5 pages printed. And forget any meaningful technical support for either of these problems. Lastly, after I'm told the ink is empty, the container still sounds like it has a fair amount of ink left. This was my first and last Epson.
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Summary: Clog, Clog, Clog, Clog, Clog, Clog, Clog.....
Review: I hate to say this about an Epson product, but this printer sucks. I bought three of these: one at home and two at work. The first clog was after one week, and between the three they all had major clogs within two weeks. It cost a lot to run their cleaning cycles. I bought third party ink at about 1/3 the cost, and these cartridges actually worked better! Within three months all three printers were useless. I do have an old 740 and two (even way older) 400's that are still working great! Never a problem from the old printers!
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Summary: Fix Your C80
Review: Grab hold of the power plug on your printer,push one of the two buttons on top and when the print head stops in the open area,yank out the cord.Set the printer to envelope with the manual lever,slide a couple of sheets of paper under the head(carefully)!,then bank up either side with paper towel.Pop out the cartridges and you'll notice 3 black plastic pegs,these are holes directly to the metal print heads.You want to gently inject windex into these and catch the resulting flood with the paper and paper towel.First get a syringe at the drug store,or an animal syringe at a farm store.Next you need tubeing(go to radio shack and ask for "Heat Shrink" tubeing).Use this to connect the syringe to the black plastic pegs.Don't force it through ,give it time to disolve the clog..Try not to get to much air injected,reassemble everthing and run cleaning cycles etc.Cartridges can be refilled and then resealed with an ordinary hot melt glue gun.,They are sealed from the factory with tape!The epson driver can be eliminated and the windows driver for XP works fine.Go on the net to find out how to refill. Also if you really must still monitor your ink after all this, their is a resetter called SK168 ink level restore system,about $12. shipped right to your door all inclusive.I hope this helps .,don't be a hack and break off the plastic pegs or the printer is toast.
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Summary: Every One Ever Produced Should Be Destroyed Immediately
Review: Rather than sell this to another honest consumer like myself, I succesfully smashed my Epson Sylus C80 to pieces with my own size 12's about 10 minutes ago.
Nothing new here...clogged nozzles, horrible quality, a big attempt at stealing money from epson. You clean the nozzles, use up all your ink while doing it and spend too much money on new ink cartridges and then you do it all over again. You might get 12 good prints before you run out of ink from all the head cleaning you have done. Stay away!!!! buy HP! The worst printer in the history of printings!
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