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Summary: I would give Epson -5 stars for it
Review: Worst printer. I read it in some magazines how good it is, fast, quiet, superbo photo printing quality, ink saving comparing to other printers. Either those editors had been paid by Epson or they were simply blind. Yes, it is fast, but it's ugly, wrong color on photo printing, noisy, and it use more ink for cleaning itself than for printing. It's ok to have some lousy products once for a while, but it's bad to sell it by simply telling lies about it. I am about to chop it apart and stay away from Epson forever.
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Summary: Poor longevity
Review: I purchased my printer 13 months ago, and this month it started to read "paper jam", despite the lack of paper in the machine. I have been told that the paper feed is malfunctioning, this is after very light use over the last year. My best option is to replace the printer. Also, the replacement ink cartridges are expensive. I would not buy this printer again.
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Summary: Epson C80
Review: Great printer when it works, unfortunately you use more ink cleaning the heads then you do printing. You have to clean the heads constantly before printing and if you have a long document you might have to stop and clean the heads half way through printing the document. The black ink is very expensive especially when you have use half of it to clean the heads. Should have bought an HP
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Summary: Do Not Purchase This Printer
Review: Print quality deteriorated for color pages often and for black occasionally. Always had to do a Head Cleaning before printing in color. Quality of color for photo prints, even using Epson Photo Paper, was unacceptable. Twice the black ink cartridge dumped ink onto the bottom of the printer - what a mess to clean up! Since I purchased the cartridges through the Epson online store, they made it good. The second time I dumped the printer into the garbage and bought an HP!
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Summary: Great for photos and text
Review: I bought this for my department at work. I use it mostly to print photos on Epson's glossy photo paper and get tons of compliments on how good they come out. I also print text and graphics with it and have been very happy with the output.
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Summary: Ink Dumping
Review: I bought the printer in November 2001 for home use. I typically do not print more than 20 pages per week. The printer worked fine until about a month ago when I discovered a pool of ink at the bottom of printer. I assumed it was a faulty ink cartridge, cleaned it up and bought a new cartridge. I have ink at the bottom of the printer again. I contacted Epson. After a couple of emails, they suggested that I call their tech support line. That would cost $10 just to talk to them. The printer goes in the garbage and I am replacing it with an HP.
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Summary: A real lemon, but not even good enough for lemonade
Review: After owning an Epson Stylus Color and loving it, I thought I couldn't go wrong with the C80. WRONG! I am very disappointed with this printer. It has a very annoying habit of feeding paper, returning it to the feed tray, and then printing on nothing. I've used more ink on the bottom of the printer than I've actually put on the paper. Between printing on nothing and having to clean the print heads often, I'm lucky if I get 100 good printouts per ink cartridge. It also feeds too much ink in places and leaves big splotches on the printout. I used to swear by Epson but now I swear I'll never own another one.
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Summary: a good-buy work horse
Review: I run a small graphic design business, and this printer can handle anything I throw at it. We use it more than any of our other printers. I can print everything from a run of several dozen letters and lables to sharp color pictures. We even printed our "save the date" letters and envelopes for our upcoming wedding. I buy inexpensive ink cartridges at printpal.com, and the quality is still great. Sometimes there is banding across sentences, but then i just clean the heads, which takes a few seconds. I have to clean every three or four weeks. I think the banding occurs because dust and hair get into the opening where the paper sits. To prevent exposure to dust, i lay a magazine across the top of the printer with just enough space for the paper to feed through freely. This really helps to prevent the banding. The ink cartridges last a long time too. Overall, a great machine for the money, and i would highly recommmend it.
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Summary: an all around bad buy
Review: I have to say that this printer has been a pain ever since I bought it. It prints unclear letters, makes gaps in the black ink and acts like it is out of color when it really isn't . I think that this product must be manufactured with a defect. Also, sometimes it bleeds large quantities of black paint when it prints and it gets all over everything. This is a real waste of money. Even if you put in brand new ink cartridges it still prints horribly and its picture printing quality is just as bad.
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Summary: Performed OK for a while
Review: I've had this printer for under a year, and after maybe 6 months or so, the black/white print quality is terrible. I get gaps/lines/blurrs in the text.I have always used HP inkjets, and I thought those were poor because after about 2 years, the paper feeder would break. But at least they always printed with high quality until then. I also felt like the printer said the cartridge was out of ink when it did not seem like it was, but I'm not sure about htis. Anyway, I would not buy a non-HP deskjet again, as I now have to trash this printer after wasting money on all new cartridges in the hope that they might solve the problem.
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