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Summary: Worst Printer I ever Bought
Review: At first, this was a great printer. Then I ran out of ink in one of the cartridges and it has not worked since. Replacing the cartridges, running the nozzle check, and head cleaning failed to produce any print. Epson does not have a 800 number for service (just a long distance one) and has yet to respond to my daily emails (15 and counting). I will never buy another epson product.
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Summary: Not so blue.
Review: I never noticed before how varied the color output can be from one printer to the next until I purchased this printer to make brochures for my home repair business. I have an HP printer for another computer in my home and when I print out brochures on this printer and brochures on that printer... whoa, what a difference! I find that the blues are much more vibrant on the HP than on this Epson printer. It must be the diference in the base inks. For black, white, red, orange, and yellow printing, this is an excellent printer... but I do love my blue, so I'm sticking with the HP.
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Summary: Fast printing, but ink heads clog frequently...
Review: I have had an Epson printer before, a Stylus 600 and it was of better quality than this one. This printer prints fast and the quality is pretty good. The downside is the printing heads clog and need cleaning frequently, which uses up a lot of ink. This can get costly. You can only print up a few art projects, such as cards or labels and then the colors are dark and have black lines through them. After cleaning the nozzles, this problem disappears and the quality is better, but you have used up more & more ink. I would not buy a Epson next time due to this model. I had a Canon Color Bubble Jet printer that did a better job than this one!
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Summary: Fantastic printer if you understand your needs
Review: On the plus side: This is one of the fastest ink-jet printers around. Print quality for black print is better than many lasers. Its archival ink should last for 70 years plus, no other low end printer has this new ink technology. Photos on matte paper rival the professional Epson 2000. It can accept paper up to any length. It has been trouble free. The on-screen ink level gauge is first rate.On the negative side: The new ink is not compatible with high gloss photo paper (the kind most people use). That's why some reviews complain of "dull" photos. On matte or low gloss the photos are great. The printer is a bit of an ink guzzler and like most other ink jet printers, the C-80's cartridges are expensive. Bottom line: For most people, a top notch new technology printer that has been rated very highly by all the PC magazines.
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Summary: So far, so good
Review: I had trouble with digital signing or something like that with Microsoft. The ad says it is compatible with Windows XP, but I ended up going to the web site to download a couple of things to make it work. I wanted this printer for the individual print cartridges - was tired of changing the others just because I was out of the color I use most frequently! The printing looks very nice and didn't smear when I highlighted words. If it weren't for the confusion on set up - I would've rated it 5 stars!
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Summary: Nice Printer
Review: We recently purchased the C80 and found all the good reviews to be true. The speed of the printer is great, and the quality of the print and graphics is great also. We also tried to print some digital photos and they turned out very well. The printer appears to be made very well and to be very user friendly. The only negative thing that I have found is that it is noisy loading paper but the printing is very smooth and quiet. Definitley a good printer. No regrets!
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Summary: DULL, DULL and even worst after fixing settings
Review: I am an artist, and a big fan of Epson printers. So much that I will not even look at other brands as an option. But I got to say that I am very disappointed at this one. Before I had the Stylus 740, and although slow as heck, the quality of the print was amazing. The colors were extremely bright and translucent. But with the c80, forget it. I got was the dullest colors ever printed on an Epson. Even after trying every setting there was, still the colors weren't as bright. Don't get me wrong thought. The quality of the printing was amazing even with the regular paper. And the fact that the ink is water resistant, well, is not really water resistant. It's just that it won't smear like the others if little drops of water get on it. I think that because the pigment been this "water resistant" is the problem with the colors. Maybe because of this, the ink is not translucent and the colors do not come out as bright. I was comparing a reproduction of my artwork from the 740 and the c80 and the difference is extremely noticeable. Although the quality is amazing and it is super fast. I would give it 5 stars, BUT!!! Then again the colors are not the brightest. The dullest red I've ever seen, and the black? Forget it. It is not a deep rich black like the 740. And that's why I don't give it more than 3 stars. Oh yeah! The Idea of separate ink cartridges is great and I didn't thing it used that much ink. I trust me I really was trying every setting it had because I didn't wanted to take it back and it didn't used even a 3rd of the cartridge.
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Summary: DULL, DULL and even worst after fixing settings
Review: I am an artist and a big fan of Epson printers. So much that I will not even look at other brands as an option. But I got to say that I am very disappointed at this one. Before I had the Stylus 740, and although slow as heck, the quality of the print was amazing. The colors were extremely bright and translucent. But with the c80, forget it. I got was the dullest colors ever printed on an Epson. Even after trying every setting there was, still the colors weren't as bright. Don't get me wrong thought. The quality of the printing was amazing even with the regular paper. And the fact that the ink is water resistant, well, is not really water resistant. It's just that it won't smear like the others if little drops of water get on it. I think that because the pigment been this "water resistant" is the problem with the colors. Maybe because of this, the ink is not translucent and the colors do not come out as bright. I was comparing a reproduction of my artwork from the 740 and the c80 and the difference is extremely noticeable. Although the quality is amazing and it is super fast. I would give it 5 stars, BUT!!! Then again the colors are not the brightest. The dullest red I've ever seen, and the black? Forget it. It is not a deep rich black like the 740. And that's why I don't give it more than 3 stars. Oh yeah! The Idea of separate ink cartridges is great and I didn't thing it used that much ink. I trust me I really was trying every setting it had because I didn't wanted to take it back and it didn't used even a 3rd of the cartridge.
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Summary: Excellent product - Not a photo printer though
Review: If you're looking for a generic color printer, the C80 is most likely your best choise, even compared with more expensive printers. It is fast, economical, quiet (except for the paper-feed mechanism) and prints excellent quality text, graphics and images in both B&W and color. I use it with XP, without any problems -- true plug and play, without the need of any driver installation. However, if you're buying the C80 for photo-quality prints, you'll probably get disapointed. Before I bought it, I read many user reviews describing the C80's photo prints as "dull" -- this is exactly the case. I tried a number of print options (and the C80 gives you plenty) on photo-quality Epson paper -- in all cases, the feeling was that the print came out OK, but didn't have the sharpness I was expecting ("dull colors" is the right word). Another disadvantage, is the print sizes: does not have the "bordlerless photo" capability, and needs some trial-error based adjustments in the print options to print even standard photo sizes (4x6, 3x5 etc). Very reluctantly, because it's a great printer, I decided to return for a true Photo Printer.
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Summary: Fast Fast Fast!!!!!
Review: First let me tell you that I purchased the new IMac. Second, i needed a printer that would both print out great photos and work with the IMac. Of course the IMac is my greatest investment ever. Now...This Epson....I turned it on...loaded the color cartridge and WHAM>>>> The printer warmed up fast and printed the best quality pictures ever...and they were dry and not smeared like the HP products would do....Bottom Line....Apple Imac and Epson Thank you for great products that work....And thank you Amazon.com for great products and pricing....
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