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Summary: 2 words: Garbage
Review: 2 words: Feeder Failure.
May take 10 or more tries to get the very expensive paper to feed correctly. Then, it might just decide that it doesn't want to print any more and eject halfway. MANY wasted sheets!2 words: Broken Brain
The software for this thing is awful.
The MAC RIP software is, without a doubt, the worst software ever unleashed on the public. Can't even begin to explain, it just doesn't work and crashes constantly. 2 words: No Support.
Where are the fixes??? 2 words: Don't Buy!!!
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Summary: I love this printer!
Review: Although not cheap, this is a wonderful printer. I love all the different sizes and weights of paper it will feed through, including banner paper. The colors are much more lifelike than other printers when using the RIP printer, which is the included postscript-like software. Having ink cartridges for each color means that you don't have to throw away a cartridge when one color is gone. Also, although again not cheap, the ink cartidges last a very long time. I have had the printer since May (6 months now) and the black cartridge that came with the printer is just running out. Since I am a small press publisher and print my books on this printer, this is amazing to me. The color cartridges are still chugging along. For someone who needs to do serious printing, I highly recommend this printer.
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Summary: Printer won't work with Windows XP!
Review: As a graphics designer this has been a good printer for me. It makes beautiful prints. The only drawback is that Epson has not decided to join the rest of us in the 21st Century. If you would like an expensive nice desktop printer, this is the one for you. However, if you do graphic design and require a StylusRIP Adobe Level 2 Postscript Driver...here's a newsflash...This printer is NOT XP compatible. In fact it's not Windows ME, or Windows 2000 compatible. There are no postscript drivers for anything higher than Windows 95/98. After several days of trying to speak to a human at Epson's Tech Support, I finally spoke to someone, and gleaned that they are in no hurry to advance with the times. At some point in the future they plan to develop an XP compatible StylusRIP driver. After a great expense and effort, I upgraded my office system and software to Windows XP. Because I had to have a RIP, I was forced to revert everything back to Windows 98. My bad! I should have checked, but I assumed that a company as large as Epson would be as progressive as the rest of us. All in all, I still like this printer. I am hoping that they will get on the ball soon.
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Summary: It'll eat you out of house and home
Review: At $79.99 a cartraidge, and 4 seperate color cartridges, large tabloid sized Epson brand paper at an avergae of $2 A SHEET (and poor - nasty- quality unless you use Epson paper) this printer will either make you look like a HUGE business or land you in the poorhouse. It does print nicely when we can get it to work right. wished we'd bought a HP large format or tektronix instead. Proabaly would have come out cheaper int the long run.
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Summary: This is a Terrible Printer
Review: Don't waste your time or money on this piece of junk. After you fight it for ten minutes getting your paper to feed (known feeder issues), you'll get your print. Woopee! It will look terrible, with a "grainy" quality that Epson alone somehow managed to invent. This printer has known compatability issues that are expensive to work around, it takes up twice the desk space that other, better models do and it breaks down once a year for a [spendy] repair. There are other models, for less money, that create better prints, with less trouble- even other Epson models, also Canon. Epson is a good brand, but not this particular model.
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Summary: Epson Stylus Color Inkjet 3000
Review: I am severely dissappointed with the Epson 3000 inkjet printer. To begin one needs a masters degree in electronics to understand how to operate it.The instructions that came with it are sorely lacking of information and It has refused to operate with Autocad 2000. To add injury to insult Epson's technical support has refused to return my e-mails.
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Summary: Cancel my current order
Review: I had a Epson Stylus 3000 several years ago. It developed streaks. I took it to Chicago, the only repair place in the area. I brought it home. There were still streaks. I took it back, brought it home and again there were streaks. Your recommended repair man was a good talker and a lousy technician.
I gave the printer to Hamilton Tech in Davenport. I tried to order a new one but could not find the check-out button. Please cancel my order. I will not take a chance on another old printer. Erwin Weber, Rock Island, IL 61201.
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Summary: Cancel my current order
Review: I had a Epson Stylus 3000 several years ago. It developed streaks. I took it to Chicago, the only repair place in the area. I brought it home. There were still streaks. I took it back, brought it home and again there were streaks. Your recommended repair man was a good talker and a lousy technician.
I gave the printer to Hamilton Tech in Davenport. I tried to order a new one but could not find the check-out button. Please cancel my order. I will not take a chance on another old printer. Erwin Weber, Rock Island, IL 61201.
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Summary: Hillbilly Photographer
Review: I have owned and used my Epson 3000 printer for nearly two years now with great results. At the time of purchase, it was the only printer available in its size range, which was its selling point for me. After recently converting it over to archival pigmented inks (Generations ProPhoto Inks from mediastreet.com) and creating a custom profile for the new inks, I can honestly say that I get better color from this printer than from my Epson 2000P. I do use the 3000 with an old PC with Windows 98 since there isn't a suitable driver for Windows XP. For those having trouble getting paper to feed in correctly, try feeding it in from the back. This works especially well with glossy photo paper, which does tend to misfeed from the front. This printer is regularly used to make 16x24 inch display prints originating from a Canon EOS-1Ds, and the results are amazing with vibrant, realistic colors and sharp detail. The only real problem I've ever had is occasional very slight banding, but this really isn't noticeable 95% of the time. Hopefully the new Epson 4000 will do an even better job, but the drawback there will be having to buy seven or even eight colors of ink instead of the four used by the 3000.
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Summary: Tops for specialty transfer printing.
Review: I have used this printer for about a year now and for the specialty transfer business I haven't found another printer in its price range to match the sharpness, color control or speed. This printer is one of the few larger format printers (up to 17" x 22") that will accept the sublimation inks used for top quality transfer printing. Because the printer uses individual ink cartridges for each color you don't end up throwing away perfectly good ink in a partially filled cartridge when one color has run out. Do be careful, though, the ink indicator seems to jump from half to empty without adequate warning.
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