Rating: Summary: Overrated Review: This printer is not that great. There are many bugs that exist with it and I feel that Epson must do a better job in creating these printers. I bought this printer for its good price and high printing output. However, many times, I send documents to the printer and they say pending but fail to print and I must resend the documents many times before the printer actually prints them. Also, the print quality isn't very good. The actual speed is nothing impressive for the output even for documents printed on economy/draft mode. I sold this to somebody soon after getting this printer because I found it to be horrendous and I haven't been happier since. I bought a Lexmark and boy, my luck has changed. In the future, I will choose Lexmark as I have had wonderful experiences with the quality and speed of the product. (Note: the Lexmark Z series are really great.)
Rating: Summary: Great Printer! Review: This printer produces very high quality photos, as well color documents. Easy to download and install software gives increased flexiblity for photos and documents. This is a great printer for all of your printing needs. I highly recommend this printer.
Rating: Summary: Great Printer other than the easily fixable driver glitch Review: This printer seems to be great and prints a wonderful photo. I bought it to replace my very old Stylus 850 in my office. It is pretty quiet and prints fast. I do a decent amount of daily printing and it seems to keep up fine. The only problem I had was when I installed it on Windows 98, I kept getting an error and it wasn't acknowledging the printer was there. I removed my old stylus driver and status monitor and it fixed the problem and worked immediately after restarting my computer. So if you have any problems after installing the driver, and you have an old epson driver or status monitor, I suggest that you remove them and restart your computer and then check to see if it is working. I also installed another one on a computer with Windows XP. Just to be safe prior to installation, I removed my old Epson driver and status monitor and had no problem at all. I highly recommend the printer for office or personal use.
Rating: Summary: Not interested in photo printing, just regular printing? Review: Try to buy an inkjet printer these days, and they all say they are "photo printers". Well, if you just need a printer to print word documents, or selections from webpages, etc... then this is a great printer. Fast and great quality text. Read further reviews if you want precise detail on photos. I don't print photos. To me, printers are at their best when you don't think about them. File/Print/Number of copies/OK is all I want to click. And this printer just works. The documents look great. I have two complaints- not about this printer, but about printers in general: 1) The hidden costs: When you buy a printer, you have to get cartridges, a printer cable (almost all printers don't come with a cable, make sure you get one), and I chose to get the Staples 3 year "no questions asked" warranty for 34 bucks. I never get these extended warranties for most things, but all the printers I have seen are finicky and you hear all these whirling noises and it sounds like there a million moving parts. You really can't repair them (it isn't cost effective), so I suggest to get the extended warranty in this case. 2) Control labels: The on/off button, ink button (the "drip") and others aren't clear (My dad put masking tape above the buttons and labeled them with a Sharpie). Note to printer companies: "Label the buttons so we can understand them!" That's it. Bottom line on this printer: Excellent printing of text and webpage selections. You won't even think about it, and that's a good thing.
Rating: Summary: Not interested in photo printing, just regular printing? Review: Try to buy an inkjet printer these days, and they all say they are "photo printers". Well, if you just need a printer to print word documents, or selections from webpages, etc... then this is a great printer. Fast and great quality text. Read further reviews if you want precise detail on photos. I don't print photos. To me, printers are at their best when you don't think about them. File/Print/Number of copies/OK is all I want to click. And this printer just works. The documents look great. I have two complaints- not about this printer, but about printers in general: 1) The hidden costs: When you buy a printer, you have to get cartridges, a printer cable (almost all printers don't come with a cable, make sure you get one), and I chose to get the Staples 3 year "no questions asked" warranty for 34 bucks. I never get these extended warranties for most things, but all the printers I have seen are finicky and you hear all these whirling noises and it sounds like there a million moving parts. You really can't repair them (it isn't cost effective), so I suggest to get the extended warranty in this case. 2) Control labels: The on/off button, ink button (the "drip") and others aren't clear (My dad put masking tape above the buttons and labeled them with a Sharpie). Note to printer companies: "Label the buttons so we can understand them!" That's it. Bottom line on this printer: Excellent printing of text and webpage selections. You won't even think about it, and that's a good thing.
Rating: Summary: ohhh, by the way ... C84 Printer Cartridges Review: Very functional printer for the home or office, but I read many reviews and NOBODY talked about the cartridges. If you are keen on refilling instead of wasting money on replacement cartridges, this is NOT the printer for you. The cartridges have computer chips in them that tell the printer when they are empty. You will NOT be able to print until the cartridges are either refilled or replaced or you buy an additional chip resetter for $10-$20
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