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Summary: Stay away from these models!
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I purchased a similar all- in one model cx5200 last year. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE SINCE THE FIRST MONTH I BOUGHT THIS PRINTER! I am truly convinced
it is by far THE WORST PRINTER I HAVE EVER USED. I have run all the diagonostics, changed the cartridges over and over AND STILL IT NEVER PRINTS CORRECTLY! There are no instructions on the website or manual that addresses the problem besides " run nozzle check- clean print head" after 9 times it still doesn't print without lines. I have been using epson printers since the early 90's. I use one at work so I am famililar with all the quirks of these printers. I have tried EVERYTHING to get this to work. After I clean the heads, run a nozzle check 6-7-8 times MAYBE i'll get a week that it prints. Then, it stops printing again OR it tells me I need a new cartridge ( which are hard to find, by the way). I am getting the feeling I am the only person who bought this printer. I know my one year parts guarantee has run out.I have spent to much money on cartridges I could have bought another printer by now. And actually, I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER EPSON PRODUCT AGAIN.
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Summary: Great Printer!!
Review: After an exhaustive search I setteled on the CX5400. Very satisfied with the quality of the machine. Easy to install and produces exceptionally clear copies and prints. I replaced my Lexmark X73 with the CX5400, and the CX5400 is head and sholders above the Lexmark. Highly recommend!!
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Summary: Very Disappointed
Review: After reading the mostly favorable reviews of the Epson Stylus CX5400, It seemed like a slam-dunk purchase. The setup wasn't difficult and the CD walked you through installation. There is a printed manual for scanning and copying; the manual for printing is on the CD which is not noted anywhere. Took a few minutes for me to locate it on my desktop. In comparison to my HP Photosmart P1100 - for which I cannot find a repair service - the Epson CX5400 was slow. Printing in draft mode, which I usually use, was extremely light and difficult to read. Normal mode printing was slow and the print irregular and uneven. There was no need to go beyond that, I packed it up and arranged to return it to Amazon. I gave it two stars because I am basically a charitable person. Setup was fairly easy and it did print, however poorly.
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Summary: Only thing missing is a fax.
Review: As a computer nerd, I've used a lot of various machines - printers, scanners, copiers, multifunctions...I've tested inkjet, bubblejet, dot matrix (remember those?), laser, photo, just about every type of printer ever thought of. And truthfully, when I bought this, I just needed a printer. I didn't need a scanner or copier, but this one got my purchase for two reasons. First, it's faster than a lot of standard inkjets in its same price range - up to 22PPM black. That's key for me, because I sometimes print out long news articles and am impatient. Second, the quality was on par with a lot of the photo and laser printers I tested. It has its flaws, but what machine doesn't? For the price they're offering this at, it's a great buy.
One thing I don't like is the shaking. And I guess I have to expect that from an inkjet seeing as it goes side to side, or maybe it's a setting that's too high or something. But it's just annoying.
Another thing I don't like is the lack of a manual feed tray. For copies or envelope printing this is like, mandatory. And I was sad to see it not here. But it's not too big of a deal.
Lastly, the warmup is rather noisy. I guess that's also to be expected from an inkjet.
However...if you're looking for a printer for its QUALITY prints..this one will do you just fine.Oh, and to the other person that complained about the photos? You have to use EPSON photo paper. You can't just pick a random photo paper because it's cheap - the EPSON photo paper is treated with chemicals that merge with the ink to get the superior quality.
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Summary: Value for Money
Review: Bought this all-in-one at a local retailer first. Loved it. So bought anotherone as a gift thru amazon.com. Amazon.com price is low by $55. Though shipping is kinda expensive but when compared with 8.25% tax, it equals it out. Amazon price was including tax.
It prints good quality photos. Had an old faded photo which I scanned. Using the software gave it a touch and it printed out excellent. Text printing is good.
Unlike other printers it comes with USB cable which saved me another $28.
Epson allinone printer for under $150. Can't go wrong with it.
I would recommend this to anyone who wants to use it at home. Take photo printouts and to give touch to old faded photos. Quality!
No doubt in giving this printer 9 out of 10 points.
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Summary: Ink on my face
Review: Broken record of a review. The print heads hopelessly clogged after about a year. Not only that, when i disassembled as much as i could, i found the ink tube/straw feed to the heads had popped off, which is why nothing at all was coming out. You need to be a surgeon with unattainable instruments to put the tubes back into one another (they're both about the same diameter).
Lexmark=junk, Epson=junk, now i have to try a Hewlett-Packard.
This problem is unfixable as my ink stained hand and high blood pressure will attest. Screw you, Epson.
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Summary: great affordable printer
Review: did weeks of research between the hp's printers and this one, this is great printer for the money, have printed out great photos from the printer, some come out better than others, but for the money you won't be disappointed with the print quality. the photo restorer is great does an awesome job. I admit I bought cheaper jet brand matt photo paper, I can't wait to see the picture quality on glossier more expensive paper. I was going to get the hp 2410, but they were to expensive and they salesman at best buy said he would never pay over $200 for a printer and the results from the more expensive printers to this one were the same, I don't need a fax machine, so this was the perfect buy. If you want really, really great photo prints, then you need to get a straight photo printer, this printer does a awesaome job, but if your really picky then get the photo printer. This was very easy to install and it prints really fast,
I bought a lexmark b-4 this one and took it back it was the lexmark printtrio, it was very slow and the print quality was horible. I did my reasearch and tried out alot of printers and this was the best buy for the money and quality. I hope this helps anyone that is a little skeptable like I was. You wont regret it
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Summary: !!!!!!Please VOTE for this as others needs to know!!!!!!!
Review: Epson Stylus (collective: ink-jet printer) are both 1 stars and 5 stars at the same time. This is about the BEST printer I have ever had aside from my dye-sub photo printer(true-black). But there is a serious design problem associated with their printer assembly - particularly the thinner-then-human-hair nozzle head which gets clog way too easily. I have had the CX5200 for 14 months now (C80, C82, CX5200, CX5400 all share the same printer block assembly, hence they use the same ink), the nozzles got clog 10 months into it, and Epson was kind enough to ship me a replacement with a set of spare ink inside. However, just 4 months afterwards (today), my new printer's nozzles are clog again! If you would just run a google search with words like "cx5200 + clog" you would see hundreds of forum with ppl complain about their clogged nozzles and angry consumer wanting a class action suit. I'm rather fused not in the fact that I paid $199 for the CX5200 months ago, but the fact that I have purchased 2+ sets of spare inks costing over $100 which I can't use, unless I buy another epson with the same "defective" printer block - and that, evidently, might not even out last my 2+ sets of ink as both of my other CX5200 didn't! Please spend your hard earn money on a better product that would last more then 13 months.
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Summary: Ink Consuming... buyers beware!
Review: Had this printer since Monday... just printed about 10 pages, of black text. Only about half a page filled just to test the speed. As I was checking the ink status.. 80% of the black ink has already been used! As for the color ones.. I printed 1 index picture, about 2 inch by 2 inch.. and it used 10% of all my color ink! I will never get an Epson printer again!!
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Summary: Success with non-Epson ink cartridges for CX5400?
Review: Hi! Has ANYONE had success using non-Epson replacement cartridges or ink refill kits for the CX5400 or CX5200? On this model, the printhead is attached to the printer rather than the (replaceable) ink cartridge, which makes it much more prone to clogging and damage if one uses non-Epson ink. Still, I am willing to take the chance on non-Epson ink if someone out there has had a positive experience with a particular company?
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