Comments on: I hate Epson

by: Kurt Printsmart

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:36:22 +0000

I have the CX7300 and I hate how quickly the ink runs out, i’ve paid for 4x or 5x more than the printer is worth!

by: Karen

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:11:48 +0000

I’ve had the same problem, so I went with generic cartidges and I’m doing great! Go to ebay and buy yourself for $20 inks for couple oh weeks at least! Other then that I’ve bought HP printer lately and it’s not better then Epson with ink consuption. Bottom line - Go Generic! It’s a bull it will damage your printer and you will never need any warranty repair from these companies bc if it brokes - you will throw it anyway. Listen to me

by: Richard

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:19:42 +0000

Hi: I agree 100%. I bought a R2200 and had the same problems.I don’t like the manufacturers forcing these high priced cartridges on us. I started a site that gives informaton on refilling and other subjects. I hope you wouldn’t mind me leaving a link.
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by: Jeff

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:27:28 +0000

Nice to read comments that echo my sentiments. In the middle of another cleaning cycle now - it’s going to cost me $30 just to print 4 or 5 photographs. It always does.

by: cseejei

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:04:09 +0000

Just did a search for ‘why I hate epson’ after going to make a b/w copy and being told I now need to change 3 ink cartridges.

See… the last time I tried to print some black and white text I had to drive to the store and pick up a yellow cartridge because that one was out. But being clever I made sure to pick up an extra magenta and cyan too!!!

HA. It appears that I am still missing the ‘light cyan’ and ‘light magenta’ cartridges. These are 2 of 6 tiny ink cartridges any of which disable the printers ability to print black if it runs out. That’s $180 worth of cartridges going at any given time, $180 that MUST be kept stored alongside the printer just so you have one handy.

I want to throw this damn machine on the lawn of the nearest epson executive. I’m in Los Angeles, so who is closest?

by: Walt

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:15:15 +0000

I went with the R1800. I am a fine art person and do prints of my paintings and photos for fun and profit (someday, sniff). The printer is used daily; I never turn it off. Its output quality and life of print are excellent. I had a problem with it eating some matte heavyweight (I feed one at a time now). Lost a lot of ink trying to recover the heads. Their comment about letting the thing set overnight after a cleaning worked! I guess the ink clog softens with time. What I would like to know is where does all that ink go when used for cleaning? you would think a drain would be needed. Thanks for the diagram on Love - Good work! - W

by: Mike

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:20:01 +0000

Here here! I couldn’t agree more. We have an Epson CX5400 and absolutely hate it. It is designed to just use up cartridges and they are about $80 to replace. Epson also makes them with a neat little electronic lock to keep you from refilling them yourself. Pretty cool huh? And as soon as Costco no longer carries the cartridges, Epson (and all the after market) just jack up the prices!

Our entire family has worked in the computer industry for decades. We will NEVER buy Epson anything again and will steer all our friends and family away as well.