Hello Paul, Since so many are piping up for Epson, I guess I better add to the naysayers. I have had Canons, Epsons and HPs for photo quality printing. I owned three different Epsons. What I will say positive about them is that the expensive ones seem to do quite well. My first was fairly expensive. It still may be running with the present owner. My next two were the cheap ones - those are not worth buying. Even with consistent reasonable use, I had head clogs galore - on both of them. So I would say that if you are willing to pay at least $300 for the printer, Epsons are very good, but their cheaper stuff is junk in my book.
My Canon experience was pretty good overall and my HP experience has been similar. I currently have an HP 7960 and frankly can't tell the difference in output quality between it and the various Epsons that I have seen. I do believe that the design of both Canon and HP allowing easy user replacement of the heads is way better for the user. The Epson way is a good way to piss off customers and make some upfront money on service and replacement of the printers. Ultimately they lost me as a customer. -- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, December 2, 2004, 6:47:58 PM, you wrote: PS> I have to put my 2 cents worth in praise of Epson's printers. Until PS> recently I was using an 880 that I bought a couple years ago for less than PS> 100USD. It's held up admirably for both text and photos with just a little PS> cleaning maintenance and is still running off a print server as a network PS> printer. When I saw the quality of the new R800 I was forced (enabled) to PS> buy one. I'm convinced that unless you need (desire) a wide carriage for PS> prints larger than 8.5" wide you won't find another make and model that will PS> do a better job printing photos. PS> -P PS> ----- Original Message ----- PS> From: "Kenneth Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PS> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PS> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 6:54 PM PS> Subject: Re: Fw: Epson Printer (Sylus Photo) >> Jens >> sorry to hear of your problems with the Stylus Photo. I've had one since >> around 97 and have done thousands of prints with it and it still keeps >> chugging along. Paid around $300 USD for it, a complete ink change runs me >> about >> $35 USD. >> >> One thing I learned along the way was to always shut it off using the >> on/off >> switch - never simple unplug or switch off power to it. Mime sits for >> weeks >> on end with out usage and then I use the heck out of it. I just finished a >> calendar run using almost 400 4 X 6" prints from it. >> >> I also have an Epson 2000P and have sold alot of prints from it. >> >> For my money Epson is the one to beat for great home color printing. >> >> Kenneth Waller >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 10:19 PM >> Subject: RE: Fw: Epson Printer (Sylus Photo) >> >> >>> Epson Stylus Photo, that's all. No other names or numbers. It's so old, >> it's >>> not on the support list anymore. The newest driver is for Windows 98. >>> Even >>> when it was new, some retailers didn't know about it. It was actually the >>> top model at one stage. I admit to not having used it much. When I got >>> it, >>> photo realistic paper was app. 1,25 USD for every A4 sheet. One set of >>> ink >>> cartrigdes was almost 100 USD. So, most of the time it was just sitting >>> on >>> the desk and occasionally used for B&W prints. A shame, really. Now it's >>> useless. It represents the worst 700 USD I ever spent. This money would >> have >>> been better spent on a one week holiday in Greece! Or a used MZ-S with a >>> battery grip! Or ... >>> Maybe I will consider getting a Canon. >>> >>> Jens Bladt >>> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt >>> >>> >>> -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >>> Fra: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sendt: 2. december 2004 02:04 >>> Til: Pentax Discuss >>> Emne: Fw: Fw: Epson Printer (Sylus Photo) >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Brian Schneider" < >>> Subject: Re: Fw: Epson Printer (Sylus Photo) >>> >>> >>> > He doesnt say what printer, I believe you can do that with some of >>> > the newer Epsons. With the older printers if you put in a partially >>> > used cart it will work but the iink monitor will read full so you >>> > got to be pretty carefull abt running empty. that can ruin a >>> > printhead, for the price of a cartrige it may not worth the risk. >>> > >>> > William Robb wrote: >>> > >>> >> any ideas oh Great Fount of Knowledge? >>> >> b... >>> >> >>> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Bladt" >>> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 9:53 AM >>> >> Subject: OT: Epson Printer (Sylus Photo) >>> >> >>> >> >>> >>> Hello, this is a question for the great PDML knowledge bank: >>> >>> My Epson user guide says I can't take out an ink cartidge and put >>> >>> it in >>> >>> again. The printer will not accept it (I haven't tried, though). >>> >>> >>> >>> Is there a trick I can perform to make the printer accept it a >>> >>> second time, >>> >>> afterall??? >>> >>> >>> >>> I have just installed a cleaning cartridge (black), since there's >>> >>> a lot of >>> >>> banding in my prints. I haven't used my printer for quite some >>> >>> time, but to >>> >>> my surprise the print actuelly look nice, after installing new >>> >>> ink >>> >>> cartidges, except for the banding in the black areas. So, I want >>> >>> to >>> >>> re-install the "old" black ink after the cleaning the black part >>> >>> of the >>> >>> printer head. >>> >>> Jens Bladt >>> >>> >>> >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>
