Epson 820S Photo Inkjet Printer (Silver) – Customer Reviews
I will never again buy an Epson printer
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This is the 2nd Epson Stylus I have owned. The first worked fine for about 6 months, then I had constant problems with clogged heads requiring numerous cleaning cycles and wasting the very expensive ink. I thought that if I bought a newer, better (more expensive) model that I would not have the same problems. Boy was I wrong! It's the exact same story with the new printer. I know it's a relatively inexpensive printer but it should last longer than 6 months. Never again! I am finished with Epson.
8/27/2006 12:00 AM | Rating:
SAVE YOUR MONEY
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Buy something else, if there were a zero star option I would have given it.
Now on the plus side when it works the prints are excellent.
But the trouble is with the "when it works" !
Every time I try and print anything seems the heads are always clogged, it then takes numerous cleaning cycles and LOADS of VERY expensive ink to clean.
Oh and then your cleaning the black head (using color ink as well) after the fifth cycle, its almost cleared the clog.... you get the "color ink low - change color ink cartridge" guess what you just used up all your color ink cleaning the black head
Sometimes cloggs midway through printing a 10 x 8 print..... very anoying.
I just bought a Canon ip 4000 so this ones in the trash!4/21/2005 12:00 AM | Rating:
What do you expect?
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I have had this printer for almost 2 years. I use the cheapest ink I can find and YES I use it with XP.
I think it is JUST FINE. If you want upscale prints buy an upscale printer. I have another Epson printer that I tried to use tech support and EPSON TECH SUPPORT is equivilant to DRUNK MONKEYS....at best.I find OEM Epson ink is horrible. CLogs worse than anything and is stupidly expensive. BUY GENERIC.
Try Voltexx.com for cheap ink.
I have let this printer sit for weeks (6-8) and used it. YES I have to run headcleaning several times. But I buy CHEAP INK !!!!
NUFF SAID.10/12/2004 12:00 AM | Rating:
Cinderella printer
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This printer worked great... for about a year, and then turned back into a pumpkin.Printouts started getting ugly stripes and splotches of random ink.Repeated printhead cleanings didn't help much either.If you're looking for a good printer that lasts, stay away Epson and check out Canon or HP.
10/11/2004 12:00 AM | Rating:
Paper feeder will drive you nuts!
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I didn't buy this on Amazon but wish I had come to see the negative reviews first!
Print quality is fair, but does seem to go through the printer cartridges awfully fast.
But the most annoying thing is how it loads paper - or doesn't! It grabs several sheets simultaneously, so that you have to stand there and feed it one sheet at a time.
If you don't, it will take so many it clogs the machine, chews up the paper, leaves a black smear on everything and sounds like it's going to die.
If you put in only a few sheets to prevent this problem, it will still grab them all and then start making a loud "protesting" noise when it's out.
I always talk back to it and tell it that it's the printer's own damn fault for being a paper hog. See - that's how annying it is - you end up cursing it out every time you print more than one page!!
So I would not recommend it!9/16/2004 12:00 AM | Rating: