Need replacement for Epson C60

[Les Hemmings]

The C60 I rescued from a skip has finally given up the ghost. Fed up with
clogging as we don't use it a whole lot. Uses too much ink in cleaning
cycles and had it with taking the damn thing apart and getting ink
everywhere! Looking for a replacement. Need it for some light home text
printing, letters, shopping
lists etc and some photo stuff onto photo paper. Not looking for anything
special. I'll be using generic cartridges
Noticed the Epson C66 is pretty cheap and looks like it's the next one
up from the C60. But does it clog?

Any thoughts or warnings before I leap in?

Les



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[Davy]

Simply a Canon ip4000 or ip5000 without any doubt

I had a C62, that clogged within 2 day's the print head went shortl
after and the replacement clogged at the 4th day, all with Epso
inks

I was'nt going to buy another Epson and intended to get a Canon an
was dubious about an ip5000 after my experience, clog after clog wh
can blame me. The reason I was dubious I thought 'finer heads = mor
clogs' - How very wrong I was

You can deduce I took the bait and ended with a ip5000, the ip4000 is
the same apart from the 1pl printing option on 'Photo paper pro
saetting, I say this because it will only print at this resolution a
this setting

It's over 3 months old and not one single clog nor manual print hea
clean required yet, mind you I am using Canon inks

The text is as good as my laser and just as fast after the laser ha
warmed up, it's economical and the ink tanks are clear and easil
refillable if you are into this, the tanks are not 'chipped'

With the Epson I had to check every print even with text documents,
with the Canon I don't have to and get 100% prints all the time
where the Epsons 'guzzles' ink the Canon uses it

I would have no hesitation in buying another, I can't say that fo
Epson

The skip being the best place for it, "don't get clogged with a
Epson

Dav

 

[Yianni]

Noticed the Epson C66 is pretty cheap and looks like it's the next one

up from the C60. But does it clog?

it clogs more than the C60, because of pigmented inks. If you buy an epson
prefer the R200 or for low volume the C46.



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[Davy]

Go to Ciao or somewhere like that and have a look on various forums
you'll soon learn which printers to avoid

Don't rely on manufacturer and write up's, the best reviews are th
user's which can be found on various shopping sites, I mentioned Cia
because it's my favourite if I want to find anything out

Personally I won't touch Epson after my experience, I would hav
understood my problems if I had been using 3rd party inks, I use
genuine Epson ink and they still clogged

The Canon ip5000 is over 3 months old and not one single duff prin
yet

Dav

 

[zakezuke]

<I>The Canon ip5000 is over 3 months old and not one single duff print
yet</I>

I can claim no duff prints on my iP3000, it has been duff free

I can claim one duff print on my mp760 which is like the ip4000 in
printhead. My cyan did enjoy a clog... after it's 4th refill (2oz).
In all fairness both printers are using aftermarket ink, that *could*
be a factor, and after several hundrad CDs printed which is hard for
the head could also be a factor. Or it could be normal for it to duff
after 2oz of ink. I actually had to do a deep cleaning.

My r200 duffed often and well. The ratio of good print to duffed ones
were high. If I didn't use it often enough, it would duff. If I used
it too often it would duff. It was the most duffable printer I ever
owned.

 

[ngreplies]

I had several Epson printers which all clogged.
The last one clogged even using Original Epson inks and on the third set.

All printers will clog if not used regularly, however the CX5200 really gave
me problems.
I have now switched to a Canon iP4000 and the print quality is great.
I would recommend a standard print once weekly with two documents.
One being set for a small colour sample, and the other set for greyscale.
That way you will run a small amount of ink through each nozzle - enough to
keep the flow active.

T

 

[measekite]

I had several Epson printers which all clogged.
The last one clogged even using Original Epson inks and on the third set.

All printers will clog if not used regularly, however the CX5200 really gave
me problems.
I have now switched to a Canon iP4000 and the print quality is great.
I would recommend a standard print once weekly with two documents.
One being set for a small colour

CHINGE UR SPILL CHEKER. DA WURD IS COLOR AND NIT COLOUR.

 

[zakezuke]

chinge ur spill chekker. da wurd is color and nit colour

U after O except in America.

I have no issues with those who spell the world colour. While 300
million people are taught color... America is if i'm not mistaken the
only English speaking nation that spells it that way.

 

[Tony]

U after O except in America.

I have no issues with those who spell the world colour. While 300
million people are taught color... America is if i'm not mistaken the
only English speaking nation that spells it that way.

America, Canada and a couple of smaller nations. All up approximately 1.5
billion people speak English (half of these as a second language) and about 350
million spell colour without the U. The 76% that spell the word colour with a U
have been doing so for longer than the 24% have existed as nations. Having said
that I have no issue with how people choose to spell; I do have a problem with
those that are so single mindedly bigotted that they make no attempt to
understand other cultures and opinions.
I enjoy your well balanced and well researched posts, keep up the good work.
Tony

 

[zakezuke]

America, Canada and a couple of smaller nations. All up approximately 1.5

billion people speak English (half of these as a second language) and about 350
million spell colour without the U. The 76% that spell the word colour with a U
have been doing so for longer than the 24% have existed as nations. Having said
that I have no issue with how people choose to spell; I do have a problem with
those that are so single mindedly bigotted that they make no attempt to
understand other cultures and opinions.

I don't know what Canadians are taught in school... I have met a few
living in the states who make it a point to spell it colour.

Your numbers seem reasonable, though i'm not sure about India as
English seems to be the common tounge two people from different regions
can use to reliably communicate. Finland is also another country where
being literate in Finnish, Sweedish, and English is from what i'm told
a prerequisite for graduation... so i'm not sure if you would call
English a 2nd language in that case.

I always felt that the primary issue was the fact that the first
English dictionary was written sometime in the first quarter of the
1604 IIRC. Robert Cawdrey's "Table Alphabeticall" I believe listed
colour... and nothing with the letter J. Could have been worse, I
believe Ben Franklin proposed a totally phonic spelling of English
words to be the standard for America but it was decided that
standardization was a better idea as it's hard enough for someone from
New York to understand the spoken words from someone in Georga.

 

[Tony]

I don't know what Canadians are taught in school... I have met a few
living in the states who make it a point to spell it colour.

Your numbers seem reasonable, though i'm not sure about India as
English seems to be the common tounge two people from different regions
can use to reliably communicate. Finland is also another country where
being literate in Finnish, Sweedish, and English is from what i'm told
a prerequisite for graduation... so i'm not sure if you would call
English a 2nd language in that case.

I always felt that the primary issue was the fact that the first
English dictionary was written sometime in the first quarter of the
1604 IIRC. Robert Cawdrey's "Table Alphabeticall" I believe listed
colour... and nothing with the letter J. Could have been worse, I
believe Ben Franklin proposed a totally phonic spelling of English
words to be the standard for America but it was decided that
standardization was a better idea as it's hard enough for someone from
New York to understand the spoken words from someone in Georga.

You could be right about Canada, I have assumed they generally spell the same
way as Americans, if not then reduce the number of non U colour spellers by
about 24 million (I think?). No allowance made for the couleur spellers from
our French Canadian friends!
We have many Indian friends and they tell me that English is very widely spoken
there for the reason you stated and also because of the British colonial
influence in the past.
Tony

 

[George E. Cawthon]

I don't know what Canadians are taught in school... I have met a few
living in the states who make it a point to spell it colour.

Your numbers seem reasonable, though i'm not sure about India as
English seems to be the common tounge two people from different regions
can use to reliably communicate. Finland is also another country where
being literate in Finnish, Sweedish, and English is from what i'm told
a prerequisite for graduation... so i'm not sure if you would call
English a 2nd language in that case.

I always felt that the primary issue was the fact that the first
English dictionary was written sometime in the first quarter of the
1604 IIRC. Robert Cawdrey's "Table Alphabeticall" I believe listed
colour... and nothing with the letter J. Could have been worse, I
believe Ben Franklin proposed a totally phonic spelling of English
words to be the standard for America but it was decided that
standardization was a better idea as it's hard enough for someone from
New York to understand the spoken words from someone in Georga.

I think you should have jumped all over his butt
about some of the "facts." Not to get over an
argument of the "25 percent," I'll stick with just
the U.S. The fact that I dispute is "The 76% that
spell the word colour with a U have been doing so
for longer than the 24% have existed as nations."

Nations and governments are not the same thing but
often are. What many people don't realize is that
the government of the U.S. is one of the oldest in
the world. The U.S. has had the same government
since signing of the constitution. The government
of England at that time is not the government of
today. And certainly India as a nation is not the
same as it was then and definitely the government
isn't.

I don't care how you spell colour. In fact that
is the spelling I remember as a child because many
of the books I read were either British authors or
printers. American English changes faster than
any other brand as are usage is extremely
flexible. That causes problems, but it also makes
it alive and is one of the reasons, along with
technology development, that all of those
non-English people speak English. Argue as you
wish, but that fact is that those old colonial
areas still speak English, not because of English
colonialism, but because of airplanes, telephones,
shipping, oil industries, etc. etc. Oh yes, did I
mention the wars where the U.S. saved, the
collective butts of (Oh go ahead, start naming
them--then see how many of them teach English in
schools).

 

[zakezuke]

I think you should have jumped all over his butt

about some of the "facts." Not to get over an
argument of the "25 percent," I'll stick with just
the U.S. The fact that I dispute is "The 76% that
spell the word colour with a U have been doing so
for longer than the 24% have existed as nations."

Well... the early dictionaries standarized them as colour... but
spelling did differ from region to region. But frankly i'm not all
that familar with early modern english so I couldn't tell you where we
got the spelling for color.

American English changes faster than
any other brand as are usage is extremely
flexible.

Really? I rather thought that words like fall, trash, and use of the
word loan as a verb were throwbacks to the Elizabethan era and have not
changed.

 

[aprestn5]

Well... the early dictionaries standarized them as colour... but
spelling did differ from region to region. But frankly i'm not all
that familar with early modern english so I couldn't tell you where we
got the spelling for color.

I seem to remember reading that a lot of the differences between English and
American spelling were deliberately introduced by a fellow named Daniel
Webster as his contribution to the American rebellion, on the urgings of a
certain Mr. B. Franklin.

What this happens to do with C60 replacements, I don't know.

 

[Irwin Peckinloomer]

CHINGE UR SPILL CHEKER. DA WURD IS COLOR AND NIT COLOUR.

Only in your little corner of the world.

With a little education, you too could learn to spell like a native
English speaker (and could figure out that mysterious caps lock key, you
quarter-wit)

 

[measekite]

*HOORAY FOR 1776

OTHERWISE

WE WOULD HAVE
CORKS UP OUR ASS TOO*