Epson Printers

[Silvano]

I need to replace my old printer Epson Stylus Color 800 with a new
one.
I idenfied Epson Stylus Photo R300 as potential candidate.
I'll use the printer every time and then and not all days.
What does it happen if R300 works for few days and then stops for 2
weeks or more and so on?
With color 800 I had great problems as printer was spending more time
in cleaning itself than printing and in any case after the first year
the quality started to drop down and I've never been able to restore
the printing quality at the original level.

Silvano

 

[Bad Bubba]

I need to replace my old printer Epson Stylus Color 800 with a new
one.
I idenfied Epson Stylus Photo R300 as potential candidate.
I'll use the printer every time and then and not all days.
What does it happen if R300 works for few days and then stops for 2
weeks or more and so on?
With color 800 I had great problems as printer was spending more time
in cleaning itself than printing and in any case after the first year
the quality started to drop down and I've never been able to restore
the printing quality at the original level.

I have had an R300 for over a year now and I love it.

However...

I only use it for printing on CDs and DVDs. For general printing I got
a cheap HP because the CPP is much cheaper with the HP. If you don't do
a lot of printing, then you don't need a second printer, but if you
print a lot (even if it's only black) and you don't do much or any
printing on media, you might want to consider another printer.

Epson Ink is just too expensive for everyday use and the generic ink is
crap.

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

I have had an R300 for over a year now and I love it.

However...

I only use it for printing on CDs and DVDs. For general printing I
got a cheap HP because the CPP is much cheaper with the HP. If you
don't do a lot of printing, then you don't need a second printer, but
if you print a lot (even if it's only black) and you don't do much or
any printing on media, you might want to consider another printer.

Epson Ink is just too expensive for everyday use and the generic ink
is crap.

I assume you mean "third party" not "generic" - generic is *NOT* a euphemism
for 3rd-party, generic means 'unbranded'. I use JetTec (a brand) tanks in my
R800 and I couldn't be happier.

"Generic ink is crap" is a very sweeping generalisation and, therefore,
wrong. What you mean to say was "all THIRD-PARTY ink I've tried is crap".

 

[Jeff T]

Two solutions for you...

1. There's a autoprint software floating around that will print a test page
(with all colors) on a schedule for those who have their computers on most
if not all the time. I have mine print out a color page every other day.

2. Buy a Continuous Ink System

With #2 above I couldn't be happier with my Epson.