[HM] Re: Printer advice

[Renita Williams]

Sorry Duane,

I should have told you exaclty what the problems were.  But, before I 
do, I will say that when the heads were clean, the print quality on the 
Epson was incredible.

However,

1. At the time I owned the Espon, the printer heads were part of the 
machine.  They frequently clogged and needed cleaning.  The cleaning 
process was slow, noisy, and used a great deal of ink.  It often took 
multiple cleanings to restore the print.  Therefore, I was constantly 
replacing the print cartridges.

2. It had the annoying habit of adjusting the print quality every time 
you turned the printer on--this was a noisy, slowwww process.

3. When, I finally got fed up cleaning the printer heads--the time 
between needed cleanings got shorter and shorter--I sent it back to the 
company.  Luckily it was still under warranty.  Unfortunately, 3 months 
later I had to send it back again.  This time it wasn't under warranty. 
  They didn't fix the problem, so I sent it back again.  Still no fix.

Anyway, I gave up and bought a new HP.  At least with HP (the models 
I've used) the printer head is attached to the cartridge, so you get a 
new one everytime you load a cartridge--less clogging, less cartridges 
to buy.

Good luck with your decision.

Renita

On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 11:42  PM, mvance wrote:

> My experience with Epson printers has been just the opposite.  I have 
> a 1520 that I have had many years.  It is a work horse and it does all 
> the things I could ever want a printer to do.  It still does most of 
> my printing work.
>
> When I got a couple of new computers that needed usb printers, I 
> bought an Epson 2500 and it has worked beautifully since the day I 
> bought it more than three years ago.
>
> mj
>
>
>> Duane,
>>
>> I'll never buy another Epson.  The problems I experienced with the 
>> one I had sends my blood pressure sky high just thinking about. Don't 
>> do it, don't do it.
>>
>> Anyway, having said that--I have never owned that model.  This is 
>> just my opinion. I am sure other's will disagree.
>>
>> Renita
>>
>> On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 10:45  PM, Duane Murphy wrote:
>>