- 2,880 x 1,440 dpi limit fortitude in black as well as color
- Roll paper hilt as well as built-in involuntary cutter
- Economical ink complement with 7 apart UltraChrome cartridges
- Interchangeable customary as well as matte ink cartridges for black-and-white prints
- USB, Firewire as well as Parallel interfaces
Product Description
Epson Stylus Photo 2200 This unusual Micro Piezo inkjet printer is a initial to occupy 7 colouring inks, as well as a outcome is tone abyss as well as fealty over a capacity of any inkjet appurtenance to date. Epson UltraChrome Ink make make use of of a special record which delivers a top tone progression of any inkjet colouring ink. An innovative particular cartridge complement creates for some-more fit make make use of of of these durable, blur resistant archival tone supplies. Requires Windows 98, 2000, ME, XP or Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x as well as OS X 10.1+. 500 MHz+ processor, 128MB+ RAM, 200MB+ tough hoop space, CD-ROM Dimensions – 24.3 (l) x 34.1 (w) x 15.4 (h) Weight – 25.7 lbs. Actual imitation speed will change according to useAmazon.com Product Descripti… More >>
I have been in the market for a new photo printer for about a month now. After reading reviews and magazine articles I’ve decided to go with an Epson even though I usually buy HP’s. What is really exciting me is the archival quality inks that this printer uses, and the photo quality that other Epson’s exhibit. (I’m sure this will continue the high standard of excellence.) There is only one thing that is holding me back a bit. A similar Epson printer (the 1280) is a real ink hog. Obviously, this can add up fast when printing photos that require a full page of ink, but I am willing to accept this for a great printer.
Hope this helps!
My Epson Experience
Let me begin by saying that I have over ten years of experience with all things computer related. During that period I have worked in almost every aspect of computer support. I have personally cleaned out countless numbers of inkjet printers with q-tips distilled water and alcohol. I kept my own Epson 740 going for 5 years without too much difficulty. I only got rid of it because I had a client that was desperate for a printer that would accept a Mac serial port. Boy due I miss that Epson 740.
I bought a C82 a little less than a year ago, after reading good reviews. I assumed it would be built at least as well as the Epson 740 I was using before.
Even after ten months my C82 still appears in almost brand new shape inside and out. Heck, I’ve only used it about thirty times or so. I keep it inside of cabinet shielded from dust. Plus as a matter of standard practice, I turn off all inkjet printers as soon as I finish using them, and I always change ink cartridges as quickly as possible to prevent ink from drying out inside printers.
So was I ever surprised when my printer stopped working. It had worked fine with the first set of cartridges I had installed. However, as soon as I changed cartridges the printer stopped working. I tried cleaning it at least fifty times, but it did nothing to improve the situation. So I did the natural thing and googled my problem. I was shocked by the sheer number of search results.
After reading through the reviews at Amazon and the hundreds of messages at fixyourownprinter.com I’ve come to realize that Epson has built and continue to build a printer that is so poorly designed one must question their integrity as a company. To think that so many people would experience the same problem and that their only solution is to continue to send people refurbished printers until their warranty expires.
Oh, and the part that will really get you, is that they require you to purchase and install a new set of four Epson branded ink cartridges to insure that your currently installed cartridges are not what is defective. So before you can even have your printer replaced you must invest at least sixty dollars on ink. Of course they offer to send you new ink with the replacement printer. Still to ask me to sink my time, energy, and sixty dollars into having my printer replaced with another one, which will simply get me right back to where I began. I mean really, the nerve. Is this what our present day world has come to? Have we set ourselves up so that these large corporations can totally take advantage of us in this way? Is there no recourse? Are there no standards of business ethics that they can be held accountable for?
The experience has left me feeling unusually sad. Epson has made me realize just how much I am at the mercy of these large corporations. I mean, if you want to print, who else can you buy a printer from?
I know that even if Epson would own up to this, they would argue that they had to make the printers so cheaply to remain competitive. Without doing so they would go out of business tomorrow. We’ve heard all that before. Haven’t we?
Still though, this printer is made by someone in a Chinese factory. I know I’m going out on a limb here, but I would guess that that person is not well paid. Perhaps they are even exploited to some extent or at the very least we could guess that they are taken advantage of to some extent. Then as they role off the Chinese production line, Epson sends these defective printers all over the globe, wrapped up in fancy magazine advertisements. People like me buy the printer, use the ink, put in new ink, discover it no longer works, call Epson, ship the printer back to Epson, get the refurbished printer in the mail, and. Once the warranty is up we move our broken printer into the garage for a year or so, and then throw it away. It all seems so pointless.
Don’t think me a luddite either. I love computers, printers, and gadgets as much as the next person. It’s just that it disgusts me that I am forced to deal with a corporation that is not held to any kind of moral or ethical principles. As long as they are making money and growing we think of them as a good thing, without worrying about who they are taking advantage of. What are we doing here? How can we let Epson get away with this? Really!
Well it’s not difficult for me to say I will be boycotting all Epson products in the future. I mean I’m sort of doubtful of their quality anyways. Oh and I haven’t even mentioned the very unhelpful tech support and customer service representatives that I called long distance at my own expense. What a waste! Really what a waste!
Sincerely,
– Mark Whitney -
Hollywood, CA
P.S. I know the solution is to buy myself a do-it-yourself printer cleaning kit. If you google it you’ll see that many companies sell them specifically for the Epson C80/C82. However, if you try to buy one you’ll soon discover that they are all sold out, as I mentioned before I’m not the only one with this problem.
I just bought this thing from Amazon and all I can say
is WOW!!!!
This is probably the best purchase I have ever made.
This thing is everything I ever expected and more!! It’s
very easy to use as well!
I have bought other brands before, and this one just
blows everything else out of the water! I have to say,
everyone out there who is thinking of buying this, stop
thinking. I bought it and I am extremely happy with it
the moment I powered this thing on. YOU ABSOLUTELY
POSITIVELY CANNOT GO WRONG WITH THIS PURCHASE! I
GUARANTEE IT!!!
So what if it’s a good product if no one has it in stock? Epson is totally unresponsive! Epson is promoting the product, yet it’s not producing enough units so that people can buy it!
While this printer is indeed better than many, it still has a long, long way to go to compete with your analog print producer on the corner. You *will* see grain and red-saturated prints in spite of your best efforts. If you must have an Epson, they offer comparable quality sub [price]