Customer Rating: 
Summary: Great value!
Comment: I just found this printer outside the dumpster at my apartment complex and thought, hey, might as well try it out to see if it works. After installing the plug-and-play drivers from Epson's website, the printer immediately informed me that it was out of ink. I went online to eBay and found a rather inexpensive set of cartridges (black and the 5-color color cartridge both) for $10.18, free shipping. http://private.abacus24-7.com if you need to buy ink. It's the only way to go.
Two to three days after my original order I have my ink cartridges installed and ran a test to see how well it was printing and it performed flawlessly. Much faster than my HP OfficeJet 5110. I haven't tested its quality on photo paper, but I'm excited about this printing to the edge thing like a "real" photo printer.
Overall, for a free printer, I've been very impressed. Ink guzzling aside... at $10 for both color and black cartridges, that's not that bad at all. About how many photos can it print before running out of ink?
Customer Rating:
Summary: Slow/Noisey Printer
Comment: This printer messes up all the time. I do not recommend it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great printer for the price!
Comment: Sure it clogs a lot, but all you have to do to unclog it is click a button. I've had no problems.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Horrible printer
Comment: The printer jammed and when I cleared the jam it kept believing it was still jammed. No matter what I did, the printer still believed there was a jam. I had just spent $50 on refill cartridges when I threw it in the trash. Perhaps my experience will serve as a lesson to others.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Expensive ink in printer that clogs in no time!
Comment: I bought this printer after my father raved about his higher end-epson with 6 colors for priting photos. This printer had most of the same specs, except was louder (which I could live with), and couldn't take as large of paper (also doable). Apparently the differences go beyond the specs.
Piece of crap is the best way to describe this printer. When it is brand new, with a new ink cartidge, it print awesome photos. BUT...(and it is a big BUT), if you don't print frequently (daily), the ink will dry in the jets, and it get clogged up, and prints garbage, wasting your expensive phot paper, and ink. Did I mention the ink for the printer is expensive? And it drinks the stuff. Epson's suggestion for fixing printing problems is install new expensive print cartridge!!! Actually it can be unclogged with a que-tip, rubbing alchohol, and some canned air (with the cartridges removed). But it will clog up again soon. I have many pictures I would like to print, but am hesitant to install $50 worth of ink cartridges, to print a small number of photos before the jets get clogged. Cheaper to go use the local Kodak photo kiosk. What a PIECE OF CRAP! I am leary of buying another Epson printer. Too much frustration!
Summary: Great value!
Comment: I just found this printer outside the dumpster at my apartment complex and thought, hey, might as well try it out to see if it works. After installing the plug-and-play drivers from Epson's website, the printer immediately informed me that it was out of ink. I went online to eBay and found a rather inexpensive set of cartridges (black and the 5-color color cartridge both) for $10.18, free shipping. http://private.abacus24-7.com if you need to buy ink. It's the only way to go.
Two to three days after my original order I have my ink cartridges installed and ran a test to see how well it was printing and it performed flawlessly. Much faster than my HP OfficeJet 5110. I haven't tested its quality on photo paper, but I'm excited about this printing to the edge thing like a "real" photo printer.
Overall, for a free printer, I've been very impressed. Ink guzzling aside... at $10 for both color and black cartridges, that's not that bad at all. About how many photos can it print before running out of ink?
Customer Rating:
Summary: Slow/Noisey Printer
Comment: This printer messes up all the time. I do not recommend it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great printer for the price!
Comment: Sure it clogs a lot, but all you have to do to unclog it is click a button. I've had no problems.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Horrible printer
Comment: The printer jammed and when I cleared the jam it kept believing it was still jammed. No matter what I did, the printer still believed there was a jam. I had just spent $50 on refill cartridges when I threw it in the trash. Perhaps my experience will serve as a lesson to others.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Expensive ink in printer that clogs in no time!
Comment: I bought this printer after my father raved about his higher end-epson with 6 colors for priting photos. This printer had most of the same specs, except was louder (which I could live with), and couldn't take as large of paper (also doable). Apparently the differences go beyond the specs.
Piece of crap is the best way to describe this printer. When it is brand new, with a new ink cartidge, it print awesome photos. BUT...(and it is a big BUT), if you don't print frequently (daily), the ink will dry in the jets, and it get clogged up, and prints garbage, wasting your expensive phot paper, and ink. Did I mention the ink for the printer is expensive? And it drinks the stuff. Epson's suggestion for fixing printing problems is install new expensive print cartridge!!! Actually it can be unclogged with a que-tip, rubbing alchohol, and some canned air (with the cartridges removed). But it will clog up again soon. I have many pictures I would like to print, but am hesitant to install $50 worth of ink cartridges, to print a small number of photos before the jets get clogged. Cheaper to go use the local Kodak photo kiosk. What a PIECE OF CRAP! I am leary of buying another Epson printer. Too much frustration!