Customer Rating: 
Summary: Secretly costs a FORTUNE !!
Comment: This printer, though a generally good performer, will cost you a fortune in inks due to some malfunction in the ink level sensors which drops all your ink gauges any time even one color is replaced. I estimate it easily wastes a minimum of 20% of my ink. Now, multiply that by $75-$85 every time you replace an ink set, and you are stiffed for alot of cash either intentionally or unintentionally.
Stay Away!
Customer Rating:
Summary: nice quality, but has other downsides.
Comment: Good quality prints, no complaints there.
What I hate is how in stores you HAVE to buy one ink catridge at a time. You can't buy the al in one packs in sotres anymore... And even online you have to buy the black separately.
If you run out of color...you can't print black and white anymore, even if you check black ink only.
Another problem is print speed...if you want to print a single page its really slow cause it has to do all these tasks and checks before it prints. I thought Epson would have improved on this since the old days but it seems they stil do the same stuff. It can take quite a while before the printer actually gets ready to do whatever its trying to do. Not at all like my old HP which would print immediately.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Epson R200 - Avoid this thing
Comment: I bought this for my office for the sole purpose of printing simple CD/DVDs.
It was always very awkward to operate. There is this detachable CD/DVD tray which lined up improperly probably 1 out of 5 times. I speak in the past tense because now it does not work at all. I guess you get what you pay for.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Little Machine!
Comment: As I read other reviews, I have to wonder if we're talking about the same machine?!?
I bought this in 2004, and printed over 25- 8.5x11's and 100- 4x6's... and have only had to replace the black & light magenta cartridges! Why can I get so much from the ink that came with the machine- and others are complaining about it "drinking ink"? That's $20 for two ink cartridges plus the cost of photo paper- still MUCH cheaper than having someone else print them by far.
I only use the printer for printing photos (which is what it's for)- and don't use the CD print tray. I guess maybe the fact that I only use it for photo printing and not text- is why I've gotten by with only having to replace two cartridges. I also use only Epson Premium Glossy photo paper- yes it's more expensive but the quality is awesome. Apparently it has something to do with how the paper absorbs the Epson ink- which is why other photo paper doesn't work as well- and why generic ink also doesn't offer the same quality.
Epson was sued over programming their printers to show 'out of ink' when the cartridge wasn't completely empty. I'm sure since that lawsuit, they will be working to improve their accountability.
Being a photographer, Epson has been highly recommended in photographic circles. After having seen the pictures that came off this inexpensive printer, I can understand why.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A TERRIFIC PRINTER FOR ALL USES
Comment: I have had this printer for 2-1/2 years now. It has never broken down, and I print tons and tons of items, from brochures, to pictures (lots of pictures) regular documents, and CDs, as I am a recording artist. Some people say it uses a lot of ink. No, it uses a lot of very small ink cartridges, and if you're smart, you buy them in bulk on line and I have found the cartridges for $2.20 each. The cartridges are small and there are 6 individual cartridges, so when it is finished with one color, you only replace that color. It seems like it guzzles ink, because it has small cartridges. It uses far less ink than any printer I've ever had, and I have never had a bad printing. It has slightly jammed when I over stuffed paper, but it has printed on everything. When I am patient and remember that it is a machine that needs to be maintained, I get fantastic results.
I simply can't say enough good things about this product. I am buying several of these as gifts for my family because they all hate their printers and have to spend upwards of $35-$55 for the big combination color ink cartridges. I buy my ink in bulk, and like I said, I get the cartridges for about $2.20 each. Who can complain about that? When I print a ton of things, I change them about once a week for each color, and of course I change the black 2 or 3 times. However, if it's only $2 per little cartridge, what's a better deal than that? Plus, if you take your empties and send them back to the company, they give you an extra 25 cents off each cartridge.
Those of you who are complaining, I simply am amazed that you don't love your printer as much as I do. It is a great product.
Summary: Secretly costs a FORTUNE !!
Comment: This printer, though a generally good performer, will cost you a fortune in inks due to some malfunction in the ink level sensors which drops all your ink gauges any time even one color is replaced. I estimate it easily wastes a minimum of 20% of my ink. Now, multiply that by $75-$85 every time you replace an ink set, and you are stiffed for alot of cash either intentionally or unintentionally.
Stay Away!
Customer Rating:
Summary: nice quality, but has other downsides.
Comment: Good quality prints, no complaints there.
What I hate is how in stores you HAVE to buy one ink catridge at a time. You can't buy the al in one packs in sotres anymore... And even online you have to buy the black separately.
If you run out of color...you can't print black and white anymore, even if you check black ink only.
Another problem is print speed...if you want to print a single page its really slow cause it has to do all these tasks and checks before it prints. I thought Epson would have improved on this since the old days but it seems they stil do the same stuff. It can take quite a while before the printer actually gets ready to do whatever its trying to do. Not at all like my old HP which would print immediately.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Epson R200 - Avoid this thing
Comment: I bought this for my office for the sole purpose of printing simple CD/DVDs.
It was always very awkward to operate. There is this detachable CD/DVD tray which lined up improperly probably 1 out of 5 times. I speak in the past tense because now it does not work at all. I guess you get what you pay for.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Little Machine!
Comment: As I read other reviews, I have to wonder if we're talking about the same machine?!?
I bought this in 2004, and printed over 25- 8.5x11's and 100- 4x6's... and have only had to replace the black & light magenta cartridges! Why can I get so much from the ink that came with the machine- and others are complaining about it "drinking ink"? That's $20 for two ink cartridges plus the cost of photo paper- still MUCH cheaper than having someone else print them by far.
I only use the printer for printing photos (which is what it's for)- and don't use the CD print tray. I guess maybe the fact that I only use it for photo printing and not text- is why I've gotten by with only having to replace two cartridges. I also use only Epson Premium Glossy photo paper- yes it's more expensive but the quality is awesome. Apparently it has something to do with how the paper absorbs the Epson ink- which is why other photo paper doesn't work as well- and why generic ink also doesn't offer the same quality.
Epson was sued over programming their printers to show 'out of ink' when the cartridge wasn't completely empty. I'm sure since that lawsuit, they will be working to improve their accountability.
Being a photographer, Epson has been highly recommended in photographic circles. After having seen the pictures that came off this inexpensive printer, I can understand why.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A TERRIFIC PRINTER FOR ALL USES
Comment: I have had this printer for 2-1/2 years now. It has never broken down, and I print tons and tons of items, from brochures, to pictures (lots of pictures) regular documents, and CDs, as I am a recording artist. Some people say it uses a lot of ink. No, it uses a lot of very small ink cartridges, and if you're smart, you buy them in bulk on line and I have found the cartridges for $2.20 each. The cartridges are small and there are 6 individual cartridges, so when it is finished with one color, you only replace that color. It seems like it guzzles ink, because it has small cartridges. It uses far less ink than any printer I've ever had, and I have never had a bad printing. It has slightly jammed when I over stuffed paper, but it has printed on everything. When I am patient and remember that it is a machine that needs to be maintained, I get fantastic results.
I simply can't say enough good things about this product. I am buying several of these as gifts for my family because they all hate their printers and have to spend upwards of $35-$55 for the big combination color ink cartridges. I buy my ink in bulk, and like I said, I get the cartridges for about $2.20 each. Who can complain about that? When I print a ton of things, I change them about once a week for each color, and of course I change the black 2 or 3 times. However, if it's only $2 per little cartridge, what's a better deal than that? Plus, if you take your empties and send them back to the company, they give you an extra 25 cents off each cartridge.
Those of you who are complaining, I simply am amazed that you don't love your printer as much as I do. It is a great product.