What's do all of you think of Epson printers?

[johnrobert]

I was called out to an Epson printer, paper came out blank
it was an older model I knew the problem heads needed cleaning
I went to Utilities and started cleaning it kept getting better and better after each cleaning but not clear
so I cleaned it once more by this time cartridge was empty she told me that it was new before I came
and I had used all her ink $40 cartridge.

 

[brandonkick]

Most all consumer grade is just garbage....

The only consumer grade printers I like at all are the
brother machines. I have had two inkjets that run like
champs. And the ink's are cheap(er) and even hella
cheap if your willing (and able) to go third party. I had
a brother inkjet machine at home for around 5 years
that I could get replacement ink sets for around $8

I bought a $20 refill kit for that printer as well, and it lasted
the life of the printer. Print quality was just fine, color or black.

I also have a brother laser HL-2240DW at my fathers garage.
He probably prints a few hundred pages a month, and I've been
refilling the toner cartridges. The first two years I used the same
$10 refill kit... $10 for two years of printing. I just bought him two
TN450 high cap carts to swap in to help minimize any down time
until I get make it over to refill them. Its usually same day, but this
way I can get to it when I get to it.

I've had terrible luck with HP. Expensive to begin with and the ink
isn't cheap either... I've also seen some printers fail way too early
for my liking.

 

[Altster]

Anyone have experience with the new Epson Workforce series with the large refillable tanks that last around 2 years?

I can tell you (and anyone else who reads this) that when I worked for an Epson Repair Center that while the printers were built fairly well and for the most part did what they were advertised to do, they were still a cheap printer! The printer is NOT where many of the manufacturers make their money. Their profits come from ink sales. That is the main reason I won't work on liquid ink printers (ie; ink-jets). Even after pulling the print head on most of them and cleaning them (many ways to do so, but warm soapy water followed by several soakings in clean warm water will usually do the trick.)

If you are referring to one of these units -

https://www.amazon.com/Epson-WorkFo...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B01122JEHE

Then as long as the printer doesn't sit without doing any printing for a long period of time it should serve you well.

Personally I'd go for a color laser printer before I'd buy one of these!

 

[Steve202]

I do like Epson printers. Pretty easy to install (apart from the Expression XP-235, which doesn't want to connect to the wifi at times), and I've not had one go wrong.

Brother is still my preferred brand though.

 

[kwisher]

I can tell you (and anyone else who reads this) that when I worked for an Epson Repair Center that while the printers were built fairly well and for the most part did what they were advertised to do, they were still a cheap printer! The printer is NOT where many of the manufacturers make their money. Their profits come from ink sales. That is the main reason I won't work on liquid ink printers (ie; ink-jets). Even after pulling the print head on most of them and cleaning them (many ways to do so, but warm soapy water followed by several soakings in clean warm water will usually do the trick.)

If you are referring to one of these units -

https://www.amazon.com/Epson-WorkForce-Supertank-Smartphone-Refillable/dp/B01122JEHE?psc=1&SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B01122JEHE

Then as long as the printer doesn't sit without doing any printing for a long period of time it should serve you well.

Personally I'd go for a color laser printer before I'd buy one of these!

I was asking in regards for a future replacement for my aging HP-C410 here at home.

 

[johnrobert]

Then go to HP's website and download "just the software you need" and don't run the total install. I've done this many times in the past to get past all the bloatware. You can always remove the icons that are installed via the bloatware and client will never (really) know.

I did that at the start I contacted HP and they sent me a link to a 2009 version 70 megs
I have to go on site sure it will work this time

Thanks

 

[Altster]

I was asking in regards for a future replacement for my aging HP-C410 here at home.

Does your "aging" printer still work ok for you? Do all of the functions still work? If so, I wouldn't worry about replacement - unless of course you have a bunch of disposable cash and you really want to buy a new printer.

And if you really want to "hack" your printer, you could always get an external ink supply kit for it to (essentially) do the same thing the ET4500 is doing with it's long-term ink supply.

Such as: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Continuous-System-Lexmark-Printer/dp/B006NIG2N2

Ink: https://www.amazon.com/BCH®-Standar...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=NBKWGK8HVRHQ38Y7R2MQ

Just remember, if you have any type of extended warranty on your printer, this would void that warranty.

 

[johnrobert]

I put one of these on my Epson R320 colors went funny after awhile

 

[fencepost]

For low-volume usage (e.g. on doctors' desks to make them happy) I like the small Brother laser printers, but I'm not as big a fan for larger stuff. In the past they'd kick up wanting replacement of (effectively) nonreplaceable parts at 100,000 pages. When I put together a spreadsheet for printer TCO, I called that a "135,000 page maintenance kit" aka "ignore the error and replace the printer when quality declines." I have no idea whether they still do this, because I'll no longer put a Brother into anyplace where I expect significant volume.

Once you're up around $1000+ I've been pretty impressed by a couple of the HP machines we put in a few years back.

I have a small office where I'm probably going to be putting a Dell S2815dn in a few weeks, they need something that can receive faxes and push them to a server without someone being logged in. Sure they could get a fax server or the like, but for a third of the price they get a dedicated fax card that's probably just as good and hopefully fewer headaches though I want to verify expected printing loads first. That's a situation where I don't think I'll ever put an HP multifunction, every one of them that I've ever looked at (yes, business class machines) would happily send received faxes to any server or PC running HP's client software on a logged-in user account. No thanks.

I also have a customer who's been very happy with the assorted Dell printers they have, including at least one that's doing very nicely at something over 350,000 pages printed so far (it's in their billing department).

 

[meynardhill10]

I find Epson printer to be user friendly although there are few printer brands that are excellent when it comes to quality than Epson. So far my experience with Epson is good considering the price of their printers. For excellent performance I still go to HP.