Warning for those buying a printer
Lyn Buchanan
equipment: Please spread this to other lists, as well, in the hopes that it
will help others.
I purchased an Epson C62 printer last year, which was a good printer. I had
no complaints other than the fact that they build a chip into their ink
cartridges so you can't refill them. For most people, this is not a
problem, but I do a LOT of printing, and refilling is the only way to go.
$3 for new ink is much better than $50. The cartridge chip is something
they don't tell you about when you buy the printer, nor is there anything
about it in the manual, or on their web site. You only learn about it the
hard way - after you've already bought the machine.
Yesterday, an error message popped up and told me that "some parts of the
printer are at the end of their life cycle", and that I should take the
printer to be repaired. There is absolutely nothing in the manual about
this, so I searched the internet and found out that there is also a chip
inside the printer which counts the number of times you clean the ink
nozzles, and then it figures that the waste ink pad is dirty, so it blocks
you from using your printer at all any more until you get a new pad. This
is several hundred cleanings, so for most people, it isn't an issue, but for
people like me, who use their printer a lot, it just became a very big
issue.
The average user will take the machine to the repair shop and be faced with
a bill of at least $80 to have an ink pad changed and have the chip reset.
HOWEVER, guess what else I learned the hard way... the Epson C62's chip
can't be reset. My only resort is to buy a new machine. It is the same for
several other models, but there is no way for you to find out ahead of time
whether the model you are buying is one of them. For these models, you
evidently have to have the whole motherboard changed, at a cost of another
$100 or so, or buy another machine.... which is what this whole situation
was designed for making you do.
I found out that all Epson printers are designed to let you clean your print
nozzles just so many times, and then you can't use the machine any more.
This is not in their manuals, advertising, help files, etc. No one will
tell you this before you buy the machine. Instead of a simple warning and a
pull-out drawer where you can change the pad yourself, you are left with a
machine which is mechanically fine, but which Epson has intentionally
designed to be totally unusable unless you go out and pay a huge repair bill
or simply buy a new one.
And I thought that the cartridge chip was an underhanded thing to do to
their customers!!!
Bottom line - if you are looking for a printer that you will use a lot -
under no circumstances should you buy an Epson. Epson does not have your
best interests at heart, and they have designed their machines to make you
pay all kinds of hidden costs. I'm sure that there are other tricky traps
that I haven't uncovered, and won't - because when I go out today to buy a
new printer - it won't be an Epson.
That being their company's policy, I would not buy any of their other
products, either.
I hope that this saves someone some money and equipment headaches. Please
send this out to as many lists as you can, in the hopes that it will help
others, as well.
Paul
http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml
"Lyn Buchanan" <rvi...@charter.net> wrote in message
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Paul
ALEXB
>
> http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtm
The page cannot be found
with a blank screen.
Epson sucks and everyone has known it for years.
SPAM@noconect.com Bergie
I'm been re-filling my stylus color 640 with after market ink since
Future shop stopped selling the Irish ink cartridges.
Second, Beware of buying outdated printers !!
I bought a Samsung SL600G wdws based laser printer when wdws 2000
came out & have not been able to get a driver for it, even tho it will work on
wdws98. It has been a BIG aggravation not to be able to use it on win 2k or XP !
The XP computers are the ones I use daily!
Samsung's response - Too Bad - So Sad !!
Of course, I have NOT bought ANY of their products since !
It would have been advantageous for them to have tried a productive response!
Remember that this included NOT buying their TV, monitor, Microwave, HD, DVD,
memory, etc. The list just goes on!
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Eskay
Robert Baer
Robert Baer
Same URL, same result. Looks phony anyway.
Perhaps visiting the Epson site, and then use the drivers and support
section would be of merit:
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/SupportIndex.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&expansion=1000000
hate spam@noemailaddress.com Bill
Its like buying a car - you should have asked about the running costs
Bill
old jon
http://www.ssclg.com/download/sscserve.exe. and
http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/reference/manuals/public/epson
By the way Epson is owned by the mighty Sony Corp. Funny innit ?.
best wishes..OJ
"Bill" <I hate sp...@noemailaddress.com> wrote in message
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John Guarnieri
cartridge which is approx 65.00 for 10,000 sheets
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Robert Baer
and 2) start a class-action suit against Epson.
Jarta65
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I'm thinking of buying one.
>
Robert Baer
"expect" they be *changed* for a different one after the ink runs out.
The garbage concerning printer uses is unknowm, except by a heavy user.
Jarta65
"Robert Baer" <rober...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Jarta65 wrote:
>> "John Guarnieri" <jguar...@adelphia.net> wrote in message
>> news:sZmdnSvE7rl...@adelphia.com...
>>
>>>If you do so much printing why not purchase a laserjet printer with a
>>>toner
>>>cartridge which is approx 65.00 for 10,000 sheets
>>>>
>>>
>>>"Lyn Buchanan" <rvi...@charter.net> wrote in message
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>>>>
>>>
>>>Do you happen to know if this applies to Lexmark also?
>>
>> I'm thinking of buying one.
>>
>>
>>
> I know that some Lexmart printers "monitor" the cartridge and "expect"
> they be *changed* for a different one after the ink runs out.
> The garbage concerning printer uses is unknowm, except by a heavy user.
>>>So, is there is there a "best buy" brand out there that anyone would
>>>recommend, or should I nose around the web sites and use gut instinct.
>>>I'm not a heavy user, but I don't write so good any more.
ALBERT C. GOOD JR.
comp.perifs.printer
I had the same problem with my old Epsom 640. In that case it was solved by
a sequence of button pushes.
Also I have heard that it is possible to use a soldering iron on the cussed
things and defete those useless Chip reading and time out features.
Here is the link to at lest one down load site where you should be be able
to get a free utility to help maintain a printer.
http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml
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Robert Baer
Excellent reference, BUT there is *no* info about the "special addon
device".
I sent then an e-mail query about this issue.
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