# Anyone here ever have problems with an Epson printer? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 20, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-ever-have-problems-with-an-epson-printer/156268 "2003-02-20T04:03:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-ever-have-problems-with-an-epson-printer/156268/21 "2003-02-20T17:52:01Z")
Our Epson 800 gave us the same problems _scr4_ mentioned. I’m about to turf it, which is a pity as we have about 3 spare sets of new color/black cartriges for it. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-ever-have-problems-with-an-epson-printer/156268/22 "2003-02-20T21:22:38Z")
Oh, I _hated_ my Epson printer. The colors were never the same as on the screen, and it was slooooooooooow. It often jammed, often smeared and often printed half a page. I am so glad I got an HP! I love it to death-beautiful picture quality-mich better than the Crapson, and is amazingly fast. ---
**Author:** ![vasyachkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c5a1d2/32.png) [@vasyachkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vasyachkin)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-ever-have-problems-with-an-epson-printer/156268/23 "2003-02-20T21:27:21Z")
my epson worked about a year, threw it out. my friends with epsons all of them died too ( the printers died that is ). i will never go back to inkjet really, its either Laser or LED. i have OKI LED now. The thing basically only has a single moving part - the drum, and it weighs about 4 times more than epson, though half the size. i think i can throw it through a wall and it will not be damaged, the epson inkjet was only good for making whiny noises though. ---
**Author:** ![vasyachkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c5a1d2/32.png) [@vasyachkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vasyachkin)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-ever-have-problems-with-an-epson-printer/156268/24 "2003-02-20T21:32:05Z")
that is also why you dont see me bying a pre-packaged system such as Dell or Gateway or whatever. i chose every part of my system myself : case, power supply, case fans, cpu cooler … all purchased separately and i have read reviews of EACH part before buying them. inkjets like to break, epson or not, inkjets are crap. inkjets and floppy drives are two things i positively can’t stand. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-ever-have-problems-with-an-epson-printer/156268/25 "2003-02-20T22:22:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bernse \* > \*\*Our Epson 800 gave us the same problems _scr4_ mentioned. I’m about to turf it, which is a pity as we have about 3 spare sets of new color/black cartriges for it. > > Oh well. \*\* Ebay. Re the laser printer recommendations; that’s fine if you only want mono output, but I couldn’t get by with that and colour laser printers cost and arm and a leg. ---
**Author:** ![vasyachkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c5a1d2/32.png) [@vasyachkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vasyachkin)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-ever-have-problems-with-an-epson-printer/156268/26 "2003-02-21T19:11:09Z")
mangetout, about the color … when i bought the BW led printer i still had my color epson kinda working, some of the time … so my father wanted to keep it. a few months ago i finally threw it out, making it a point to slam it on the pavement … my father still haven’t noticed that its gone ( he forbid me to throw it away ) yet he frequently uses our led printer, mostly to print out credit card and other statements from the web. yet he INSISTS that we NEED a color printer. the truth is, i do not see a point in printing out photos. the quality simply does not compare to that i get on my monitor, of course, my monitor costs as much my entire PC including the printer 🙂 but i think thats reasonable. what is the point of making digital pictures so that you can put it on paper making it into a regular picture ? i say keep it digital all the way from CCD to LCD 🙂 and don’t forget the VGA cable in between - it has to go ! use a digital DVI cable/monitor/video card. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-ever-have-problems-with-an-epson-printer/156268.md?page=1)