I'll just add to Jim's comment on Epson. I have a cheap Epson C84
(under $100) that I've been using also for about 4 years. Mostly it
just works. If I've let is set a long time (like a month) without
printing I'm liable to find the red nozzle partially clogged and I need
to run a cleaning cycle. I once let it go for many months without
printing and the red nozzle was totally clogged. I took a wet cotton
swab (water) and pressed it onto the nozzles on the cartridge for a few
seconds and then let it set for a while. After running a cleaning cycle
all was well again. It doesn't have any CD printing capability though.
Maybe the next printer.
Chuck Norcutt
Jim Nichols wrote:
> Candace,
>
> I have been using an Epson Stylus Photo R800 for more than four years, and
> it has never failed, only requiring ink refills. I use regular Epson
> refills from Atlantic Exchange in Florida, so I know nothing of its
> compatibility with your inks. It has the hardware to handle printing on CDs
> and DVDs. There are several sources available on-line. Just a thought.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Candace Lemarr" <CandaceRocks@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:53 PM
> Subject: [OM] OT: Printers
>
>
>> This is totally off topic, but there is so much knowledge here that I
>> am hoping someone can help me with a not so fun problem I am having.
>> I need a new home printer, I will give some background in a moment.
>> The printer needs to print "decent" photos for proof sheets and home
>> snapshots. All professional printing I have done at a lab.
>> The printer needs to print on CDs/DVDs.
>> The printer cannot be an HP, unless someone knows something that
>> counters my experience, as my experience is that the cd/dvd print
>> software is absolutely horrible, no flexibility, you cannot change
>> fonts or font size, or move text and images around. You are locked
>> into their print layout.
>> Over the past 6 years, for home photo printing and cd/dvd printing I
>> have used Epson printers. The first one was a very basic model that
>> lasted about 5 years, not one problem, until one day my computer
>> announced "your Epson printer has reached the end of it's life cycle."
>> and that was the end of that.
>> I then purchased the Epson Artisan 700. I absolutely loved it. Not one
>> single problem with it. Until, one day, after not quite 7 months of
>> usage, it simply would not feed any paper other than plain white
>> paper. Nothing. Epson's customer service was/is non-existent, and I
>> returned the printer to Sam's Club for a full refund, as I had
>> purchased the Sam's Club warranty for a very minimal fee. As is often
>> the case, no one in town sold the Artisan 700 anymore. This was on
>> September 27th of this year.
>> I had/have 2 entire sets of cartridges full of Claria ink, the 99 and
>> 98 series. The only printer in this town that used those as of
>> September 27th was the very new Epson Artisan 810 at Office Depot. It
>> wasn't even listed in their store yet, or out on the shelves, but a
>> salesperson had seen them come in and got one for me to look at. I
>> decided to purchase it. Well, today, it died the exact same death as
>> the Artisan 700. After an hour long phone conversation with Epson, in
>> which I was treated like a complete moron until they decided that I
>> just might be right about the fact that the printer wasn't working,
>> Epson so kindly (heavy sarcasm) offered to ship me a replacement. I
>> asked if it would be a new model or a refurbished one, and the
>> implication the conversation gave was that if they didn't have a
>> refurbished one, then I would get a new one. But first, I would need
>> to give them my credit card so they could charge me for the new one,
>> and then refund my money after they received my broken one in return.
>> I was no where near ok with that solution. I called Office Depot, was
>> told they had one in stock and that I could exchange mine. I went down
>> there, and the "one they had in stock" was the display unit that they
>> were not allowed to sell to me. (One wonders what is wrong with people
>> these days, but that's another topic for another day). After some
>> dithering, they decided they would refund me my money, even though I
>> had the printer for more than 14 days. (??!!) I had purchased the
>> extended warranty, so they wanted to ship it off for repairs, not
>> refund my money. The only printer they had that would do photos and
>> print on CDs/DVDs is an HP, again, the CD print software that comes
>> with the HP is horrible, in my opinion. In fact, all comments I can
>> find online about HP's cd print software confirms that opinion.
>> Anyhow...so here I am, stuck, with no printer.
>> Does anyone have personal experience, recommendations, warnings, etc
>> that I can consider?
>> You have no idea how sorely tempted I was to chuck that Artisan 810
>> through my front window, but this would have only caused me more
>> frustration. It would seem that one should get more than 3 weeks use
>> out of something one paid more than $300.00 for. I am rather
>> frustrated.
>> On another note, I have had two different salespeople tell me recently
>> that "rollers drying out and not working anymore is a real problem in
>> Colorado". Is there any truth at all to this?
>> If you bother reading this and replying, I thank you in advance.
>> A very frustrated Candace in Colorado.
>>
>> Candace
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