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mrsnesbitt

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 05 5:02 pm Post subject:
so what do all the Epson users do with their empty cartridges???

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 05 5:05 pm Post subject:
Have a look here: https://www.epson.co.uk/support/environment/index.htm

mrsnesbitt

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 1576

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 05 5:17 pm Post subject:
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm just rang the Scarborough branch.don't want them. I asked what they did with them..."Oh we just throw them away" she laughed am on the case

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 05 5:18 pm Post subject:
You're kidding?

mrsnesbitt

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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 05 5:43 pm Post subject:
Nope.that's what she said!

Silas

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 6848
Location: Staffordshire

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 05 5:45 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Welcome back silas, how did you get it sorted?

Martin very kindly sorted it for me, dont know just how he did it, but it works!

Thanks for your help

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 05 5:48 pm Post subject:

mrsnesbitt wrote:

Nope.that's what she said!

Now what the flip is that all about? I reckon Watchdog or the papers (or somebody) should be told

mrsnesbitt

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 1576

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 05 5:48 pm Post subject:
Good old Martin eh!!! Somebody had a plumbing query on RC! So I put them in Martin's direction! I am so thoughtful!

mrsnesbitt

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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 05 11:07 pm Post subject:
yep agree Tahir! Am on the case NOW!

heronview
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 05 7:38 pm Post subject: Epson C84 Problem

I had a Epson C64 and now a C84 and will never buy another Epson. These printers don't seem to last more than a year. When using the C84 a couple of cartridges ran out of ink and I replaced it. After replacing the colors that were empty, the replaced colors still did not print. I contacted Epson support and they told me to clean the heads, as if that wasn't one of the steps I tried before I contacted them. Then they told me to have it service. I have looked online and have seen many others with the same problem. It seem to me the C84 is a defective product that Epson will not own up to. So if you have to replace you printer stay away from Epson. The quailty of there design and hardware is very poor!

ButteryHOLsomeness

Joined: 03 Apr 2005
Posts: 770

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 05 9:01 pm Post subject:

Sarah D wrote:

I have an Epson C62 Stylus - I bought it because I liked the shape. It's about two years old now, and has done sterling service for us - there's four of us using it constantly - committee work and papers, accounts, the childrens books and other writing, photos, knitting patterns, etc. Never had any major problem with it, and we use the compatible cartridges. If we used the Epson ones we would have to remortgage the house at the rate we use them.

i've a similar experience myself. we've had a 460 and a 640 stylus and we now have a cx3200 stylus all in one which is brilliant. i always use compatibles with no problems (sometimes you have to push them in a bit harder that's all)

the reason why epsons aren't used by the charities is because the charities refill them and sell them on or sell them to someone else that does this... you can't refill the epsons so they are of no use to them... i think because of this my next printer will be a cannon but i only just discovered this. for now i'm quite happy with my epson, they have always given me good service as well

and we use ours LOADS!!!

dougal

Joined: 15 Jan 2005
Posts: 7184
Location: South Kent

Posted: Wed Jun 29, 05 10:59 pm Post subject:

Hi heronview -
(why not register and join in on other topics)
Epson make excellent printers, BUT - they will suffer from blocked nozzles, particularly if not routinely turned off, or not used much, or used with (at least some) "compatible" inks.

And with Epsons, the printhead (with the nozzles) is a permanent part of the printer, not a comsumable as with some printers.

The good news is that an ammonia based cleaner, such as Windowlene, can be used to flush out clogged nozzles. There are plenty of articles to be found on the web, (the american equivalent is called "Windex").

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 05 5:57 am Post subject:
Well after my Epson Photo 830 got through a whole colour cartridge in six months after only using it to print about 5 colour pages I doubt I'll buy another Epson. I need to find a printer where you can turn the colour setting off until needed as now I have to spend another �20 on a colour cartridge just to print with black ink only.

tawny owl

Joined: 29 Apr 2005
Posts: 563
Location: Hampshire

Posted: Thu Jun 30, 05 7:16 am Post subject:

Sarah D wrote:

Wouldn't it be better to have a laser printer instead (or in addition), if you're using it that much? Running costs for laser are about 2-3p, as opposed to the 18-35p of an inkjet, and they've come down a heck of a lot in price - Brother now do a basic laser printer for about 60 quid. You'd make that back in running costs in a few months.

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Thu Jun 30, 05 8:43 am Post subject:

Mine is an Epson CX3200, one of the multi function jobbies. I have to say I really like it, ink is dirt cheap (compatibles) and apart from a couple of episodes of it feeding two pages at once at inconvenient moments (and that may havebeen the way the paper was loaded to be fair to it), its been just fine. I have to say cost of compatible ink is a big seller with me, so I doubt I'd ever buy a print head included cartridge machine

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