my crap printer

tell you what,these new printers are getting worse,i had a epson dx4800 for 3 years,and as you can imagine,it got used every day,the ink in it was quite economical,and all round it was a decent printer,however i suppose all good things come to an end and it developed a fault,no problem i thought,epson all in ones are only £40 anyway,and can deal with that,so off to tesco for a new epson printer all in one,on getting there i discovered they no longer made or sold my beloved dx4800 series at tesco:-( not to worry the salesman politely informed me , it has a replacement,the fantastic epson sx200 series,ok thank god for progress i thought as i handed over the cash,on arriving home i discovered that the inks were only half the size of the dx4800,,ermm,,maybe the ink distribution in more spare ing i thought,after a few print outs,i noticed the ink levels were dropping quite dramatically,the thing virtually eats my ink:(right i thought lets look on ebay at the prices,the ink is the same price as my old printer ,but only half the size:-(after buying some more ink,i noticed the printer keeps stopping,after only 2 thirds of the ink is used,and a message shows a need for ink replacement?also the nozzle keeps blocking every time i change the ink,so by the time its has cleared it has taken nearly all the 4 colour cartridges,another annoying feature is that when one ink runs out,the printer wont work ,and print out in black and white at least:-( so the jist of my story is this,be carefull what you buy on the printer front,as i am on the verge of throwing mine in the local river

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Daz - I think they possibly gave you a duff printer. I used an Epson SX200 for 3 years up until last week when it died. It was fantastic for quality photo printing and economical for ink cartridges. I buy compatible cartridges from valueshop for £1.27 a cartridge.

I replaced my sx200 with a sx218 last week as it uses the same cartridges. Basically the same all in one with a few updated and new features. Like it just as much as my old sx200.

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Daz - Take it back thats not how that printer should perform. Tesco should give you another.

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cant take it back,ive had it about 6 months,and lost the warranty,as i always do:-) nigel ,here is a good buy on ink

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250725237008&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

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Daz - Bin it !

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That's an excellent price Daz.

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Daz i have a Kodak all in one and its a great printer and the scanner is pretty good and quiet a fast scan and print i do spend a bit on ink but then i do print a lot of A4 colour photos.

KEEP THE BLUE FLAG FLYING
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get in touch with Epsom....

Nashville here we come !
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#9 - Are you saying Daz needs a dose of the salts? 🙂

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