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From: jw on 9 Mar 2010 15:43 I just bought an Epson Artisan 800 AIO. It arrived DOA, and I am returning it. Of course, Epson now says it is out of stock. I do not want HP. Have one and have had nothing but trouble, not to mention the fact that HP has discontinued support for the thing (C7280). Now I am scared. I want to buy (without breaking the bank) an inkjet all-in-one with the following features: scan including negatives 48-bit color print paper two sides up to 81/2X14 print photos (4X6) print CD/DVD copy fax USB Ethernet CAT5 wireless Optical res 4800dpi Anyone recommend and why? Thanks
From: kony on 9 Mar 2010 17:26 On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:43:08 -0500, jw(a)eldorado.com wrote: >I just bought an Epson Artisan 800 AIO. It arrived DOA, and I am >returning it. Of course, Epson now says it is out of stock. I do >not want HP. Have one and have had nothing but trouble, not to >mention the fact that HP has discontinued support for the thing >(C7280). > >Now I am scared. > >I want to buy (without breaking the bank) an inkjet all-in-one with >the following features: > >scan including negatives 48-bit color >print paper two sides up to 81/2X14 >print photos (4X6) >print CD/DVD >copy >fax >USB >Ethernet CAT5 >wireless >Optical res 4800dpi > > > >Anyone recommend and why? > >Thanks Epson et al. also discontinue support at some point, I wouldn't use that as a reason to avoid all products by one of the major manufacturers. Your best bet for longer support into the future is buy one of the most recent/new models, and yet doing so you're more likely to get an early, possibly more buggy driver version.
From: Bast on 10 Mar 2010 13:18 tried one of those artisans when they came out. It worked, but went through ink like a sponge, and I thought it was just stupid to dare charge users extra for the duplexer on a $400 printer HP is now so pathetic for support I would never buy anything from them Ended up with a Canon 850, and been happy for over a year. But the best advice I can offer is that none of them are even close to the quality they were 10 years ago. Two years and you will likely be looking for a new one no matter what you buy. kony wrote: > On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:43:08 -0500, jw(a)eldorado.com wrote: > >> I just bought an Epson Artisan 800 AIO. It arrived DOA, and I am >> returning it. Of course, Epson now says it is out of stock. I do >> not want HP. Have one and have had nothing but trouble, not to >> mention the fact that HP has discontinued support for the thing >> (C7280). >> >> Now I am scared. >> >> I want to buy (without breaking the bank) an inkjet all-in-one with >> the following features: >> >> scan including negatives 48-bit color >> print paper two sides up to 81/2X14 >> print photos (4X6) >> print CD/DVD >> copy >> fax >> USB >> Ethernet CAT5 >> wireless >> Optical res 4800dpi >> >> >> >> Anyone recommend and why? >> >> Thanks > > Epson et al. also discontinue support at some point, I > wouldn't use that as a reason to avoid all products by one > of the major manufacturers. Your best bet for longer > support into the future is buy one of the most recent/new > models, and yet doing so you're more likely to get an early, > possibly more buggy driver version.
From: Grinder on 10 Mar 2010 16:57 On 3/10/2010 12:18 PM, Bast wrote: > HP is now so pathetic for support I would never buy anything from them > > Ended up with a Canon 850, and been happy for over a year. > > But the best advice I can offer is that none of them are even close to the > quality they were 10 years ago. > Two years and you will likely be looking for a new one no matter what you > buy. Forsoothe
From: kony on 11 Mar 2010 20:13
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:18:33 -0500, "Bast" <fakename(a)nomail.invalid> wrote: >tried one of those artisans when they came out. >It worked, but went through ink like a sponge, and I thought it was just >stupid to dare charge users extra for the duplexer on a $400 printer It's not uncommon, I've a close to $1000 printer that costs a few hundred more for the duplexer. > >HP is now so pathetic for support I would never buy anything from them I don't expect support for anything anymore except custom software. All you can do is report a problem and hope they tell you if a new driver is coming out some month soon... or get a refund ASAP if a new product doesn't work out of the box. > >Ended up with a Canon 850, and been happy for over a year. > >But the best advice I can offer is that none of them are even close to the >quality they were 10 years ago. >Two years and you will likely be looking for a new one no matter what you >buy. .... that's why you have to spend more for the higher price tiered, higher duty cycle models, though I concede they aren't as good as they used to be either and with most consumer products I try to avoid all-in-one type products in general, though on printers having the one-touch copy (machine) button so the computer doesn't even need to be turned on can come in handy. |