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2.5 stars
"Curse of the clogs"
Pros: pigment ink
Cons: pigment ink
Summary: We've gone through a C80, a C84, two C86s, and a C88. I've bought them because of the unique qualities of the Epson pigment ink--waterproof, smearproof, fadeproof. Unfortunately, we have had so many printers because each printer seemed to last a year or two before getting clogged nozzles. You would not believe how fast the printer could drain the 4 color tanks while trying to unclog the nozzles! Even then, there came a time when the nozzles just would not unclog, and the printer went to the scrap heap with the purchase of another printer.
So mixed feelings about these printers.
For better or worse, we now have a couple of Canon IP3000 four-color printers, which appear to be bulletproof. We bought them on eBay, since they are no longer available in stores. Check out the eBay prices for these babies--upwards of $200 for a discontinued printer!!! Why? I think two reasons: (1) reliablity, and (2) nonchipped ink tanks, so you can refill with third-party ink and print for next to nothing (maybe $0.50 a tank).
Oh, and did I mention that the IP3000 printers (pretty much all the Canon printers, for that sake) can be cheaply retrofitted to print CDs and DVDs?Updated
One other thing--
If there were some easy way to replace the plugged nozzles, that would have helped, but this is a service-center-only item with Epson.
By contrast, the nozzles on our new (old) Canon IP3000 printers can be user-swapped for about $40 in maybe 10 seconds, tops.
Where to buy
Epson Stylus C88:
$379.99
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