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2.0 stars
"Noisy, clogs."
Pros: Does what I wanted it to do, almost.
Cons: Noisy, heads clogged, no print server
Summary: I was looking for a good all-in-one printer that would allow family members to print from other printers and to copy/scan without having to logon to my computer. I was also looking for something that would print photos and term papers with good quality. This printer seemed to fit the bill.
The printer it replaced was an HP 970C, which was the latest in 15 years worth of HP printers that I've used at home; it was on the network as a standalone device via an HP print server.
The first thing I found with the CX7800 was that any bidirectional functionality was lost when trying a USB print server. So, after a struggle, I returned to simply making it a shared printer attached to my primary computer. Not great, but we can live with it.
I then listened to complaints from family members of how "noisy" it is, especialy when initiating a print job. Not for the faint of heart sitting nearby, it seems to jump, startled into its task. But printing is relatively quick.
Draft mode is made for ink efficiency it seems. Draft documents turn out extremely light and squintable, using the barest amount of ink.
What stunned me--after 15 years of not once having a printing head issue with HP printers--was the blue and yellow heads becoming completely clogged after a mere three weeks' use. The printer is used several times daily, so it isn't an issue of disuse. It took four cleaning cycles to clear the head almost completely (each one using up the ink supply, according to Epson)--and there was still one remaining gap in the blue sample print.
So my initial results are mixed, but somewhat disappointing given that I looked at this as a higher end inkjet solution to my family's needs.
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P.S. this is a 4 Inks machine. In your opening description it was mentionned a six inks machine.
Just started printing with this machine to soon to give an evaluation.
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I was looking to take the next step up from the under $100 multifunctions to something a little better. This product has plenty of features but it's flawed, like all other Epson printers in my opinion, in that the inks just get clogged. I've had mine for 8 days and it has clogged already. The blue cartridge barely makes a line in the paper, which of course throws all the colors out of whack. The first 3 or 4 times I printed in color it worked fine and looked good. But the next time it didn't.
I had owned 2 Epson printers before this one, and I liked this one so much I gave Epson 1 more chance. Not again. They would be great except they can't keep the ink flowing smoothly, in any product that I've owned.
And it nearly scared me to death with the clattering noise before it printed. It sounded like it was trying to break itself.
