Thoughts on Epson R200?

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The Canon IP series is fantastic and is the best printer for the dollar
spent. I thought that Epson was #2 followed by HP but now, after
reading about all of the Epson issues and the way it works, I am not sure.
 
The Canon IP series is fantastic and is the best printer for the dollar
spent. I thought that Epson was #2 followed by HP but now, after
reading about all of the Epson issues and the way it works, I am not sure.
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Read Toms review...
 
The Canon IP series is fantastic and is the best printer for the dollar
spent. I thought that Epson was #2 followed by HP but now, after
reading about all of the Epson issues and the way it works, I am not sure.
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And Print heads that ROT..

Tomshardware gave the Epson No.1


But then you do nead a brain to know..
 
Well, I've had the printer for a year now, have gone thru 4 sets of
compatibles and just about to replace this set and so far, so good. The
magenta nozzle clogged once but clicking the nozzle cleaning button cleared
it right up.
 
John Worman said:
I'm wondering what the group thoughts are on the Epson R200 printer?
I've not been a fan of Epson printers and the only reason I'm at all
interested in this one is its ability to print on CDs and DVDs.

The sample print page from the machine at CompUSA looked pretty good. I
notice that Staples is selling them for $99.95 with a $20.00 Staples
check back. I haven't even looked at other sources yet.

I noticed this printer has ink tanks so you don't have to replace a
color that isn't empty yet. The tanks for one of the Epson's didn't
look too expensive. I expect if I got the printer I would only print
CDs and a test page every week so the head doesn't clog up.

Thanks for any thoughts.

John
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Here's my experience:
I bought this model early on.
I use the printer exclusively for printing DVDs.
I did experience problems with the DVD tray feeding properly.
Epson replaced the printer.
I still find that the DVD tray still requires a little "nudge" every now and
again.

I've printed over 800 DVDs with this printer.
The results are entirely satisfactory.
I get about 300 DVDs per set of cartridges.
If this one should fail, I'd buy another R200.
 
John said:
I'm wondering what the group thoughts are on the Epson R200 printer?
I've not been a fan of Epson printers and the only reason I'm at all
interested in this one is its ability to print on CDs and DVDs.

The sample print page from the machine at CompUSA looked pretty good. I
notice that Staples is selling them for $99.95 with a $20.00 Staples
check back. I haven't even looked at other sources yet.

I noticed this printer has ink tanks so you don't have to replace a
color that isn't empty yet. The tanks for one of the Epson's didn't
look too expensive. I expect if I got the printer I would only print
CDs and a test page every week so the head doesn't clog up.

Thanks for any thoughts.

John
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My thanks to everyone for your input. As I do live in the USA the Canon
printer seems iffy. I have a Canon i860 that I like a lot, so Canon is
a good choice, in my opinion, but not for DVDs.

I think I'll give the Epson a try while the rebate is still in effect.

John
 
I think you will like the R200 for printing on cds/dvds.I bought
the R200 just about 4 months ago and I like it real well.
It is easy to use and prints great on cds.
John.H.
 
Just got the new IP4000 from Expansys. It is definitely the UK model, and
fully capable of CD/DVD printing.
 
Hi Dan.
I got a email from Randy at Expansys.He said that the canon printers can
be used here in the usa.for printing on cds/dvds.He said if I wanted one
to call him and he would make sure I got the right version.The ip3000
prints on cds too.After you print a cd please post what you think about it.
John.H.
This is his email.
Yes, it will work in the US. If you would like to get one, call me and
I will make sure you get the correct version.

Thank you,

Randy
Technical Sales Executive
eXpansys-USA Division
(e-mail address removed)
309-834-0306
 
After some fumbling with the power connect; (Expansys forgot to include the
adapter, but they are sending one by 3-day UPS today....I had to head to
Radio Shack for a short term solution) Printed my first DVD and it looks
awesome. The disc printing program is fairly easy to figure out, and
adjustments for printable area are precise and easy.
Will definitely be having some fun with this, makes a nice companion for my
IP3000.
 
After some fumbling with the power connect; (Expansys forgot to include the
adapter, but they are sending one by 3-day UPS today....I had to head to
Radio Shack for a short term solution) Printed my first DVD and it looks
awesome. The disc printing program is fairly easy to figure out, and
adjustments for printable area are precise and easy.
Will definitely be having some fun with this, makes a nice companion for my
IP3000.
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Have you tried with "silver" CDs yet? You can get some nice metallic
effects with them.

If you've not seen them yet, they are silver printable CDs, not plain
silver ones. It's more of a matte silver.
 
John Worman said:
My thanks to everyone for your input. As I do live in the USA the Canon
printer seems iffy. I have a Canon i860 that I like a lot, so Canon is
a good choice, in my opinion, but not for DVDs.

I think I'll give the Epson a try while the rebate is still in effect.
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Whatever your choice will be, I would suggest to for the one has third
party ink cartridge which you can get for $2-3 a pop. And just with 1-2
sets of cartridges would save you enough money to buy another printer.

Or if it fails within 1 year then you have the 1 year warrantee cover the
problem, more than one year then the cost of ink saving you be more than
enough to buy a newer printer with newer set on inks.
 
Joel said:
Whatever your choice will be, I would suggest to for the one has third
party ink cartridge which you can get for $2-3 a pop. And just with 1-2
sets of cartridges would save you enough money to buy another printer.
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And hope you can print a couple of sets before you get a head clog so
you come out ahead.
 
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