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Electronics Epson Stylus Photo 1280 Inkjet Printer (Silver)

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- This printer is nothing but a headach to me!
This printer is only going to rendure one star from me and that is because it does print out some beautiful prints "when it works right" which isn't very often in my case. As other people have said on here, if you use this printer consistantly it may work correctly....but otherwise if you use it occasionally it is nothing but one headach after another! And this printer slurps ink like there was no tomorrow! I only get about 12 full color page 13*19 prints out of this slurp monster! So 12 pages costs me 60 bucks(for ink) not to mention the paper for this thing is 30 bucks a pkg for 25 sheets. I really don't find that to be of much use to me. And everytime I go to print I have to deal with the machine not working properly due to clogged up print nozzles so then I have to spend extra time waiting for the machine to clean the print nozzles while it is wasting MORE of the precious ink to clean itself...not to mention the ink it just wasted when I tried to print a page and it came out with the wrong colors because the cartridges were clogged and needed cleaned.
AND NOW....which is a new problem, I went to print a page today and low and behold...the printer just would not print, and I had JUST installed NEW ink cartridges (60 bucks down the drain)!!!!! It stopped right in the middle of the print job with no clue as to what was wrong because it showed no error! I canceled that print (keep in mind that it just WASTED another 13*19 Glossy sheet of paper (which is NOT cheap) and another half page of wasted ink! And I tried another print job and it did the same thing again! More wasted paper and more wasted ink! I've only had this printer for FIVE months!! I emailed Epson tech support and am currently waiting for a response, I am sure they will fix it since it should be under warranty....but at this point I would rather have my money back!!!!!! The headachs I am getting from this machine is NOT WORTH the 250 bucks I payed for it!

Rating:

- I bought this in 2003
4 years and going strong. Honestly I have not had one disappointment. It has been reliable, easy to learn and use, and has given me nice prints over the years. I love the capacity to print larger than 8x10 pictures. Ink cartridges are easy to find and easy to install. I made a good decision in 2003 when I chose this printer.

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- A year of Epson 1280 experience
I am really impressed with the performance of Epson 1280, although I have read lots of negative remarks about it. I usually take wedding pictures and lots of photographic shots of all occassions and print most on the 13 inch formats. One of the things I hate when at the middle of large format printing, horizontal lines starting to show and it means time to clean your printer head. I like the overall look of the finished glossy pictures when using 8 megs raw process with Ilford galerie gloss paper.
Right now, I ordered Epson 1800 with Amazon and I am hoping that I will satisfy the people that I take pictures for.

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- Excellent photo quality prints
This printer prints out amazing true color prints that are sharp and photo quality. It however take me some time to get to this point. If you are serious about making color prints invest in good monitor calibration software without it you're going to be at the whims of an uncalibrated monitor which makes it virtually impossible to match with the output. (I bought Spyder2 for $150). The printer does take some maintenance, including either regular printing or head cleaning. The prints are not cheap. Using premium Epson paper and inks, results in beautiful prints, but if you're planning on knocking off some 4X6 family photos, I would not recommend this printer. I use the printer mainly for 11 X 17 and 13 X 19 enlargements.

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- Great but quirky large-format linux printer
I've had my Epson 1280 for over two years now and consider it money well spent. I run exclusively on Linux (currently Gentoo) and the Linux support for this printer (using CUPS) is superb. All modes, resolutions, etc. are supported. I use this printer a lot for engineering work printing B-size (tabloid) drawings and it works great for that.

Like just about every review states, this printer slurps ink like Homer Simpson slurps beer. Because I don't print many color photos this is not a problem for me--if I was doing that I'd get the Niagara system other reviewers cite. I've researched the Niagara system and it looks like a good deal for heavy users.

My main complaint with this printer--and the reason why it only gets four stars--is the ease with which the heads clog up. This printer wants to be used constantly. If you let it sit for a day or two it's almost guaranteed that one or more of the jets will clog up and you'll get streaks in the output. Then you have to either press the front-panel control or, in more extreme cases, run the head-unclogging utility (on Linux I use mtink) to force the printer to 'blow out' the plugged jets. When the printer does this it blasts ink through the heads wasting even more of the pricey ink. Do this enough and the reservoir the printer blasts the ink into (a sponge-sandpaper-like thing) will overflow and cause the head to smear ink all over the paper. That's when you get out the Windex and paper towels and clean up the mess (google the web for details.) Because of this 'trait' I would not recommend this printer for casual users.

Still, for B-sized printing and high-quality photos, and considering how well supported it is under Linux, there's not much else better out there.

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