print quality, format size

slow, takes forever to startup, paper feeding issues

I'm writing this as a swansong. I used this printer a fair amount over the years, not a huge amount, but had enough success to want to see if I could repair it, even though I know it doesn't use archival inks. Anyway, it no longer feeds glossy paper properly, which is its real strength. I did some banner printing with it, which was useful. Its really hard to find any printer this format size that doesnt cost almost 2k now. 17 x 22 is a great size. My prints onto Ilford matte have not faded at all, though they're not in sunlight and its only been a few years. I was pretty happy with my prints, and I have to say they failed less than Epson's newer consumer printers which are such garbage they should be outlawed as threats to the environment, since all you can do with them is throw them away.

When I got banding with the 1520, it would go away with cleaning, and the inks drained slower than Epson's newer printers. However, this printer wont load paper properly, and has started to stop printing halfway into a print, then drag paper through, and print on the bare roller, which then smears on everything afterwards. In short, its ill. Oh well, off to the recycler. Epson should be brought up on charges of malfeasance for not making these printers upgradeable, and producing so much garbage, in addition to their great, and insanely expensive top-line printers.

I would say if you can get your hands on one that's working for cheap, it could be worth it.

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epson R300, HP

Decent color, handles large media sizes.

No paper jam sensor - it just keeps on spraying ink onto the feed roller. Overpriced ink.

Expensive ink, poor quality drivers, paper jams often. Had it for under a year and am literally throwing it away. Imagine having to babysit the thing so you don't come back to a puddle of ink under the printer. Imagine having a printer that feeds a dozen or so blank sheets until it finally decides to print. I was happy at first with this printer. But after about 6 months the thing started to jam like crazy - whats worse, it can't tell when it jams!

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Canon, HP.