The 5 minute wonder... (Epson Stylus Color 760)

Member Name: Johndonut

Product:	Epson Stylus Color 760
Date:	17/09/00 (112 review reads)
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Advantages: Cheap

Disadvantages: After a few months the print quality becomes unbelievably BAD!

The first Epson I ever bought was back in '96, when I got a Epson Stylus Colour II for what I thought was a reasonable price. Granted, it was cheap, cheerful and looked good, but after a couple of months the print quality dropped dramatically.

Now, this was a big drop in quality, one minute it could print near photo quality images, and suddenly all I got was a piece of paper with an unsightly blob of ink on. Even if I wanted readable text printed out, I had to set the settings to monochrome text on max resolution.

Well, seeing as the printer was so useless I decided to chuck it away. After all, what's the point of having a useless printer? Well, thinking that I might have been an exception, I went for a brand new Epson Stylus Colour 760. I was soon to find out if my problem was to be the start of a major Epson trend...

Well, as before everything went fine for a while. The sheer quality of the printouts were amazing, and everything seemed to be going fine. Then, after a while the quality started to drop and I was getting annoyed. I went for a refund, but because I had not returned it within 14 days I had to have a replacement. My new Epson 760 does the same.

So, why is it that every Epson printer I get loses quality after a couple of months? Well, apart from that let's look at the good points about the printer.

I suppose the fact that the printer is good value is one that cannot be overlooked. Because it's cheaper than a lot of others I can see a lot of people opting for this model, and be honest with you they're not too high quality.

The actual printer is a sturdy beast, and everything seems solid. It's the insides that I'd seriously question before you buy one of these...

To end this rather dismal review I have to say that I won't be buying another Epson printer. Every single one has had some sort of fault, and the biggest one is the fact that with tim e the printouts b
ecome poorer and poorer. If there's an Eposn Stylus Colour 760 sitting on the street without an owner, take it. Otherwise, don't even think about paying money for one of these!

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