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I bought an ET-2800 a couple months ago, and at this point, I can't print anything because the paper constantly jams. Tried doing the various "cleaning" options. Never going to by an Epson again. 
If I weren't so environmentally conscious, I would get great pleasure in throwing the printer down the ravine and watching it break into pieces. Maybe I'll get out the sledge hammer and vent my frustration.
And no, getting it "repaired" isn't on my list, as I'm sure the problem will just return after a 100 pages or so of printing.
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I have a Canon printer\copier\scanner combo in my home office. love it.
had it for 4+ years now, I think.
Had Epson year's ago. hate it. my wife hates them too. lots of hate there.
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And my Canon printer randomly powers up with some generic "B200" error...or might work perfectly fine, with no apparent cause for one or the other. Sometimes powering it on/off 20 times in a row (when it starts reporting that error) might make it go away, but last time I tried, I had to give up. Might be fine again the very next time I try it, there's just no telling.
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I only had one issue to speak of, and that was my scanning software stopped working after a Win11 update.
I had to wait about a month for a new scanner software update to download and install. all good after that.
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Sounds like you got a bad one or something. Or you have some kind of software based rubbish going on.
My canons have been pretty reliable. One exception is when my cat finally caught the monster that lived inside the printer. It hasn't worked right since.  Still works though, but needs love.
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The printer's maybe 3 years old, and I hardly ever print anything, given I have 2 lasers, and despise ink-jet printers. But, I use it primarily to print on printable discs, and laser's not an option here.
It worked great for the first couple of years, then it's only been getting progressively worse. I've gone through many ink cartridge replacements, especially since the first few dried prematurely as they hardly got any use. These days, knowing I can be months without using it, I try to take out the cartridges and place them back in a sealed plastic bag. That does seem to prevent them from drying up, but I'm also having a hard time powering up the printer without having it come up with that error code...
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Always loved my Canons. Not perfect, but well better than HP. I haven't owned an Epson.
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My cheap Cannon works like a charm for the last 10 years. And we feed it with the cheapest cartridges on the market.
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Same.
I buy the toner bulk refill and normally have 5-6 refills per cartridge before they start having drum issues. No “HP chip in the cartridge” BS.
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Always have been, though I hope they're better than the crappy 9-pin dot-matrix rubbish they used to peddle.
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Dot matrix printers are worth a mint if you have them.
Put it on e-bay. A lot of small businesses still use carbon copy, and inkjet and laser don't work on that.
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But only if it's a good quality one, not Epson. Epsons virtually arrive broken in the box from the factory.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: dot-matrix
Loved having to listen to that zip...zip...zip sound all day long, NOT!
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Try working in an office with four DECwriters (LA120) which supported the printing needs of a small office building.
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It builds character, no?
Was anyone there approached by the CIA? Being immune to torture would be a plus for that profession. 
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The office was also kept at 50F, the same as the adjoining computer room.
I can say no more.
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The CIA recruited those who specified the DECwriters for that office, and kept it at 50°F (10°C). Everyone eventually breaks under torture, but torturers who have no empathy for their victims are really hard to find.
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I had a Epson 9 pin for years very long ago. Worked as long as I had it. I don't recall any problems. Never needed service and I wasn't even taking care of it that well.
Still working when I upgraded to a HP Laser which I only did so for the print quality. That HP Laser also lasted for years until I upgraded for color.
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Office Space!
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Never had a problem with my old LQ-850, WAY back in the day.
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I found Epson to be one of the better inkjets, with no feed problems unless you use the really cheap / thin paper - I switched to 90gsm as my standard and never had a problem with jams.
What I hated was the half an hour clean / purge / test print / swear cycle I had to go through each time I needed to print, plus the Epson fun and games of cartridge expiry / not recognised. So I threw it to the recycle centre and got a Samsung laser which I plug in, print, and unplug - it works every single time and it prints faster. I think it's cheaper to run as well given how many ink cartridges I binned.
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This is what I ended up doing as well, except I made the mistake of buying an HP laser. Overall, I'm happy with it, just dumb that when you scan it goes to the "cloud" and emails it back to you...
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milo-xml wrote: when you scan it goes to the "cloud" and emails it back to you.
I really wish you weren't kidding ... 
Mine no longer has a scanner - the "Documents" setting on my phone does good enough for me. The last scanner / printer was an Epson and it annoyed me because it wouldn't scan unless it had ink in all cartridges. Another moment.
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My guess is that rather than have firmware on the printers that checks for copyright infringement and trying to copy money, they check it server side when it goes to the "cloud".
I've seen the option to scan documents with my phone, I'll have to give that a shot in the future
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Nope, all scanner / printers have built in "money detectors" to prevent them working like a photocopier ...
Apparently with some models, just trying will deliberately brick them.
I found out about this when Herself had a thief at work: I wanted to OCR all the paper currency in her purse so if it went missing we could say "it was these serial numbers" and nick the cow who did it. But you can't scan currency and I wondered why. Google "EURion Constellation" if you are interested - it's pretty simple, but very effective.
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