Never thought Epson can fritter away its once formidable reputation of giving cutting edge technology in printers. If I am not wrong Epson was the first printer company to have set up marketing in India. And they made real good printers. I remember I used to have its Epson Stylus 600 before this(aaaargh:-( ) Epson Stylus Color 680 and it was a damn good printer.
I had always been an Epson fan and thus bought this printer in 2001 when it was introduced. It promised excellent printouts (and it did too but at what cost!) It hardly prints less than 100 pages per cartridge(and are they expensive!) . At Rs 1450/- (Epsons price for its black cartridge although it is available for a couple of hundred less from other vendors), it works out to a phenomenal Rs 14/- a page!. This thing apart , paper jams and nozzle blocking are the other mentionable qualities of this excellent printer.
I have vowed never to buy an Epson printer again and would like to beware all the potential buyers too. Until and unless Epson proves otherwise , DO NOT BUY AN EPSON PRINTER!