Re: Replacement for Epson 760

Although it is difficult from your description to know exactly the nature of the defect your printer is manifesting, if you are interested, if you can scan a part of an example that shows the defect (an area about 2" x 2" or equivalent, at 300 dpi) and send it to me at the address shown below, I can try to diagnose what is happening with your Epson printer, and I may be able to suggest a cheap fix for it.

The older Epson printers were actually pretty robust, but require some TLC to keep them going well.

The permanent head, in general, can last literally billions of dots, and although they can fail, many of the printing defects reported can be reversed with a bit of proper cleaning.

If you would like to send the above mentioned sample as a jpegged attachment (jpegged to high quality) please do so to the address shown below:

e-printerhelp(at)mvps(dot)org

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Paul B wrote:

My Epson 760 had been depositing black ink over output for some time, necessitating printing ~5 copies to get an acceptable one. It then got to the point where it printed more black where it shouldn't have than it did text or graphics. I therefore just bought a (huge & noisy!) Samsung ML-2251N laser for 93UKP delivered. This will sort 90% of my needs. I now want an A4 colour photo printer.

The Epson's failure probably had more to do with its very intermittent use than old age, so am uncertain I should be entertaining the purchase of another fixed head printer. HP's 8250 is around the top end of the price I want to pay & if you pardon the pun - looks good on paper. However, it's fixed head & I've not heard good things about HP's bloated driver s/w. I've also seen a few complaints about appalling paper handling. Anyone have further comments on what to buy?

Text quality, scanning, displays, card readers or speed are less important than photo quality & the fact it just ain't going to be used that often. Epson's R240 is at the right price & is also on my shortlist.

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