My Printer Is Dead - Suggestions for a New one
 

hi Guys,

Well my dear old Epson Photo R200 has at long last died on me. it has been a good servant to me and it don't owe me anything. RIP

Anyways, I am looking to buy a new printer and well I dont want to pay a fortune but I would like it to have CD/DVD printing facility like the R200 had. I prefer Epson, but I am open to suggestions, Any ideas guys?

Re: My Printer Is Dead - Suggestions for a New one
 

R265 compats are not as expensive as they were. If you fancy an all in one the R585 has my fancy for my next printer

Re: My Printer Is Dead - Suggestions for a New one
 

Before you give up on it try here:

http://www.fixyourownprinter.com/

I've always found loads of good info.

Re: My Printer Is Dead - Suggestions for a New one
 

yep, been there, thanks for the advice though, but it is dead. I tried all I could and it is like fort knox trying to open up a printer. So in the end I gave up. I might tinkle away with it later.

Boab

Re: My Printer Is Dead - Suggestions for a New one
 

Opening epson printers is easy enough, slide the paper sizer thingy as far left as it will go, use a screwdriver up from the bottom . Start with the two holes at the front, one each side of the paper tray.Prise those two clips loose, then the two at the sides, then the three at the back and lift the cover.All as per the mend your own printer site.
The usual reason they stop working is because the waste ink pads are full.You can usually restart an Epson without doing anything much using the ssc service utility , which is a free download.If you don't also clean and dry the pads, you risk having an ink leakage,but before you start taking your printer apart it's worth resetting the waste ink bit with the SSC Service Utility to see if it will in fact restart.I've restarted several now. Cleaning the pads is messy but easy enough.Once the cover is off it's possible to get at the pads without doing all the dismantling in the instructions. Finding the clips the first time you undo the cover is the hardest bit.
For the record, I restarted a friends C42 three months ago, didn't clean anything, and he still hasn't had spillage , and it's still working.
http://inkjetprinterhelp.us/epsonSSC.html
contains some instructions for the SSC service.

Re: My Printer Is Dead - Suggestions for a New one
 

my advice stick to epson hard to beat.;)