Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Based on the press announcement yesterday about the 2200P (which interestingly is NOT on the Epson web site, but is on business wire) I have cancelled my 2000P order. The retailer I spoke with (this was all on the phone) said that the 2200P would not be available for a few months. BUT for a printer that is supposed to be significantly better at black and white, and is $200 cheaper than it's predecessor, it's a no brainer to wait. A question for all. Does anyone other than Epson make a high quality archival printer for under $2000 that makes prints of at least 11X14? - --- S Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net> wrote: > Epson is literally a few exits off the FWY from me > in Long Beach, CA. > One day, on the way back to the house I decided to > drop in, mid > afternoon, to see their product samples and talk to > a product person. I > was essentially told to take a walk. No showroom, no > one is ever > available for a drop-in, and no literature. I was > told to see a > distributor for a demonstration. That's easier said > and done in Southern > California where the sales staffs known little to > next to nothing, other > than pressing the button on the Epson for a "demo." > After that misstep, > I'm hesitating about getting an Epson. The comments > on the LUG are not > making the decision any easier. > Slobodan Dimitrov > > > Jeffery Smith wrote: > > > > I had problems with my first Epson 2000P as well. > The printer I ordered from Adorama was DOA. I called > Epson, and they told me that I was probably doing > something wrong. They gave me a list of insultingly > moronic suggestions (is it plugged in? did you > install the ink cartridges?). I went back and forth > with them for over a week when they told me that > they would swap it out for a faculty refurbished > printer. If I wanted a new one to replace my new > one, I would have to get it from Adorama. I called > Adorama, who told me that I passed the brief return > period (they start counting days from the day you > order it, not the day you get it. It took over a > week to deliver the printer to me, Epson futzed with > me for a week, so my return period was over. I > finally took it to a local electronics servicing > firm doing Epson work, they sent it back to Epson, > and Epson sent me a factory refurbished printer. > Neat, huh? > > > > I like the Epson 2000P, but will probably never > buy another Epson product as long as I live. The > competition is just too keen to justify buying > something from a company with such poor standards. > > > > > My third printer worked like a charm too. My > first two were > > > non-functional. Epson took good care of me > though. > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > Greg J. Lorenzo wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Darrell, > > > > > > > > Funny you should ask.... I hope you're sitting > down. > > > > > > > > I purchased my first 2000P in mid January > 2002. I brought it home, > > > > read the instructions, installed the ink > cartridges and it immediately > > > > died. Contacted Epson Tech Support who offered > to replace it with a > > > > refurbished 2000P. I declined and exchanged it > at the store for a new > > > > in box 2000P. > > > > > > > > Printer 2 worked just fine up to about a month > ago other than being > > > > rather thirsty for ink. Last week I finally > had some time to catch up > > > > on some color printing, ran some prints only > to have every print come > > > > out in varying shades of purple (for all > colors). Contacted Epson > > > > Support on Wednesday who requested that I > replace the ink cartridges > > > > and run the nozzle cleaning process over a > dozen times. Result: all > > > > prints still came out purple. > > > > > > > > Called Epson Support back on Thursday, they > sent out a new printer > > > > which arrived Monday. New printer (number 3 > now) arrived NIB but was > > > > DOA. The print heads would not come over far > enough to allow > > > > installation of the ink cartridges. I again > called Epson Support who > > > > over-nighted me printer number four yesterday. > > > > > > > > Printer number four works great with no > problems so far. Best color > > > > printer for under $2000 when it works. Stinks > in B&W but I prefer the > > > > wet darkroom for B&W. > > > > > > > > Good luck and I hope you paid with your credit > card. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > Darrell Jennings wrote: > > > > > > > >> I just ordered an Epson 2000P archival > printer today. Anyone out > > > >> there have any experience, tips, problems, > > > >> cool features, etc. that I should know about? > > > >> > > > >> > __________________________________________________ > > > >> Do You Yahoo!? > > > >> Yahoo! Shopping - Mother's Day is May 12th! > > > >> http://shopping.yahoo.com > > > >> -- > > > >> To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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