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Epson - Stylus Office Inkjet Printer - Color - 5760 x 1440 dpi Print - CD/DVD Print - Desktop
Average customer rating
4.4
(436 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 436 reviews
5 Stars
296
4 Stars
81
3 Stars
28
2 Stars
11
1 Star
20
89%of customers recommend this product.
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436)
Customer Reviews for Epson - Stylus Office Inkjet Printer - Color - 5760 x 1440 dpi Print - CD/DVD Print - Desktop
Customer Rating
4
new r3000 printer
on February 11, 2015
Posted by: afm818
from Rochester, NY
I recently purchased the Epson R3000. It's a bit bigger than my 2200, but I like all the new features and the way it closes up when not using. There's no see thru window to see the heads moving, but you can see the results pretty quickly. The quality and color match is rather precise without adding any new profiles to the system. If it sits around for a week or two, it took longer to clean and prime itself compared to the 2200. I've only run a few high res prints on it and so far they look amazing. I will be trying the thicker paper types next. I look forward to seeing the results.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
An Excellent Printer for the Enthusiast
on March 25, 2015
Posted by: CrunchyDoodle
from Los Angeles, CA
This is an excellent printer from the point of view of a fabulous looking output, which is most important. I was impressed with how easy the wireless networking was to set up. Paper handling is good too. I've used plain paper for testing and Epson photo paper, as well as a few printable DVDs - all worked well. It is also rather slow, especially when it's doing maintenance. Again, the printed results are fabulous.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
3
Unexpected cleaning cycles = waste of time & ink
on October 25, 2014
Posted by: Anonymous
Immediately between print jobs, my R3000 often decides to run an unrequested cleaning cycle. Not only does this drain costly ink, but it takes about 10 minutes of my valuable time, competely stalling productivity. Furhter, when you switch between photo and matte ink, it goes through another ink-pumping cycle to get purge ink in the tubes, wasting more ink.
Great output, but too many unrequested cleaning cycles costing valuable time and money.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Customer Rating
1
Problems after 1.5 years
on November 1, 2013
Posted by: bilg
from Fairfield, CT
My R3000 worked great (5 stars) over the first 1.5 years. BUT then began to deposit blobs of black ink and/or streaks on photo prints. Nozzle cleaning worked at first, but the problems returned after a few days at first and then after an hour or less. I used the product for personal photo printing on a regular basis taking care to use only Epson inks and quality papers.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Customer Rating
2
Serious nozzle problem
on July 8, 2014
Posted by: ImageMaker
from Jasper, GA
This was a spectacular printer when it was working. But the black ink nozzles clogged frequently and eventually deposited black blobs of ink on the edges of the paper. Because I liked the quality of the prints, I took the printer to an authorized repair shop, where they replaced the print head, at considerable expense. They (and I) thought that would take care of the problem. I got a number of additional prints out of it and then, in switching from photo black ink to matte black ink, the heads totally clogged up. After trying all of Epson's suggested home remedies, I took it back to the shop. They said it looked like the head needed to be replaced again. Rather than putting that much more money into the printer, I junked it. My understanding is that because the photo black and matte black inks share the same tube and nozzle, this is a frequent problem. Perhaps if I were a photographer who printed every day, it wouldn't have happened but I'm not. I wish Epson would fix this problem because I would love to be able to use their photo printers.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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Customer Rating
4
on January 26, 2012
Posted by: Dave
from Statesville, NC
I'm mostly satisfied with my new Epson R3000 printer which I've had for about a week now. The thing that I don't like is that once I temporarily switch to matte black ink and then back to photo black, I see the photo black ink level slowly draining before my eyes. This can get expensive.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
3
Epson R3000 -- not quite great
on December 18, 2013
Posted by: MJSfoto1956
from Boston, MA
As a long time Epson owner I purchased the Epson R3000 expecting professional-level quality and reliability. On both scores this printer leaves something to be desired. For example, within 3 months, the printer jammed and then would not print. I had to take it into get repaired. It was repaired and I picked it up but it immediately would drop ink on every print. Back to repair. Turns out the defective part (the inking subsystem) was not in the country and would be more than a month before it would be available. Fortunately, it was under warranty but my take is that this printer is simply somewhat "fragile" compared to its professional level brethren. In my case, in the first four months of usage I had about 25% down time and lots of wasted paper and ink.
That being said, as far as image quality, it definitely delivers a gorgeous print. Especially the "warm black" setting which is nothing less than superb. Professional photographer friends of mine commented that the prints from this machine looked like classic darkroom prints -- high praise indeed. The only downside is that the two-black ink system often gets confused by the Macintosh drivers and we typically have to restart the machine or manually select the proper black ink. Worse, this machine clogs as bad as some of my earlier Epson purchases of ten years ago. I would have expected this to be fixed on these machines by now.
And finally (and this is to be expected at this price point) the ink cost is high with this machine especially as compared to printers like the 7800 or 7900 series.
So if you need an occasional pro-quality 12"x18" photographic quality print, I can definitely recommend this printer. But for high-volume or everyday use as an all-around printer, it leaves something to be desired.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
3
review
on October 4, 2014
Posted by: janel
from louisiana
Using it with a Mac Pro. Instructions are not great as it took a long time to figure out how to get the settings right. Still struggle with getting it to change the black ink right. My photo prints have random red ink droplets on them, usually 1 or 2 drops per photo. They are still wet on printout but leave a spot if you try to dab them off. Was always happy with printshop and windows and epson, not so pleased with new epson, printshop, and mac. I do not see much difference from the much cheaper Epson R1900 I had at work,
I would recommend this to a friend!
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