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Epson Stylus R340 Digital Photo Inkjet Printer
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I got this printer about a month ago. I'm about half way through my second set of ink cartridges, and I've been happy with the quality of the prints. This is a good printer, and it has some nice features. It is a six color photo printer, so the prints are far more detailed than a cheap 4 color inkjet. It also uses seperate ink cartridges, so you can replace only the empty color and not waste ink. Inkjet photo paper gives a far better print than standard copy paper, but it is much more expensive. Using the memory card slots and the small display lets you print without even turning on your computer. The computer can access a card in the printer, but for some reason if the card's contents are changed by the computer the printer won't realize it unless you remove the card and put it back in. You can print on CDs and DVDs with the included tray, and there is also an insert for the tray to print on mini CDs and DVDs. The included software works, but it isn't that user friendly. It WILL keep you from overspraying outside of the disc's surface, but that's about the best thing about it. Overall, this is a good printer, but there is nothing new or revolutionary about it. Nice features, good print quality and speed, and fairly quiet while printing.Read full review
This is the second R340 I've purchased. I bought my first one years ago to replace an R300, and the R340 has been a real champ. Because I go through a lot of ink printing CDs, I did put a continuous ink system on the printer, as well as an ink recovery bottle on the back. These two options/modifications to the printer not only make it cheap to operate, but extend the life (as I think I got two or three ink pad resets out of my previous R340, before the black on the print head degraded to the point where the unit was no longer usable -- and thus I purchased this used unit, which works just fine).
I, bought this to do small runs of cds. I have a small recording company and i wanted to be able to put out specific small numbers of several types of cd prints at one time with out having to order a large number from a professional print place. So far the machine does a great job of this. It does NOT kick out the cd as i had heard before it prints.....its not really easy to do takes constant changing of cd etc.....one thing i think should be improved on is the little peice of clear plastic on the cd tray....it is not only vital to the printing but it is fragile also. So they should either sell trays seperately or make that piece more sturdy. It is that piece of plastic being removed or bent that i think makes the machine kick out the cd tray .....so those that did that previously its probably why theirs didnt work they removed that thinking it was part of the packaging. I have to keep making sure that its not bent and thats the one big thing i dont like about this. HEY EPSON FIX THE DARN PIECE OF PLASTIC......however having said that for the price i guess i couldnt ask for much more it does what i needed it to do always seems to print well. Oh yah and buy my cd look for LARRY ROE on ebayRead full review
I fault the Epson for three reasons. One, print heads clog very quickly, Two unless you have your ink surplus hooked up to an outside container the pads will fill quite quickly and cause maintenance problems that require service techs and that is expensive. Three, I purchased this printer especially for the direct printing to CD's and DVD's capability. Worked great for a while, now I have to nudge the tray to get it to forward. I have purchased four of the 340 model, one is still working. I have since purchased the canon MK922 and it is so much better in all respects.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
THE GOOD: This is a great printer if you are techically minded. This printer has exellent print quality and uses 6 cartridges (2 blues, 2 reds, black and yellow) which allows for individual replacement. Non-OEM replacement ink and refillable cartridges that don't need to be reset are abundanant and cheap and the inks I've found are just as good if not better than OEM. This printer can print straight from a USB, SD card and other forms of flash media. The printer can print on CD or DVD and has fairly good software for it. There are a number of after market add on devices such as CISS and Wireless etc. The software installation is straight forward and painless. THE BAD: This Printer utilizes a "waste ink system" which basiclly flushes ink down tube during print head cleaning and charging (The cartridges have to charge after being changed) the ink flows down a tube and is collected in a waste ink pad at the back of the printer, the system has a counter and once this system has reached a set number it stops printing, the printer still works fine, everything will move just like normal, just no ink will print onto the page, to fix this you will either have to take the printer to a tech and pay to have it serviced or you'll have to know how to do it yourself (Hence the techy part) there are ways to go around that and there are a number of videos out there showing pretty good step by step instructions. I guess I can understand printer manufactors not wanting their products to be used for illegal purposes, but one thing with this printer which is kind of stupid is some pictures will not be recognized from flash media, meaning you can have a 100 images on a USB flash, plug it in to the printer and if the images were copyrighted or have an embeded watermark the printer will say 0 images found, this is stupid because you can still print it from the computer. This printer IS NOT for everyone, using the CD Printing feature is exacting and jams easily, the CD holder is easy to break and/or misplace and the manual forgets to say that when printing the CD tray extends out the back and to leave room. The feed section is not what it could be and you have to be carefull not to over fill it, to much paper and it'll jam, jam it the wrong way and the plastic gears inside strip and can not be repaired (For less than the cost of a new printer) OVERALL: This printer is a very good printer for someone that is doing very serious printing and is knowledgeable in this area, other than that, this printer is overkill, all of the features are great, but most printers can perform the same task.Read full review
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