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Epson Stylus Photo 1280 Inkjet Printer (Silver) | List Price: $549.99
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Brand: Epson
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - Up to 2,880 x 720 dpi resolution
- 6-color photo ink system with 4-picoliter sized droplets
- True borderless photo printing in 6 popular sizes
- USB and parallel interfaces; PC and Mac compatible
- Includes roll paper accessory
This printer is nothing but a headach to me! [Posted on 2007-05-24]
This printer is only going to rendure one star from me and that is because it does print out some beautiful prints "when it works right" which isn't very often in my case. As other people have said on here, if you use this printer consistantly it may work correctly....but otherwise if you use it occasionally it is nothing but one headach after another! And this printer slurps ink like there was no tomorrow! I only get about 12 full color page 13*19 prints out of this slurp monster! So 12 pages costs me 60 bucks(for ink) not to mention the paper for this thing is 30 bucks a pkg for 25 sheets. I really don't find that to be of much use to me. And everytime I go to print I have to deal with the machine not working properly due to clogged up print nozzles so then I have to spend extra time waiting for the machine to clean the print nozzles while it is wasting MORE of the precious ink to clean itself...not to mention the ink it just wasted when I tried to print a page and it came out with the wrong colors because the cartridges were clogged and needed cleaned.
AND NOW....which is a new problem, I went to print a page today and low and behold...the printer just would not print, and I had JUST installed NEW ink cartridges (60 bucks down the drain)!!!!! It stopped right in the middle of the print job with no clue as to what was wrong because it showed no error! I canceled that print (keep in mind that it just WASTED another 13*19 Glossy sheet of paper (which is NOT cheap) and another half page of wasted ink! And I tried another print job and it did the same thing again! More wasted paper and more wasted ink! I've only had this printer for FIVE months!! I emailed Epson tech support and am currently waiting for a response, I am sure they will fix it since it should be under warranty....but at this point I would rather have my money back!!!!!! The headachs I am getting from this machine is NOT WORTH the 250 bucks I payed for it!
Actually order the wrong Printer [Posted on 2007-07-04]
This printer is old (I thought it was recently introduced by epson)
Man....it uses the ink.... but does a good job printing...
Good Bye, Epson 1280 [Posted on 2007-09-02]
I bought this "1280 Silver" twice. The first printer started printing incorrect colors after extensive use over a year. I bought another, the same "1280 Silver" again, only because Epson was offering a sale and the printer was very cheap and also because I already knew the problems and how to fix them.
I am very good at repairing certain electronics, and that was why I was able to print so much, but I don't think people should work so hard to cleaning and tuning the mechanical device inside just to print things.
The first printer had lots of problems, although it produced high quality prints with my struggles to control this machine.
Problem 1: After printing borderless prints, the ink that didn't land onto the paper, where the edges are, accumulated on two certain spots, in this case, since I was printing a lot of letter size prints, the ink accumulation were 8.5 inches apart. I am talking about a lot of ink staying in two spots in the printer. What it did was, each time I printed, the edges of paper got black stains. There is a thin gray sponge to collect the excess ink, but since I printed so much the ink was soaked in the sponge. I was constantly cleaning and drying the sponge so the ink doesn't get onto the paper. Then this leads to the Problem 2.
Problem 2: The gray sponge (it was already black from the excess ink) got so worn out that it decided to come out of the spot where the sponge should have stayed. What happened was that the nasty sponge got trapped into a few wheels that move the paper! I had to use all sorts of tools (I am exceptionally good at using small tools to fix things) to remove the chunks of the nasty sponge that were already spinning with the little wheels. I honestly think most people cannot do what I did because, like I mentioned I am very good at doing stuff like that. So I did not give up, and removed the crap out of the printer. It took a lot of cleaning solution to clean up the excess ink from the printer, and I decided not to print borderless again with this printer.
Problems 3: Each time I put new ink, I had to clean up the nozzles so many times, and that is a pain because, first of all, it cleans just a little bit at a time, and each time it cleans a lot of ink is consumed. Also I had to clean the part where ink tank and printer meet each time I replace the ink tanks because the ink mess was tremendous. This printer requires a lot of maintenance if one uses a lot like I do.
Problem 4: The room got smelly when I printed for hours because I had to print that much. The smell made me feel sick.
Problem 5: This printer, according to Epson's specification, is supposed to print what they used to call "double-sided matt paper." This paper is thicker than the regular paper, and I had to feed one by one because this printer can grab any number of papers. I even had to feed the most common paper one by one because the printer grabs paper irregularly so the next page starts printing in the middle of the paper instead of the top of the paper. Since I didn't want to re-print nor waste papers, I had to feel papers one by one, restraining me at around the printer like a tied up dog.
Problem 6: Then finally it started printing incorrect color. I just did feel like spending more time trying to figure out how to fix it.
Problem 7: After buying the second printer, I removed the gray sponge because I knew that someday it would get trapped into the wheels. And I never printed borderless again with the second printer. The problem #7 occurred after I came back from one month trip. One of the nozzles was clogged! I cleaned and cleaned and cleaned and cleaned. The cleaning used up both black and colored inks, both brand new! The inks are over $40 worth with black and colors, and it was only one of seven nozzles that was clogged! What this might imply is that one must hire someone to come to his or her office to print something once a week or so to make sure that the nozzles don't get clogged when the owner of the printer is out of town for a long time. I can ask someone to feed a cat, but I hate a printer that requires that much of care!
I am giving a 3 stars because the quality of the prints were very good (I would give 4 or 5 stars), but the amount of work on my part was so much that I cannot give any better rate. I am writing this not because I want someone read this but because I am exhausted from using this printer and am going to buy Canon. I think I have had just enough.
Great Printer [Posted on 2007-09-04]
This printer has been great for me to have as it is helping my build my business and am very pleased that it has been so helpful and sent so quickly.
I love it. [Posted on 2007-10-07]
I've had my Epson 1280 for about 2 years. I love it! It prints excellent text and photos. I can clearly read even tiny print done by it. I can use non-Epson brand ink and glossy photo paper with no problems. This keeps my printing costs way down. I am very happy with the colors, sharpness, everything. I can't think of a thing wrong with this printer! If it ever goes, I will get another Epson!
I will say however that my erzatz ink does tend to fade when left on display. It probably needs to be put under glass. If you print on paper that it's not set for (ie you set it for plain paper but feed it glossy), the jets seem to jam, but that's easily resolved by cleaning the heads using their utility routines. Again not the fault of the printer. All told, I am very satisfied with this printer.
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