written by on 02/12/2010
Epson Stylus Photo RX420
Make no doubt about it, this is the worst piece of hardware that I have ever bought. But just to clear up a few issues for those poor souls who bought this horrid thing...
1. Printer only prints half the page and paper fed in at an angle:
rx420 tries to detect page size automatically, if the paper is flush to the left it assumes its half its actual width. Paper needs to be flush to the right and the "PAPER EDGE GUIDE" on the left moved towards the paper on the right for a snug fit.
More here http://www.epson.co.uk/Printers-and-All-In-Ones/Inkjet/Epson-Stylus-Photo-RX420/Drivers-Support?target=article&extn=.html&articleId=1412
2. Ink consumption and black ink only
Epson does it damndest to make you use as much ink as possible, there no doubt about this, but there are options. In printer preferences you can click advanced options and check the black ink only option, its worth playin around here because you can set up your own quality options. Buy jettec ink 100% more pages for half the price and a better product. (no good rewarding epson for a shoddy printer - hit em where it hurts)
written by rcrossley on 28/05/2010
This printer is absolute trash avoid at all costs. I have just put it in the bin after just 2 weeks, it drains ink like so other printer you will ever buy oh and if you just want to do black printing if any off the colour cartridges are empty or close or even half full it says replace cartridge. You can have colour cartridges in and even if you don't use them once they will run out and you will need to replace. This printer was only bought for black and white printing nothing else and I could not of made a bigger mistake, i will just buy a black and white laser printer in future they are the best, colour inkjets nowadays just want you to keep buying cartridges even though they are mostly full, the manufacturers are robbing ****** if anybody knows of the software available to wipe the chip that is on the ink cartridges so that it is possable to make the printer think the ink is full then let me know in a review of this product.
Thanks
written by on 21/09/2009
I bought this Epson RX420 printer from Comet after a chat with the salesman as to what was a good all round printer.Within 2 days,it had started to print randomly & went back for repair.After being returned,i had to buy some more ink as it had apparently used it in the repair process.....
Summary since then:Very heavy on ink usage-clarity of colour when printing is not very good (ie:lots of light red & blue where there shouldn't be) - & now,having recently changed the ink cartridges (AGAIN....)it has suddenly put the ink light on & whatever i try & do to reset it,the darn thing won't go out...
Will be buying an HP next,as Epson have obviously not got to grips with the quality side of things...........
written by on 12/12/2008
I paid under £50 for the RX 425 just over two years ago. For its specification it was cheap. I had an Epson printer before that and was happy with that. I was moved to write this review when I saw the overall hugely negative reviews that have gone before. I am at a loss to understand how the reviews can be so bad unless people are reviewing what is a budget machine using premium machine expectations.
written by Southern Star on 11/12/2008
This is a budget printer that I picked up cheaply for under £50. I get Think+ cartridges from Choice and their performance is identical to the originals at a fraction of the price. The only reason I wrote this review was because I was amazed by the hugely negative tone of most of the earlier reviews.
written by on 29/11/2008
Epson seems to be a big brother company which adds spyware to your system. Never again. If you want a printer that always lets you down when it is most important, buy an epson. Any excuse, it stops.
written by on 17/09/2008
I wish I never bought it. I only wanted a simple printer. Was persuaded by slick salesman to get rid of my cheap, small, perfectly working HP. Now (because I have not yet accepted that it is a dud and I need to get rid) I have no working printer, which has caused untold hassle in my life and career. Never again
written by SlartyUK on 09/09/2008
I have owned many epson printers and found them all to be very good, yes they do use a bit too much ink and yes it is expensive, but I only use genuine cartridges and have never had blocked heads etc. I am still using my epson r200 very succesfully and print most days.
written by on 31/07/2008
Was working ok but now after less than 2 years it pulls the paper in crookedly and them prints only half the page very ertically... plus the print is blurred. I've tried to trouble shoot but to no avail... very disappointed.
written by on 11/06/2008
Cheap cartridges...
Heavy on ink use, colour spoor. Ink waste pad get full. Bin printer, not worth replacing. Very average for me, wouldn't go Epson again.
written by on 16/03/2008
Good until it just started printing strips of colour.
Uses ink too fast, just prints strips now no text or images. Pain in the neck as far as I am concerened. Never buy Epson printer again as far as I am concerned.
Never been used that much and is totally useless now, its for the bin in my experience. I do not recommend this model Epson RX420.
written by geoffk on 03/02/2008
My Epson printer go through a routine each time they are turned on, so it uses ink even if you don't print any thing! The cartridges are very small capicity about 6ml each. Mine ran out after 3 months and I just use the scanner now. I recovered my old HP deskjet from the loft and now use it on draft b/w only.
Remember there two printer manufactures HP and the rest!
written by simpletron on 25/01/2008
Due to not being able to print black text even though the cartridge is full I will not buy from this brand again. It is bad enough that it consumes ink like there is no tomorrow.
written by Mr Fussy on 22/12/2007
It is so frustrating you just want to smash it to pieces. It uses huge amounts of ink to clean heads - cannot clean heads without over 10% ink in all 4 cartridges - doesn't always work after 6 or more cleans.
written by data on 14/10/2007
Will not buy another all in one printer by Epson rx420
written by PrimeTime on 07/10/2007
No complaints in general. Nothing impressive, nothing too bad. Can't comment on the ink consumption much, got a good deal with Cartridge Monkey and got something like a total of 25 cartridges for 50 pounds, and still have not used them. Printer is OK, software for scanner is OK, and it is a lot cheaper now, I guess.
written by mikecres on 18/08/2007
The Epson RX420 is unreliable, uses huge amount of ink, very poor value for money
written by nomoreepson on 27/05/2007
We have had 2 Epson printers in the past both ended up in the bin due to new cartridges every 2 weeks even though printer was not used.
We thought that maybe Epson had sorted this out by now and tried the RX420 as we were looking at an all-in-one and guess what? We were wrong... 3 months old and 3 sets of replaced inks and all we did was print 16 photos 4 to an A4 page thats 4 A4 pages then blue would not print had to clean heads 3 times guess what red ran out new set of cartridges at £29.00 and now it won't work at all. It's now in the bin. Won't send back under warranty, it's just not worth it.
Now got my trusty HP 930c which I have had for 6 years back out and bought a scanner.
written by Swampcroc on 07/02/2007
Will not print after only 18 months of fairly light use - and the Epson service centre have quoted me £60 to fix it - this is to replace some shaped foam pads! Often had to replace half full cartridges as the heads had become clogged. This will be my last Epson printer.
written by hazeldinka on 07/09/2006
I have owned three successive Epson printers, and to be honest, I have been disappointed with each. More fool me I guess! The Epson RX420 multifunction printer is definitely the better built and most reliable of them, but there are three things that are definite disadvantages:
1) I cannot get it to print black documents when there is ample black left, but no colour ink remaining - this REALLY gets me. I rarely do photos, but frequently print documents out, and it is very inconvenient when I have to purchase yet another set of colour inks before I can get my finished document! Which leads me to number 2...
2) It seems to positively EAT the colour ink, despite rarely using it to print out photos. Every time I switch it on it does something that sounds like cleaning the print head, and I swear that if I never printed a colour document, it would get through the colour cartridges in less than 2 months. Which leads me to number 3...
3) Despite apparently costing less than a similar HP model, I am paying £20 a set from EBay for original cartridges. Reasonable enough in itself IF IT DIDN'T EAT THE INK FOR BREAKFAST!!! I am paying out at least once a month for little reward.
For the three reasons above, I will NOT be buying one of these printers next time around, I will focus firmly on HP and will DEFINITELY ask the right questions regarding its ink usage!
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Primetime's Response to mikecres's Review
Written on: 07/10/2007
I don't understand the structure of your review, first you say that ink consumption was good, which really should mean that is was very little, and then all of your scores are between 3 and 9 and your overall is one! how can that work?