Epson Stylus Color 680 Review

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Epson Stylus Color 680
1.4 stars
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Moreymach.'s Review of Epson Stylus Color 680 Inkjet Printer

14th Jan 2003

Overall Rating

0.5 stars
  • Value for money
    0 stars
  • Print Quality
    4 stars
Good Points

Looks rather nice in black


Bad Points

Everything else


General Comments

I bought this printer in Jan 2001 to replace 2 previously very reliable and economical Epson's. The 680 used up it's black cart before it had printed the test page and after shelling out £25 for a new one the colour cart ran out about 30 pages later despite the fact I hadn't done any colour printing. I spoke to both Jungle where I got the printer and Epson both of whom said this was normal. I also found out that it wouldn't print from DOS which although my fault for not checking was another cause of irritation. The 'chips' fitted to the carts prevented refilling and meant that not all the ink was used. To get around this I bought the Jet Tec resetting kit which was around £20 including 2 new carts and a 'chip' resetting device. The printer was very noisy in use and the build quality was not up to previous Epson models. After around 6 months use the noise and lack of DOS compatibility had wound me up to the extent I bought a HP deskjet and I believe the Epson is now in the recesses of my garage and long may it stay there. I would NEVER by an Epson again.

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