Epson Stylus C42 Plus Review

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Epson Stylus C42 Plus
3.1 stars
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Balthazar's Review of Epson Stylus C42 Plus Inkjet Printer

16th Jun 2006

Overall Rating

0 stars
  • Value for money
    0 stars
  • Ink Consumption
    Poor
  • Ease of Set Up
    1 stars
  • Time Inkjet Printer Owned
    Over 1 Year
  • Print Quality
    0.5 stars
Good Points

Purplish lid looks ok


Bad Points

Where do I start? try - everything else...


General Comments

Simply rubbish. I really do hope the Epson C42 Plus are no longer for sale but, just in case anybody spots one on e-bay for a quid... don't bother, it's not worth paying even that much.
In the three years I have owned this excuse of a printer I have tried to print out a photo just once. It was so poor I felt that trying again would be too depressing for words.
Fortunately I only really bought it for printing the occasional bit of text. Even so I have spent many times the original cost of the printer on its hopelessly small ink cartridges. It also has the irritating habit of sucking through four sheets of paper at a time and then jamming.
The quality of prints (always slow to chug out) started off OK but is now comically bad - barely legible. I've had it looked at by the IT people at my office thinking, as a previous reviewer mentioned, that I was doing something wrong with ink, paper etc. I am assured by the IT lot that I am not. The printer, they gently told me, was just not very good and needed to be put out of its misery. Those who have given good reviews I can only assume have either very low expectations or an entirely different printer concealed in the same box.
After doing some research this time I am now getting an Oki B4100 Laser - it's £75 but I'll save at least £40 a year on ink refills.
I cannot wait to rid myself of the Epson.

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