Epson AcuLaser C900 Reviews

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Good Points: Good quality colour
Very cheap price
Easy setup

Bad Points: Size and weight
Black and white print not so good
Won't print labels
Loud clunking noises at various stages

General comments: I bought this Epson Aculaser C900 printer as a replacement for my sick inkjet printer. I also run a very old Canon LBP 1260 (an HP Laserjet 4+ in disguise) which is fantastic. It meets my black and white needs and I really wanted someting that would do colour without fuss.

I found the C900 on offer from Printer Database for £250 with a free inkjet printer thrown in. I sold the inkjet unopened for £80 so I got the new laser printer for £170 which was pretty amazing at the time.

The C900 printer is big and heavy. I have it on a trolley but don't move it around much. It sets up very easily and once you have removed all the packing and odd bits of tape it works right away, albeit with a lot of loud noises and looking as if it might like to leap about a bit. I have found that if you buy high quality brilliant white laser paper colour photographs print really well. Unlike inkjet output, copies are dry when they come out of the machine. Quality is pleasing though colours could be a little brighter. On occasions I have used this printer for black and white and have found the print to be heavy and blurred in comparison with the sharp output of my Canon.

I don't use the C900 a lot. In two years I have done just over 500 copies and the starter cartridges are not yet empty. I do wonder if I should decide to sell it and look for another good buy sooner rather than later so I sell it as a going concern without buying replacement toner.

I am a light user of printers these days and for me this machine might seem like overkill. However, it has been reliable and economical over the time I have had it. I am uncertain how good it would be in business, given the cost of consumables, with even a set of compatible cartridges costing around £200.

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The Epson Aculaser C900 is a quality printer for a small business. Cheap to buy and a very reliable workhorse. I've not had any problems in 18 months of ownership and seems such a shame to throw it away, but that is what I have to do. The hideouos cost of replacing the toner cartridges means it is cheaper to buy a new printer. The plus side is I have now bought a more up-to-date printer, the C1100, for £249.99. To buy three colour and one black cartridge and a new photoconductor, which all ...

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The Epson Aculaser C900 was the first colour laser printer I have bought for home/small office use. The thing is heavy, but I don't move it other than to unjam paper and load up consumables.

Epson seem to treat small business users with contempt. The cost of consumables is more than a new printer and they all seem to run out at the same time.

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Had an inkjet printer previously and the Epson Aculaser C900 is a huge improvement. Put in a new black cartridge which was very easy to do. Now found that I can get bottles of toner refills which cost one third of the price.
Obviously, Epson don't want people to know this so that they can sell more expensive products!

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Having had a Aculaser C1000 for a long time I was happy to try an Aculaser C900. Actually I bought a C900N, with a network card. The network never software is a disaster, it does not work, and Epson costumer help is another disaster. Also it comes with a toner that has a brief life, and the replacement is too expensive, and it has to be done too soon after purchase. A disapointment. Epson never more!

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I was too trusting of a very good name! Initially I was delighted with my purchase - vibrant colours especially. The joy was short-lived as soon as I tried to print a flat 15% yellow backwash. The result of this and all similar attempts with all colours was truly dreadful - stripey and banded, particularly within an inch or two of the edges. Full marks to the Epson engineers who gave me 3 visits, and swapped everything out including the laser itself - to no avail. If you want to print letters, g ...

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Initially I thought I had found a sensible and cheap departmental colour laser and bought 5 Epson Aculaser C900.

However, the consumables don't last long and are expensive which is presumably why the printer price is so low (I calculated that a full set of consumables would cost considerably more than a new printer).

The reliability is also poor, I've had the printers 18 months(ish) and two have now failed, a call to Epson deduced an expensive engineering repair (after eating several of ...

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At only £399 including VAT for this Epson Aculaser C900 colour laser printer, it's really quite hard to fault it for the money.

It's only recently that the prices have come down for colour lasers, so they are now in the price range for the small office.

We have only just recently bought our third C900, having had several of the older Epson C1000 printers before.

Needing to get another laser, my first intentions were to get another C1000, but they had unfortunately been replaced b ...