Customer Reviews
Hunka Junka 
2007-01-30
Worked well for about a month, then barely ever printed a picture properly. I bought it so I could print pictures and ended up sending them to retail locations for printing. The printer is loud, the ink runs out quickly, the heads always need to be cleaned, and the colors print wrong and poorly. Totally dissapointed! I'd definitely buy a Canon next time.
Absolute Piece of Junk 2006-07-06
The Epson 785 wastes gallons of ink when the ink cartridge nozzles dry out after a few days of disuse. Every cleaning cycle takes about 10% of the cartridge capacity and it winds up costing a lot to print very little. The photos do come out nicely though but it better when you go through a cartridge every ten sessions. Do not buy.
Paper feeder jams 2006-04-04
I have had this for a few years and have found that it worked great the first year. However, as in the previous reviews, the paper feeder jams. I have also wasted a lot of paper and ink. I find that it doesn't seem to jam my cardstock as often as it jams the regular inkjet paper. I was convinced by the salesperson at CompUSA that this was the best printer to get. I initially paid about $200 for it and it has been a pain to deal with since. Also, the ink cartridges are about $40 total to replace and a lot of ink was wasted by the printer jamming and continuing to print.
Garbage 2006-03-30
This printer ran well for the first year or so then went steadily down hill. I can't tell you how many reams of paper I've wasted because the feeder can never even up the pages properly.
A real workhorse! 
2006-02-28
I've owned this printer for 5 years now and am very happy with it. I am a graphic designer and very picky about print quality, and this one is very good. Even small type comes out excellently. Colors are beautiful, vibrant and true. I used this printer to print my 130 wedding invitations and programs, and it never once jammed or gave me trouble. The most it ever needed was a cleaning once in a while. As for photo quality, there are better printers on the market now, but for the time this was very good (but must use Epson paper).
Overpriced pain in the rear 2006-02-09
The Epson Stylus Photo 785EPX is the perfect product for photo enthusiasts but is also ideal as a general-purpose home or small office printer. Using the latest technology incorporating Epson's latest achievements, true Photo-Quality performance comes as standard without the need for additional upgrades, while printing on plain paper has been improved even further.The Stylus Photo 785EPX uses a combination of advanced dot technology and enhanced resolution printing to produce superb print results on plain paper, coupled with high-speed photo printing on specialist media. A newly designed case combined with exceptionally quiet operation makes this printer an ideal desktop companion. Flexible connectivity comes as standard allowing a wide choice of platforms.
Junk 2005-09-18
Like many other people, I've come to realize that this printer is an absolute piece of garbage. I bought it about three years ago and paid top dollar at Comp USA. Over the years, I've spent hundreds of dollars on ink just trying to keep the head clean. If you don't use it every few days, you might as well toss it in the trash.
If this product is indicative of Epson quality, I'm going to look at HP or Canon.
Epson 785EPX 
2005-01-21
Great printer if you use it everyday. The ink cartridges dry out very quickly if you don't use it everyday, they need frequent cleaning which dramatically shortens the useful life of a cartridge. After three years of frustration, it is now in the trash! I will be going back to HP. My son-in-law is still using my first one, a 500C which I bought over 10 years ago.
terrible printer 2004-06-16
This is the second epson printer I have owned. Both printers have the same problem. The extremely annoying problem is printer head clog if you don't use it in 7 days. Then you need to clean it. Each clean cycle will use about 1/10th of ink. I usually can print seven 7x10 photos per set of cartrige. Rest of the ink is used for printer head cleaning. It is also very slow for photo printing. I don't know if all of the inkjet printers have the same problem!
Horrible Printer 2004-02-27
This is a terrible printer. I've never seen any piece of equipment that takes so long to get going - anytime you do ANYTHING (even just changing the cartridge), it rolls the cartridges back and forth multiple times, rolls the paper bar, etc. etc. until you finally turn it off and try again. It takes a good 5 minutes for the stupid cartridges to center and stop rolling so you can change them. Plus, it goes through a color cartridge before you've even printed what would be a roll of film. To top if off - the quality is poor - the colors are NEVER right. Look elsewhere for a better printer
