Customer Reviews
Do not buy this printer 
2006-07-20
I hate this printer so bad that I will NEVER buy an Epson printer again. I have had it for about three years, and should have taken it back in the beginning.
If you put more than one sheet of paper in at a time, it almost always jams. So to print a 25 page report, I have to feed each paper through individualy. What a waste of time.
The ink runs out way too quick. Ink heads need to be cleaned too often, wasting even more ink.
I am just amazed at how badily engineered this printer is. I would have assumed that by the time this printer was made Epson would know more about making a reliable quality product. How hard is it to make a printer that doesn't jam almost every time you print more than a couple of pages?
Can you tell that I am mad?
The worst printer ever for the money 2006-03-25
Plain Simple,
Printer stop working correctly, you have to clean the heads 3 or 4 times and it takes almost half of your ink!!!!
I have a readline in my printings, definetly, the worst printer ever.
Not as bad as everyone says it is. 
2006-01-24
I have to admit, when I read most of these reviews, it scared me away from this printer. I found it on Ebay for 30 dollars and once seeing everything here, it almost seemed like it was not worth it.
Well, I decided to go ahead and try it out regardless of the reviews and take my chances. The only thing the printer didn't come with were the ink cartridges, but I was able to buy both the color and black on for only 7 dollars online (CHEAP, yeah I know!, plus you can get six of each for 30 dollars...that's like ONE ink cartridge for the BIG brands!) So once I got the cartridges, I had to test it out. It had a little problem at first, the ink wasn't doing as it was suppose to do, so I had to clean the head unit, but...Honestly...it wasn't as much as people here act like it was. It's just like any other printer if you were to clean the nozzles.
Second, after doing it twice, everything came out great. I decided to try my first pictures to see just how good this sucker was...it took about 2 minutes for it to print a 4x6..but once that came out of it, it was astonishing!! WOW, now that is a printer! You can't even tell I printed that next to other ones that I got from Shutterfly! I could not believe it, it was remarkable.
I've used this for a week now, and I haven't had to clean the nozzles again. Everyone is worried about the warm up when you first start it on...it's not that long, at max about 20-50 seconds, but I always turn it on right when I come to the computer, otherwise it is off. I haven't experienced the drying up of nozzles either, but I am really enjoying this printer.
The only reason why I didn't give it five stars is because I did have to run the clean nozzle when I installed a new cartridge. I've never had to do that with my lexmark printer, but it worked out beautifully. :)
Don't waste your money! 2005-09-13
I've been on the phone with customer service many times for this printer. I was even sent a replacement printer, but both printers have the same problem. If you leave it on for more than five minutes, it will require at least two head cleanings, wasting expensive ink, in order to print properly.
great pics if you can get it working - very unreliable printer 2005-09-07
possibly the worst device I have ever owned, bought it 12 months ago when I had problems with my previous printer and have resorted to getting my old printer working in preference to the constant head cleaning and buying of new ink!
When you do get pictures to print they are of a very high quality but I have now given up trying.
Stay away, unless you like endless frustration 2008-01-28
I bought this printer in approximately 2004. At the time I was simply a college student looking for a reliable printer to churn out papers, homework assignments, and maybe a few photos of my friends and I relaxing on the weekends. I'd had Epsons before and liked them. I also needed a printer that would work with Linux with few hassles. I ended up purchasing this printer.
Since then, this printer has been non-functional more than it has been functional. The quality is fine, the speed is fine, but it is the most temperamental piece of equipment I own. Nearly every time I've tried to print a document, there's been jam. After jam. After JAM. I have never had a printer that I have disliked more heartily. If you have the skills, the time, and the patience to continually take this printer apart to remove tiny, torn scraps of paper from the inner workings, then this is the machine for you! I'm starting to think I should be fined by some environmental group for the amount of paper I've been wasting on this machine.
The printer roll is superfluous, as I never got that to work correctly. I believe it is the cutting feature, meant to be used with the roll paper, that is causing most of the paper jams, so this printer would probably work better without that extra. Also, the card readers are useless, as all of my digital cameras now use SD cards.
Other than that, it's a pretty good printer. The photo quality is very good, the text quality is just fine, and as long as I'm not in any hurry for my documents, then I have no problem. All the same, I'll be upgrading to a less problematic printer in the near future.
Great (when it works).... 
2007-03-30
This printer is now discontinued. I note that it still shows up for sale (both new and used), so I decided it's still worth mentioning (and warning). I bought this at a show where the dealer was printing a continuous photo-paper roll of on-the-spot shapshots of customers. What a great demo!
The problem is, that's about ALL you can do. If you happen to print nothing for a couple of days, one or more printhead colors clog up and require multiple "cleaning cycles" to restore. It is no exaggeration to say that I've expended far more ink in getting ready to print than in actual printing! Given the cost of the color cartridge, it is a really expensive printer to operate.
If you print both B&W and color EVERY DAY, it might(?) be okay; but it's definitely not a purchase I would repeat.
Great printer! 
2007-01-06
I've owned this printer for about 3 years. I was so impressed with the quality of the photo prints that I had to have it! I always clean and align the heads before I use it. You really can only use Epson photo paper with it. I tried an off brand and what a mess! The ink just laid on top of the paper! I only print photos with it so it may be months between uses. The ink is too expensive to print documents and it really does a pretty crappy job on them. You definitely have to replace the black ink cartridge when it gets low or you get ugly black images in the dark areas of your photos. Luckily, Epson shows you where the ink levels are. I am currently looking at 12" wide printers and Epson will be my printer of choice. We use our Epson C80 for our document printing and love it as well. We've had that one forever! We never have to clean the heads on it!
Do You Love Buying Ink? 2006-10-12
I stuck with Epson because I really liked my old reliable Stylus Color 400....but I have some issues with this printer!
Yes - this printer can print a remarkable photo!
But - as many have pointed out here - it requires consistent cleaning of the print heads.
What does this mean? Well - two main issues:
1 - You never know exactly when during the printing of pictures that your prints will suck.
2 - Cleaning the print heads wastes ink - so you will be constantly buying more.
Yes - there is a print pattern you can run to check to see if the heads need cleaning - but even if this checks out - you can still run into quality issues during an 8x10 print or the printing of many 4x6s.
I wish I could recommend this printer - but due to this issue - I cannot. At the first sign of any major trouble - I am burying it and I guess will try another major manufacturer like HP.
Awesome 2006-09-08
I've put this printer through the paces for almost three years now. I do landscape paintings in oil and reference photos are
a must as well as color accuracey. This baby is a workhorse.
From wedding photos to graphic art on t-shirt transfers this printer has been flawless. There is an 8x10 photo on my fridge
from my youngest daughters anemic 1MP el cheapo camera printed on TYPING paper! It's framable and perfect. (Her choice of subject matter is silly,however) I use this printer to make copies of my artwork to show to galleries...it's that accurate.
Yes, all the negative reviews.....here's some advice...
Ever forget to clean a paint brush or roller and left it out over night? May as well paint with a rock, right???
Regardless of the brand or model you purchase the nozzles will
begin to dry out the instant they stop spraying. I clean them
before each use. Very simple...page 83...clean the head and then the nozzles. Use typing paper to run your check pattern. Save the paper for future checks. And look at it!!!! If it's been a week or more since you did any printing you may have to clean it twice. Takes minutes and assures things are ready to go before you put a sheet of the expensive glossy photo paper in.
I'm getting a second 925 for my oldest daughter as a birthday gift. That says it all.
