My Epson Stylus Photo 2200 printer
Oct 25, 2019 10:58:14 #
Does anyone besides me still use the old Epson 2200 printer? It’s very slow but produces Excellent prints! I buy expired Epson inks on eBay for a song and use Epson’s Premium paper. I believe Epson out did their selfs when they first made this printer years ago. I’ve used newer Epson printers but the print quality is not as vivid as the 2200. I use the printer profile for Epson papers with no color adjustments. It’s amazing and thankfully keeps on printing!
Oct 25, 2019 11:42:51 #
Oct 25, 2019 12:13:34 #
chippy65 wrote:
Yes,............I still use mine occasionally, great bit of kit
My just recently died.
Oct 25, 2019 12:26:13 #
Oct 26, 2019 07:52:19 #
markwilliam1 wrote:
Does anyone besides me still use the old Epson 2200 printer? It’s very slow but produces Excellent prints! I buy expired Epson inks on eBay for a song and use Epson’s Premium paper. I believe Epson out did their selfs when they first made this printer years ago. I’ve used newer Epson printers but the print quality is not as vivid as the 2200. I use the printer profile for Epson papers with no color adjustments. It’s amazing and thankfully keeps on printing!
I'm on my third one. This is one tough machine though and one I don't plan to replace. I do stick with Epson inks from Epson. Expensive, yes but reliable.
Oct 26, 2019 08:27:49 #
DaveC
Loc: Illinois
I bought mine when they were first released. I am still using it. I buy new Epson inks from B&H. Some years ago I had a message that the printer required service, when I checked it meant that the ink pads underneath the cartridges were saturated and needed to be replaced. I had that done and it’s still running fine. I keep wondering when Epson is going to discontinue the cartridges.
Oct 26, 2019 09:22:41 #
pixelmaven wrote:
I'm on my third one. This is one tough machine though and one I don't plan to replace. I do stick with Epson inks from Epson. Expensive, yes but reliable.
Check out eBay for the Epson cartridges. You can buy genuine OEM Epson cartridges for Cheap. Most are expired but work flawlessly! I’ve printed many 11x14 prints using expired cartridges and never had a problem!
Oct 26, 2019 09:24:49 #
I had an Epson R3000 monster printer that sucked down ink and the prints looked flat compared to the 2200. Got rid of it but thankfully kept my trusty 2200!
Oct 26, 2019 10:48:28 #
I had an Epson 2200. Not a good printer by today's standards. Couldn't print neutral black and whites. Always purplish.
Oct 26, 2019 12:06:28 #
I'm still using mine after many years. Have never had it serviced. Expensive, but I've always been happy with the results.
Oct 26, 2019 13:02:11 #
It has a neat ability to print CD/DVD disks directly on printable disks. My faithful 2200 suffered the dreaded plugged nozzle death. All standard nozzle clearing techniques failed.
Will have to contact Epson for a quote to repair.
Will have to contact Epson for a quote to repair.
Oct 26, 2019 13:52:57 #
Oct 26, 2019 14:10:09 #
Fotoartist wrote:
I had an Epson 2200. Not a good printer by today's standards. Couldn't print neutral black and whites. Always purplish.
I beg to differ! Still an awesome printer by today’s standards. Perhaps you weren’t using the proper Epson paper profile or Epson papers. I’ve printed many pictures and Never had a purple tint. Doesn’t really matter now because it’s not available anymore 🙁
Oct 26, 2019 15:22:39 #
rfmaude41
Loc: Lancaster, Texas (DFW area)
Silversleuth wrote:
It has a neat ability to print CD/DVD disks directly on printable disks. My faithful 2200 suffered the dreaded plugged nozzle death. All standard nozzle clearing techniques failed.
Will have to contact Epson for a quote to repair.
Will have to contact Epson for a quote to repair.
Look on Ebay; you can find (special) nozzle cleaning cartridges. Did that to bring my R1800 "back to life".
Oct 26, 2019 15:26:59 #
Thanks for the tip, rfmaude, I'll give that a try before giving Epson a go at it. The factory service would no doubt be more than it's worth.
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