Comments on: Product Review: Epson Artisan 800

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:55:02 +0000

Some of the issues you are having is that, while his is a decent office printer you are asking it to do the work and have the media flexibility of a single function printer. I have had several different Epson printers and I am a graphic designer and photographer of almost 20 years. This Epson Artisan 800 is fine for printing a few photos and great for documents but if you want to run card stock through it your are going to be disappointed. The best printer I had for running all kinds of stock through was my Epson Stylus 1200. There was a thickness adjustment for thick papers like CS and Ultra Premium 13×19 Paper. It would also run vellum with out problem and had a roll feeder for banners. They have discontinued that model but they have its replacement in the Workforce 1100 for $199.00. Not a bad price for the capabilities. Those of you saying the printer sucks are trying to make it do stuff it was not designed for (except for the person with the error problem. Since Epson wont help her its time to buy another and return that one). Yes it is an Ink hog! But the print quality is outstanding. If you plan on printing lots of pictures from your printer you will find that Snapfish and Kodak gallery and Mpix.com are going to be far more economical than ripping through your liquid gold called ink and give you professional level service. Printing at home should be reserved for the special photos that you want to edit and share on the spot.

Just my 2 cents. (people usually pay me for it though)

By: chris

chris — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:59:19 +0000

I can’t get normal cardstock-like (avery matte white note cards) to feed at all. Got two pages after about 10 tries. It attempts to feed from the tray, but after 2 tries, it aborts. green packing square has been removed. Any suggestions?

By: Cassie M

Cassie M — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:00:16 +0000

In response to Cathy i feel the same way! We got to print very little and it always has all sorts of problems. When first hooked up i printed one thing that had a lot of one color and from that one time it had to be replaced & customer service could definitely be better!!

By: g rao

g rao — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:42:45 +0000

This is the worst printer.. I have written to the company about it.. its great to start with, but then you realize that the ink / cartridges which cost $80 last only for about 12 or 13 color photos and that too if you are lucky.. if you dont use the printer for a couple of days and then want to print , it says it has to clean the printer head which takes up a lot of ink and i have had instances where i have put in new cartridges that lasted me only 8 color photos.. one on occasion the blacks on the photos were so blurred that it had to clean the head thrice which meant, i lost an entire set of cartridges doing nothing by cleaning the head.. the fax modem always says communication error ..

the customer support people were not at all supportive.. and i told them i tried this both on a mac and on a pc with the same results…and their solution was to unplug the printer and turn it back on.. i told them, that i run a design company and am very tech savvy and obviously i am calling them after i have tried all the known tricks.. they still say, its normal behavior for the printer to clean heads and utilize 1 full set of cartridges.. they agent then added, that probably it would be a good idea to print out stuff daily !!! huh .. why cant i decide when and how often to use my printer !!

By: cathy

cathy — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:09:57 +0000

I have a pack of vellum I’ve been using with an older Dell printer and it worked fine. Not sure of the brand anymore, I threw out the packaging. What kind works with this printer?!?!? Please help, I’m desperate! I also called Epson support and they told me that the artisan would not print on vellum.

By: DIYBride

DIYBride — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:37:46 +0000

Hey Tim,

What brand/type of vellum are you printing on?

By: tim

tim — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:36:07 +0000

I bought this product today because the review here said it WOULD print on vellum. well…….I can’t get it to and after just filling out the email support ticket, I received a response from Epson saying this printer does NOT support vellum paper. I’m wondering if anyone has had success printing on vellum paper and if so, what settings did you have tweak to do so. if not, can anyone recommend a decent printer to print on vellum? thanks!

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:38:25 +0000

I have an Epson Workforce 600 and LOVE it. I’ve been successful with printing invitations, photos, and various projects and so far, its such a great investment! Thanks for giving a shoutout to Epson

By: Renee Nordholm

Renee Nordholm — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:29:20 +0000

Thank you for reviewing this printer! I own this printer and am so amazed by the print quality, it is definitely an upgrade from my HP Officejet! I’m also glad to see you ran into paper feed problems, I print invitations all day and this is the biggest draw back for me. However, the print quality is so great I don’t mind spending the extra minutes getting the paper to feed. I haven’t had much luck printing on vellum though, and have to resort back to my HP for that.

To answer Amy’s question about printing on envelope flaps- it works! But there are definitely paper feed issues that arise and I’ve have to babysit the printer a LOT to make sure they feed properly. I think most printers will have problems printing envelopes though, regardless of the printer I’ve own there’s always been issues printing on the envelopes.

By: Felicity

Felicity — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:10:25 +0000

Can you recommend your absolute #1 printer for printing various wedding goods? Invites, cardstock, envelopes, menus, programs, etc. This one sounds like it’s a good printer, but I would love to know which is your favorite. Thanks!