Epson Stylus Photo 1520 Photo Printers
Epson Stylus Photo 1520 Photo Printers
USER REVIEWS
[Aug 06, 2009]
Esol Esek
Professional
Strength:
print quality, format size
Weakness:
slow, takes forever to startup, paper feeding issues I'm writing this as a swansong. I used this printer a fair amount over the years, not a huge amount, but had enough success to want to see if I could repair it, even though I know it doesn't use archival inks. Anyway, it no longer feeds glossy paper properly, which is its real strength. I did some banner printing with it, which was useful. Its really hard to find any printer this format size that doesnt cost almost 2k now. 17 x 22 is a great size. My prints onto Ilford matte have not faded at all, though they're not in sunlight and its only been a few years. I was pretty happy with my prints, and I have to say they failed less than Epson's newer consumer printers which are such garbage they should be outlawed as threats to the environment, since all you can do with them is throw them away.
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[Aug 26, 2002]
Rick Drew
Model Reviewed:
Epson 1520 Stylus
Strength:
Decent color, handles large media sizes.
Weakness:
No paper jam sensor - it just keeps on spraying ink onto the feed roller. Overpriced ink. Expensive ink, poor quality drivers, paper jams often. Had it for under a year and am literally throwing it away. Imagine having to babysit the thing so you don't come back to a puddle of ink under the printer. Imagine having a printer that feeds a dozen or so blank sheets until it finally decides to print. I was happy at first with this printer. But after about 6 months the thing started to jam like crazy - whats worse, it can't tell when it jams! Similar Products Used: Canon, HP. |