EPSON R200 DVD Printer? Experiences?

John_Cline wrote on 6/18/2004, 10:23 PM

I have a few of them and, so far, they have worked flawlessly. For $99, it's a heck of a deal. I use the Ritek G04 inkjet printable media and the images look quite good.

John

mhf wrote on 6/18/2004, 10:50 PM

Got mine for $91 (delivered) from OneCall.com, good experience, it arrived in about 4 days! I saw a link from OfficeMax (or maybe it was Office Depot) where they actually had a $50 rebate on this one, so look for that (which of course makes it a $49 printer steal of the decade).

First few prints on the Epson glossy photo paper (a few sheets are included in the box, along with a set of ink) are very nice indeed.

This one is a no-brainer.

Marc

Cheno wrote on 6/18/2004, 10:58 PM

Just bought one today.. Office Depot $50 rebate ends tomorrow... The HP stuff looks really nice but for $50 this is a really good deal.

mike

Grazie wrote on 6/18/2004, 11:01 PM

Thanks Guys! - London UK here . .prices are $:£ . .meaning $80=£80 .. similar .. . I thought it looked too cheap!

It's now 7:00am here in London . . you guys never sleep???

Thanks agina,

Grazie

kentwolf wrote on 6/18/2004, 11:02 PM

$99 here (for Father's Day).

Outstanding printer.

I have done photos, Ink Jet Printable DVD+R disks, DVD jackets, etc.

All look terrific.

Very expensive ink though. It just may be worth it...

kentwolf wrote on 6/18/2004, 11:03 PM

>>..you guys never sleep???

1 AM here. :)

Grazie wrote on 6/18/2004, 11:10 PM

UK do coupons . .Just bought a new Compaq . .it came with some coupons for stuff . .cables, monitors ... and I think printers too . .hmmm...

.. I'll ask .. .

Grazie

Mahesh wrote on 6/19/2004, 2:38 AM

This month's (August!!) issue of Computer Video has a review of this machine. I have the 950 which is very good.

TheHappyFriar wrote on 6/19/2004, 3:53 AM

After printing 100 DVD's in 7 days on it, I noticedone small annoying thing. sometimes the CD/DVD tray doesn't get sucked in right away. You have to give it a small nudge.

Besides that, I like it. :)

RafalK wrote on 6/19/2004, 8:08 AM

It's a very good and reliable printer. I get pretty much photo quality on the Memorex CD and DVD.
The only thing is that this is definitely a "few CDs here and there" printer. If you do large quantities on daily basis, you might have to look for something more robust.
Anyway, thumbs up from me.

JohnnyRoy wrote on 6/19/2004, 10:04 AM

> Just bought one today.. Office Depot $50 rebate ends tomorrow...

Mike, Well more than the rebate has ended. I just tried to order one and it said it was discontinued. I guess Office Depot was clearing them out and ran out of stock. :(

> The HP stuff looks really nice but for $50 this is a really good deal.

What does HP have that prints DVD’s? I would much rather buy HP than Epson anyway.

~jr

MisterPat wrote on 6/19/2004, 1:36 PM

Office Depot "on-line" said "discontinued" but I went to their local outlet and found that they had three in stock. $98.76 USD minus the $50.00 rebate = $48.76 net and it works great, so how could you go wrong?

Cheno wrote on 6/19/2004, 7:32 PM

I bought the last one in Salt Lake yesterday (at least from Office Depot) - Best Buy has plenty in stock but no rebate - I have yet to print photos or a DVD / CD but I have had issues printing business cards on Avery stock. Does anyone recommend a good program for printing cards? I've used Printmaster in the past and Avery has a basic program but neither handle hi-res images very well..

mike

John_Cline wrote on 6/19/2004, 9:08 PM

Does anyone know why the R200 seems to be discontinued? Heck, they just released it a few months ago.

John

Blues_Jam wrote on 6/19/2004, 10:02 PM

I just bought one today....err, ah, yesterday (12:58am now)....

The box opened just fine and I found a printed manual..... A PRINTED MANUAL... I'm not sure if that's a good sign or not. I don't recall getting a manual with any of my HP printers.

Anyway, John... are you sure the printer itself has been discontinued by Epson or could it possibly be that the "discount" has been discontinued? Or perhaps Office Depot has discontinued selling this particular make and model?

Blues

tapeless wrote on 6/20/2004, 12:05 AM

Office Max has this promo rebate listed....but they DO NOT honor it. Check it out on their site. Once you add it to your cart...it states that the item is not available in your area. I tried 3 different zip codes in 3 different states...same message from all three.

John_Cline wrote on 6/20/2004, 12:19 AM

Blues,

I can't imagine that the printer has been discontinued, but the word "discontinued" was used in a few earlier posts and I wanted clarification on that.

John

Jessariah67 wrote on 6/20/2004, 6:08 AM

Someone may have thought it was discontinued because of the R300? I own an R300 ($179) and when I recently saw the R200, I was like "what?" Epson was pretty smart, IMO -- they stripped the R300 of the card readers & deisplay screen - neither of which are "needed" for printing CDs/DVDs -- and cut the price in half. We're moving our studios, and I plan on buying 2 or 3.

BTW, my R300 goes through some fits at times where I get a "Tray Load Error" message. It is a sporatic occurance. The white guides on my tray were smudged once and are not "perfectly white" anymore. Any R300/200 owners out there think it might be the guides doing this? The tray on mine was literally "inked" the first time I used it, so I don't have a "before" to compare it to.

Thanks

KH

TheHappyFriar wrote on 6/20/2004, 6:21 AM

I don't think it's the guides. I think that sometimes that eigther 1) it's not being shoved in enough or 2) the part with the rolers doesn't lift up all the time.

I give it a slight nudge right when it gets stuck and it's ok.

Randy Brown wrote on 6/20/2004, 6:58 AM

>>"Does anyone recommend a good program for printing cards?"<<
Mike, you can get them for very cheap at places like vistaprint.com.
Randy

Electromen wrote on 6/20/2004, 9:07 AM

I bought the Epson R800 this week, so far I am very pleased. Photos are achivial quality, water resistant, rival Kodak processing, and are supposed to last 100 years.

DVD's look good so far, but Epson's "Print CD" software seems a little weak. Are any other programs available to print
DVD's with this printer?

dvdude wrote on 6/20/2004, 10:03 AM

Couldn't you simply print on plain paper to determine the location of the print, then draw a box in your favorite photo editor to use as a template?

That must be the printer using the Ultrachromes?

Randy Brown wrote on 6/20/2004, 10:05 AM

>>"Are any other programs available to print
DVD's with this printer?"<<

sure thing

Randy

Electromen wrote on 6/20/2004, 11:23 AM

This looks like labels to apply to DVD, not print directly onto DVD or did I miss something
Thanks