Epson Stylus S20 launches

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• I have used the Epson S20 for the past month (bought on the 23rd August 2008) and I have gone through TWO sets of the Epson printer cartridges!! The total cost of these cartridges were more than the cost of the original printer. I have only printed out two business reports and a few emails and the printer gobbled up the ink levels. In addition I found that the S20 is slow and noisy. I have decided to scrap this printer not because it doesnt work (it does) but the ink consumption is extrremely high as there is only less than 5 ml in each of the four cartridges. If one cartridge runs out the printer refuses to print even in black!. I have just bought a Lexmark X4550 which I found excellent so far. Posted by eugene coyle, U.K.
• My daughter has just phoned me saying exactly what is printed above. She just bought an Epson S20 last week and the printer has ran out of black ink; after printing just a few pages. As indicated above the printer wont work using the other inks . She said it is the slowest printer she has ever used, her previous printer being a Dell printer. She will probably replace it too as she has many notes to print for university. Extremely disappointing. Posted by mags devlin, Scotland
• It is interesting to read of others who are disappointed with the S20. I bought mine having had pretty good results with Stylus 470 for years but the latest is less than the former. Apart from running out of ink in next-to-no-time, rejecting cartridges made by Epson, it was incable of taking the higher capacity black it desperately needs and is always popping up windows all over the documents I am trying to print. Posted by Peter Village, UK
• Just purchased the S20 as a replacement for my old Photo 915, apart from the above the other problem I am having is getting it to print of some web pages, some are OK but others it cannot see and print, I just get the headers and footers. Never had that problem with my 915 and the help line seems c----.
  Any help appreciated.
  Posted by G Hurst, England
• We bought an Epsom S20 in March and have bought at least 9 cartriges and printed very little. We have taken it back to a Epson centre twice (100 miles total) and have been told it was ok although it used up a set of ink without us printing anything!!!! . The secondhand replacment is now going to be dumped although still under warranty we have now just bought a Kodak esp 5. It seems that some printers are sold cheaply & the ink sold expensively. Posted by Roger Lintott, UK