The Epson Stylus C84 fails Walt’s review and gets a major thumbs down. It consumes ink way to fast, dies after 9 months, and Epson’s support is atrocious.
Purchased an Epson Stylus C84 printer a while back. On the up side, it works with XP and OS X. On the down side, it came with no USB cable. On the really down side, it sucks ink like crazy.
And in the this-printer-totally-sucks category, the ink clogs and there’s relatively little you can do about it, causing the printer to become a paperweight after about 9 months.
Which I had checked Google first, because this is a common problem.
Only one link provided any hope. Even then it wasn’t trivial.
What I did get out of my Google searching was a good laugh. Some do-it-yourselfer-dumbass went to clean his ink tube, and lacking the correct cleaning solution to pour in the tube, decided to try a can of compressed air instead. He makes a passing note that “you will get ink all over yourself.” Just the visual of when he pulled the trigger, coating his face in permanent black speckles, made me laugh so hard my sides hurt.
Walt gives the Epson Style C84 a thumbs down.
