EpsonArtisan 1430 Wireless Color Wide-Format Inkjet Printer (C11CB53201)

After using this printer for a couple of years, I am upgrading my rating from three to five stars. The problems I initially complained about have abated; the paper feeding has been quite reliable. But the great thing (for me, at least), is that it duplicates the colors I see on the screen almost exactly, as long as I use the "Epson Vivid" profile. I realize that I probably just lucked out with the monitor I have (an Acer), but knowing that a picture will print correctly on the first try saves me much time, paper, and toner, and makes any other complaints insignificant.Originally I wrote: I have some major complaints about this printer:1. It occasionally feeds more than one sheet at once. That is normally a minor nuisance, unless you are printing on the second sides of a bunch of pages; in this case it becomes a major disaster as the two sides go out of sync. The only solution I can think of is to hover over the printer and immediately remove all the paper from the feeder as soon as you see that a multiple feed has occurred, which forces the printer to stop. I must note that my previous two Epson printers, the 1280 and 1400, also had paper feed problems. The 1400, though, did it gracefully by simply ejecting any misfeed without printing on it, and then pausing.2. When I first tried the printer, it printed everything in color much too faintly, When I called Epson tech support, neither one of two separate techies couldn't figure out the cause, and finally they decided to send me a replacement printer. When the new printer arrived, it behaved in exactly the same way. I finally, through trial and error, discovered that by changing the Color Profile setting (under the Advanced tab) to "Epson vivid," I got it to print accurately. I can't understand why the techies didn't know to suggest that. It seems to me that if the initial software settings were wrong for me they should have been wrong for everyone else as well.Once I had the settings right, and as long as the paper feeds OK, the prints are of high quality.3. It is not as easy to print wirelessly from an IPAD as it is on some other printers. I had to install special software, and then it does all right printing files or web pages, but I still haven't figured out how to print emails.

I have had more fun with this printer than ought to be allowed. Prints look much better than anything on the computer monitor. Works flawlessly printing on disks. The 13"x19" prints are just amazing. If this printer quit today, I'd get another one. My only complaint is the ridiculous amount of money Epson wants for Epson ink cartridges ($83) - but, the Chinese-made cartridges ($17) have worked fine, for me.3/3/2016 Addendum - Epson Artisan 1430First of all, if this printer died this morning, I’d order another one this afternoon. I love it. I love the 13”x19” paper size, and being able to print on disks. I love the 6 colors of inks – though it sure does seem to go through Light Magenta and Light Cyan a lot. (They can be ordered separately, thank goodness....)Second, Epson wants $78 for a set of six ink cartridges, while a double set of “remanufactured” cartridges costs $25.95 – two of each cartridge. Of the dozens of remanufactured cartridges I’ve already used in the 1430, maybe two of them were unusable – and all of them are very close to being out of ink when the 1430 no longer recognizes them. (The remanufactured cartridges are often a very tight fit as well, but that hasn’t been a big problem.)If I had to name two things I don’t like, the 1430 will continue printing a whole page even if a print head is stopped up for whatever reason (requires an easy self-cleaning process) and, there seems to be no print buffer built into the 1430 at all – it often doesn’t even release the computer until after the paper ejects – but, this hasn’t been a problem for me.The prints are simply marvelous, unless using lower grades of Matte paper.The printer itself has a large footprint – 24”x13” just sitting there – and a little more if the two trays are open/extended for larger prints.

never had a problem with this printer and I use it for everything Sublimation Printing, DTF Printing. and Regular Printing cleaning the head is easy and quick replacing the head was a snap and cheap beside I picked up 2 more XP15000 Epson and still go the my goto Printer 1430 this is just my thought I would get another but they are getting way to much in price even online.