Epson Stylus Photo R280

167 reviews

Feb, 2025

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 167 reviews of Epson Stylus Photo R280. The average rating for this product is 3.0/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. People are impressed by the print quality and design. The reliability and usability also get good opinions, but there are some critical comments about the noise. Opinions are divided on the price.

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 147 user reviews of Epson Stylus Photo R280 from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 2.9/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.8/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Opinions about the print quality and reliability are on the whole positive. The usability and performance are also appreciated, but there are some less positive views about the noise.

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54% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Feb, 2025

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Amazon.ca review summary for Epson Stylus Photo R280

alaTest has collected and analyzed 1 user review of Epson Stylus Photo R280 from Amazon.ca. The average user rating for this product is 1.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.2/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.ca.

0% of the reviews on Amazon.ca give this product a positive rating.

Feb, 2025

Expert review by : Ryan McLaughlin (justechn.com)

Review: Epson Stylus Photo R280 printer

Many of us enjoy printing our own photos at home. It is a hobby that is convenient and not very expensive. The big question is what kind of printer do I need and how much should I spend. Today I will be examining the Epson Stylus Photo R280. This...

Jan, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Garbage

I did get this free with a camera from another store. I guess they needed to get rid of this garbage to make room for better printers. From my experiences, Canons are better. I now own a refurbished Canon PIXMA MX320. I don't regret it.

It works for the first year or so

After the first year, the print quality shows lines and one time the colors were off. Replacing ink cartridges are expensive. After a while it doesn't even want to accept official Epson cartridges let alone 3rd party ones. It did break for me really...

Aug, 2011

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Weak Product

I thought I would save some money, and got a refurbished unit direct from Epson for just a few dollars above the price of a set of ink cartridges. Big Mistake! It was DOA, and I was left with with Epson's "no refund, exchange only" policy for...

Low price

Low reliability. Very expensive ink

Jul, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

No Complaints

you can get these w/o ink on e*** and the ciss for about what they retail for.

Excellent print quality ; Ability to print CD and DVD media

No complaint on ink price or consumption i have a CISS ink system ,for the cost of a set of Epson Carts you can have the equivalent of about 10 cartridge sets

Apr, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Awesome Photo printing

I have been an epson fan for years and this is the best photo printer I have seen bar none but if they insist on continuing these unfair marketing tatics I may just have to go with another MFG in the future. I can't afford to pay $75 for ink for a $99...

Awesome borderless prints on epson papers, Faster than my old r220. Best looking printer I've ever seen

Epson is trying to force people into using their overpriced inks. This printer will not work with anything but epson inks and not always even with them thanks to their tinkering! This amounts to price fixing and monoply tactics. Are you listening FTC

Apr, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Best prints I've seen

Great printer overall, horrible quirks with the ink. If epson actually gets some quality control on the chips for the inks so china inks work with mexico ones, I wouldn't have a single problem with it.

The Print quality on this is outstanding, I've never seen better prints, even from a pro 4800, BUT you have to use epson paper to get the quality. Best inks epson has ever made. As for ink consumption, unlike other reviewers here, mine gets double the...

There are cartridge compatibility issues. Cartridges made in mexico only work with themselves, and ones from china only work with themselves. If you have the misfortune of getting china inks, then they won't register as being installed if you have...

Apr, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Epson R280

Too bad, this is a nice looking printer that is fast and prints quite well. But I can't tolerate ink usage like this!

Nice looking. Prints reasonable fast. Good quality prints

INHALES INK!!! I thought HP printers were bad. This R280 is horrible. I was looking for a leak! Printed 2 8x10 color pictures and maybe 20 pages of print. 3 of the 6 cartridges were empty! At $80 for a set of 6 replacements---forget it. This printer is...

Apr, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Ink Drinker

For regular printing jobs and Photos, get a HP... Nice PICs on my C6180.. HP looks like professional job with Advance Paper settings..

I bought to to get the Ink mostly. I have another one of these that I bought last year, which I use only for DVD printing. I have a HP C6180 for Photo and DOC printing

This thing loves to drink the ink.. On sale at moment which is cheaper than the Ink...lol

Mar, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Don't do it

The game appears to be to sell whatever junk want, then sell overpriced ink cartridges. We're back where we were in 1986.

Cheap, no useless bells/whistles

I bought this printer to replace an HP8250, which went through ink like it had a leak and showed drives on my system for cards, etc. that I don't need. My first problem with the Epson was that it wouldn't work with Ubuntu 7.1 without a lot of hassle...

Feb, 2008

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

STAY AWAY

I thought it was going to be great but i have had nothing but problems....

what pros, two cartridges stopped working before i could use the printer

Epson tech support SUCKS...called numerous times and its been half a month trying to get new cartridges sent out and they dont know how to get things right

Dec, 2007

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