Customer Reviews

Epson Stylus NX510 Wireless Color Inkjet All-in-One Printer (C11CA48201)

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The printer works fine for the most part. Good quality and the wireless network is a really nice feature so you can eliminate cables. I was actually fairly happy with it. The menu systems on the front panel are extremely crude and hard to navigate, but that was really my only gripe.

However, this printer has proven the most irritating design in one respect. When you reach a low ink level, the front control panel is completely frozen giving you a message to "Relace Ink Cartidges now".

You can no longer scan, fax, or do anything with this device until you go buy ink (can someone at epson please explain that one to me? Why can't I scan? That doesn't use any ink!!!).

Then just to make it even more irritating, if you are low in black ink (like I am) you can't even print in other colors. My status monitor just sits there on my computer telling me that my ink cartridges are low (duh, I know that by now epson thank you very much).

...and as the frustration level gets really high, do you think I can close that window so I can move on to other things? Uh...NO. That little irritating status monitor can not be closed, only minimized! So it's going to sit here on my computer until I go buy a black ink cartridge.

ARGH!!!!

I guess I didn't buy a wireless color inkete all in one printer...I bought an irritating little sister who constantly tells me "buy ink...buy ink...buy ink..."

This printer seemed great, until the ink ran low, which didn't take very long. At first, I just changed the black ink cartridge with a long-lasting ink refill (genuine Epson). That worked for about a week. Then, when I was needing to get out the door quickly, it suddenly decided it was low on ink AGAIN. When I looked at the levels of the colors (obviously the black was fine), they were not even half gone! My son fooled around with it for a while, and then I was able to use it again as normal for another three weeks. But once again, tonight, it froze up again - not even allowing me to scan (which takes no ink), because it insisted the ink was low.

I looked at the levels, only the cyan was below half. I replaced that, but it wasn't happy until I replaced every stupid color, although there was plenty left in the others. And the ink pack refill was $50, so I was incredibly unhappy about having to replace all those inks in only two months of not much use.

I definitely would not have bought this printer if I had realized that I would become hostage to its ink situation.

Product prints and scans as advertised. Things look great. However, the software is cobbled together, non-intuitive, and outdated. The printing software can find the unit, but you have to give the scanning software the IP address too, seperately. I upgraded from an old Brother model which had software that just worked and was all integrated; I didn't realize how good I had it.

For years, customer's have been complaining about their "Status Monitor 3" software that's used with most of their printers. It just won't hold a connection to the printer, so you can't see your ink levels or printing progress. Here's a link for more details.
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My second Epson. Shame on me.

My complaint is NOT with print quality. Most epson's excel at that. However, when you get "Low" ink level, YOU MUST REPLACE the INK CARTRIDGE. With Epson, you are always replacing the INK before it is empty. Why? it is low. Just keep printing? Nope. Won't let you. With Canon you can print until the last drops are streaking the page. Consider the fact that I can usually print 200 or so pages once my low ink message on my canon, so I can't even imagine how much money I am losing with Epson.

I just would not have imagined that EPSON would have STILL HAD this problem so many years after my first epson. Never again.

Now, if you are a super organized person who will always have an extra ink cartridge on hand (and in each of the colors) and you have no qualms about paying twice as much for ink (gee, isn't it expensive enough!), then this printer will work well and give you wonderful prints. I am not in that Demographic. I care about costs and I care about being able to print at 10 PM the night before a lesson... when my print quiality doesn't need to be OUTSTANDING to simply print a page of notes!

This printer is great in a lot of respects. However it has, in my situation, 2 huge downsides. Here are my pros and cons.

PROS

Very fast. The fastest printer I have owned. Major step up for me in the amount of printing it can do.

Wireless. A little frustrating to set up, but once I did it worked great, and never have had a problem.

Look. It simply looks good and is not huge and clunky like some printers.

CONS

Ink. Others have mentioned the same thing, and I am going to agree. It is unbelievably ridiculous that as of right now I am out of Magenta, but the printer will not allow me to print an ALL BLACK text document. There is no way around it. I have to now go buy more Magenta Ink. So basically you need to keep a full pack of ink colors at home at all times. Which just ups the ink price from around $15 for one color to over $50. If I knew this before I purchased this, it would have immediately come off of my list. I honestly feel very cheated.

Double Sided Printing. This claims to be able to print double sided, but it does not work properly in my experience. I have had it work on occasion, but for large documents it does not. I printed a double sided 100 page document, and after it printed the front side, it suddenly canceled print on the other side. To top it off, there is NO WAY to reprint the second page. Really? Printing the odd pages does not work since some of the document has blank pages.

CONCLUSION

My conclusion for potential buyers is simple. DO NOT BUY THIS PRINTER. Move on. Yes it does print very fast, and the wireless is a very good feature, but a lot of printers have these features. The Ink problem is simply terrible, and cannot be excused. I will never buy another Epson printer. This is just ridiculous. I strongly suggest moving on.

What's with the ink problem Epson?? How many other printers do you know that stop working because you're low on ink? Not only can you not print in black if you're low on one color (or vice versa) but the scanning and copying feature stop working as well. Does your refrigerator stop working if you're low on milk? If it's an Epson it would. When it works, it does print quickly with nice color and the wireless is easy to set up. The software is O.K., but bloated like most printer companies. However, this ink issue is unexcusable and I would never buy or recommend Epson to anyone. You can't even refill the tanks with a refill kit because the 9-pin chip on the tank doesn't allow it to be reset like some cartridges. Do yourself a favor and buy an HP or Canon; let Epson fade away into obscurity.

This product reminds me of a bag of potato chips. Looks great from the outside and after you open it you think you got something good. Then you see a bag full of air with only a little bit of chips. Its full of lies. I bought this for printing documents for my MacBook pro. I've had it for 6 months and already had to replace the ink twice for $20/per ink cartridge. Recently my color ink went low and now it will not scan or print any black and white document until I go and buy color ink for $55. Don't waste your money on this product. It is full of air and lies!

Yes it's a good printer, but this ink thing?!?! If any of your ink tanks run low the printer effectively locks up, making this completely useless and undependable. This is Epson's attempt to make a few bucks as their driver conviently directs you to their web site when your printer is rendered useless. The wireless is easy to set up and it prints well, but this ink thing will make me never buy an Epson, or recommend one again. Tried to give no stars, but you have to give at least one.

I was impressed when I first bought this printer. It is fast, easy to use, and the wireless is really convenient. But as several other reviews have pointed out, it forces you to buy new ink cartridges when you still have plenty of ink left. After I replaced my ink (with the correct type), it refused to recognize the new cartridge and when I finally got it to print anyway, everything came out miscolored and patchy. I still can't get it to print properly. Piece of junk, stay away.

I never like to review products immediately after use; after nearly 11 months here I am.
Copies: Good
Scans: Good
Prints: Good
Setup out of the box: Great
WIFI Connectivity: Bad. In Auto IP mode the printer frequently goes offline so you have to delete the printer of your printer list then reload it.
USB Connectivity: Flawless
Print Quality: Excellent at first, comparable to a laser printer. Cleaning the print head eliminates the streaks. I've already had to clean 3 times.
Printer Construction: Kinda cheap plastic feel but what can you expect for a sub $100 printer
Paper loading: Tricky. If loaded incorrectly the paper will jam. We've had numerous paper jams already.
Ink consumption: Ink-guzzler. Having a credit card should be a prerequisite for owning this printer as ink is cheapest online.