New Epson Site

[jdoyle1713]

Hey Gang

There is a New Epson Site there is a Public beta of it that can be used now.

http://www.myepsonprinter.com


It Shows How Much Ink and You can track media and All Sorts of neat things.

its for the x880 printers only at this time..

love to hear feedback from ya all if you like it or not.

Cheers
Jim Doyle
http://www.shadesofpaper.com

[jpegman]

Hey Gang

There is a New Epson Site there is a Public beta of it that can be used now.

http://www.myepsonprinter.com
It Shows How Much Ink and You can track media and All Sorts of neat things.

its for the x880 printers only at this time..

love to hear feedback from ya all if you like it or not.

Cheers
Jim Doyle
http://www.shadesofpaper.com
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Interesting how Epson excluded the 3800
(system Requirements: To take advantage of all MyEpsonPrinter.com has to offer, all you need is one or more of the following professional printers from Epson:

    * Epson Stylus Pro 4880, 7880, 9880, 11880
    * Epson Stylus Pro GS6000)

So until a 3880 comes out, we're out of luck!  

Does this mean a 3880 is "around the corner" or that MyEpsonPrinter is a tease to upgrade to a more "pro" model?

Jpegman

[neil snape]

Interesting how Epson excluded the 3800
(system Requirements: To take advantage of all MyEpsonPrinter.com has to offer, all you need is one or more of the following professional printers from Epson:

    * Epson Stylus Pro 4880, 7880, 9880, 11880
    * Epson Stylus Pro GS6000)

So until a 3880 comes out, we're out of luck! 

Does this mean a 3880 is "around the corner" or that MyEpsonPrinter is a tease to upgrade to a more "pro" model?

Jpegman
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Epson do not consider the 3800 to be in the Pro LFP line up.
Maybe the replacement then will be a 3900 yet still not in the pro line up. Well we'll see in 2 weeks at Photokina.

[Bruce Watson]

I see what the value add is for Epson -- they get to spy on me (with my approval no less). At least it's an opt-in. I hope.

So... What's the value add for me? Does Epson think I'm too stupid to be able to see when I need to order ink? Or paper? Do they think tracking paper/ink costs to the last penny is actually interesting to me?

What I need from them is a way to keep my time down on a per-print basis. I need them to finally solve their clogging issues. I need them to eliminate my need for nozzle checks because I don't trust their printers/inks to not clog overnight. Or between prints. I need their printers to be faster without sacrificing print quality.

They are getting better over time, yes. But HP and Canon are providing stiff competition. I need for Epson to best the competition if they want to keep my business.

And I need them to support their printers with drivers for newer operating systems. I would much rather see them spend their programming resources on making fully functional drivers for older printers on newer OSes than on a spy website like this. Really I would.

Needless to say, I won't be using this website.

[titusbear]

interesting also to see that the printer has to be connected via a network, not USB... leaving out a large portion of the user community.