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    Poor PDF printing to new Epson_but not old HP

    EDIT: Bingo! costadinos wins the prize (until further testing. Please allow 8 to 10,000 weeks to receive your prize). Sumatra had option on its initial print page > Advanced - for "print as image," which improved Draft print quality easily 100%, for a couple of test files. I'll test a few...
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    Poor PDF printing to new Epson_but not old HP

    The Hat - tried suggestion & scanned a text doc to PDF from Epson scanner at 720 dpi. Then printed in Draft on both printers. Result was very similar on both. HP is a tad better, but Epson's print of the scanned file was FAR better than from any downloaded PDFs I'd tried. Then printed the...
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    Poor PDF printing to new Epson_but not old HP

    Thanks Hat. I get what you're saying about different qualities of PDFs. Reconsider what I've tried. You're statement that this HP is far better in Draft mode than this Epson (for any / all file formats) is NOT true - as I stated. NON - PDF files -.odt or .doc, etc., printed in Draft, look OK...
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    Poor PDF printing to new Epson_but not old HP

    Printed from several PDF files, from various sources to a new Epson inkjet. On draft mode, the quality is terrible. Used Foxit, Sumatra, Evince - all w/ same results. Printing the same PDFs to an older HP inkjet - also on lowest quality draft - look pretty acceptable, as always. But, printing...
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    Am I screwed - New Epson automatically updated firmware at install?

    Has anyone using compatible / refillable carts, done firmware / software updates on Epsons recently? How recently & which models? Did it cause any problems? Thanks.
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    Anyone had any real world experience with AIO Epson WP-4530?

    Don't know about battery. I've read on some refill kit sites, that must fill these very slowly because "ink must run down through chambers." If fill too fast, starts running out fill hole, as if full. Some also advised letting them sit overnight to allow air to get out (reinstalled, I guess -...
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    Am I screwed - New Epson automatically updated firmware at install?

    Reading some older posts (which might need to be made permanent warnings at top of forums) on Epson firmware updates blocking aftermarket carts. Just bought a WF 3540 late Mar, 2013. Downloaded software / driver pkg to get latest ver. Installed software, thought it was done & it suddenly...
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    Epson Firmware update - A heads-up [Warning!]

    Maybe BAD news for me & new owners of Epsons? Just bought a WF 3540 late Mar, 2013. Downloaded software / driver pkg, instead of using CD - to get latest ver. To my surprise, after installing software, it seemed finished. Suddenly, it "announced" on my monitor, it was "now checking for...
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    Want to buy an Epson AIO and refill

    Did you mean "you need to opt OUT of automatic updates"?
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    New Epson WorkForce_Very poor Draft quality

    Thanks. Looked at the Ebay link, then looked on Nano Digital's site & at Alibaba's site. BTW, Octoink (mentioned earlier) is in UK. Inktec doesn't show carts or refill kits for WF 3540. 1) I'm guessing you consider Nano Digital a good quality ink? But there are almost no buyer ratings on...
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    New Epson WorkForce_Very poor Draft quality

    cls, you said you could recommend quality ink refill kits for the Epson (T127) for WF-3540 model. I looked on several sites - not an exhaustive search, but only found one that even carried refill kits for Epson T127 carts. A site mentioned on this forum as a "main supplier," Inksupply.com...
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    New Epson WorkForce_Very poor Draft quality

    csl, that is interesting. I know several people that will (should) be interested. Just from little I gather, I'm not sure "avg" users clean out the refillable carts - least not properly. In past, when I read some instructions w/ the kits, nothing was mentioned about a cleaning process. It...
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    New Epson WorkForce_Very poor Draft quality

    cls, I'm in the U.S. I don't know if mfg's (& many larger ink sellers') estimates of avg pgs / given cartridge are realistic or fantasy. They state the way they calculate avg # pages / cart. Doesn't mean it's accurate - or isn't. But, I believe most calculate based on the printer's "Standard"...
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    New Epson WorkForce_Very poor Draft quality

    cls, That's some fancy cipherin' (calculating). You are correct in many respects - no argument on some of it. Quite interesting. I do appreciate your input. Couple of differences. No way I'd get ink that cheap, because ink would likely go bad before used a liter, or even 1/2 liter...
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    New Epson WorkForce_Very poor Draft quality

    CLS - draft mode doesn't mean "nothing you'd want to keep" for all printer brands / models. Not at all. At least, not in the past. Maybe for all Epsons - dunno. This is my 1st one. Some mentioned that Epson always had pretty bad Draft print quality. Dunno. Santer - thanks for that -...
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    New Epson WorkForce_Very poor Draft quality

    HI everyone, Just bought an Epson WorkForce WF-3540 AIO to replace a dying HP C6280 Photosmart AIO. Concerned & surprised about very poor text quality when printing on Fast mode (Draft)- grayscale. Did a printer alignment on the Epson (fairly tedious). Got it done. Print in Standard mode...
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    Now can't get HP software_drivers to install -period

    Starting new topic - we're on a new chapter now. After doing my best to uninstall all HP printer software, drivers (based on yrs of accumulated tech support data, KBs, forum posts, experience), the latest d/l of their full package will NOT install correctly. Actually, it installs very little at...
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    How to correctly install second HP photosmart printer on same computer

    Thank you all for suggestions. It's likely I'm experiencing 2 diff things. 1) HOW to install 2nd prtr -which package to use, what boxes to check, etc. 2) Problems w/ HP installers not doing what they should. Forums everywhere are full of these problems. Re: "HP Photosmart Basic Print and...
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    How to correctly install second HP photosmart printer on same computer

    Thanks Homer. Sort of. The full software / drivers package versions aren't the same for C5100 & C6200 series. Similar in some ways, but for instance, use different Solution Center version. Also, different versions of Photosmart All In One Driver Software. Likely other stuff. That implies...
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    How to correctly install second HP photosmart printer on same computer

    Thanks. After you mentioned forgetting HP software, briefly looked into free scanning software "that works w/ most scanners." There are a # (some open source), but haven't tried any. At least 1 - 2 said supported my printers. Far as I got. Most of them today seem to stress the OCR...
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