Epson Stylus Color 800 Sounds 

You lucked out, that's tomorrow's video!

Thanks very much.

I have been searching for this printer for long dear, wish to have one

Yep! Very common for older inkjets to do that! I'm running a nice color laser also, and it will stay that way until I need toner cartridges!

I done the toner refill. It works for one time, any more the toner/ imager drum is worn out, streaks terribly. It is always cheaper just to buy a new printer. for the cost of supplies. But sometimes, I do reorder, I get them from here: www.suppliesoutlet.com

They don't seem to sell the carts for my printer, but there are an abundance of places that sell stuff like that. In addition, there's fleabay and Amazon.

Definitely agree. Some other devices with "noisy" stepper motors made music as well, I had an HP Scanner that had an "easter egg" built in that plays music on the stepper motor ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-J6e5-XLYDFM.html You can also just search for "stepper motor music", I'm sure you'll find more fun stuff.

I remember those Z11s. Woof, those were terrible! For $50 in 1996 dollars, it was clearly sold at a loss. But yes, generally they worked! Unless the encoder strips got dirty. If that happened the printer didn't know where the printhead was and would slam into the side of the case. Because the printers were so light, it would literally jump 2 inches. If you proceeded to let it crash, it would happily knock itself off of the table! I never cared for Canon printers, too much farting around before printing, at least back on the old ones, and I wouldn't touch a single one today. "Pixma" sounds like a skin disease someone of another nationality might have! I did, however, have an old Canon BJ-200 B&W inkjet printer someone gave me, and even though it was only B&W, and was slow, it worked, and worked great for B&W prints. Sadly that printer was lost in one of the many floods in our apartment years ago. I should look into getting another one some day. It's amazing you got all your money back and then some for that old Lexmark. Sounds to me that was the best printer out of the bunch! I have long had an association with HP printers, but the junk they make today is atrocious. I have a B&W only HP Deskjet Plus, I can still get cartridges for it, and it still works like new. Plus--it hooks up using a serial connection if need be! I also have a Deskjet 693C, which I believe was the first 6-ink home-use printer, also still works perfectly. And those stepper motor sounds they make! Really gives printing that old-school feeling hearing that, then seeing those 300 dpi dots error-diffused into the best color printing you could buy back when!

These Epsons made very pronounced sounds. Most early HP Deskjet 600 series printers made stepper motor sounds that weren't as pronounced, but were quite pleasant. The later 700 and 800 series also made some more pronounced sounds. No videos planned of those at this time.

It's for sale. Does it work? Yeah, but you'll never get the printheads to fire again with that dried up ink in it. You can try, using an Ammonia-based window cleaner. Oftentimes that'll get it to print again for the day. If you want it, you can email me at jaykay18contestwinner@gmail.com

Depende del sistema operativo para el que necesite controladores. Si está ejecutando Windows 7 o posterior, la compatibilidad con los controladores está integrada en el sistema operativo.

@@jaykay18 O sea que solamente la tengo que conectar y listo? Es un Windows 7 64 bits.

@@leokiszka Pruébelo primero y vea si Windows lo detecta. Si es así, estás bien. De lo contrario, puede agregar una impresora manualmente. Hay un botón que dice "Actualización de Windows". Haga clic en eso, tardará unos minutos en cargarse. Luego, mire la lista y vea si la impresora está en la lista, puede elegirla y debería funcionar. De lo contrario, simplemente ya no es compatible, pero no veo ninguna razón por la que aún no funcione.

@@jaykay18 Muchas gracias!

@@leokiszka De nada!

Sure, job after job it doesn't. But every few prints, you have to wait, and wait, and wait.

@@jaykay18 I suppose the auto print head cleaning was a thing with the 800. I had a 600 and it would usually only do it if manually run.

@@TheKarateKiddI had a 400, and it would always do it, practically every time.

@@jaykay18 Does this one still print? Or are the heads clogged? Would be cool to see a video of it printing with the cover opened.

@@TheKarateKidd All the heads on these old Epsons are clogged. Finding ink for it is another big problem, due to the printer's age. Not to mention, who will fund the ink cartridges?

Ha ha! Yeah you're right! I used to tell people "speed is the one thing you can pay extra for on a printer that will pay you back every time you use it". They never believed me. And sat there, twiddling their thumbs, bouncing their knee up and down, banging the desk waiting for that 1 page to come out of the printer. And they all said _I_ was crazy.

I don't think you're on the ball there, son. Not only is Sharkie subscribed, and watches every one of my videos, he also gave me this printer and was there when this was recorded.

Unacceptable! More than a few years ago, when HP switch from printhead-on-a-cartridge technology to individual ink tanks, it was all over. Individual ink do NOT save you money. When one runs out, the others are not far behind, so you're going to be replacing all 3 anyway. So they can make the price of each individual cart a few dollars higher so at the end THEY are money ahead. Plus, the permanent printheads are another method of planned obsolescence. Once they clog up or fail, it's done. Plus the extended time to clean the heads, and blast copious amounts of YOUR precious ink through, never to be used? It's just another ploy to enhance your money. It goes from your "hance" to their "hance".

jaykay18 I totally agree I pay $15 for one cartridge, then I pay $60 for all 4 cartridge!!!! it is a total rip off. I print occasionally and in back and white but I would run out of colored ink even if I dont use it!!!! I dont buy ink at the stores I buy a big bottle of ink and refill the black ink cartridge only. $15 for the big bottle and I can refill the cartridge many of times. what a scam hp!!

They're all scam artists. They do put a lot of R&D into the ink; if you are printing photos and use their paper and their ink, it really does work well. Most of us just need a few sheets right quick and we're done. I remember when cartridges were about $10 for black and $15 for color, and they were big and held a lot of ink. Then they got greedy greedy greedy! Made the carts smaller and the price went up up up! Consumer Reports, which is a publication I absolutely HATE (for reasons I'll divulge in a minute) wrote an article in 2013 about printer ink and stated it can go for $13 to $75 per ounce! Extraordinarily expensive for no reason! Now I hate CR because I don't believe their testing and their findings are anywhere near accurate. They have their own way of figuring out (and basically guessing) what consumers want, never back up their alleged facts, and dupe people into believing them. Then they do their own testing, in their own methods, which of course will get different results than the manufacturer's tests, and then base their reviews of best products on that. I remember telling people (back in the days when it was just in magazine form, and you had to buy it, and there was no Internet) that I once read an article about laundry detergent. They tested to see how many loads of laundry they could get out of one bottle, and to see if the manufacturer's claims are true. So again they did their own tests, in their own way, with made up "what the consumer wants" ideas, no facts and came up with the conclusion that Detergent A is the best, but Detergent B is a dollar cheaper and almost does the same job. The punchline was "And I spent 5 dollars on the magazine to find that out".

All ways to drain Your wallet. People are also so gullible, even with the modern washing machines...

I'm _very_ happy to hear you're on the same page with me on that!

Newer printers, with their smaller ink cartridges with exorbitant prices!