Epson R800 home network nightmare

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Maybe you could buy the C84n, which is designed to be placed directly onto a
network without being attached to any pc?


"jerham" <jerrham@pobox.com> wrote in message
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> Have had many epsons here networked. I installed the R800 and set up one
> of the machines on my network, printer worked fine. Tried another
> computer on the network (laptop) these area ll XP Pro machines, and
> after the software install it would not print, finally checked main
> computer connected to the R800 and it was no longer a shared printer.
> Nothing I could do worked until I did a system restore.
>
> Once I was ok, I tried another computer and had a similar problem.
>
> Seems to have to do with the status monitor??
>
> Print quality is great, And the quietest ink jet I have ever heard.
>