Epson Stylus CX5200

I bought this printer as a space saving option and because it would have cost me £80+ for the new cartridge for my photocopier! It was obviously a much cheaper option for me. It also had a scanner which was a bonus as my existing scanner was high end, huge and very heavy. I went for Epson because I had always been pleased with my Epson ink jets in the past. I found this to be a good quality printer. It prints colours well and Photo printing was surprisingly good - and on cheap ink jet paper too! I recently took some wedding photos for a friend (a rather large responsibility for someone who has ... more

I have been using my Epson Stylus CX5200 for over two years, and I want to write about what good quality print-outs I get from it. It produces such good results, when scanning and photocopying documents, that friends always comment, 'Wow, your printer's really good'. My printer not only prints, but scans and photocopies too. Anything I photocopy, even photos, come out very nicely Background The printer cost about £150. It was a birthday present, and I am so pleased with it. There is a built-in scanner and colour photocopier! Yes, you can photocopy in colour, and the result is brilliant - you ... more

I have had my CX5200 for a couple of years now. For the first six months I was very happy with the quality of the prints it produced but then it started to deteriorate and now (despite going through the easy to use head cleaning procedure) it is only fit for printing out very rough reference pages and I seldom try to print in colour as this is always poor quality. Add to this the fact that whilst this printer was incredibly cheap to buy I have since spent an absolute fortune on ink cartridges, and even though I only print in black and white it still uses the other colours and will not print if ... more