Epson Stylus DX 4000

Picked up this all in one printer at Tesco's fro about £49 ,came with everything needed in the box, USB cable ink and installation cd.
So after getting it home hooked it all up except USB cable and inserted installation cd in the drive.
Alls seemed well, until I noticed that it had installed for German.
So a look at the manual, having a pc running Vista I had to download software from Epson's website to get everything up and running.
Scanning is ok with options for home quality or professional quality, this takes longer.
Prints at 23 ppm black and 12 ppm colour,print quality good,easy to use the scan function reproduction quality on this function very good.

Scan quality also fairly good.
A quibble here would be inability to send scanned documents to word
, for editing formats available being PDF ,jpeg and a couple of others.
Quality of printout is ok, though I have not tried any photo's yet.
However try installing a so called compatible cartridge and it just won't work, meaning having to buy Epson's own brand ,which is a pain, with each ink having it's own separate tank in theory ,it should be cheaper.
Try buying the recommended Cheetah pack at over £20,you'll soon change your mind, the only ink I have seen available singly is black at £6 or so.
Quite large form .so not a pretty site on your desk,although the buttons on the side are handy and easy to use.
Also you cannot do any printing if one of the tanks is empty.
In conclusion the initial attraction of only replacing spent inks, has turned out not to the case ,and would think twice about buying Epson again after this purchase.