Epson Stylus Photo R240

Advantages: Quality
Disadvantages: Output tray, limited access to insides, ink usage.

I bought this printer about 11 months ago for my impending intensive master's course. The three months following the initial purchase involved the printer being used quite a lot and during the last three months the printer has been used an obscene amount. Overall I must have printed on thousands of sheets. One of the first mistakes I made though was to buy a photo printer as most of the printing I did didn't need photo quality. The photo printing ...
...fast results. Printing directly from a mobile phone (I used a Nokia N80) was really simple and easy using the controls on the front of the printer. Hardly any setup required and the results are great. Using the printer for regular printing (documents, websites etc.) has provided great results and recently when printing my thesis the performance has been good. In comparison to other printers I have used the quality is good but the speed is slightly ... Read review

Advantages: Smooth Quiet printing
Disadvantages: LCD Screen a bit small

...PC shop, I chose the Epson Stylus Photo R240. I've not had it long, but am very pleased with the results so far. It produces photo quality prints, at a reasonable speed and good quality. Set up and operation are quite straightforward, and I got to grips with it very quickly. It is very quiet in comparison to my old printer, as after the initial clunk as it takes in the paper, the printing process is very quiet. I find the LCD preview screen a ...
...is a feature I've not had before, find it quite useful. It has the ability to print directly from camera memory cards, and to connect directly to a camera, via a suitable cable, as well as working with your computer. All in all I am very pleased with it. For the technical bits, It works from a 4 cartridge system, with replacement cartridges available for around £7 ( PS, have seen compatible non genuine cartridges for £3.95 each ) Print quality ... Read review

Advantages: Cartridges can be bought cheap, printing is quiet and good value.
Disadvantages: Slow access time on the card reader.

After my old epson died on me I decided to buy another epson. Why? Because I can get cheap cartridges for epsons more easliy, the quality of print is high and the price I pay is low. This one is no exception, and epson again beat excel themselves. Print quality is excellent, carde reader onboard, thumbnail preview on lcd screen, printing is fast, and its quiet enough for me to be able to watch my TV whilst its printing which I was never able to do ... Read review