...uses more ink and these Epson range are very thirsty on ink, however the print quality on Best is amazing for a printer of this price. I seriously couldn't tell the difference between a print out from this printer to a actual photo from a lab. Speedwise, Draft is very quick as you'd expect (it seems like it might be a bit too quick as the printer tends to go and sound a bit mad in a speed frenzy); you'll get a print in under 3 seconds. Best photo ... ...but you cant rush quality (unless you spend £100+)
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Not too bad in general. Very plastic-ey as you'd expect with a printer at this price but the top has a nice glossy black finish which looks nice but you know its a fingerprint magnet! The printer does sound noisy and a little ropey if I'm honest when it prints and is particularly noisy when feeding in the paper.
Bundled software/Drivers.
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stuartw87 22.01.2008
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Advantages: Superb print quality for an inkjet printer Disadvantages: Can be a little noisy.
...to choose a new printer Epson was my first choice. After much deliberation the printer I eventually choice was the Epson DX4450.
Once I got it home and unpacked it, I set about connecting it to me computer expecting the process to take quite a while. I was pleasantly surprised as from unpacking to printing the first document it only took about 20 minutes. Fantastic.
When the document had printed I was also exceptionally pleased with the print quality ... ...use up more ink. Furthermore Epson have also made the purchasing of ink cartridges easier as no longer do you have to remember a long number, simply a picture. The cartridges used in this printer are cheetah cartridges and are also used in other Epson printers so if you are considering buying two printers it is worth seeing if you can find two that run on the same cartridge. This way you can purchase multi-pack cartridges and save more money, which ...
MI9to5 15.06.2008
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Advantages: Cheap; Does the Job Well Disadvantages: Loud; Slowish; Ink-block!
...to the microchips used as Epson is trying to force you to use their branded cartridges. I have however found that the Tesco Compatible Cartridges work fine and cost around £5. I have not had any mechanical problems with the printer and have used it a lot. In fact the only difficulty arises from certain ink cartridges - as I said, stick to Tesco or Epson and you should be fine. For a 3 in one ink-jet that is so cheap and has cheap individual cartridges ...
Nixon777 27.06.2009
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Advantages: A good all round printer and scanner Disadvantages: Noisy
This is my third epson printer and the first one I have had that is a combination of scanner and printer. Both the prvious epsons were just printers. I was rather suprised by how big the DX4450 was, but then I was saving room by not having a seperate scanner. It looked quite stylish, black and silver so I decided to give it a go as it was nicely priced.
I installed it without any difficulties, although, if it had been my first printer I might have ... ...by pictures. The ink cartridges were easy to install and I was up and running within about an hour of purchase. My first impression was reasonably good, although it was very noisy. Once it was actually printing it seemed quieter. I was quite suprised when the ink ran out after what seemed a very short period of time, as I do not do that much printing. Because the ink is in four seperate cartridges, I bought all four, but I think you don't need to ...
Gabler 09.07.2008
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Advantages: User-friendly, cheap printer and can be good quality Disadvantages: Drinks ink, noisy, plasticy
...printer the quality of the Epson DX4450 prints are far superior, but lasers are far quicker.
I have not had a printer/scanner/copier all in one before and this has proven quite handy. Build Quality
The printer seems to be built quite well, it has a plasticy appearance but in full black is quite stylish. The top surface is quite shiney which attracts any finger prints but when rubbed with a dry cloth this is easily removed. It is quite noisey whilst ... ...from the feeder even though there is a lot of paper there - I find that I have to remove some of the paper and try reloading. Ink
The inks for the printer come as seperates, it takes 4 cartridges, black, cyan, magenta and yellow. I thought this would be better as if one runs out, you only replace that one, however, this printer seems to drink ink! Bundled Printer/scanner/copier
All of the functions on this printer work well, the scanner works to ...
crazyclaireyfairy 22.06.2008
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Advantages: separated and inexpensive cartridges, multifunction, good price Disadvantages: for that price, not really any
...I found was this "expensive-looking-but-cheap-in-price" Epson Stylus DX4450, and it was an excellent choice. I found VERY useful the scanner/copymachine function too... which comes handy more often than someone could imagine. I mostly print written documents so the fact that you buy colours separated (3 different cartridges) from the black cartridge is great. The cartridges are quite small and empty relatively fast but for that price I could not ... ...are very easy to use including scanner and photocopying. The software included needs installation if you want to use all the functions a part from simple printing. All in all this is a very good product for a fantastic price and I suggest to anyone that doesn't have particular needs to go for it. If only was also wireless (for the same price) it would have been THE best but hey, you can't have all can you? Perhaps in a few years also the wireless ...
EVIT 05.06.2008
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Ok i both this printer because it was at a good price, but i advise everyone that wants to buy it .. DO NOT! ... i printed 20 pages normal black (text) and the ink values dropped more then half ... after 30 pages .. the black ink was empty .......
Do not .. again do not buy this, just put some more money and buy something a little expensive and you will not have problems. The thing with this printer is that you get it at a low price but you will give more and more and more money on the ink, i mean after i changes the first set of ink it lasted me about 20 pages .......
do as you want i warned you ... ...
benedictro 24.06.2008
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Advantages: None Disadvantages: Slow, Ink consumption Very High, Inconsistent printouts.
DO NOT BUY. I cannot believe others have given this greater than one star. I have been SO disappointed in the printer - it uses ink like there's no tomorrow and the printer heads get blocked so often you have to use about 1/8th of the cartridge getting the printer "cleaned" This works for about 10 sides and then you get patchy prints again. I am trying to get a refund back from PC World but am not holding my breath ! When I took my printer back to ... ...a new cartridge (even though there was a third left when I took it in) - it was empty when I collected it so he could not prove whether the problem had been fixed or not. The first print out I did back at home was patchy - no surprise there then. I repeat do not buy unless you want to throw your money away. ...
LyndaReidy 07.09.2008
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The DX4450 is a complete printing and copying solution for all types of documents. Functionally identical to the DX4400, the 4450 offers ...
mwhalley23 16.07.2008
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Advantages: Cheap Disadvantages: Very noisy, very slow, cumbersome to use
My Epson CX3200 did a lot of excellent work for years until the red light came on indicating a scanner error - a common error, it seems. The nearest Express Centre declared that its life had ended so sold me a DX4450 as being "similar" and a replacement for the CX3200. I bought it without researching and based on my Epson experience. Bad move! It packed up after minimal use in the first six weeks and was replaced. It worked for a short time and then ... ...about four weeks before I got the replacement. It is not similar and not as good. It is noisy (sounds like all the cogs are lubricated by rocks!), slow and not nearly as easy to use. (I am still using my CX3200 despite being told that it could not be used - albeit without the scanner). It also drinks ink! the box says it uses seperate ink cartridges for economy. What they don't say is that each cartridge lasts for very few copies. It is cheap. Don't ...
BirchCrafts 21.12.2008 (25.01.2009)
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Advantages: 3in product Disadvantages: many flaws in product by epson and currys not good
...test prints. big flaw by epson is inability for user to choose which drive to place the epson software ( we have a 7gb drive thats the master drive yet a 500gb external drive is where we needed to put it as the c drive is full..so as we had to put 270megabytes of epson software on the c drive our pc will be slower all the time ! epson doesnt say where it instals the software ! ( so a wild goose chase is needed to find it) it failed to print at first..the ... ...up ! ( really anoying epson should include new full ink pack in the box) the button to move ink to its possition so you can change ink doesnt stop where it should so i had to block it using a ruler to stop it where i could change ink/. instructions via website arnt clear eg click maintenace tab ( from where?? doesnt explain how to open the software to see this tab) currys should label boxes with the day they ship them to the uk from china so consumers ...
chainsore 27.01.2008
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