Advantages: feature packed
Disadvantages: expensive to maintain, hard to setup

...in which they were to be used in a secure cash booth, with medium use, for all of the above funtionality. They were also being used alongside a parallel zip 250 drive (data backup) and a keyboard connected cheque reader. The initial problems started after we had installed the printer. After connecting the printer to the zip drive through port and restarting the machine, we had no response at all from the printer. After checking cables, drives and reinstallation of drivers, we ventured to the web site which had a comment hidden in a tucked away technical support section saying "The stylus scan 2500 is not compatible with zip drive ports" !!!! WHY !!! I have used zip drives in many environments, from DOS and OS/2 through to NT4 and never have i encountered an incompatible device. We did contact epson support for a solution, but after spending 30... Read review

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Advantages: Great prints, great speed, AMAZING price
Disadvantages: Honestly? Printing at least fifty sheets a week, I've experienced NONE!

...The Stylus DX4050 from Epson represents great value for money, ease of use and a very strong name behind it. Epson have been going since the 1940's, and first entered a printer device to the market in the 70's. I have always used an Epson printer and found them to be very long-lasting and excellent value for money. From a technical point, the printer is great for home use. Excellent quality, fast speeds, flexible software enabling you to produce a range of different types of prints from standard A4 to booklets, posters and envelopes. The built-in scanner is sufficient too, with one touch copying in black and white or colour even when the printer is not plugged into a PC or the PC is turned off. Scanning images to the PC couldn't be simpler either - the scanner can perform a quick scan to automatically detect what type of image you... Read review

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Advantages: Multi-tasking
Disadvantages: size and weight

...The Epson Stylus CX3200 is a good peripheral to have wether in the house or a small office, the CX3200 biggest advantage is that Print, Scan and Photocopy. The printer has a USB connection It is very easy to set up with the software that is provided with it, the software that it comes with is of a decent quality. It is quite a large machine but compared to some photocopiers on the market it is resonable and should fit quite easily on or in a computer desk. Printer: The printer on the CX3200 is an inkjet printer and produces good quality printouts for word and spreadsheet type document but doesnt have the same quality when printer photo's and highly detailed images. The CX3200 prints documents that are A4 or smaller and can also do things such as Head Alignment, Nozzle Check and Head Cleaning through the display screen on the front... Read review

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Advantages: Good Scanner and print quality, looks
Disadvantages: None so far...

...The first thing you will notice about this printer is its striking good looks un a combination of gunmetal grey and silver. It makes a great asphetic adition to any work place. The scanner produces good quality scans, and the software epson provides is fairly simple to use. However i would suggest it is a little too basic. But if you have other software that you can import the scan sto, then you should be fine. The indervidual print cartridges provide a cost effective and good quality print solution for both colour an black and white. As for using this printer to print photos, it couldn't be easier. At the front of the printer there are memory card readers for most major cards and there is a usb plug. These allow you to print photos without a computer conected. Basically it makes printing photos quick and easy. It would be a even... Read review

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Advantages: Quick, clear prints, good scanner, good ink cartridges, great value for money
Disadvantages: I havnt found any yet!

...Ive owned this printer for a couple of months now and personally i cannot find any faults or problems with it! It simply is a great printer. Firstly its extremely quick at printing intracate designs. Also, the scan feauture is top quality, with a quick scan but with a very clear picture youve scanned in. Another thing that is great about this printer is the ink cartridges. The way the Epson has separate ink cartidges, it is very useful when youve only run out of one or two colours, and can be a lot cheaper to keep running than other printers. Overall i believe this printer is excellent and if anyone is looking for a decent printer, with built in scanner and photocopier, this is the one for you. Its simply great!... Read review

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Advantages: Solid build
Disadvantages: Durabright Ink, cropped edges of scans, poor support from Epson

...I bought my CX5200 thinking the DURABrite ink system would be an improvement to the dye based inks that Epson has used in the past. I have owned an Epson Stylus Plus, the Stylus 1520, the 1160 and the 880. I have always regarded the Epson resolution to be of the high achievable standard of their day. And many glossy prints have gone out to friends, family and clients for high-end presentation work. But the DURABrite ink that Epson is now pushing really falls way beyond what I expected from this new generation of printer. Since the ink “sits” on the surface of the photo quality paper the glossy surface is really matted. Epson appears to be offering “new” features in their print line with the Photo RX500 which adds extra “gloss” over the inked surface to return the glossy finish back to the print. I take great exception to this “new... Read review

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Advantages: Price
Disadvantages: Case colour

...I bought the scanner after Which? made it one of their best buys. According to Which? it has the best scan quality of all the scanners they looked at, despite being one of the cheapest. Sure enough the scan quality is indeed excellent and, although I have not thoroughly explored the software as yet, I have so far been impressed with that also. I would not hesitate to recommend the 3600 to you. This is an Excellent scanner which produces excellent quality print with an Epson stylus 760 printer. I would recomend anyone on a budget to buy this scanner as it does the same as a scanner that costs twice the price.... Read review

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Advantages: High quality for a low price
Disadvantages: unless you re-fill ink, it will be expensive to run

...I first bought an Epson stylus printer around four years ago and have bought them ever since. For price and performance they can’t be beaten in my opinion. If you use quality paper you get great printouts and printing scanned images at photo quality on glossy paper is almost as good as cheap photo processing. Don’t expect the printer to last more than around three years of heavy use though, but for the price you can afford to buy a new one every few years anyway. One thing that I do, and isn’t recommended by Epsom, is re-filling the ink cartridges. I find this the only way to keep the cost down to an affordable level. The quality doesn’t suffer as far as I have found. They are very reliable and I have found they don’t go ‘mechanically' wrong, only die after several years of business use – which is to be expected.... Read review

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Advantages: Price and size
Disadvantages: None

...Price I could not resist buying this printer when I saw that an Epson was on sale for £25.00 with two cartridges. Some cartridges cost £25 on their own. Space saving I am very satisfied with my little Epson. It sits happily in the space in my Argos computer desk and hasn't required any maintenance. U.S.B. connection I find it annoying that printers as a whole do not come with U.S.B. leads. I think it cost me about £10 for a U.S.B. lead, but it's not just Epson which doesn't supply leads. Epson cartridges Epson cartridges are expensive, and as I do quite a bit of printing, I have been buying compatibles from britink and nutronics. A message comes up saying I have used a compatible, but it runs quite happily. Visual instructions on cartridge change I'm sure beginners will appreciate the step by step instructions which... Read review

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Advantages: Fantastic print quality of photos + documents, both printed, and scanned ones!
Disadvantages: Expensive ink cartridges

...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 can hardly tell the difference between the photocopy and your original. By this, I mean the colour-quality is BRILLIANT - the colours are vivid, and there are no tell-tell streaks that you can get with some photocopies. Cost of ink I would... Read review

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