Mike
I seem to have gone through a lot a printers, first HP so went back to
Epson.
My last but one purchase was an all in one that failed after 14 months.
SO replaced it with another all in one FX6600; purchased from PCworld
with exteded warranty. If went down after 11 months - took it to the
local Epson service center who fixed it whilst I waited. Turned out
that when the cartridge ran out - had to go and buy another one, came
back and it fouled up. Had used Genuine products - after having lost a
printer to a campatible.
Then, another 3 months later it failes again - so took it back to PC
world - repair or exchange - had a look at the equivalents but the
equivalent specs were way above the price of my old printer, so did not
swap - took it back to the Epson place who fixed it again for £25.
They said that would be the last time they could do it. Why? The ink
apparently discharges into a pad when you turn the printer off and
floods the pad which is not a replaceable item. So how do you avoid
the problem in the first place "Don't turn it off".

Lost my faith in Epson after that. Seems that all printers these days
are disposable and not to last, yet my Epson LX800 dot matrix printer
bought in 1989 is still working great. So much for product
advancement!

Now I just feel the whole printer usage is a con.

The cartrages are all different, each model uses its own one. Bought a
Samsung ML2510 laser from Staples and it is a nighmare to get hold of
replacement toners (unless you want to pay £80 for a 3000 print toner
- cheaper to print injet in colour). All madness

All just a con

Clifford
Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire