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What printer do you own and how is it for printing both text and photos? Is the speed of it any good? Does it print onto CD/DVD or have any other special features? Is it an all in one so it includes a scanner? What make and model is it if you know it?

For anyone who knows a good amount about printers, what Epson printer would you recommend? I am considering the R300 as it has most of the features I would like minus the scanner and also the inks are meant to be pretty cheap over on 3000rpm.com. The only issue is that the reviews I have read, most of them have said something bad and its rating isnt too high.

Thank you

Epson WorkForce 315:

1 (lowest rating) to 5 (highest) scales
Quickness: 3
Printing Quality: 4
Ink Cartridge Size: 3 small, runs out quickly
Jam Rating: 3.5 does jam up about 3 out 5 times
Ink Cartridge Price: 2 about $20 per black in cartridge, $36 for colored kit

Just from my one experience with Epson I would not recommend, at least not in the WorkForce series. I'd say to go with a company to were you can get ink refiles (Kodak, and Cannon have some if I remember correctly).

Well, I have two: a laser epson and a HP C5280. The first one is just a lame B/W laser, and I use it only for printing documents. The HP does more stuff: print on CDs, reads memory cards, has a scanner and a lcd screen, but the ink is quite expensive and runs out too quick.

I have two
-Deskjet 840C very very old ( 9 years maybe ) ( no scanner )
-Hp 2235 not sure of the number ( has a scanner )

I recently bought the all-in-one Epson Stylus SX215 for around £50, discounted from £100. I also bought a set of 12 colour ink cartridges for £12, which is (Imo!) good value.
I won't pretend that I know a lot about printers, d: but it does what I need it to. It prints relatively fast, and when printing photographs or high resolution documents it prints accurately and produces great monitor-true colours.
To be honest I only really needed it to print out text-heavy documents for university so I haven't mucked around with the scanner yet. I assume it's good though! It came with a CD including a lot of programmes for easy photo and print editing, accepts USB sticks/cards, and has a little interactive screen which is handy.

My old printer was ancient and the cartridges cost a whopping £30, so this is a real upgrade for me. I haven't had any problems with it and the installation was easy.
I bought it from Amazon and the reviews were good! I paid for standard delivery and it turned up the next day which was brilliant. One thing I will say is that it doesn't come with a printer-to-computer USB, so make sure you've got one to hand or invest.

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I've got a Canon MP460, does the job considering I don't really print many images so all I need to worry about is clear sharp black text for coursework and such! I find myself using the scanner on it much more though, to scan any drawings or sketches.

we've several printers, but i personally use my old Canon Pixma ip 4600 ... mostly for school stuff with duplex printing and CD/DVD/BR-cover print outs

Thanks everyone, I have decided to go for the R300 due to its high quality photo output and how cheap the inks are, I am considering getting a CISS (Continuous Ink Supply System), has anyone got one and are they any good?

I cannot wait to get it and just print things off, I will probably waste the first set of inks