Epson Stylus CX6600 All-In-One Inkjet Printer

This is the third Epson All-in-one InkJet printer I've owned. Two Epson Stylus CX5400's and my final CX6600. They all lasted a little more than a year before they stopped printing. They work well until one day without notice they stop printing. My experience is that the life expectancy is far shorter than I would expect for the investment. Epson has left me with a bad impression.

The second time the ink was replaced, the black ink would not print. I had the printer looked at and it was determined the printers' head was bad and needed to be replaced. The scanner always worked fine and the color was fine, but I have decided not to buy Epson again. This was my second bad experience with Epson.

I have had this printer now for 3 years. It is a workhorse in our business. It really does everything we ask of it. I use it each and everyday. Its packed with many features and is a great value. What I like most is, its a stand alone copier, that you can use without the computer being turned on, plus you can make both black copies or color, at the touch of a button....sweet. Also its used to print color photo's. Comes with nice photo software. For the MONEY you can't beat it!
These all in one machines are made to be used everyday. Common sense would tell you, that if you only use it once in a while, the ink will dry up in the nozzles. I have not had any problems at all with my machine. I would purchase another EPSON product tomorrow.

This was my first all in one. It was easy to learn and the software was pretty decent, with very easy to use instructions. I used this to print pictures, scan photos, make copies, and do other regular stuff. I replaced the color inks several times with Epson ink and black ink with generic. The last time I replaced the color ink, again with Epson ink, shortly after, I lost blue. Then I lost red. I tried the head cleaning, and during head cleaning, the black stopped. I took it apart to find the nozzles and print head caked in dried ink. I attepted to clean it (to no avail) and ended up replacing the unit. I only owned the unit for about 2 years. I expected it to last a little longer, but I should have known better. Now I have a Canon Pixma 830, and could not be happier. Printing speed and quality are far superior to the Epson. Scanner has a higher resolution and has a fax ability.

I have only ever owned Epson printers and when I needed a new one I bought another Epson. I Have not used it very often and can't give a full review of how well it does work. So far it is okay. I can however say that my last two Epson 4600 Stylus printers were a VERY big disappointment as each one lasted less than a year. One lasted only 5 months, the other one 7 months. If the new one has problems it will be the last Epson I will ever buy. To be honest I had over a hundred dollars worth of ink cartridges left from the last 4600 printer and the Epson 6600 was the only other printer that would use the same cartridges and that is the only reason I bought the 6600.