Epson CX7450 All-in-one Printer

I've owned a lot of printers over the years including dot matrix printers (remember how much fun it was to feed the paper onto those and line them up just right?); but this Epson is by far the worst printer/all-in-one.

Won't print in black and white if any of the color ink cartridges run out; cannot set it to print black and white only. In fact even when printing text documents with black ink only it uses some color ink. And the color ink is used quickly. Every time you replace one of the ink cartridges you have to charge so it takes a bleeds some ink out of the cartridges. And the fun part is that they all need replaced at different times, so they're constantly charging and bleeding off ink.

My main frustration, however, was that I ordered several ink cartridges directly from Epson that the printer said were "incompatible" with my printer. Ummm, what???? So I had to call in and get replacements. They do not list a Customer Service number on their...Read more

This printer is awful. It was great at first until it guzzled ink like crazy. So what happens if you run out of one color? It refuses to print even in black and white because it uses a bit of each cartridge.

Ink replacement is pretty expensive, but I could deal with it. However, what really made me want to shoot myself, was when it kept reporting a paper jam even though there was no paper stuck anywhere in the machine.

Apparently, it's a common thing with these printers. If the lever that detects jams gets damaged for some reason or flips out of place, you're stuck with a useless machine.

With the older models you can usually pop it open and fix the lever using a manual, but the CX line is much more confusing. Even repair stores aren't fully sure of how to get around it. Apparently Epson wants you to call in and get a crappy used replacement which will usually cost you money if your warranty is over.

The printer even wasted all my...Read more

I need a printer quick. I found this at Target picked it up for about $40.00. It never printed straight, paper would jam and would have streaks. My daughter needed something quick for school. Dont bother...I am going back to the HP's.