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3.5 stars
"Great printer, scanner; not for photos!"
Pros: This is a great printer! If you read the booklet or go online to Epson, it will tell you the best setting level for your use. I use it for school, so go with the "draft setting" for basic printing.
Cons: This printer is loud! You will know you are printing! Ink expensivenfor printing photos!!!
Summary: I had the CX 4600, which I "broke" myself by putting in to much paper! I was passed the warrenty, so got the upgrade.
The CX 4800 is basiclly the same, but better. My major complaint is, it make a lot of noise. As for the printer cartriges, It uses individual cart. for each color! This is great! You can buy it as you need it. If use the Epson color Dura brite, great for photos, it is expensive. But,you can buy the generic from an on-line source that is much cheaper. I rarely print a photo with this printer, but they do come out well. It uses a lot of ink.
On my computer, when it says, "10% in left of "black" ink," that means I have about 100-200 pages of good print left, if not more. it really depends on how you will use it. Don't believe your ink cart. is about empty. It is not!!
I think this is a good purchase for anyone who needs a relatively cheap printer, not a photo printer, that will serve most home/ office purposes.
The copy or scan works great!
Yes, you can print photos with good quality, but I still prefer the quick print drug store brand where I can get the photos I want and then print later on the printer. Just scan the photo. Then print to the size you want.
Overall, I recommend this to the basic home user that does not print photos often, but needs the option occasionally.
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The Epson CX4800 is nothing but a CX4600 in disguise. I just went through hell with the cx4600. It sucks the ink dry along with your wallet. The durabrite ink is in every respect some kind of glue that clogs your heads. Epson knows this and makes a fortune on ink and that is why Epson can and Epson is giving away cx4800's by the boat load to unsatisfied cx4600 customers. All the same problem, ink clogging. This problem has not been fixed or even addressed by epson in the cx4800. They gave the ink a new name, same problem. They want you to buy ink which is twice the price of any other. This is the scam. If anyone tells you any different, I guarantee they are epson employees. If you do not believe go to any forum regarding these issues and see for yourself how many people have had problems withe epson printers. Everyone of them the same thing. The ink clogs and I spend a fortune on more ink.
