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 Useless printer and expensive to run January 3, 2009
Mr. S. J. Sykes
I got this printer for free when I purchased a Mac and initially thought it OK if slow and noisy. However, once you have printed a couple of pages with intense colour, huge raster lines start to appear, but that is not the worst part. The ink cartridges have a chip that arbitrarily decide when it is empty and this is irreversible. Furthermore, the printer will do nothing until the cartridge is replaced. I am continually throwing away cartridges that are at least half full and unable to print anything (even black and white) until I have been to the shop to buy yet more cartridges. Being able to print is a pretty fundamental function of a printer, but this device fails every other time I use it. Anyone giving this 5 stars must have only had it for the day as I cannot believe they can be satisfied with the amount of ink cartridges required and the inability to print until they are replaced. This is going to the tip soon to be replaced with a non-Epson device.
DX4400 a waste of money and time. October 4, 2008
T. Leckie (Moray, Scotland)
I bought this item nearly 4 months ago and it has yet to impress me in any way. It is noisy, slow, prone to the jets clogging and the software windows are a pain to navigate. For example when the jets do clog you have to right click the printer icon and go to printing preferences and the back tab is maintenance. The printer has no option to print black and white so if you run out of a colour cartridge the whole thing stops. Until the cartridge is replaced. Epsom have made great effort with this to prevent anyone using other than Epsom cartridges and will even say the cartridge is not recognised on their own products. The printer uses ink at an alarming rate especially if the jets clog. My one has been unusable awaiting ink more often than it has been in use. I thought it was just that I had bought a bad one but our work bought one and it is worse! My best advice is avoid this printer spend a little more and get one that works.
 Not the best, but good value for money October 4, 2008
C. J. Hodges (UK)
Read a lot of the reviews slating this printer before deciding to take the plunge anyway, at 30 as it was at the time, it looked worth a shot.
I've been using the printer for around a month now and, yes, it may not be the quietest printer I've ever owned, and the inks may not last a lifetime (but how many printers do?), but the print quality of everything I've had to print so far, be it for business or personal use, has been of a sufficiently high quality and I've got a scanner and copier thrown in as well!
If you're expecting 200+ printer results then you'll be disappointed, otherwise, if like me, you're not looking to break the bank, then the DX4400 is worth considering.
 Epsons still kicking bottom with the DX4400 September 19, 2008
Roger Watson (Halsham)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I ordered this printer without reading the reviews about it and, like many others, chose this printer because it was cheaper than buying a new set of ink cartridges for my existing printer. I read the reviews after I placed the order and was almost tempted to cancel,I'm glad I didn't. For a simple cheap work-horse this printer has proved itself quite sufficient to the task. The claim, by some, that it is slow does not seem justified I've seen a lot worse. The noise level I heard complaints about, again I can't agree. For the money (good grief! the price of ink cartridges on some machines!!)I'm well satisfied with my purchase. There was a time when a scanner alone would have cost more than this machine. Epson made some really good dot-matrix printers in the '80's and they are still in the market serving up the goods... good on you Epson
Slow, noisy and expensive to run August 16, 2008
redfibee
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have used this product for 2 weeks, printed 4 photos and 10 letters. The black ink cartridge is already down to half full. I am happy with the printing quality, but it is soooo slow. Put into print, and then go and make yourself a cuppa. I mean, the 1st photo I did, I thought there was a problem with the printer feeder because I couldn't see the paper moving through.
The initial printer set up was straight forward.
I would not recommend this product. There are good reasons why it is so cheap.
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