Comments on: Epson Stylus CX8400 Color All-in-One Printer

By: Elijah

Elijah — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:13:38 +0000

I have found the Epson CX8400 all in one printer to be a mixed bag. It was certainly reasonable for the price, and the print quality is OK. It is relatively easy to operate. (I have not done any photos yet). However, it seems very slow to me and the printer ink was used up quite quickly. I am told that the printer manufacturers do not give you full ink cartridges when you buy the printer, and perhaps that is the case here. It is certainly expensive to replace the ink, and I am worried about the cost of maintaining the printer relative to its speed.
Rating: 3 / 5

By: Brian G. Wyly

Brian G. Wyly — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:22:06 +0000

Although this is a very efficient printer/scanner/copier and very reasonably priced, it sucks up ink faster than any printer I’ve ever used –and it seems like I purchased a new HP printer annually. I naively thought that being able to replace single cartridges for each color would save money. WRONG!
Rating: 4 / 5

By: Renee

Renee — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:13:17 +0000

I hate this printer. It drinks ink, and Epson has shrunk the cartridge size to TINY. You cannot find off-brand ink for it either, so you are stuck buying ink that is gone in a few days. If you want to print in color, forget this printer.
Rating: 1 / 5

By: DARTH

DARTH — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:15:01 +0000

I read the reviews about Epson printers and their ink cartridge issues but didn’t pay attention.

I remember my Epson printers of years ago and their high quality print outs. So when I shopped for and all-in-one I gravitated to Epson and thought/hoped the reviews outlining the ink cartridge difficulties were just isolated cases. I got my Epson and two weeks later learned the horrible truth about their ink cartridges: THE REVIEWS ARE ALL TRUE!!!

The machine drinks ink like a drunken sailor. Yes, the printing is as good as ever. The scanner is good. The fax works well. But at what cost.

Before buying read the reviews. The ink costs are out of this world because they have obsolesence built into them.

Rating: 1 / 5

By: Josef Torkelsen

Josef Torkelsen — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:24:45 +0000

Well… I finally made the jump to a printer, scanner, and copier and I decided to make it an Epson due to the price and individual printer cartridges. I want to issue a very serious buyer beware though and I implore you not to take this lightly. I’m not one to complain very much but this printer warrants it. Let’s start with the good first. This is a very attractive looking printer, it prints well (except draft mode could be a tad darker for my taste), and it scans pretty well (not very many options to scan into other programs though). Why do I give it a one though?

Well… I got this printer about 2 weeks ago. Since then I have not printed in color at all and usually print stuff in draft mode. Well… it turns out after 2 weeks that all three of the individual color printer cartridges are almost expended!!!!! 2 weeks of no use and I need to buy three new ones? I contacted the company to see what was going on and they told me it is due to the way the printer is designed. The cartridges “prime” even if you don’t use them for the print job. 2 weeks of “priming” and I almost need new cartridges which are quite pricey compared to HP, Kodak, and Canon. Plus… when my color cartridges run out… even if I still only print in black… my printer will fail to operate. Plus… I heard you can’t even scan when a cartridge it out. So… you are pretty much forced to go buy a cartridge. Plus… it is quite hard to use generic ink due to the way they designed the printer. Once you do succeed you have to click “ok” to prompts because you didn’t use Epson ink. I hope everyone will heed my warning. This printer will quickly be very expensive.
Rating: 1 / 5