Epson CX8400 InkJet Printer Review

I bought this Epson CX8400 because my large expensive printer had large expensive print cartridges and I just couldn't afford them anymore. I bought this, thinking I could save a bit of money. I did no research beyond what Staples had on sale at the time I needed it. BIG MISTAKE!!!! I homeschool and work from home as a writer. My normal printing routine ran me through cartridges every 10 to 14 days. I actually had to reevaluate my printing needs and figure out where I could cut copies. The ink costs about 60 dollars for all four cartridges that you need, and all of the ink cartridges have to have ink in them for the printer to work. If you make less than 20 or 30 copies per day, this could be the printer for you. If you print photos, the quality isn't really good enough for that, in my opinion. I could be biased because my big printer was so good at printing photos, but somehow I don't think it's just that. It does have some nice features that I like and are the only reason I don't get something else. It scans, and the program it comes with to scan installs seperately in your menu so that you don't have to go searching for it when you want to scan something, saving me lots of time since I always forget where programs are. It reads SD cards as well, saving me from having to buy a seperate device since I take ALOT of pictures. It also reads another type of card, a larger one, but I've never had to use it so I don't know what kind of card it is. It also takes a USB memory device, but I've never used that since I usually plug USB right into my computer. Copying and printing are average, nothing to write home about but good enough for my business flyers. it does have a photo restore option, but I've never used that either. Once I discovered that I wasn't happy with the print quality of the photos, I bought a Kodak printer/dock to go with my camera. Overall, I would say this printer would be best for someone with no more than medium printing needs and not alot of photos.