Stilly -

We got the "All-In-One" simply because it's small enough to take along in the camper for those month long three day festivals we go to. It also provided "her own" separate color printer/scanner, etc for "her" and solved a persistent noise problem for me.

The specific printer was selected partly because it can use the same ink cartridges as "my" HP9650 Super B printer.

We've had little real problems with it, but it is annoying that it attempts to take over your whole system with presets, and persistently pops up "you need an update" messages that turn out to be meaningless.

Sonandfamily have a very similar Epson multi that has never printed more than about 6 sheets off a set of ink cartridges because the cartridges/nozzles dry out and clog if you don't use it every very few hours. Ninety five percent or more of multiple cartridge sets have gone to unsuccessful "cleaning cycles." He has thus far resisted acting on my suggestion that a new HP Multipurpose with a starter set of cartridges would cost less than a set of new cartridges for the Epson - I think only because he wants to prove he "doesn't have to be like dad." You'd think by the time they're forty they'd get over it....

John