Epson Stylus Photo RX640

I'm a big fan of digital photography, photoshop and printing my own pictures in every imaginable format. Ever since I invested in my own digital camera I have loved printing my own little 6x4 prints straight away and at a relatively low cost. I've had a succession of Epson printers and a separate scanner but when I saw the RX640 model which is an all-in-one inkjet printer, scanner and copier I decided that it was best to consolidate. My old printer had the multimedia card slots and direct CD printing so I wanted to make sure my new one would at least have those functions. I archive a lot of photos on DVD and I like printing my own designs on them ...  Read the complete review

The Epson Stylus Photo RX640 is an excellent all in one printer. It allows you print, photocopy and scan documents at the touch of a button. We'd had printers before, but this is the first all in one system that we've bought, and we are really impressed. We've found one of the most useful features to be the photocopying. Simply insert your document, use the colour screen to select the photocopy size, number of copies and whether your want black and white or a colour copy, press the start button and a few seconds later you'll have your duplicate. The quality is good and it's amazing how many things you'll find to photocopy now you can - you'll wonder how you ...  Read the complete review

I bought this printer to scan slides and negatives and do the odd photography print. Does it do what I bought it for? I suppose so, but it could do it better. It is compromised by the fact that is it a scanner and a printer, obviously two separate devices would be better quality. My primary complaint about the printing side, is that it uses an awful lot of ink. And of course, buying six separate cartridges at nearly a tenner each makes it quite expensive! The advantages though of having the six cartridges though are abundant, the colour and detail quality is better than similar printers with just the two cartridges. The scanner is really rather ...  Read the complete review