Old but a great printer EPSON STYLUS 440 (Epson Stylus Color 440)

Member Name: rks985

Product:	Epson Stylus Color 440
Date:	19/07/08 (95 review reads)
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Advantages: Cheap and good quality

Disadvantages: nozles may require regular cleaning if not in regular use

If you want a reliable home printer that is extremely cheap to run then this printer is the printer for you. Not only are the cartridges extremely cheap but there is no serious maintenance issues with these printers. These printers also have no chips involved in the cartridges either. You can go on ebay and buy the origional cartridges for under £1 each and have them posted direct to your front door. The casing is reinforced plastic and is an off white colour, which after time turns greyish. The rinter runs off LPT1 so it is not advisable to buy one of these if you dont have the parallel port to do this. The paper feeder says it takes 50 pieces but I have shoved in 75 at times and hae never had any problems with the paper feed. Te only down side is sometimes the printer requirs several nosel cleans/checks via the maintenance screen in the printer properties. Works well with 98,Me, Xp, Nt and VISTA and also these windows automatically have the drivers in the database

Summary: good cheap and most of all economical

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