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Review title: Beware! Poor quality & holds all functions hostage to buying ink.
Product review: Poor image quality that diminishes quickly over time and clogs. I had this printer for 4 years and regretted it. The worst problem--and it's a big one--is that although it is a multifunction device, it DISABLES all functions (including the option of printing/copying using black ink only) if ANY of the ink cartridges is empty! For example, if you run out of Cyan ink, even if you select Black Ink Only in the Advanced print options, it will not print until you go out an buy/install another Cyan cartridge. It also will not scan, fax, copy (in B&W) or anything. It locks you in a "Replace ___ ink" cycle of doom. There is no way to bypass this. Any decent printer company would allow customers to at least SCAN a document without all 4 ink cartridges. I threw it away when this happened. Didn't even donate it, because I don't want anyone else to spend a dime on Epson ink.
