I dislike printers and try to find excuses not to use them.  However, there are times when this can't be avoided.

My current printer is an Epson DX4000....I bought it cheap last summer after my previous Epson died on me.  I shan't be buying another Epson, as it's been unreliable from the word go and refuses to operate properly on anything other than Epson ink (I've tried cleaning the nozzle heads and all that does is whittle down the supply of ink in the cartridges). 

So....I need an all-in-one with a scanner that's not going to get a lot of use...hence I want one with heads that don't clog up easily, a la Epson and that can be relied upon.  Ease of operation is another consideration....I don't want to spend any more time with the fetid contraption than is absolutely necessary. 

It's going to give me great pleasure to hurl the DX4000 over a precipice and watch it shatter into atoms...but first, I think I'd better sort out a replacement.  Any suggestions? I want to spend less than £100.00

Thanks,

S_K.

I can't help with your main question but I do have some friends in the computing business who even though they refuse as a matter of principle to pay for music, video or software won't use anything other than 'official' ink cartridges for precisely the reason that cheapo cartridges have been known to bugler up their printers. They did warn me off Epson precisely because of the expensiveness of the ink, in fact.

(I have an hp psc 1310 for what it's worth. Works OK. Does have an annoying habit while printing of grabbing a whole sheaf of paper at once.)

My Epson DX4800 has been completely reliable in the two years I've had it.  I do buy Epson cartridges, however - not too expensive when bought direct from their website! It's probably an old model now; replaced by DX-something else.

Yes, I hate printers.  I remember in the early days of computers, when with no email there was much more printing off, I thought they were half the problem.

I have a Dell, for which I have to order special Dell ink.  It is OK, with patience, as long as you don't have to print anything at short notice, when it is bound to seize up, but then my laptop is always doing that.

I used to have an HP printer, but it died. I know have an Epson all-in-one, but one of the cheaper models (not sure the number, and it's behind a load of piles of books at the moment) - haven't used it recently because I can't seem to locate the lead following a move of house. As a printer, I found it was very slow, and wouldn't recommend it for that reason.

My experience is that HP machines are a bit tricky to get to behave themselves properly under Mac OSX. I don't like my own HP "all-in-one" machine very much. Having said that, I've had it for five years and I've always managed to get it to do what I want in the end. My other half has not been so lucky but she is less of a drudge than I am. Next time I shall probably buy a Canon instead.

Yes, my dad has an Epson and whenever I'm at home and need to use it for something I'm astonished by how slow it is.

I'd second that recommendation.
I don't really like the idea of all-in-one machines so I've got individual units.
My scanner is an HP too.
When I finally get around to getting an A3 printer and A3 scanner, I'll be principally looking at HP for starters, absolutely no problem with OSX for me.