I have had this unit for about 8 months. The ink cartridges that came with the unit ran out almost immediately. I bought that liquid gold and low and behold, when one tank ran out, you couldn't even print black! Bought new ink. Bamo, after printing LESS THAN 20 SHEETS OF JUST TEXT, MORE INK. I contacted Epson and they sent me a new batch of ink free of charge. While these tanks did last a bit longer, the machine started acting up. It would stop in the middle of a job and say it couldn't communicate with the computer, then unplugged usb. I found on line where EPSON was being sued in a class action lawsuit for chipping ink cartridges to show empty.I just bought a new Canon PIXMA MP560 from Amazon. I couldn't be happier. EPSON will never get another dime of mine.