If you need to print checks then this printer is ...
591939
If you need to print checks then this printer is not for you.  I ordered it when my old printed started making noise, but waited until the old one was out of ink before I hooked up the new one and now it is too late for me to send it back so I am stuck with it.  I can print a full sheet or even 2 checks, but it will not feed thru a single check.  I have spent way to much time researching this and wish I had known before I purchased it.  once you are stuck with it you must tape a single check to a full paper in order for it to feed thru.
Also, I it seemd to print much slower than my HP 8600 series and is louder :(
4025287
Printer works well for home and small business use, but...wastes a lot of ink. One cartridge may need to be replaced and the others are low. After replacing the one and going through the installation test, the test will drain the others that are low. And if you pull out a cartridge to check it for some reason, don't try putting it back in. The machine will not accept it. You have to add a new one. Talk about a waste of ink. Money down the drain.
1569381
The printer doesn't do as much as I thought it would do. If you just want to print printers or make copies, than this is it for you.
4130848
This is a nice printer for home use, especially if you have kids in school who need to print up reports here and there.  The scanning is good quality and it is easy to copy / print 2-sided pages, make labels, or print envelopes.  The drawback is it is not that great as an office printer.  I am a consultant, who a few times a month must print up a multiple copies of multi-page documents.  This printer cannot handle the load.  For example, I needed to make 12 double-sided copies of an 8 page text document.  After printing 8 copies (a total of 24 sheets of paper), i got a message stating the printer was out of memory and it quit printing. This is a problem.  I now have to break my print jobs into smaller batches, which means it takes me longer to get the job done.  Though the printouts are nicer looking and the machine is easier to use than my now deceased Canon ImageClass, the Brother is not that useful for my home office.  If you are an accountant, teacher, consultant, or anyone who has to make multiple copies of 1 document, you may want to look elsewhere.  If you only print a page here or there, the occasional tax return, or you don't mind breaking up big print/copy jobs, this printer is great.

UPDATE:  Regarding the memory error.  This appears to occur when you are printing and not copying.  So if you have worked on a 10 page document and need 20 copies, print 1 copy of the document off of your computer.  Then make 20 photocopies of that document.  If you try to print 20 copies of the document from the computer print menu, you get the "out of Memory" message half way through.

I still am giving this 3 stars because it prints significantly slower than advertised.
937504
My heroic effort to finish a Sociology paper before class has failed, thanks to this printer. So, instead of going and facing my professor empty-handed, I will write this review.

If you can afford to use this printer, you can afford to buy a better printer.

This printer will:
-Quit on you for no reason, right when you need it the most. It has singlehandedly cost me at least 2 letter grades in my college career.
-Print with horrible vertical lines brand new out of the box, unless you run an exhaustive battery of tests and calibrations (see below).
-Cost you $10-15 for each (very low capacity) printer cartridges. ALL FOUR are required at ALL TIMES to do anything at all.
-Survive being dropped on the floor numerous times when it becomes apparent that it serves no Earthly purpose other than to make money for Epson.

This printer will not:
-Scan a document to your computer unless all 4 ink cartridges are full and installed.
-Print anything unless all 4 ink cartridges are full and installed. There is no way to print in only black or to synthesize black out of the other 3 cartridges unless you already have all the inks anyway. In that case, what's the point?
-Even use the memory card slot if a single ink cartridge is empty! You literally have to have all ink in order to do mundane tasks which have nothing to do with ink!
-Be reliable. It will quit at the worst possible time, guaranteed.
-Do a good job, even in optimal operating conditions. It jams, takes in paper crooked, and is loud enough to wake the dead.

I took this printer as a freebie with a new MacBook pro, based on the recommendation of the Apple sales rep. I could've chosen an HP instead, and you should too. Words cannot describe how bad this printer is.
2623578
I have to echo the other reviews about this printer eating up ink cartridges and other issues. Cartridges are bought in bulk for this thing and yet,  it always needs more ink when you use it. We hardly print, but the ink disappears. Yes, I also experience not being able to scan when ink is low. I'm not sure how ink is required to digitally scan a picture or document to the computer when nothing's bring printed. Maybe there's an incompatibility issue since I have an HP computer/laptop and this is a Kodak printer? The printer is updated when updates are available, but I'm starting to think the updates cause problems. I  get an error message when trying to use any of the printer functions now. It's a hit or miss bring able to scan or print now. I'm ready to throw the thing into the dumpster. I'm currently searching for a new, better all-in-one printer.
868603
Printer stopped working with 1st ink cartridge replacement.  Customer service was OK but promised to replace ink, had me scan and email receipts from ink replacement but never sent new ink cartridges.  Paper jams quite often.  When you follow instructions to un-jam paper it tells you to press tabs that aren't there.  Busted some plastic piece that I thought was a tab.  Poor quality printer in my opinion.  Scanning is a multi-step process of going back and forth from the printer to your computer, unlike my old epson which was only 2 steps.
3176535
From day one anything I have printed will have one of two defects. 1. it leaves a smear of black ink on the bottom left hand corner or, 2. it will occasionally print a very faded line randomly that isn't legible. The Set up was easy but very time consuming. It also relies heavily on your computer to use a lot of its features. For example. If I you want to scan something you have to scan it to your computer, It has a scan to email setting that doesn't seem to actually scan to an email address, just an email account on you computer. However if it printed correctly it would be a good deal for the price.
1353132
I have had this printer for over a year and use it pretty lightly for non business use.  It is adequate for that purpose and I bought it on Amazon at a much lower price than currently listed.  I was surprised that it didn't automatically do two sided printing but that you have to turn over the page manually to print on other side.
I had a very good quality Lexmark printer before this and since I no longer needed it for business use and thought the ink cartridges were too expensive gave it up.  I don't find the cartridges for the Epson to really be more cost effective because the standard cartridges don't seem to last very well, especially the color ones. For some reason, even though I am not printing out photos my black ink is lasting much better than the color.
Sometimes the print quality is substandard and I am having to clean printer heads to have a decent printout.  All in all, would get a higher quality printer next time.
2398056
When it prints, it prints well BUT this printer has a major hardware or software flaw.  Print one document and the printer will not communicate with the computer.  I must reinstall the driver every time I print.  Canon customer service tried to help but when no solution worked, they offered a REFURBISHED printer as a replacement.  I have owned the printer 10 weeks, a refurbished printer is not acceptable.  Thankfully, this was an inexpensive purchase
512763
I don't print very often, perhaps every two weeks or so. Every time I go to print, the document is of horrible quality (the ink levels are fine). Then I clean the print heads, perform printer maintenance, repeat the last two steps least once, and then maybe the printer prints out a decent (not great) document. This only adds to the ink quickly running out, which is another problem with this printer. So this printer is pretty much the definition of unreliable. A required part of a printer review should be how well it performs over time. On this criterion, the Epson XP-400 gets an "F."
2390705
I don't love this printer.  I purchased it to replace an HP all in one that finally went kaputt on me.  I didn't do a lot of research on this machine- I needed something quick and this seemed to have plenty of good reviews with a good price...my bad.  It is not all that user friendly and I have had to look at the instructions more than once regarding settings, where and how to install different paper types, envelopes, checks etc.  I never had to do that with my HP- it was always easy to figure out.  I use business checks that print out with 3 on a page....If I happen to need to print a page that only has 1 or two checks left on the sheet, we have problems.  I still cannot get the darn thing to print a single check and there is no information in the manual about check printing.  The printer will 'always' suck the page beneath my single check through and leave the check laying in paper tray.  I've tried placing the check in the envelope feed but it doesn't seem to work either.  I'm going to pray for this machine to die quickly, so I'll have a good excuse to get a new one.  The quality of print is ok- but not as good as my HP.  If it uses less ink than the HP that will be a trade off I'm ok with.  I also don't care for the amount of time it takes between copying pages...the printer does 'something' after each page you copy....so you have to wait each time before copying your next page. For no frills printing I suppose it's fine, but if your time is important to you, I'd recommend trying something else.

April 15, 2015- Just two months after purchase my wish came true.  This printer is now broken.  It will not recognize that there is paper in the tray no matter how full it is and so will not feed.  And, just one week after Amazon's return policy time frame.
Piece. Of. Junk.
41848
I bought this printer because I am a college student and wanted a printer just for papers which is pretty simple. The printer connected to my WiFi and suck just fine, but recently it keeps intaking stacks of paper and it creates a paper jam which involves me yanking it out. The printer will also stop printing multiple pages sometimes which results in me having to print it all over again which is a waste in paper and ink. I wouldnt purchase this printer again and I think of going office space on it often but it gets the job done sometimes.
2891400
I bought one to "upgrade" myself to a newer printer that has cheaper ink cartridges. I couldn't be more dissatisfied. The printer will print just fine and then out of nowhere it'll tell you that some of the ink cartridges are empty and they need to be replaced. You can't even print out a black and white paper without all the ink reading at ok. You cannot override the ink shutdown like i've been able to with other printers. I print maybe 20 pages, mostly black and white and I have to swap out at least 1-2 inks which aren't cheap if you're replacing them weekly.

The print quality of color images is just terrible. It's pretty slow for a newer printer. Jams up pretty easily due to how the paper is fed in. The menu/control panel is confusing. You have to install their own software to be able to scan documents which constantly asks me to buy Epson supplies (must know this thing wrecks ink) and to let them watch my usage. It's pretty much corporate spyware that you need to be able to use the printer.
4696754
Although this is a good printer and copier, before you buy read the very small print where it says that this thing won't fax and won't scan to folder.  That's right, a 1300 dollar printer that won't fax.  Of course I bought it at from a no-return ultra-low-price vendor and I'm stuck with the thing.  Also, I have had to hook it up to the internet and get email on a new computer to receive the scanned files (since it doesn't support sending scanned files to a network folder).

Moral of the story, don't be cheap; go with the model that costs $200 more and has faxing and scan-to-folder(It's the HP Model M3035).
2871148
RUN do not buy.  I had this for 2 weeks and printed checks 3 times.  Not real easy to use but very useful.  Magically the default printer changed to the fax and I could not print checks.  I finally figured out how to change it back BUT when I press OK to save my change the program crashes and shuts down with an error.  I called tech support and for $9.99 they will help me.  I don't think I should have to pay $10 when they have a bug in their software.  I will return the program and get my money back.  From what tech support said anything from Advanquest has this policy so I would say stay away from them all.  They did said I could send an email for free but that won't help me since I need to print a check right now.  BAD SERVICE
3577407
It prints great, but it takes forever to processes documents. So if you need something,don't wait until the last minute to print.