Ink gulping pile of plastic - ALL-OR-NONE printer!  Bricked!
579868
Was a great printer/scanner.  Only scanned once every month or so.  Until...the auto-feed broke and says it is jammed.  Nothing I did could unjam it.  Paper goes through but still says error.  That's okay. Sounds like no big deal right? I'll just use it till I use up the ink and get a new one.  NOT!  When the auto-feed is jammed, Canon deemed it USEFUL to make the whole device one BIG BRICK!  Can't print till the jam is cleared - which is now impossible.  And I just bought a large black ink cartridge and have a full color cartridge.  They are useless.  Who would make an all-in-one-printer not work at all because of a jam in the AUTO-FEED?  Maybe they should call it ALL-OR-NONE!  And the cost is way too high.  Why does wireless make it $100 more than other printers?  The Canon PIXMA MX452 Wireless Inkjet Office All-In-One is only $78.  In order to use the rip-off ink cartridges I have to spend $180 or find a refurbished one or some other obsolete device.

I would have given the MX-350 3 stars (two less stars for scanner software and it is an ink hog).  I don't expect these cheap plastic lumps to last forever, but to disable the entire printer because the auto-feed is broke is the dumbest thing I have ever come across.  The printer and flat bed scanner functions should still work.  Canon can go pound sand!  Hope this helps.
4712558
I received this printer for free when I bought a computer a few hours ago today (today's Black Friday). I didn't know much about the printer--I've never had an Epson before--but the printer looked nice so I thought nothing of it. Now I understand why the store was trying to get rid of these.

I came home and took the printer out of the box. Everything looked alright. I proceeded to turn on the printer--the printer instructed me to put in the ink cartridges. After I put in the ink, I thought the printer would be ready to go. WRONG! The message screen said, "PAPER JAM" and I couldn't do anything except for turn the printer off and then back on again. Then it said "PAPER JAM" again, and again and again! HOW COULD THERE BE A PAPER JAM IF I JUST BOUGHT THE PRINTER? I had no idea what was wrong, so I went onto Google and searched for help. Apparently this isn't a new problem with this printer--it has something to do with the paper jam sensor that is seriously flawed in this model--and who knows, maybe in other Epson printers, too.

Long story short: I am returning this printer AS SOON AS POSSIBLE and asking for another printer that's NOT AN EPSON!  I spent MORE THAN AN HOUR trying to figure out why it would tell me that there's a "PAPER JAM" right out of the box!! ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!

I'm glad that the other reviewers had a good experience with this printer -- it's probably decent WHEN IT ACTUALLY WORKS! But do your research before buying this product -- seems like this printer comes with tons of problems.
2242759
I've had this for about a year. From the beginning even though I ran nozzle cleanings regularly I got streaks and print lines which I was fine with because I only used it for personal documents. However, I never realized how ink-wasting the machine is. Today I put in 4 brand new ink cartridges ($60 worth) and after about 7 nozzle head cleanings and 5 alignment tests (which did nothing for quality and should've used almost no ink) every single ink cartridge was on empty. EMPTY. Are you kidding me? I didn't even print anything!

Scanner is functional. Buttons were easy to use/understand. Wireless connectivity was fine although a pain to set up. It collapses into a box so that it can be tucked away, which is nice. But at the end of the day it's a printer that doesn't print, so I give it 1 star.
2436181
Epson printers are designed to make you keep on paying for new cartridges! Invest in a different brand! This is the first time that I have gone the extra step of writing a review to warn others of being duped into the purely profit-oriented interest of such a company.

Six months ago, we were fooled by what seems to be a too good to be true deal.  We decided to get this printer because it has the highest scanning resolution in its price range. We also thought that the separate ink cartridges will save us money in the long run since we only need to buy the cartridges separately when needed. Wrong!  As it turns out, the printing head of Epson printers are programmed that even if only one cartridge is empty, the software will demand you to change it. If you ignore this, the printer will go through the motion of printing but nothing will come out on paper, or it will deliberately misprint the pages.

From experience: We loaded an "L" sized black cartridge, so we are sure that we don't easily run out of black.  Yesterday, the blue cartridge said it is empty and the red is low. Since the document I was printing is only black we ignored the warning to buy a new cartridge and clicked print anyway.  The machine went through the motion of pulling the paper in and the printing head moved as if it is printing.  But nothing came out on paper. Today I bought a blue  cartridge and replaced it in the machine. After this is done, now the software is saying my red cartridge is empty! I ignored this, and clicked print anyway. It printed, (as it should since I know the black cartridge is still almost full), this time there are horizontal lines that were not printed on the page.  Since I was printing a shipping label with a scanning bar code which was not printed completely, my print was useless.  I tried this several times, and got the same print with the missing section on the exact same area. So, I bought a red cartridge and replaced it. Surprise surprise! This time the yellow cartridge is empty!!! I clicked ignore, and the machine printed the page, this time with missing sections in other areas of the page.

I thought this was the fault of our machine!  I googled this problem, and as it turns out, Epson printers are designed specifically to do this!!!  The printing heads have chips to detect this and are programmed to not print or misprint.  And if you try to put "imitation" cartridges it is known that it will mess up the print out.  (Please feel free to google this yourself! This is also what I read by others who put up their review here.) I am shocked at this terrible purely profit-oriented interest! I have never felt so disgusted by such business practice.

Bottom line, please save yourself the trouble and invest your money in a different brand!  Epson should be confronted for this appalling practice, or better be informed so that Epson cannot dupe anymore customers, then they will run out of business!
4453305
This printer eats ink like crazy! I occassionally print pages off the web, and I'm changing the cartridges more than once a month. I would guess I'm getting 50-70 pages per cartridge. It's very disappointing. I can't afford to print anything! I'm going to try something I never thought I would - refilled ink cartridges!

Otherwise, I would be satisfied with the printer. It scans well, prints well. I've had no trouble with compatibility (Win XP) as others here report. I'll count my blessings on that! But next time, I'll buy another brand.
3533949
I bought this printer because I have Kodak cameras and thought it might be more compatible.  The "cheap ink" was a major selling point.  From day one, it was a piece of junk.  The print head had to be replaced just weeks after I got it.  It took forever to actually print.  Then, I noticed that even though I didn't print at home very often, I was always running out of ink!  I have had to replace these "cheap" ink cartridges so many times after printing just a handful of pages!!!!!  I have never spent more on ink in my life than I have with this Kodak printer!  Then it stopped printing completely!  It always indicated low ink even after brand new cartridges were installed!  Kodak's answer was to send me a free set of cartridges, which didn't help at all since the problem is the printer!  The cheapest printer I ever previously owned runs circles around this model!  Of course, the warranty has expired.  So I am stuck with a printer in which I have probably sunk $300+ and printed maybe 250 sheets (tops).
2494492
Ruined by Epson XP-850 printer.  After initially working, they started printing only one color at a time.  After Epson had me had me clean the nozzles 4 times, now the printer says it does not recognize the C, M, and Y cartridges!  Absolutely terrible!
1674860
I have to join the many complaints about this horrible printer.  Bought this one because I wanted an inexpensive printer for our vacation home and this was the only option at the time.  Used it for about 3 weeks, then stored it carefully until our next visit.  Red ink would not print.  Went through all the suggested remedies on the Internet and as a result only the yellow ink now prints.  Doing 3 repeats of head cleaning process uses up nearly an entire cartridge of each ink color.  So, after printing less than 100 pages, and going through 2 full sets of replacement cartridges it is going in the trash.  I figure those 100 pages cost me nearly $2 per page...not to mention all the time trying to fix the problem and frustration.  Going back to HP and will not buy another Epson!!!
1376230
I bought the Kodak ESP C-310 about four months ago with the promise of saving money on ink.  Boy what a mistake that was. First off, I printed about 10 pages, 10 pages, not full color pages mind you, but pages with some color on them, before I got the message that the printer was out of color ink. I wish I was joking but I'm not.  I figured I must have received an ink cartridge that was used a lot and was already at low levels when I purchased it.  I was wrong, I bought new Kodak ink cartridges and the same results.  The color ink was gone in a matter of a handful of prints.  Within 4 months the printer stopped printing altogether.  I was told by Kodak that I needed to replace my printhead, which cost more than the printer itself to replace.  A four month old printer, used only a handful of times and already the printhead needed replacing?  Avoid this lemon like the plague.  Worst printer I've ever owned.  Also, the printer kept prompting me for a firmware update and even though I followed the prompts to perform the update, it never actually updated the firmware.  I would say this printer is a joke, but there's nothing funny about the money I wasted on it.  I only gave it 1 star because I'm not allowed to give it zero.
3568285
Had this printer for about a year when all of a sudden it started printing very poorly - spotty coverage, misaligned, etc.  cleaned print heads and realigned print heads, however, now a new problem has come up.  I replaced all of the ink cartridges, and with in 3 days with minimal printing, all of the colored cartridges are warning of low ink.  This model is not up to the quality standards I had expected, and would caution anyone considering this purchase to really dig into the impartial reviews.  Looks like I'm left with a $200 paperweight.
1216276
UPDATE!!  8/8/18 the printer is now dead.  Each attempt at printing results in a B8BE6898 error code with a blue screen and all the lights flashing.  Naturally HP wants me to pay to get support for their POS product.

Previous rant:
Because my color ink are out, it won't print, ANYTHING.
Why won't a printer print in B&W with new ink?  Because HP is greedy and handcuff me until I spend more money.  Off to Costco for an ink refill, never will I pay for HP cartridge again after this!  If a refill won't work I'll take this machine back to Costco for a full refund!
4647280
Print black only after going through every possible hack and trick to fix
Disappointed !!!
2196473
Wonder why you're getting a printer so cheap? You're probalby only getting reject half filled cartridges included, and look at the cost of new cartridges and consider how frequently you may need to buy them unless you hardly ever do any printing.

I bought the x5150 about 8 months ago and thought it was pretty good. Soon the cartridges emptied after not much printing and I learned the hard lesson. I knew the cartridges weren't cheap but I thought I'd refill them. That didn't work. I went to local refill company and was told the sponges in Lexmark cartridges are difficult (they gave up trying)and they only sold other companies' remanufactured or OEM. I tried one remanufactured Black and it was horizonaly streaky no matter what I did to fix it.

People are fed up with printer manufacturers having cartridges with sponges that don't refill well (Lexmark), or smart chips that prevent refills (Epson), not to mention HP's methods including "Expired Cartridge" messages, etc. If we don't, as consumers, vote "no" by not buying these printers and sending letters to CEO's we'll just get more of the same scamming.

I was excited to read about Canon Pixma IP3000 & up models with separate ink-tanks & no smart chips. Examining all the Pixma models at a local store I noticed this extra pull down tray in the front-middle. After full investigation, it's a disabled/never will work CD/DVD printing bay. Yet the same models in Europe have a working CD/DVD print bay. The USA price does not reflect the non-functional CD/DVD printing either. So I will (doubtedly) try to get a Euro model or wait for Canon to release USA models that are fully functional. I may end up temporarly buying the Epson R200 but I feel like I should be ashamed supporting Epson and their smart-chip scam. There is a chip resetter device (avg. $10 to $15) but I don't know if it works well yet. Forget Lexmark unless you have money to burn on cartridges. And there's concern about Epson printers wasting/spraying ink all over the inside (read all R200 reviews) that soon causes problems (dries solid/hard). The Canon has ink tanks with no smart chips, look easily refillable, and their print head underneath the ink tanks holder is also removable (i.e. replacable, but I don't know what that will cost. If other printers' print heads go you pretty much resort to trashing the printer). It looks like the Pixma line is leading the way in printing and cartridge technology. Canon: Kudos for heading a little more environmetally responsible with the Pixmas obviously designed for long-term usage in mind but PLEASE get those CD/DVD printing trays functional soon!
3782253
This printer inspires that level of loathing.

I have two 4900s in the design center I supervise. Thank goodness I have two because one is usually broken. When the printers came out a few years ago, I happily and naively upgraded from the Epson 4800 - a workhorse of a printer. What a colossal mistake to assume since I never had problems with the 4800 (which I had for over five years) the same would be true with the 4900.  I have lost track how many times Epson has replaced these printers. More than 5 times but less than 10. This number doesn't count the times a repairman has been sent. Don't get me started on the replacement printers that didn't work out of the box.

Which leads me to discuss Epson's customer support. It's not good. Not because the customer support personnel are mean or rude, but because Epson keeps changing how they support this stupid freakin' printer! For the first year or two, if there was a problem, the only option available was exchange. On-site repair was not available. Now, this isn't a small printer. It takes up a huge amount of space and at least two people are needed for unpacking/repacking. One time is inconvenient, but two, three, four, five times... What a hassle!  Then, for a short amount of time, Epson offered to send a repair person. This was sooooo much more convenient and didn't require me to coordinate with the Help Desk to get the new printer installed. But that option is no longer available. Now it's back to swapping printers.

Do not, I repeat, do not buy this printer. You will be very, very sorry.
2390097
On Sept. 1,2005 I purchased a brand new Epson CX4600 and all the supplies(extra ink cartridges,USB Cable). Today(Sept. 2,2005, the printer is not working! It will not feed paper and when it does decide to feed a sheet, it comes out blank! No print. The really sad part is that I bought this printer for business purposes and it has made it impossible to do any business! I make personalized shirts until now! I was right in the middle of completing a large order due on Saturday Sept 3,2005 and can not finish if the printer won't print anything! It goes back today for a different brand. Maybe Canon is more reliable? I rate this printer a big fat ZERO!
72589
My original printer failed after three months on light useage.  Epson sent a "refurbished" one which died after 10 months of very little useage.  Now I am one month over the one year warranty and I'm out of luck.  And angry that I bought all new ink cartriges.  If someone what to crank up a class action suit to get some justice, count me in.  This is criminal!  I'm going to send my worthless printer to the CEO and tell him where to plug it in.
2990036
I have never given a product 1 star before.  It is RIDICULOUS the number of hours of my time that have been wasted by this printer.  It's wireless set-up is a pain.  My computer can only find the darned thing half the time.  I'm forever resetting the computer and the printer to get them to connect.  HOWEVER, the worst of it is that any time ONE (any one) of the ink cartridges is low (not empty, low), the printer refuses to print.  Nothing I can find online can help over-ride this in a mac, though there are some suggestions for windows.  I need to print a document for tomorrow morning -- cyan is empty, no document.  No black and white, nothing.  Printer just shuts down.  A week later, magenta is low.  Same story.  In order to consistently use this printer you have to have back-ups of EVERY one of the cartridges on hand at all times.  You can't decide one is low and you'll pick it up soon, or switch to BW.  Nope, you essentially have NO printer every time a cartridge is low.  And you therefore throw away tons of ink.