Anne, Please forgive me for sticking my nose in where it probably doesn't belong, but I thought I'd give you my experience with Epson printers. I've had several; currently own a Stylus Photo R220, which I bought mainly because it will print labels on printable CDs. It takes forever for the thing to get initialized (or whatever they call it these days) -- I could probably go fishing while it hums and bumps and runs the printer head back and forth. Most of the time it won't even print the labels unless two little plastic arrows are aligned with a micrometer (not much of an exaggeration).
On the other hand, I have an ancient (2004?) hp DeskJet 5150, which I love. I know that hp printers have been disparaged by others on the group, but if I forget to turn this one on before I hit the "print" button, it's instantly ready to go. It's so old they don't make parts for it any more, and I have to improvise if anything breaks, but I don't mind. After six years or more, it's always faithful, and uses only two cartridges, so that you know you need either a "black" or a "color." Perhaps they have made improvements in Epson printers in the meantime, so if you go that way, I wish you the best and will overlook my butting in. Nolan
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