First off. I have never had anything but trouble with Epsons. Second. I work as an IT support officer. My boss, the Manager of IT services won't go near epsons, because of their low quality/pricing/reputation for anything other than throw-away printers (anything more than $AU150 and you should look somewhere else). As for HP. eb85044 never said anything about what (s)he wants to use it with. Don't assume (s)he is using osx, or will be using osx with this particular printer. Apart from which, i was not specifically recommending HP, simply suggesting that (s)he stick to a company with a reputation for high-quality products. And if apple is willing to put HP printers on its AppleStore Third Party Products list, I'm sure they must work somewhat acceptably.