[LarryMade2]

Epson - If its not chipped ink cartridges its vacuum tubes on their print-heads.

Canon, the print head or logic board dies and unless you replace one and it works or fails you don't know which - sorry.

HP - built like a tank - ink priced like mil-spec.

Dell/Lexmark shiny logo in place of compatibility.

Never buy a network printer without an LCD display to read error messages/input IP addresses.

Beware of printers that can't use card stock - at all (Yeah, Canon, you and your latest inkjets).

Might try Brother next.