I don't know about combined printer/scanners but our last printer was an Epson and it was rubbish. It broke down twice and we took it back, they swopped it first time but we were fed up with it by second time so they let us upgrade to a Hewlett Packard 840c and it's been trouble free (I think we've had it about a couple of years now)
We've just started having our cartidges refilled by
http://www.eurojet-cartridges.co.uk/ and so far they've been fine. Cheaper than buying new ones and they reckon to put more ink in than the originals have in them as well. :)
Kath.