Wow, hopefully Lexmark have improved their products according to the 2 votes above. Good news! Lexmark were once very good printers then they seemed to go to the cheap and nasty stuff. Just this weekend I removed Lexmark X4250 from my wife's computer, it was troublesome from day one and Lexmark offered no fix so I had to find my own cure. You might take a squint at the Consumers Report on printers from April, linked below. Here is a link that might be useful: Consumers Report on printers, April 2008

I don't know anything about this company but found them by googling: INK Refill Bottle SET If you have any spreadsheet program (excel, works) on your computer it should should print your numbers for you. Just type the first 2 or 3 in the column or row you want them in then select those cells, put your cursor in the corner of the last one and stretch it out as far as you want. It will automatically fill in the numbers.

I can't see any reference to USB ports in any Gateway detailed/technical description. What II did see is that it only supports wireless connectivity - both keyboard and mouse included are wireless (stock up on batteries if you buy this product). And you probably will have to get wireless exyernal devices, like printer. Also, Gateway doesn't have the best reputation - never has. Why aren't you looking at a laptop?. Desktop PC's are a dying product for personal use. You can get all you are looking for in a good laptop - like a Toshiba...for less money. And spend the extra money for a wireless 3 in 1 Printer/scanner/fax device. BTW - They do make USB "extension" cords that allow you to plug in 2 or more USB devices.

I switched from Epson to HP as at least the color cartridges were replaceable individually - old Epson was not. What is weird is that it's just the black cartridge that is the problem - all the color 3rd party ones work just fine. Google told me this is a known problem - apparently, it's the control for the black that triggers the "this is not an HP cartridge" and then messes with the black one. What is strange, is that the 3rd party cartridges got excellent reviews on Amazon. I think they may have been from the 3rd party themselves - this is a big problem with smaller sellers on Amazon and eBay - they get their employees/friends/neighbors to write great reviews. These ink cartridges are a HUGE rip-off, price wise. Yes, I know - it's how the companies make their printers very cheap. I do use the color so I don't want a Laser printer and color ones are very expensive. Plus I really need the all-in-one in order to be able to copy and FAX. My HP is the HP 309a and has been a very good All-in-one printer. I'm a bit tempted to buy a new printhead on eBay for $35 and see if this fixes the problem with HP ink, but the ink alone is almost $100 for all the colors. I can buy a Canon for less than this. Yes, I was VERY uncomfortable with the HP Customer Service wanting to have access to my computer. I have allowed Apple to do this when I had a problem, but HP? And then when this guy started trying to scare me into thinking I had tons of "problems" and malware on my computer, I got even more nervous - HIGHLY unlikely on a Mac. Then we got to his pitch that he could "fix" my computer and "clean it" and then send me a reconditioned HP just like the one I had for $399. Whoa!!!!!! I did run a free and highly recommended malware program after this phone call - was afraid of what HE might have put on my computer! I was horrified to see that he had gone into Terminal Mode - this is BIG TIME and there would be no reason to do this if it were a software glitch - just reinstall the printer driers. No malware. He was just expecting me to be a typical non-computer savvy customer who could be easily scared into buying anything. Wrong customer!!!! But this experience certainly gave me a VERY bad taste in my mouth about HP and I won't buy one again. I'm in no hurry to make a decision. I don't need my Proof of Insurance card until 1 July and I have the tax document on my computer and can convert it to a PDF file, put it on a thumb drive, and print it off SIL's printer is needed (it's not - it's just for my records). But this experience showed me that it's not just those phone phony phone calls alleging to be from ones credit card company (funny - I don't have a Visa or MC so why are they calling?) that are out to try to fool the public. I would have expected better of a large company like HP. I have no doubt that like many large companies, they outsource their customer service dept to off-shore 3rd party companies and they are not very closely monitored. BIG mistake!