Just went thru this question. I seem to be the computer guy of the family.. and well. last month non only did I need a new printer, but so did my mom and sister.. so I was tasked with getting all 3. they were more interested in price, and although that was factor for me, I was tired of using the 'cheap' printer that i had (canon bjc 3000 & 6000). so I opted for a HP Photosmart 1115, and got them the Epson C60. got all three from DELL, when they were running their 10% sale. the epson ended up costing (after $20 rebate) around $60. and the HP after the great $75 rebate from HP (I purchased a digital camera for Xmas, it was a fuji), so it cost me about $75.
I have been refilling my ink cartriges for over 5 years. saves me money.. so one word about the EPSON C 60 or C80.. they put a chip in the cartridge, that when it runs out of ink it deactivates the cartridge, you can't refill it.. and if take the cartidge out of the printer, for any reason, even if it is not empty, it no longer works. most computer shows sell refill kits, and devices that will make the espon cartidges reactivate, but those devices are not available for the C60 or 80, yet. where as the HP 1115, uses cartidges that HP has been using, and still uses in many of their printers, so refill kits are available. Not sure, but I think the EPSON does not house the ink jet heads in the cartidges (is that right??), but HP does. what does that mean? well, when you replace the cartidges on the HP, you fresh, new heads. and even if you refill them, they as for long time (about 2-5 refills). and the HP has a self aligning feature, no printing out an alignment sheet, where you feed number back into the printer application, thus making your heads in alignment. NOPE, HP does it itself, every time you print. very nice. the best feature of the printer, in my opinion. and you can tell just by looking at the HP's, they are made to a higher quality then others.
did that help?