Strange, I'd never touch another Epson again in my life. My 740 is about 2 years old, and the number of problems it has been giving me recently is stupid. It has basically just given up on everything. It is noisy, the print quality (even when it did work) is nothing like the quality from the Canon BJC4100 (a printer 2 years older and without the resolution capability of the Epson) and the software is just plain annoying.
The next printer I get will be a laser- OK, the initial cost is higher and the cartridges are £50 a time, but unless you want colour printing you just cannot beat laser printers.