I recently bought an Epson RX560:
http://www.birdforum.net/showpost.ph...7&postcount=10
and I'm quite pleased with it.
Don't know how reliable its going to be though, as an Epson I bought in 2000 only lasted a couple of years, and I replaced it with a HP which is still working. My first printer was an Epson dot matrix which was indestructable.
I guess that nowadays after 3 years or so they probably need replacing regardless of whether they've actually broke or not. You could get a 3 year extnd warranty £20 or so.