Epson Artisan 700 and Epson PX700W (Europe) wireless on MacBook

Can someone please let me know if they have successfully installed the EPSON PX700W (which, I believe, is called the Epson Artisan 700 in the US and the Epson TX700W in Australia - the specs seem to be identical) on a Late 2008 aluminium unibody MacBook running OS X 10.5.8?
I need to buy a new printer urgently and this is my printer of choice, however, from the Mac forums that I see in Italy everyone is complaining that it doesn't work wirelessly on their Macs. Some say they can print wirelessly but cannot use the scan function wirelessly. It's important for me to be able to use the wireless function so that two computers on my AirPort network can use the same printer.
I would be very grateful if someone could let me know whether they have the above printer working wirelessly under 10.5.8.
Cheers
Tricia

To answer my own question..... I bought the Epson PX700W on Monday (aka Artisan 700 and TX700W) - the initial setup did not work so I uninstalled and reinstalled the software and it is now working flawlessly (and wirelessly) with my late 2008 aluminium unibody MacBook. I must add that the photo printing quality (direct from iPhoto) is excellent. I will be interested to see how long the inks last.

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