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Jumat, 02 Juli 2010

Epson Stylus SX405 – packs a punch

Epson have always offered good value multifunction inkjet printers and their new offering the Stylus SX405 seems to follow in the footsteps of its predecessors. It offers the functionality of three machines in one and with a very reasonable price tag too, costing just £70 from competitive retailers. Running costs for these types of printers is usually very high but the SX405 manages to reduce it running cost by using four individual printer ink cartridges. This is an advantage as is means that only the colors that get used need to be replaced therefore keeping the cost to a minimum. The cost of the Epson SX405 ink cartridges themselves is about average for a printer in this class, but if you want to save money there are compatible Epson inks available for half the price of the originals. It terms of functionality the SX405 has the edge on it competitors, it offers a wide range of features including photo quality printing as well as scanning photo copying and direct photo printing from memory cards an digital cameras thanks to its built in memory card reader and PictBridge connection. In terms of its performance it falls down slightly as its slower than a lot of the other printers in this class, although it makes up for this by producing superior print quality. The scanner and photo copier are good performers with the scanner producing sharp accurate results on a wide range of documents and images and the photo copier strikes a good balance between speed and quality. Overall the SX405 is a good performer and offers good value for money.