I bought this printer just before Christmas, my old Epson printer had died a death and seemed to only like printing horizontal lines, but after 2 years and only costing £50 it was nothing to complain about. I went to Argos and noticed this printer on special offer for only £79.99, it seemed ... Read review
Advantages: Good Budget all rounder Disadvantages: No bluetooth and doesn't make a cuppa
...just before Christmas, my old Epson printer had died a death and seemed to only like printing horizontal lines, but after 2 years and only costing £50 it was nothing to complain about. I went to Argos and noticed this printer on special offer for only £79.99, it seemed to have a decent set of features and I know you can usually get compatible inks quite cheaply so I bought it.
The set up was really easy, it came with a large visual ... ...the CD:
Drivers
Epson Status Monitor
Epson Creativity Suite which includes:
Attatch to email
Copy Utility
Easy Photo Print
File Manager
User Guide (very easy html step-by-step guides)
Scan assistant
Pif Designer (create frames)
Features:
Printer
Scanner
Copier
Specifications:
4 separate ink chambers (black,magenta,cyan,yellow) more
I bought this printer just before Christmas, my old Epson printer had died a death and seemed to only like printing horizontal lines, but after 2 years and only costing £50 it was nothing to complain about. I went to Argos and noticed this printer on special offer for only £79.99, it seemed to have a decent set of features and I know you can usually get compatible inks quite cheaply so I bought it.
The set up was really easy, it came with a large visual sheet and a set-up cd. The whole set-up process took no longer than 30mins and most of that was install time.
Software on the CD: Drivers Epson Status Monitor Epson Creativity Suite which includes: Attatch to email Copy Utility Easy Photo Print File Manager User Guide (very easy html step-by-step guides) Scan assistant Pif Designer (create frames)
Features: Printer Scanner Copier
Specifications: 4 separate ink chambers (black,magenta,cyan,yellow) Durabrite Ink Technology (brighter colours less run) Up to 5760 x 1440 dpi print resolution Up to 27 pages per minute in black Up to 27 pages per minute in colour Borderless 10 x 15" photos take less than 30 seconds to print Digital Camera memory card readers(but you need an adapter for Memory Card Pro Duo) Print direct from camera via PictBridge (USB) 1200 x 2400 dpi scanner resolution Standalone Copier 100-sheet paper tray USB 2.0 Hi-Speed Connectivity Windows & Mac compatible (Xp recomended as some printer bonus software only works with Windows Xp)
My experiences with the printer:
Very easy to use, it has a large panel with various lights and symbols, that once you get the hang of allow you to switch from copy to print photo etc at the touch of a button. You can also diagnose faults this way eg. ink low(but not really necessary since you have the status monitor. It's also quiet, which surprised me because the other Epson's I've had have all been noisy. I haven't had any faults with it as yet, not even banding on printing, I've even printed accidentally with the print tray up and it's not ruined my work, although it was a little curly. I have used the memory card printing, which is excellent, it prints a sheet with thumbnails of all your pictures, you then colour in the square next to the picture you want to print, scan the sheet and presto out come the pics. The scanner allows you to remove the lid so you can scan from really large textbooks, great for scanning recipe books. Epson ink cartridges are around £6 each, but as you replace them individually it's not that expensive, also I buy compatibles and I can get them for £10 for a full set which is a lot cheaper, I buy them here:
My overall opinion is that this is a really good all-in-one for the price, it would have been nice if there had been blue-tooth, but I would definitely recommend it.
Also I saw it recently on sale at £44.99 so it's worth looking around
Advantages: Sleek and attractive, very quiet Disadvantages: Ink runs out to soon.
I purchased this printer as a upgrade to my old Canon Pixma IP3000. It is very simple to set up, well packaged for transit and highly versatile.
Once you have the all-in-one plugged in, ink set up and power on its time to have some fun. One touch scanning is possible in both colour and black/white. With just the touch of a button.
Scan quality is brilliant, i have yet to find a fault with it, it is currently networked on my home network.
The ink ...
brake_killer 11.07.2007
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