Epson SX405 – The compact mastermind
The Epson SX405 is a compact all-in-one printer with a sleek design and solidly put together while still managing to be light weight. As well as a reasonable purchase price the SX405 also has reasonable running cost in terms of the price of its printer cartridges compared to its competitors. Epson SX405 ink cartridges consist of four ink cartridges, one for each of the colours, this means when one colour has run out the others are unaffected unlike tri-colour cartridges where ink gets wasted when only one of the colours is empty. A full set of genuine Epson ink cartridges for the SX405 costs around £30 which is reasonable but if you want real value for money compatible ink cartridges are available for half the price and yield the same. The Stylus SX405 has a vast array of functions which include photo quality printing, scanning and coping. Some of the features do not require the device to be connected to a PC, one which being direct photo printing from various formats of memory card thanks to the SX405’s built-in memory card reader and LCD screen. When printing from a memory card the SX405 has a strange flaw in that it doesn’t make the best quality setting available as an option that’s available when printing direct from a PC which is a very strange decision on Epson’s part. Print quality produced by the SX405 is excellent for all types of documents and is probably the SX405 strongest feature. Although all the other functions like scanning and photo copying are good they’re not as much of a stand out feature as the print quality. Overall the Epson Stylus SX405 should be a hit with various home office users.