Everything But The Weed

Approved by:
Linda Maze, a Wedding photography Gainesville FL in Gainesville Florida

Epson printers have  a reputation for getting the job done at a reasonable price. While the genuine Epson ink cartridges are  extortionate  , the compatible epson cartridges for the sx415 are very reasonably priced.

Enough of that, on to the printer itself. Epson’s Stylus SX415 is a multifunction machine, consequently it can print scan & copy. It has a color screen, PictBridge usb port which allows you to print directly from your digital camera, and also has slots for CompactFlash, SDHC, MMC memory cards. Thus you do not need to switch the pc on (if you ever switch it off) .

The Epson sx415  provides  excellent  photo quality. Colours were bright & vivid, skin tones were  nicely displayed  and smooth with very little bleeding. Photo printing is quite slow, but I would rather wait for a great photo then have a poor one instantly! 

 In   normal print mode text was dark and easy to read, close scrutiny would expose a few imperfections but I am being finicky especially at the price these printers are available for now. Its not the  quickest  machine  in the shops  by any means and some  Hewlett Packard’s  and Canon’s are quicker. Draft mode is lightening quick, but codswallop. Documents with graphs and illustrations were vivid and accurate, very  nice  on the eye.

The 1,200×2,400dpi scanner is very good and produced quality scans on both documents and photographs with excellent fine detail on our scanned photos. 

Photo printing and  scanning  are both very good makes the sx415 excellent value for money, considering you can pick one up for under £65 if you  know where to look  .

So don’t plump for a cheapo Lexmark , spend a little more and get yourself a  great  little Epson multifunction machine.