Epson Stylus SX525WD ink cartridges

The Epson Stylus Sx 525WD printer owner has the option of purchasing two volumes of ink cartridges as replacements. The Apple range of Epson ink cartridges are rated as large cartridges and for more frequent use the Extra large Stag range represent the best value. We recommend purchasing the XL black cartridge T1301 and the XL colour pack T1306.

Epson Stylus SX525WD review

 The Epson SX525WD is the high-end model, 2010/2011, inside the SX series, Epson's general end user desktop printers. Epson is showcasing its wireless printer aspect, the simple fact that it prints double-sided plus its speeds, specified as the "fastest within the category". Sadly, we are going to need to put this strange assertion in to context. When Epson tells us that the ink is inexpensive however, we can't take issue!

Visually, it doesn't look one of the most modern of products. The SX525WD screen's 6.3 cm of colour doesn't fulfill our aspirations with regards to size and also touch characteristics. You pilot it via directional arrows that are at the control buttons. In a useful touch, it shows photos as well as documents placed within the memory card reader therefore you needn't use a pc to print from. The front paper holder can take up to 150 sheets, and is plenty for the purpose of at-home usage.

The rates of speed publicised inside the product specifications and on the packaging are not even close to exactly what you end up getting in reality: 36 pages per minute (ppm) just doesn't match up! Our results provide 9 ppm with respect to colour plus 18 ppm with regard to monochrome. Even with draft mode, on our test documents it does not give 36 ppm. The genuine rates of speed are however on the decent side of average. Whenever you switch to double-sided on the other hand, it's specially rapid. 8.5 ppm is worth special comment. It's unusual to observe this sort of rates of speed. The normal for double-sided speeds is actually more like 3.5 ppm. For colour A4 picture prints you need 3 minutes. At 10 x 15 cm on the other hand, the Epson does far better: 22 seconds.

Whenever you take a look at both the desktop and picture prints, you'll observe the sharpness plus accuracy straight away. With office docs, graphs are completely clean as well as legible. You can identify the size of the tiny droplets on individual tone regions however shading is definitely properly reproduced and the characters (yellow on green background) are flawlessly legible. With regard to pictures, Epson has gone for what is really a "bright" portrayal. Colours are generally light as if a bit of flash had been put in. The results can appear rather appealing compared to its competition which occasionally seems too dark. Pictures do however lose relief as a result of decreased contrast. Sharpness is completely alright and droplets are barely noticeable - not entirely imperceptable in certain shaded regions, particularly on skin.

The scanner, CIS type, happens to be a flat A4 colour scanner with 2400 dpi resolution. Thirteen seconds when it comes to preview, just five to get a 75 ppp scan and ten seconds with regard to 300 ppp. This is fast, on the positive side of average with regard to present models. Higher performance scanners are out there. A few go up to 4800 ppp. Nonetheless, for those who aren't seeking precision first and foremost, this specific Epson will work fine for you. Definition is good and also, once more, sharpness is good. Smoothing of traits is moderately apparent and also colours tend to be not as vivid as on the original picture. The colour variation is fairly high: 7.9 %.

Copies (B&W) need eight seconds, and that is fine. For colour, things need a little more time: 26 seconds.

It appears like this particular Epson unit could be the example to follow when it comes to cost per page. We can't endorse the Epson cartridges sufficiently with their high performance technology and extremely fair cost per page. The machine has 4 distinct coloured Epson Stylus SX525WD printer ink cartridges for which there is an XL stag version offering best value.