Epson Stylus SX215 All-in-One Printer
Posted by Notcot on Apr 7, 2010 in Peripherals & Accessories |
Product Description
li This stylish, affordable all-in-one has individual ink cartridges, a 3.8 cm LCD viewer and memory card slots, so you can print great photos without using your PC. li View and print photos directly from your memory card using the 3.8 cm LCD viewer li Epson DURABrite Ultra Ink prints high-quality documents and lab-quality photos li Epson Easy Photo FixTM restores colours and corrects backlight when scanning your old photos p Dimensions (mm) H:182 x W:450 x D:342
- Epson Stylus SX215 Multifunctional Printer C11CA47311
• Epson Stylus SX215 all-in-one printer copier and scanner• Features 3.8 cm LCD viewer up to 32 ppm print speed prints 10 x 15 cm photos in 72 seconds 300 dpi scan speed and 120 sheet pa
I was originally going to buy the SX200 having read favourable reviews but Amazon showed this as a newer product – with no reviews yet!
Just bought this multifunction printer and printing, scanning and copying all perform well. Copying is especially impressive as it doesn’t require the PC to be on. Printing 8 pages of mixed images and text on text mode took 6 minutes with good quality on plain paper. Printing a single A4 sheet of 4 photos on ‘best photo’ mode took 8 minutes, with rather sombre colours. It is slower than I expected and also noisy when first feeding paper.
Problem on initial installation of software. On the required re-boot the computer hung on start-up and would only continue when I removed the printer cable. I now find that if the printer is ON then the computer (Dell Inspiron running Windows XP) will just hang every time. As soon as the printer is turned OFF then start-up sequence resumes. Epson helpline suggested disabling all start-up programs. This has made no difference. THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE, partly because it is inconvenient and particularly because every time the printer is turned ON/OFF some ink is used. On reflection, perhaps Epson have done this on purpose?
The Technical Specs published by Epson says it supports Compact Flash cards, and the headline description from Amazon, says ‘memory card slots’. But there is only one slot (the earlier model SX200 has two), and Compact Flash doesn’t fit. The operation guide that comes with it makes no mention of Compact Flash cards. So one of the reasons I bought it – to make it easy for my wife to print photos direct from memory card – is rendered useless unless I can find an adapter. Is there such a thing? Epson’s blurb from their website also says it has PictBridge capabilities – but it doesn’t.
So this printer is going to have to go back as it is ‘not fit for purpose’ and doesn’t comply with Epson’s spec.
EDIT – Have returned the Epson and bought a Canon MP630. Cost half as much as again but is an absolutely superb piece of kit, solidly built, fantastic print quality (A4 best quality print in 70 secs and a borderless 6″x4″ in 10 secs with the camera plugged into the PictBridge port). Still hanging on start up – perhaps it’s the TWAIN scanner driver on USB1 which is the problem.
Rating: 3 / 5
I have xp professional and the printer loaded without any problem. The loading instructions are straightforward and the printer is great value for money. There is a slight clunk as the feeder picks up the paper but after that the printer is not unduly noisy. Follow the easy to use instructions and do not be put off with the adverse comments as I nearly was. I paid 39.99 but even at the new price it is worth the money. Replacement cartridges are cheap and for every day use what more can you want.
Rating: 5 / 5
I have found this an Excellent Epsom Printer/Scanner,easy to use & excellent results,would reccommend this to anyone looking for one.
Anne.
Rating: 5 / 5
easy to install, even for a technophobe like me!
print quality good, copier also good quality, have only printed photo’s onto paper not photo paper but still quite good. love that i can use it without the computer being on from the card slot.
my only critism is it is noisy when it starts to print, haven’t had to change ink yet so not sure how long it lasts, seems like a good value for money purchase.
Rating: 5 / 5
Just bought this to replace a broken epsom stylus basic printer. This is a very nice looking printer smaller than the last 3 in 1 we had. Works great, set up easy, prints pics and text fantastic. Great to have the separate inks as different printing uses different amounts. Noisy? not really, OK for me. Well recomended at this price.
Rating: 5 / 5