>Most of those considering a colour printer for use in a small workgroup or medium-sized small business will be thumbing laser printer brochures, but this inkjet from Epson is a credible alternative. It matches many lasers on speed and consumable yield and can print photos on photo paper, which lasers can’t.
Epson has taken on a tough challenge here – and gets very close to succeeding. On the positive side, the Epson produces colourful graphics output, and text quality that’s sufficient for most purposes. Speed is good, and the running costs promise to be excellent. But you will still want a mono laser at the ready for important text documents, while features like the multiple paper trays don’t work as smoothly as they should. We experienced quite a few errors and problems while testing this model. And the small LCD display doesn’t help either. While its street price may turn out to be more appealing, the list price of £293 makes it a rather expensive initial proposition.
(Les notes de la presse sont données à titre indicatif et représentent une interprétation du test par Numerama)
