Friday, June 17, 2011

Epson Stylus SX525WD Printer Evaluation

The SX525WD is the high-end design, 2010/2011, within the SX sequence, Epson's common end user desktop printers. Epson is featuring it is wireless printer feature, the easy proven fact that it prints double-sided and also the speeds, specific as the "fastest in the category". Regrettably, we will need to place this uncommon declaration directly into framework. Whenever Epson informs us that the printer is relatively cheap however, we can not disagree!
Epson Stylus SX525WD
Epson Stylus SX525WD

Aesthetically, this doesn't look probably the most contemporary associated with products. The actual screen's 6.3 cm of colour fails to satisfy our aspirations when it comes to size as well as contact qualities. A person initial it by way of directional arrows which are in the control control keys. In a helpful touch, this particular shows photographs as well as documents loaded in the memory readers and that means you don't have to employ any kind of computer to print through. 

The front paper holder holds as many as A hundred and fifty sheets, and is a lot for home utilisation. The actual speeds announced within the item specifications as well as on the product packaging aren't actually near to precisely what you get getting in fact: Thirty six pages each minute (parts per million) merely does not complement! The outcomes supply 9 parts per million with regard to color in addition 18 ppm regarding grayscale. 

Despite write mode, on our very own test documents it does not provide 36 parts per million. The actual rates are nevertheless on the good aspect associated with typical. If you switch to double-sided with that said, it really is especially fast. 8.5 ppm may be worth unique remark. It's unusual to see this sort of rates. The normal with regard to double-sided rates of speed is really a lot more like 3.5 parts per million. To get colour A4 image prints you require 3 moments. At 10 by Fifteen centimetres however, the actual Epson does a lot better: 22 mere seconds. If you take a look at both desktop and photo images, you notice the sharpness as well as precision instantly. With office paperwork, graphs tend to be perfectly obvious as well as legible. You can determine how big the actual small tiny droplets upon one sculpt regions however covering is actually properly reproduced as well as the figures (yellow on eco-friendly background) are perfectly readable. With regards to photographs, 

Epson has gone for what is really a "bright" copy. Colors tend to be gentle as if a little bit of flash had been place in. The end result can be displayed fairly eye-catching in comparison with it is competitors which from time to time looks too dark. Pictures do nevertheless lose relief due to the diminished comparison. Sharpness is completely okay as well as tiny droplets are scarcely visible -- not really totally imperceptible in some shaded regions, especially in pores and skin. The scanning device, CIS type, is really a toned A4 colour scanning device with 2400 dpi resolution. 13 seconds for the purpose of preview, only five to obtain a 75 ppp scan in addition ten seconds with regard to 300 ppp. That is quick, about the positive side of typical with respect to existing printers. Higher performance scanning devices are available. Several go up to 4800 ppp. Nonetheless, in case you are not trying to find preciseness most importantly, this specific Epson will perform alright for you. 

Definition is good plus, once more, sharpness is okay. Removing of features is simply a bit obvious and also colours are usually less bright because about the unique picture. The color distinction is fairly higher: 7.9 %. Duplicates (B&W) consider eight mere seconds, that's good. For color, things need a little bit more time: Twenty six mere seconds. It's as if this particular Epson design could be the model to follow with regards to price for each web page. We can not suggest the 

Epson cartridges sufficiently using their high performance technology and incredibly fair price for each page. The actual model offers 4 individual coloured Epson Stylus SX525WD ink cartridges for which there exists an XL format. This really is certainly a well-equipped design, affordable, together with very low cost per web page. Excellent with regard to each office paperwork and photographs, it's an just about all rounder, perfect for home use offering you don't require the facsimile. Epson Stylus SX525WD tubes are to be found right here. 


Epson Stylus SX525WD
Epson Stylus SX525WD

Here's the Full Specs

Technology
Printing Method: 4-colour inkjet printer, Epson Micro Piezo™ print head
Nozzle Configuration: 384 nozzles black / 128 nozzles, each colour (cyan, magenta, yellow)
Droplet Size: 2 pl (minimum) with Variable-sized Droplet Technology
Ink System:  Epson DURABrite Ultra Ink
Print Resolution: Up to 5760x1440 optimised dpi on suitable media using RPM (Resolution Performance Management)


Print
Print Speed Black Text A4 Up to 36 ppm*1
Print Speed Colour Text A4 Up to 36 ppm*1
Print Speed Photo 10x15 Approx. 20 secs*1
Printer Interface Hi-Speed USB – Compatible with USB 2.0 specification, Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11b/g/n, Wired LAN IEEE 802.3 (100BASE-TX, 10BASE-T), Wireless security: WEP – 64 bit, WEP – 128 bit, WPA – PSK (TKIP) – compliant with WPA2, WPA – PSK (AES) – compliant with WPA2


Scan
Scan Speed Black A4 300 dpi 1.1 msec/line, 600 dpi 1.9 msec/line
Scan Speed Colour A4 300 dpi 3.0 msec/line, 600 dpi 5.8. msec/line
Scanning Technology A4 Flatbed colour image scanner
Sensor Type CIS
Scan Resolution 2400x2400 dpi


Paper Handling
Paper Capacity Input: 150 sheets A4 plain paper (75 g/m2)
Media Size A4, A5, A6, B5, 10x15 cm, 13x18 cm, 16:9 wide size, Letter, Legal, 9x13 cm, 13x20 cm, 20x25 cm, 100x148 mm, Envelopes: No.10, DL, C6
Print Margin 0 mm top, left, right, bottom via custom settings in printer driver*3
Auto Duplex Print Yes (Automatic)


General
Power Consumption Approx. 15W (Stand-alone copying, ISO/IEC 24712 pattern), Approx. 3.4W (sleep mode), ENERGY STAR® qualified printer
Voltage AC 220-240V
Optional Warranty 3 years if available
Standard Warranty 1 year standard warranty
Dimensions W x D x H 455x359x164 mm
Operating Systems Windows XP/XP-x64/Vista, Win 7, Mac OS 10.4.11 or later
Weight 6.2 kg (excluding ink cartridges and power cable)
Software Epson Web Support, Epson Easy Photo Print, EpsonNet Setup, Epson Event Manager, ABBYY FineReader® 9.0 Sprint (PC), ABBYY FineReader® 8.0 Sprint Plus (Mac)
Noise Level 5.3B(A) (according to ISO7779 pattern with Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper/Photo RPM mode), 38dB(A) (according to ISO9296)


Other Features
LCD Screen 6.3 cm colour
Supported Memory Card Memory Stick, Memory Stick Duo*2, MagicGate Memory Stick, MagicGate Memory Stick Duo*2, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick PRO Duo*2, SD, SDHC, MiniSD*2, MiniSDHC*2, MicroSD*2, MicroSDHC*2, Multi Media Card, xD-Picture card, xD-Picture card Type-M, xD-Picture card Type-H




Source: Epson

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