Epson Stylus SX400 Inkjet MFP

If you want proof that the design and production of printers is the process of evolutionary, not look further than the Epson in SX400. We cheerfully entered into the machine for review, when received a press release, because it was a new model in the field of competition in the market. When we received our sample, although he looked suspiciously familiar with.

If you read our review of the Epson Stylus DX8400, you'll have quite a good idea, as it looks and operates the printer. In SX400, apparently has a new color ID ", which means different shades of dark gray and black for his case. It also made a paper tray designs, such as front and rear. Clipboard changes may sound trivial, but in both cases, the model is a better paper and more support for the feed trays, paper stops flopping the front and the acquisition of the curve if you do not print.

In the control panel is identical to the past, but it was already well-defined, with a separate mode Copy buttons, Memory Card and photos and ring of buttons to control the menu. There's a 63mm color LCD, too, so you can preview photos from memory cards. To display images using a dual-scan somewhat strange, as the old Web page. This suggests that the printer processor is a bit underpowered.

Pisaka SX400 uses Contact Image Sensor (CIS) scanner, which is a good resolution to the flat with 2400 and 1200 by an internal 48-bit color depth. CIS scanners use of sensors and lens strips, along with LED lighting, mirrors and avoid and cold cathode lamps CCD-based devices. This is very little time to warm, but that may have problems with image depth if they are scanned which is not perfectly flat.

In front of the printer are two memory card slot, for all types normally, and PictBridge socket, which is rather deeply buried for the front fascia of plastic, making it fiddly to obtain at. This is true in a single PC with a USB connection back, too. Pisaka SX400 uses a four-color ink cartridges DuraBrite Ultra, which nest to print in the head. The printer goes through a series of one-off charges, after the introduction of a new round, but no other physical configuration.

Epson is a software package is very comprehensive and includes a copy of Abbyy Fine Reader 6 Sprint for optical character recognition, as several of the company's own tools for scanning and printing Web site. The printer driver has been updated with one-click options for tasks such as high-quality photos and text print quality standard print on plain paper.