Epson RX420 Review

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Epson RX420
1.9 stars
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hazeldinka's Review of Epson RX420

7th Sep 2006

Overall Rating

1 stars
  • Value for money
    0.5 stars
  • Ink Consumption
    Poor
  • Scan Quality
    4.5 stars
  • Ease of Use
    3.5 stars
  • Time Multifunction Printer Owned
    Over 1 Year
  • Print Quality
    3.5 stars
  • Ease of Set Up
    3.5 stars
Good Points

Good print quality.
Reasonable speed.
Easy to use.


Bad Points

Cannot print black document if you have no coloured ink left, despite a full black cartridge!
Cost of replacing cartridges.
Use of colour ink, despite not printing in colour.


General Comments

I have owned three successive Epson printers, and to be honest, I have been disappointed with each. More fool me I guess! The Epson RX420 multifunction printer is definitely the better built and most reliable of them, but there are three things that are definite disadvantages:

1) I cannot get it to print black documents when there is ample black left, but no colour ink remaining - this REALLY gets me. I rarely do photos, but frequently print documents out, and it is very inconvenient when I have to purchase yet another set of colour inks before I can get my finished document! Which leads me to number 2...

2) It seems to positively EAT the colour ink, despite rarely using it to print out photos. Every time I switch it on it does something that sounds like cleaning the print head, and I swear that if I never printed a colour document, it would get through the colour cartridges in less than 2 months. Which leads me to number 3...

3) Despite apparently costing less than a similar HP model, I am paying £20 a set from EBay for original cartridges. Reasonable enough in itself IF IT DIDN'T EAT THE INK FOR BREAKFAST!!! I am paying out at least once a month for little reward.

For the three reasons above, I will NOT be buying one of these printers next time around, I will focus firmly on HP and will DEFINITELY ask the right questions regarding its ink usage!

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