Epson Stylus SX405 Reviews: Epson All-in-one Colour Inkjet Printer

+ Good quality printing and fast.

- Scary noises - it grabs the paper and spits it out at speed!

+ versatile - printer, scanner and photocopier
looks good
sleep mode automatically when not in use
scanner easy to use

- very slow when photocopy is used and uses a great deal of ink so good for emergencies only
small ink cartridges so seems to use a lot

+ Very easy to use, looks good

- It is too slow when copying things.

+ Easy to set up and Use. Ink cartridges more econominal than my previous single colour cartridge printer.

- A bit noisy when loading paper

+ pretty simple to set up and produces good quality prints. An excellent all-round workhorse

- a wee bit slow and pretty loud, but that's no big deal.

+ Really good value for money, excellent print quality and uses very little ink.

- Not found any yet:-)

+ Very Stylish, Good quality printing. Like the fact that ink cartridges can be changed individually

- Noisy when paper first loads into the printer but actual printing is smooth and quiet. Paper handlers feel flimsy and brittle. I feel they may break easily.

+ Easy to use, quick to print, I like the idea of seperate cartridges so you only need to buy individual inks according to useage. Can use as a standalone unit without the need for a pc, you can print direct from a memory card

- Have noticed a few roller marks on the paper, need to purchase good quality paper for best results

+ does everything for a reasonable price

- shakes a lot in operation and has no paper tray which was disappointing

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- snatches paper

+ Great that it can take a memory card for instant print photos. Brilliant that it restores old photos to original colours. Easy to use and very user friendlu instructions with makes a refreshing change. I purchased at sale price but even the full price would still have been excellent value for money

- Haven't found any yet!

+ Excellent value for money. Photocopier is particularly good.

- Doesn't seem to do multi page PDF files.

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- the cost of ink and the waste of thr plastic containers that you can't refill makes this printer far too expensive

+ Love the fact you can do pretty much everything, print, scan and copy photos, as well as print them direct from your card.

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+ When set up correctly gives very good print quality. I get the feeling that people who get banding havent set it up correctly. good value for the price I paid

- Bit slow to start, noisy starting also if you have sensitive ears! Oh yes.. it certainly grabs that paper!

+ Quality

- Noisy, Literature required some understanding

+ Neat and compact. Facilities to print using pictbridge or memory card and the fact that it uses individual cartridges.

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+ Easy to instal and compatability. Value for money

- None really

+ lcd screen invaluable

- Can't select paper size on scanner options, you have to do a % of the image

+ excellent printer very easy to use good quality prints simple instructions easy to follow

- n.a.

+ easy set up, easy to use, great print quality

- usb cable not supplied

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- Cannot put the printer onto a network without expensive attachments - and even then it keeps breaking down. I want to chuck it out the window.

+ Easy to set up and use

- Would have liked more comprehensive instructions

+ does most things

- ink doesn't last as long as it could

+ Excellent quality

- Very loud when printing

+ separate cartridges, scan, copy print facilities. Reasonably priced.

- The printer is very loud, loading paper is a bit difficult.

+ excellent printer for price and quality it cannot be beaten.

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+ Quick & easy to use with plenty of functionality

- Paper feed quite vicious, a few teething problems with initial instalation

+ Neat, stylish & has useful features. Great print speed. Individual cartridges. Can be used as a standalone printer & copier.

- None found to date

+ Positive paper feed, easy to load.

- Bit noisy

+ Does what it says

- Fair size

+ Smart design,neat size, fairly clear instructions was able to add to exsisting computer with great ease following clear instructions.

- Downloading manual for bits of information, as a virtual computer virgin, it's boring.Rather have a similar sheet of simple intrutions to access, copying, scanning etc.,

+ easy to use simple to set up

- a little noisey

+ Easy to set up, Great looking unit

- Very noisey compared to my R300

+ easy to configure and use

- it is a bit noisy when printing

+ A good easy to use printer, the ability to view and print phot's without the computer is great.

- Still looking.

+ Print quality excelent

- I thought it would inclde a scanner

+ inks very cheep and last a long time

- lot of noise when loading paper

+ ink seperates

- noisy

+ compact and does what it says on the tin.

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+ Excellent value for money. Very stylish looking. Incredibly easy to set-up, just plug in and go. Perfect for the home / small office. Great.

- Haven't found any yet. Interested to know how long the ink cartridges will last, although I did order spares at the same time as the printer for a good price.

+ Great value for money. Everything in one box!!

- Very slow on photo prints. When one ink cartridge runs out it won't continue to print even if that colour is not required.

+ Good printing and quiet when printing. Has a card reader for cameras. Defenitely good value for money.

- Very noisy when grabbing the paper.

+ It is fast and quiet. I have not yet had it long enough to know how the cost of ink catridges will compare with my prevous Lexmark printer. I picked it because I think it may work out cheaper with the four cartridges.

- The fold out paper tray at the front is very flimsy so I don't bother to pull it out. I can't see it lasting long before it breaks.

+ Ease of use

- None

+ Fits well into the space I wanted it to go. Like the preview screen.

- Very noisy when printing, photo's are very grainy not very good quality at all, Not the best I have used overall, pretty disappointing for the money.

+ looks good,easy to use

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+ lcd screen able to scan and copy without pc

- slow photo printing not wifi

+ Very useful all in one that meets all home needs (with 2 teenagers doing masses of exam course work) and small business needs. Does exactly what it says.

- None so far

+ Good image quality

- Noisy

+ On the whole all is well

- When printing photographs it shows fine lines down the picture any suggestions would be appreciated

+ Easy to install quick once warmed up. Good quality simple and easy to use.

- Takes a while to warm up and was not told that the usb cabel did not come with it and could not find any where in book which usb worked with printer

+ Does the job and works well , Love the screen on it and the fact you do not have to plug in the printer to photocopy something

- It could be a bit faster and the inks could be cheaper and last longer

+ Very simple to set up.

- A little noisy

+ Separate cartridges - black, blue, pink and yellow, so you only have to replace the empty one and there is no waste.

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+ quite quick and print quality good!

- took me a while to find a driver to use the product with linux. but got there in the end. product it a bit noisy

+ Excellent value for money, much quicker at photocopying than our other 2 year old Epson if a bit noisy.

- Slow to start when it is first switched on but fine once it is on. Slightly more noisy than our other Epson which is now 2 years old & has had a hard life.

+ Easy to use

- Appears to be very thirsty for black ink

+ Good quality for the price and individual ink cartridges mean less ink waste

- None really at the price

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- Very Noisy

+ SO EASY TO USE.GREAT PRINTS.

- NONE

+ Quality of prints and copies

- Noisy .

+ Good Print, easy to operate.

- Slow to load and start.

+ easy to use, lcd is easy to see. only 4 ink cartridges,

- none

+ Ink cheaper and lasts longer. I have had a few printers, but this one tops them all.

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+ easy to use , frugal with ink , easy ink change

- none

+ Easy!

- None so far

+ good quality printer at an affordable price

- not found any yet

+ quiet - my last epson sounded like a maqchine gun! easy to use. haven't tried to load pics direct from camera cards yet, but if it works ok that's a definite plus
size - why i went for scanner/printer in the first place
but above all it's epson and i know i can rely on them

- none so far

+ EASY TO SET UP AND USE.GOOD CLEAR PRINTS.VERY GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY.

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+ Print Quality and Interface is excellent.

- Can be a bit slow when printing HQ Docs.

+ easy to use and set up and excellent print quality

- none so far

+ Design, realtively compact for an all-in-one, print quality better than expected

- Not very fast, flimsey paper tray

+ The price of printers have come down alot since i last bought one and this is a very good printer.the printing is nearly as good as a more expensive printer.I have printed photos on photo paper and they came out good.a very good priced printer and worth every penny.

- The noise it made when i first started printing made me jump.It is louder than my old RX620 but you do get used to it.its actions are not smooth with the paper but it get the job done quickly.Apart from it being noisy when printing i can't fault it.A good buy.

+ Speed, cheap ink

- Annoying window on screen, can be fussy about ink

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- The ink does not last very long - black ink cartridge ran out after 2.5 weeks, even though I wasn't printing alot of documents. Coloured ink, lasts about a month. Was put off printing a large document incase the ink ran out.
The scanner does not allow you to feed a document for a continuous scan i.e it only scans one page at a time and you have to 'save' each individual page to your computer, rather than a whole document.
It does not scan the A4 page as a whole, just the writing.
When printing a document, the pages come out with the last page on top, rather than page 1 on top.

+ clear instructions

- rather noisy

+ Great quality photos and the card reader is compatible with most cards

- A bit noisy and it seems so far to use quite a bit of ink

+ very easy to use with all explanations quite clear. Easy to install with no unpleasant surprises.

- Its black so it shows up dust

+ It all works well BUT see below

- The inks do not last for very m,any pages and are dear to buy. Do you make a high capacity black cartridge for this model. I have seen a TO711H (high capacity) but it does not appear to fit my machine. Can it be modified to do so?

+ Easy to set up with instructions and disk supplied. (O/S Windows XP Home edition) Worked first time. Good quality prints. Menu on printer screen clear and easy to navigate. A decent buy for the price.

- No usb cable supplied with this printer.(Fortunately I had a usb cable from my old epson printer which fitted ok) A little on the noisy side but not much worse than my old printer. You don't notice it after the initial first test print.

+ its good

- problems with single sheet feeding

+ It's all in one feature is the main point.

- No bad points really

+ I like to be able to change my ink cartridges one at a time and only when it is necessary. The printing sppeed is good.

- It is rather noisy when it snatches the next sheet of paper but you get used to that!

+ good quality printer

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