Epson's latest print, scan and copy three-in-one - the Epson TX550W multifunctional peripheral (MFP) - features a large 6.3cm touch-panel LCD display that allows users to view photographs before printing them.
“The printer prints fast 36ppm black and 36ppm colour and produces a 10x15 photo in about 20 seconds,” adds Heinrich Pretorius, Epson product manager at Rectron.
Targeted at small and medium enterprises, the Epson TX550W provides for a wide array of connectivity options, including USB 2.0, Ethernet and 802.11b/g WiFi, while the integrated media card reader caters for standard flash memory options, including SD, xD, MemoryStick Pro, MicroDrive, MiniSD, MicroSD5, Multi Media Card, xD-Picture card, and CompactFlash cards.
“Users can access photos from their SD card or any other supported cards, view them on the LCD viewer, and easily print only the photos they want,” he added.
PictBridge-compatible mobile phones and digital cameras can be connected into a front-mounted USB port, which can also print photos from USB flash drives.
“Using Epson DURABrite Ultra Ink and an Epson Micro Piezo print head, this four-colour inkjet printer offers excellent print quality; with 5 760x1 440dpi resolution, your photos will look like lab-quality photos that can last over 200 years when stored in a photo album,” Pretorius said.
“Since it uses individual ink cartridges, you only replace the colour used, which makes it more cost-effective.”
The Epson resin-coated pigment technology prints on a wide range of media, and is instant-drying, water, smudge and highlighter resistant.
As an integrated A4 flatbed colour image scanner, the Epson TX550W can scan at 2 400x2 400dpi, producing black A4 300dpi scans in 1.1msec/line, and black A4 600dpi at 2.0msec/line. Colour A4 scans of 300dpi are produced in 3.2msec/line, while 600dpi A4 documents are scanned at a speedy 5.8msec/line.
Bundled software includes Epson Easy Photo Print, Epson Event Manager, Epson NetEasy Installer, Epson Web-To-Page, and ABBYY FineReader Sprint Plus.
* The new Epson TX550W retails for a suggested price of R1 199 and has a one-year standard carry in warranty; if the unit is faulty within seven days it will be replaced, and if it is a DOA it will be replaced as well.
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