Epson DX4400 budget printer/scanner

Epson has announced a new, budget all-in-one printer/scanner/copier. The Stylus DX4400 features Epson’s DURABrite Ultra Ink (which is resistant to water, smudging and fading) in four individual cartridges (at £6.99 each). The DX4400 prints up to 25ppm and scans documents and photos up to A4 at a resolution of up to 600ppi. Mark Robinson, Product Manager, Epson says, “The Epson Stylus DX4400 Series is the only model at its price to offer individual ink cartridges at £6.99, lab quality photo capability and a resolution of 5760dpi. What’s more it produces crisp and smudge-proof prints on plain paper, thanks to Epson’s DURABrite™ Ultra Ink. A busy home or home office, that has a variety of printing, scanning and copying needs ranging from homework, office documents, internet pages and photos, will find the Stylus DX4400 Series an ideal cost-effective solution that doesn’t compromise on quality.” The DX4400 costs £59.99 and comes with a range of Epson software including Epson Creativity Suite, Epson Easy Photo Print, Epson PhotoEnhance and Epson Easy Photo Fix. Epson Stylus DX4400 key features summary (from the Press Release): • High-quality low cost all-in-one printing, scanning and copying with individual inks at £6.99 • Individual ink cartridges - save money, only replace the colour used and a value multipack with all 4 cartridges is also available. • Lab Quality Photo Prints up to A4 size borderless • Exclusive Epson DURABrite Ultra Ink resistant to water, smudging and fading. Ideal for printing on all media types, including long lasting superb glossy photos and laser like text • Create high-quality scans with the 600dpi scanner • Automatically improve photos with Epson PhotoEnhance • Restore faded photos with Epson Easy Photo Fix • Manage, file and print photos with Epson Creativity Suite • Fast print speeds of up to 25ppm and 89 seconds for a 10x15cm photo • High-quality prints up to 5760 optimised dpi resolution on suitable media using Epson’s unique Micro Piezo technology • Scan documents into text with OCR ABBYY FineReader2 software • ENERGY STAR compliant to reduce energy wastage.