Friday, April 27, 2012

Epson Stylus NX430 - Color Inkjet Wifi Small-in-One

By Alaina Dainack


General, the Stylus NX430 is easy to set up (through either USB or Wi-Fi) and use. The main installation is a breeze, and the touch-panel controls for the 2.5-inch LCD are simple to use (and uncommon on a $100 printer). Epson consists of its mature and competent Epson Scan software, although the business seems unable to manipulate the Windows firewall so as to allow scanning to a Wi-Fi-attached Computer from the printer manage panel. You might need to add the exception for the Epson event manager yourself. Many customers may never realize that push-scanning is an option. Mac customers should download the occasion manager software program and install it to add this capability. Push-scans through USB do not suffer from this problem.

Paper-handling functions are minimal. A rear vertical feed holds 100 sheets of paper, along with a front output tray accommodates 30 sheets. As noted earlier, there is no automatic duplexing; on the Mac, there is not even assistance for manual duplexing (the Pc driver provides dialog boxes that walk you through the procedure of manual duplexing). The letter/A4-size scanner lacks an automatic document feeder, and the scanner lid telescopes about 0.5 inch--enough to handle most magazines, but not most books. You'll also find card slots for Secure Digital and Memory Stick formats.

Unfortunately, the Stylus NX430's speed doesn't fairly measure up to its print quality. Text and monochrome graphics print at a middling 4.8 pages per minute. Photos printed to glossy stock are especially slow: A half-page color photo prints to plain paper at an acceptable 2.85 ppm, but the same image prints to glossy paper at just 0.72 ppm. On the Mac platform, full-page color photos print at only 0.28 ppm--slothful even by entry-level inkjet standards. Copies arrive at the same unhurried pace, but scans are reasonably quick.

The NX430's output is very good for the cost, and its space-saving style is an benefit if your small or home workplace is quite small (and if you aren't a Mac user who needs duplex assistance). Also, remember to set the firewall exception for push-scanning. Inexpensive options to this model include the Brother MFC-J430W and also the Canon Pixma MX410.

Having a name like the epson stylus nx430 Small-in-One All-in-One Printer ($99 direct), you'd anticipate compactness to become a defining function of this multifunction printer (MFP), and indeed it can squeeze into spots where most printers couldn't fit. Its feature set is clearly geared to home use rather than the home workplace, and it could also be a good fit in the tight quarters of a college dorm.




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