Epson Stylus SX235W Ink Cartridges

Epson Stylus SX235W Printer Description

For first-time Wi-Fi printer buyers, the Epson Stylus SX235W represents an ideal purchase due to its flexibility and affordability.

Being a compact machine, users will be able to easily accommodate this printer in the home as the SX235W forms part of Epson’s small-in-one range of printers. These devices are 39 per cent smaller than previous models and there is also a 25 per cent reduction in packaging meaning you will throw less away.

As well as saving you space and money, this machine can save users time thanks to its automatic Wi-Fi set up which makes it easy to configure computers and laptops in order to print wirelessly. In fact, you don’t even need to know your connection settings or establish a connection through a USB cable.

Mobile printing is a feature that is often looked for when buying a new printer for the home and the SX235W achieves this with the help of Epson iPrint allowing users to print from smartphones and tablets from anywhere in the home.

Clear, crisp documents can be expected from this printer whilst photo prints will be vivid and of high quality.

Epson Stylus SX235W Expert Review

The Epson Stylus SX235W All-in-One Printer is designed to be a small home printer that provides copying, printing and scanning.

It can connect wirelessly to any device – smartphone, PC, laptop, or tablet – and print from or scan to any of those devices. The Epson iPrint software package also allows for printing and scanning via Apple products, including the iPhone and the iPad.

The SX235W is also designed to be economical. The printer itself is fairly low cost, as is the ink. Compatible ink for this printer can be purchased in large packs for much less than many other original ink cartridges.

It also uses a four-cartridge system, which means users only replace colour ink when that colour has ran out (as opposed to a three-in-one colour cartridge). The printer will print in black even when there is no colour cartridge installed.

The SX235W is ENERGY STAR-qualified and will go into sleep mode when it has not been used for a set period. The software bundled with the Stylus SX235W includes basic photo editing software and OCR software for scanning and editing documents. This software and the printer itself work with most versions of Windows and Apple OS.

Pros

• Good quality print for the cost – don’t expect photo prints, though
• Prints very quietly
• Good quality scans
• The OCR software performs very well
• Installation and set up take less than 15 minutes
• Very easy to operate, including easy to scan photos

Cons

• Heads often require cleaning
• Wi-Fi may lose its connection to computers, forcing the use of a USB cable
• Print time is fairly slow

Star Rating: 3