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The latest addition to Epson’s multifunction range is the Stylus SX200 which promises to be an affordable solution to your general printing, scanning and copying needs. Its affordable in two ways, the first is the purchase price and the second is the running costs in terms of the price of its printer cartridges. A set of Epson SX200 ink cartridges can be purchased for under £30 and because it uses individual Epson ink cartridges you only have to change one cartridge at a time. The performance figures of the Stylus SX200 look very impressive on paper with a maximum print resolution of 5760 x 1440dpi and a printing speed of 34ppm, however some of these figures don’t stack up in terms of real world performance. The obvious one is the printing speed of 34ppm, this is a greatly exaggerated figure as it is based on the printer printing in draft quality and the print is so pale in this quality setting that it’s barely readable. Increasing the quality setting to normal reduces the speed to 4ppm which is a far cry from 34ppm. One thing that surpasses expectations however is the print quality which is excellent on all types of documents, the SX200 is even capable of printing high quality with amazing quality. The scanner and copier are as expected and their functions are a bid basic but they do the job. The SX200 is not the quietest printer in the world but the built quality is pretty good and feels though it should fall apart under normal conditions. Overall the Epson have done well to offer the SX200 at such a low purchase price and reasonable running costs.