Epson L210 Review: Economical Price, Complete Facilities

After discussing some reviews of Epson products for dot matrix printers (read the LX-310 review here ) and ordinary ink-jets (read the L300 review here ), now we want to do a review of the Epson L210. Yep, after discussing inkjet and dot matrix printers, now we move on to discussing all-in-one printers. Epson released this product right after the L100 and L200 printers were launched, just like previous printers, the L210 is equipped with an ink tank on the left side.

If you want to know more about this type of printer, keep reading this Epson L210 review.

Overview
The Epson L210 comes with an all-in-one printer design that is different from some of the previous Epson all-in-one printer designs. The design of this printer is made slimmer and more ergonomic, besides the body of this printer is made of more sturdy material but has a lighter weight. If you look closely, then Epson seems to switch from the command buttons that are usually on the top to being in front. This is what makes a big difference to other Epson all-in-one printers with this Epson L210. With the buttons in front, this printer is able to come with a slimmer body.

Moving on from the discussion on the outside, now we go to the performance provided by Epson on this type of printer. This printer has a print speed of 27 ppm to print regular documents, while to print photos this printer takes about 69 seconds per photo. This result is much different when compared to the Epson L300 printer, but this result is also faster than the Epson L100 or L200 printer. For the problem of printing speed this printer has an average speed / not too fast or slow. This printer is also capable of printing with a maximum resolution of 5760 x 1440 dpi and is equipped with bi-directional printing and uni-directional printing technology .In addition, this printer has a nozzle configuration of 180 for black and 59 for other colors (magenta, cyan, yellow). The maximum paper size that this printer can print is 8.5 x 44 inches (width x height).

This printer has an all in one feature, let's discuss these features one by one. First, the copy feature. This printer is equipped with a copy facility, meaning you can duplicate any document in black and white using this printer. This printer has a speed of copying black-and-white documents of 5 seconds per draft and copying color documents of 10 seconds. However, we can only print as many as 20 copies at a time, which is quite limited. Second, the scan feature. It is undeniable that sometimes for some cases we often need this facility. The Epson L210 comes equipped with this feature, the type of scanner on the L210 is

It seems unfair if you only judge from the body and performance, we will not get a comprehensive review of this Epson L210 flatbed color image scanner with a CIS sensor type. The scan results produced by this printer are capable of reaching 600 x 1200 dpi, this is no doubt because the scanner resolution of the L210 reaches 600 dpi. Unfortunately with a slim body, existing scanners tend to be smaller. The scanner area of ​​this printer is only around 216 x 297 mm or 8.5 x 11.7 inches. The scan speed of this printer is quite high, namely 2.4 milliseconds/line for monochrome images and 9.5 milliseconds/line for color images. In addition, the color depth of the scan results from this printer is also quite good, namely 48-bit for color images and 16 bits for grayscale or black and white images.

Comes with complex features does not seem to make this printer consume a lot of existing electrical capacity. This printer only absorbs 13 watts when operating, 3.5 watts when in stand-by position, 1.5 watts when in sleep mode and 0.3 watts when it is off.

In addition to some of the features above, this printer is also equipped with standard connectivity which is USB 2.0 but has been supported by high-speed facilities . In addition, this printer can only run on the Windows XP operating system or later and for Mac OS it can only run on Mac OS 10.5.8 or later.

It's unfair when we only talk about the specifications and advantages of this Epson L300 printer without paying attention to the weak side of this printer. Here are some of the disadvantages of this printer.

It's a shame because the Epson L210 which comes with full features has print results that are not so optimal, when compared to the Epson L200 or L100, the print results are no different, even too similar, even though Epson assures users that they have corrected their shortcomings.

Switching from less printouts, this printer is known to be very fussy about maintenance issues. You can find several online forums that discuss printers. This printer sometimes cannot be used and some of the methods contained in the guide book cannot solve the problem with this Epson L210 type printing machine. As a result, what you can do is to take it to the nearest service center .

What is vital is this one, there is a feature, namely the resetter. The main function of this feature is to reset the system on this printer, so when there is a problem it is hoped that this printer can return to normal functioning. However, it seems that this feature is still a questionable problem, because this feature can make your Epson L200 printer unable to work at all. If this happens, then you are forced to pay to fix it at the Epson service center .

Conclusion
It can be concluded in the Epson L210 review, if this printer is a printer that is overall quite good if you are not a person who details the quality of the prints. This printer is suitable for printing office or home documents that do not require a lot of pictures. It seems that the print quality of this type of printer is inversely proportional to the quantity of the printouts, this printer can print 20,000 pages without the need to buy new ink again. Isn't such a quality extraordinarily frugal?

However, if you want a printer that will be used to print photos or brochure documents then you should choose another, such as the Epson L300 printer. The ability of a printer that is able to save ink is not matched by the results of the print quality of this printer, mathematically it can be said that the Epson L210 print results are still at an average level / not how good or bad.