According to Epson Philippines, sales of their ink tank system printers or also known as continuous ink system are steadily growing ever since their introduction last October. In fact, it has surpassed the sales of their conventional ink jet printers by 70%.
Epson Philippines recently introduced five new models to its L-Series line that is faster, simpler and can print at a higher volume than their first-generation counterparts.
Epson L110 and L210
These two belongs to their basic ink tank system printers designed for home and SOHO users. The L110 is single function and L210 is an all-in-one ink tank system printer. These new models are twice as fast as the older L100 and L200 they replaced and have a high rated durability of 15,000 pages.
Feature | Epson L110 single function ink tank system | Epson L210 all-in-one ink tank system |
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Print Resolution | 5760 X 1440 dpi (with Variable-Sized Droplet Technology) | |
Print Speed | Black text: 6ipm (images per minute) according to ISO 24734 | |
Copy Resolution | Not applicable | 360 X 360 dpi (with VSDT) |
Copy Speed | Black text: 05 sec per copy (draft) Color text: 10 sec per copy (draft) |
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Scan optical Resolution | 600 dpi | |
Scanning Speed | Mono (300 dpi) ““ 2.4 msec/line Color (600 dpi) ““ 9.5 msec/line |
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OS Compatibility | Windows® XP / XP Professional x 64 Edition/ Vistaâ„¢/7 Mac OS X 10.5.8 / 10.6.x / 10.7.x |
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Printer Interface |
USB 2.0 |
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Price | Php5,795 | Php7,795 |
Epson L300, L350, and L355
These advanced models are designed for small to medium business users offering a speed of 9 images per minute which is thrice as fast as the models they replaced. These set of printers have a rated durability of 30,000 pages. The L300 and L350 come with two additional black ink bottles. The L355 is the same as the L350 but with added WiFi connectivity feature.
Feature | Epson L300 single function ink tank system printer | Epson L350 all-in-one ink tank system | Epson L355 all-in-one ink tank system |
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Print Resolution | 5760 X 1440 dpi (with Variable-Sized Droplet Technology) | ||
Print Speed | Black text: 9ipm (images per minute) according to ISO 24734 | ||
Copy Resolution | Not applicable | 360 X 360 dpi (with VSDT) | |
Copy Speed | Black text: 5 sec per copy (draft) Color text: 10 sec per copy (draft) |
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Scan optical Resolution | 600 dpi | ||
Scanning Speed | Mono (300 dpi) ““ 2.4 msec/line Color (600 dpi) ““ 9.5 msec/line |
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Operating System Compatibility | Windows® XP / XP Professional x 64 Edition/ Vistaâ„¢/7 Mac OS X 10.5.8 / 10.6.x / 10.7.x |
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Printer Interface |
USB 2.0 |
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Special Feature | Wi-Fi | ||
Price | Php7,495 | Php9,295 | TBA |
All models in the new Epson L-series continue to offer customers high capacity ink bottles at Php295 each. The printers come with a starting set of one black 70ml ink bottle that can print up 4,000 black pages and three 70ml color ink bottles that can print up to 6,500 color pages.
The new L-series printers are also equipped with Epson’s Micro Piezo print heads that achieves a maximum print resolution of 5760 x 1440 dpi and has the variable size droplet technology to allow the print head to eject ink droplets in various sizes.
Perhaps what’s the most important thing going with Epson’s L-series ink tank system printer is that it’s covered by Epson’s one-year warranty or for 15,000 pages (L110 and L210) or 30,000 pages (L300, L350, L355), whichever comes earlier.