If you’re in the market for an affordable all-in-one printer the new Epson Stylus SX400 may be worth a closer look. It offers printing, scanning and copying with a price tag under £70. As with all inkjet printers the price is not the full story when it comes to cost of ownership, running cost in terms of terms of the price of printer ink is just as important as the purchase price of the printer itself. Epson SX400 ink cartridges consist of four individual cartridges, one for each of the colour inks which is economical because each cartridge can be changed independently and no ink gets wasted. A set of genuine Epson inks for the SX400 costs around £30 which is about average compared to it competitors OEM inks, but there are cheaper alternatives available in the form of compatible ink cartridges and they cost half the price of the OEM inks. Performance wise the SX400 is impressive on paper but some of its figure doesn’t stack up in the real world. Epson claim that the SX400 is capable of printing 34ppm but this is in draft quality where the standard of print quality is unacceptable bad. Increasing the quality setting to a standard where it is acceptable decreases the speed considerable. Luckily there is something the makes up for this lack of speed and is worth waiting for and that is the output quality which surpasses expectations of a printer in this class. The SX400 also offers scanning facilities which it does thanks to it slim line A4 flatbed which produces great result for a variety of documents and images. The photo copier function which work without the need for a PC also uses the flatbed scanner it producing it copies and it strikes a good balance of speed and quality. In summary the SX400 offer a wide range of features for a very reasonable price.