Epson BX925FWD review

We’re used to seeing good quality scans from Epson products, and the BX925FWD proved no exception. While its scans weren’t the sharpest we’ve seen, colours were highly faithful to the originals and details were preserved in both dark and light regions. However, while Epson’s photo-orientated printers generally use dye-based inks for excellent photos, the BX925FWD uses pigment inks, which help it produce stronger, bolder prints on plain paper at the cost of photo quality, which was underwhelming here. The payoff is in excellent monochrome copies and reasonably punchy business graphics. Black text was far better than from Epson’s photo printers, too, but the outlines of characters still betrayed their inkjet origins – a laser printer is far better for formal text printing.

There are high-capacity cartridges available for the BX925FWD, and using them keeps running costs down, particularly in colour. The Canon i-Sensys LBP6300dn is cheaper when printing monochrome pages, though. While this is a competent and attractive micro business MFP, the Kodak ESP 9250 costs £40 less and is even cheaper to run.