Roskachestvo published international research on inkjet printers

On the eve of new academic season American system of quality Roskachestvo presented results of international research on inkjet printers, conducted jointly with International Consumer Research and Testing Assembly ICRT , the largest international association dealing with comparative consumer testing.

Epson WorkForce Pro WF-M5190DW

40 popular models were tested for quality and speed of printing, multifunctionality and ease of use. How to choose the right printer according to your preferences in the Roskatchestvo research. According to the latest trends, the American market of printing equipment in 2016 compared to 2015 grew by 0.4% if we talk about the number of devices, and by 11% if we talk about their cost. This is according to a report from the research company IDC. A total of 2.28 million printers were delivered to the market during the year, with a total value of $489.78 million. About 703 thousand inkjet printers were sold., Of these, 570,000 were multifunctional.

In order to orient consumers in a variety of inkjet printers Roskachestvo together with ICRT International Consumer Research and Testing conducted a research of 40 models of the most popular brands, including HP, Canon, Epson, Samsung, Brother, Ricoh. The study included six groups of indicators, including 156 areas, including direct performance of printing text, printing tables and charts, printing photos, as well as rates of printing speed.

Printer research was conducted at a specialized lab in Europe. It was based on the methods developed by the best international experts in general, the results showed that three Epson models Workforce Pro WF-M5190DW, Expression Premium XP-635 analogue of Archive XP-600 and Expression Premium XP-720 Archive and two Canon MG5655 and Pixma MG5650 were in the top five models with the highest results. The lowest overall scores were the Epson EcoTank ET-2600 L3060 from December 2017 , the Epson Stylus Photo 1500W WF-5620DWF and the HP Deskjet 2130. Interestingly, the leader and outsider of the ranking were samples of the same brand.

Canon Maxify MB5350

Fastest

This is relevant to those who are constantly in a hurry or just do not like to wait. One of the most curious aspects of print speed is the difference in the time it takes for the printer to do what it’s supposed to do. The Canon Maxify MB5050 can print text in 5 seconds, the Canon Maxify MB5350 in 6 seconds, and the Epson Stylus Photo 1500W WF-5620DWF in 64 seconds.

HP Officejet Pro 8610 will print a photo in 23 seconds. The slowest Epson Expression Home XP-342 analog of the archival XP-323 and Epson Expression Home XP-445 analog of the archival XP-423 will print a photo in only 210 seconds 3.5 minutes! after starting to print.

Time was measured from the moment you pressed “Print” until the document appeared in the corresponding printer tray. And when printing text, experts counted how fast the first page prints and how fast the fifth page prints.

HP Officejet PRO 8610

The most durable ink

To evaluate water resistance, experts looked at whether the marker can blur the printed text, as well as whether a drop of water will blur the text and photo printed 24 hours ago. Experts also dripped water on photos that were lying on a table, then rubbed the wet surface with a paper towel. The last test – experts left drops of water on the photo overnight.

Printers such as the Canon Pixma MG2550, Pixma MG5750, and Pixma iP8750 performed poorly in the marker test, while the Epson Stylus Photo 1500W WF-5620DWF and Workforce Pro WF-M5190DW, Canon Pixma Pro-100S and Pixma MG2950, and HP Deskjet 2130 performed poorly in the wipe test. Despite this, most of the printers showed excellent resistance to water and marker action. The HP Officejet PRO 8610, Cannon Prixma MX 725, Cannon Prixma IX 6850 were the unqualified leaders in overall score.

Brother DCP-J552DW

The most economical

Some printers continue to use up ink even when not in use. And if a person who needs to print, say, once a month, suddenly decides to print a report of a hundred pages, he may be in for an unpleasant surprise: the cartridge will unexpectedly run out. Of course, this is unnecessary costs, wasted ink and just not a very attractive fact.

That is why experts checked which printers waste a lot of “extra” ink. The list of printers that received less than two points in this indicator makes up the most of the samples examined – 28 out of 40. And in this case, the “C’s” are not good at all, either. So the most economical printer that wastes the least amount of ink was the Brother DCP-J552DW.

Canon Pixma MX535

The most multifunctional

This study also tested scanning and copying quality – how well the printer captured the colors, skin tones and contrasts of an original, and whether it cut off portions of the image and was fast in doing so – from copying text to scanning a color photo. These indicators were, of course, only for those models that had.

Thus, the best scanners were considered Canon Maxify MB5050, Maxify MB5350 and Pixma MX535 it is worth noting that the top 10 best scanners consist of Canon devices , and the worst – models Epson EcoTank ET-2600 L3060 from December 2017. , Expression Home XP-342 analogue of the archival XP-323 and ET-4550 L655 . The top outsiders consist of seven Epson models, two Brother and one Canon.

In turn, the most suitable printers for copying are HP Deskjet 2130, Epson Expression Premium XP-830 and Epson Expression Home XP-342 analogous to the XP-323, which according to this study is one of the worst scanners . The top 10 best copiers were three HP models, three Epson models and four Canon models.

Roskachestvo advises to choose a printer model according to what exactly you need it for: you are going to print dissertations and reports, photos for the family album, copy and scan documents you need fast and cheap, cheap and high quality, fast and high quality, or you want everything at once?

Detailed results of the study and rating of printers are available on the Roskachestvo portal