Comparative Test 9 ink All-in-Ones up to 200 Euros: Copies: Quality and speed (text and photos)
When you buy an AIO, you certainly want to do copies with it. All AIOs in this test copy without switching on the PC. Brother, Canon, HP, and the Epson Stylus SX620FW have one button for direct copies in black and one for color copies. Epson Stylus Office BX525WD and Lexmark Prospect Pro205 require two steps: Choose black or color copy, then start the copy process.
| Copy functions | |
|---|---|
| Copy functions | |
| Brother DCP-J515W and Brother MFC-J615W | 2-on-1-copy 4-on-1-copy |
| Canon Pixma MG5150 and Canon Pixma MG5250 | two page copy 2-on-1-copy 4-on-1-copy seamless copy delete border (delete shadows) |
| Epson Stylus Office BX525WD | 2-on-1-copy seamless copy |
| Epson Stylus SX620FW | two-sided (duplex) seamless copy |
| HP Officejet 6500A E710a | 2-on-1-copy preview (with cut to size) border correction identity card copy |
| HP Photosmart Plus B210a | preview scan border correction |
| Lexmark Prospect Pro205 | 2-on-1-copy 4-on-1-copy identity card copy preview scan two-sided (duplex) |
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Below you see qualities (pictures) and speeds (charts) for a text copy in black (normal quality) and an A4-photocopy (quality mode), all printed on normal copy paper.
Quality of text copy
Text copies by Brother are too blurry, with too much ink applied. All other AIOs do their copy job properly.
Quality of photo and graphic copy
Photo and graphic copies by Brother and Lexmark are pretty grainy. Canon, Epson, and HP do their jobs definitely better.
| Scanner data | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Handling (Copy function) | Quality (Text copy) | Quality (Photo copy) | |
| Brother DCP-J515W |  |  |  |
| Brother MFC-J615W | | | |
| Canon Pixma MG5150 | |  | |
| Canon Pixma MG5250 | | | |
| Epson Stylus Office BX525WD | | | |
| Epson Stylus SX620FW | | | |
| HP Officejet 6500A E710a | | | |
| HP Photosmart Plus B210a | | | |
| Lexmark Prospect Pro205 | | | |
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| Copy speed | ||
|---|---|---|
| A4 (Text) | A4 (Photo) | |
| Epson Stylus Office BX525WD | 13 sec. | 1:39 min. |
| Epson Stylus SX620FW | 15 sec. | 1:35 min. |
| HP Officejet 6500A E710a | 16 sec. | 1:17 min. |
| Canon Pixma MG5250 | 18 sec. | 2:10 min. |
| Canon Pixma MG5150 | 18 sec. | 2:19 min. |
| HP Photosmart Plus B210a | 19 sec. | 1:27 min. |
| Lexmark Prospect Pro205 | 24 sec. | 0:56 min. |
| Brother MFC-J615W | 28 sec. | 1:34 min. |
| Brother DCP-J515W | 30 sec. | 1:34 min. |
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