+ Gadgets | Epson MFP

Like Arnold said before "I'll be back." I was back again at the IT Show 2006 at Suntec City this afternoon.

Funny thing happened though. I guess I took a stupid pill today.

I led my wife and son to Singapore Expo at Changi instead on the intended Suntec City.

Probably because it has always been there for IT shows and my mind went to "auto-assume" mode or something.

We took lunch at the food court and was going to the exhibition hall when I realised it. My mind failed me this morning.

Anyway, there was a heavy crowd there for the Book Fair, Modern Living Fair and Mother and Child Fair.

Anyway, took the MRT from Singapore Expo to City Hall and walked through the City Link underground to Sunctec City.

The crowd was incredibly heavy that the bridge linking Marina Square to Suntec City came to a crawl.

Expectantly because it is a Saturday and mainly because it is the start of a one-week school holiday here.

We had to take a detour and walked farther through Marina Square Shopping Mall to reach the exhibition hall. All 3 stories of it - 3rd, 4th and 6th floors.

Narrowed down to Canon, Brother and Epson with the price range difference of about S$100.00. Wanted a network-ready AIO or Epson call it MFP - MultiFuntion Printer.

Could not decide which until the Epson has the edge of the DURABrite Ultra INKdividual Cartridges that does not smear and water-proof even on plain paper. Guaranteed printed pictures to last 130 years on. Good if it really is.

The print resolution is 57.6K, higher than normal 48K tops. That makes the printouts crisp-clear and true-to life colour with its finer pixels.

Now wifey did not think that network-ready was altogether necessary. The most important function that she will be using often are the scanning and printing.

The exceptional photo printing capability is a significant bonus for us.

So we set on Epson Stylus CX4100 MPF for S$168.00 that with a free trolley to lug it back home.

A set of ink cartridges included - individually, colour ink costs S$11.10 each while black is at S$12.40 to replace. Much cheaper than our former Lexmark X83 which costs about S$74.00 for colour and S$59.00 for black.

Set-up was easy. No need to refer to the manual at all. Windows XP did most of the thinking. The CD installer did the rest.

I tested the photo-print and yes, it turned-out brilliant!

Scanning was a tat slow, but the resolution and outcome superb! Very happy with the result so far and glad we chose this printer.

We thank God, The Almighty blessing us with such luxury.

Now, let us play with our new toy!