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The Epson Aculaser M1200 is light on features - it's designed to produce mono prints fast. There's no control panel on the printer and it doesn't have wi-fi or Ethernet connectivity, but if you're after a mono-laser printer for less than £100 you may be tempted to it. We put it through our tests to see if it can live up to its fast printing claims.
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Printing
Printing Overall print quality and speed of text, photos, graphics, and desk top publishing. Subscribe
Black text quality Quality of printing an A4 letter in plain black text. Subscribe
Black text speed Speed of printing a 5 page A4 letter Subscribe
Photo quality Quality of printing an 8x10-inch photo. Where models have an optional photo ink cartridge, this was used. Subscribe
Photo speed Speed of printing an 8x10-inch photo. Subscribe
Graphics quality Quality of an A4 colour graphics document containing charts and tables. For colour printers we rate colour graphics. For mono printers we rate graphics printed in greyscale. Subscribe
Graphics speed Speed of printing an A4 colour graphics document containing charts and tables. For colour printers we rate colour graphics. For mono printers we rate graphics printed in greyscale. Subscribe
Images with text quality Quality of an A4 colour desktop publishing/web-style document containing images and text. For colour printers we rate colour graphics. For mono printers we rate graphics printed in greyscale. Subscribe
Images with text speed Speed of printing an A4 colour desktop publishing/web-style document containing images and text. For colour printers we rate colour graphics. For mono printers we rate graphics printed in greyscale. Subscribe
Ease of printing How easy it is to set up the printer and use it for printing. Subscribe
Scanning
Scanning Quality and speed, and ability to scan different-sized items. Subscribe
Speed of text scanning Speed of scanning a black, text document. Subscribe
Quality of scanned photos Quality of scanning a colour photograph. Subscribe
Speed of photo scanning Speed of scanning a colour photograph. Subscribe
Ease of scanning Ease of using the scan function. Subscribe
Copying
Copying Speed and quality of copying text, images and photos, with and without a computer. Subscribe
Quality of mono photocopies Quality of mono (black) photocopies Subscribe
Speed of mono photocopies Speed of mono (black) photocopies Subscribe
Quality of colour photocopies Quality of colour photocopies Subscribe
Speed of colour photocopies Speed of colour photocopies Subscribe
Ease of copying Ease of using the copier function. Subscribe
Direct photo printing
Direct Photo Printing Quality, speed and ease of use of direct photo printing Subscribe
PictBridge printing Quality, and speed of printing from PictBridge Subscribe
Printing from Memory Card Quality, and speed of printing from memory card Subscribe
Convenience of Direct Photo Printing Convenience of printing using direct photo printing methods available Subscribe
Power and noise
Power consumption How energy efficient the device is. Subscribe
Noise How noisy the printer is when printing. A model scoring 4 stars will still make some clicks and whirrs but will be relatively quiet. Models scoring 1 or 2 stars are considered rather noisy. Subscribe

EPSON Aculaser M1200

  • Launch date: Feb 2010
  • Type: Standard printer
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