The Epson Stylus SX400 is aimed at those needing the functionality of a printer, scanner and photo copier with minimum space and budget. The SX400 is priced keenly at under £70 but it running cost in terms of the price of it printer ink cartridges leave a bit to be desired. Compared to it competitors the cost of the Epson SX400 ink cartridges is reasonable but compared to the cost of the compatible Epson inks the originals seem over priced. The genuine Epson cartridges contain something called DURABrite Ultra ink which Epson have which Epson claim helps protect print from damage and resist fading for hundreds of years. This is great and doesn’t feature with compatible inks but is it really worth it when you consider that a set of Epson inks cost twice as much as the compatibles and print exactly the same amount. In terms of functionality the SX400 is as impressive in the real world as it is on paper, it is extremely easy to use and the built quality is big improvement of previous models. The print output is a little slow but the quality can’t be faulted, weather your printing text or photos the results are pin sharp. The scanner is also an impressive feature which is a surprise because it has been reduced in size in order to make the SX400 the compact size it is and this usual has an adverse effect but in the case of the SX400’s scanner it hasn’t. The photocopier makes use of the A4 flat bed scanner for copying documents at medium resolution for a good balance of speed and quality and although a bit limited in the number of automatic copies it can make at one time it pretty good overall. The same rings true for the SX400 overall really, it good but doesn’t really do anything amazingly well, each function has it little flaw, but then again with a price tag under £70 it to be expected.