The black ink bottle will cost you Rs 309 while the colour bottle will cost you Rs 449 each and all bottles hold 65ml ink each. This makes it an average of 32 printed pages per day, for a whole year. As for scanning, you can retrieve scans of 1200 x 2400 dpi from the flatbed A4 scanner at speeds of around 11 to 32 seconds in monochrome or colour respectively. Our concern is with the build quality of the external moving parts since this printer is targeted to the home segment where it can be highly prone to damage by kids.As for the inks, the colour (CMY) ink bottles can print (yield) up to 7,500 pages, while the black (K) bottle can yield up to 4,500 pages. The rest of the printer is built with tough plastic and has a matte-finished exterior to avoid scratches and dirt.

The build quality seems rugged, except for a few areas that Epson should have paid attention to. We felt it would break easily, but also saw that the missing flap does not affect the printing or scanning in any way. The print head spews ink at 3pl (each droplet) that helps precise and high-quality prints. There is no display unit here, but the LED indicators are capable of helping you with error indications when needed. The printer is around the size of a small microwave oven with a top loading sheet feeder. The scanner lid, though removable, is also pretty feeble, but seems to be tough enough to handle daily jobs.Coming back to the printer itself, the L3150 is a multifunction A4 printer and can scan, print and copy.3 watts. It consists of six touch buttons for power, Wi-Fi, copying and error, and LED indicators for each of them. Epson iPrint, Epson Email Print, Remote Print are options from where you can print as easily from any given device. This flap is very delicate and could easily come off if not handled with care. The print quality, on both black and coloured prints, seems great. It all depends on the type of paper you use to get vibrant photos or deeper and sharper blacks. It comes with a one year warranty or a 30,000-page warranty, whichever comes earlier.. It is aimed at home and small businesses that have high volumes of printing but at varying intervals. The sheet feeder on the top has a small flap that partially guides the input paper and also helps keep dust from settling on the feed rollers.

Now compare this cost to conventional printers which combine all three colours and the head in a single cartridge, which costs nothing less than RS 1,400 each. As for what the company states, the printer produces between 38dB and 52dB when double color injection molding machine printing in black or photo modes respectively. It stands around 7-inches tall and 15-inches wide and would take up a tablespace of around 14-inches in depth — ideal to be kept in a corner where it can be accessed by everyone in the office or at home.The printer can print images or pages with a high resolution of 5760 x 1440 dots per inch (dpi), which is where conventional laser printers stand no chance. The front print head compartment lid is also made of thin plastic, but since it won’t be opened unless there is a paper jam or needs to the print head, there’s no complaint here.Lastly, the power consumption of L3150 is also remarkable. This allows the user to know how much ink is remaining and when he/she needs to refill or order for a new bottle. It sports wireless connectivity as well as the conventional USB, which makes it convenient for anyone to print from their laptops, tablets or smartphones connected to the same Wi-Fi network. This is an ideal home printer where school and college projects can be conveniently printed at home.

Users can order a complete set of ink or individual inks as required.The control panel is pretty simple and straightforward. Where laser printers can be an energy hog, the Epson Printer can operate at a maximum of 12 Watts in full peak or remain in standby quietly and consume as little as just 0. The Ink Tank printer gets a worthy recommendation from us to all those who are seeking a longer running and cheaper yielding printer for all their printing needs at home or office. Same is the case with the output sheet tray which seems to be built with thin plastic. As mentioned, each black print can cost you a minimum of 7 paise per print, depending on the amount of ink spread out on the page. Black pages or B/W prints can be procured at a stunning 33 pages per minute, while 15 colour copies can be printed in a minute, which also probably leaves laser printers behind.5 minutes. The number of pages per bottle will differ in every scenario depending on the amount of ink and the colour being used in each printout. It does not feature ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) or duplex printing options. The printer comes bundled with all four ink bottles (CMYK) that are estimated to run for around a year (total of around 12,000 pages) till you need the next refill.And yes, each ink tank has a transparent side wall that faces the user. The inks can be purchased from various stores and online websites at ease.As far as the performance is concerned, we did find the printer a little noisy, especially in a quieter room. Photos (borderless) printing can give you a regular 5x6-inch print in just 1. The Epson EcoTank L3150 printer is available for Rs 13,999 with around a one year of ink supply