Epson Stylus CX5200 All-in-One Multifunction

by Epson

Product Details

Product Manual [855kb PDF]

• Item Weight: 20 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 26 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006Y0DA
• Item model number: C11C496001
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (122 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 24, 2002

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Epson Stylus CX5200 delivers outstanding results, whatever the task, with the best in high-resolution printing and high-performance scanning, along with PC-free color copying capabilities. This remarkable multifunction device offers black text printing at up to 22 ppm, with 5,760 x 1,440 optimized dpi printing, and Epson DuraBrite inks to ensure long-lasting prints that are both water- and light-resistant. The CX5200's award-winning Micro Piezo inkjet technology and ultrasmall 3-picoliter ink droplets deliver sharp, photo-quality results, while individual ink cartridges provide added convenience and cost savings.

The Epson Stylus CX5200 also boasts 1,200 x 2,400 optical dpi (9,600 dpi interpolated) and 48-bit color scanning. You can scan photos, text, or graphics directly to the CX5200's intuitive Smart Panel software to fax, e-mail, or use in your favorite business or creative application. The unit is backed by a one-year warranty.

Product Description

48-BIT 1200X2400 DPI SCAN PC FREE

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

120 of 123 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent features and performance at a reasonable price, February 10, 2003

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"mlacks" (New Orleans, LA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epson Stylus CX5200 All-in-One Multifunction (Office Product)

I've had this printer for about 3 weeks and am extremely pleased. I've used it for text printing, copying, scanning and, more recently, photo printing. The performance has been terrific - I printed out an 8x10 photo that looks comparable to one produced by a portrait studio. For photo printing, it is critical to take the picture at high resolution, and to ensure that the printer is set to the proper settings (e.g. the "best photo" setting, photo paper setting, and several others.). While I've read reviews on other sites that complain about photo quality printing on this model, I think that following these guidelines and using good photo quality paper ensures good quality printing. Also, the printer does not seem to drink up ink cartidges the way others are reputed to, and has the convenience (and economy) of allowing you to replace separate color ink cartridges.

62 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Epson CX5200 for PC & Mac...A True Friend to Both..Read Me!, June 14, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Epson Stylus CX5200 All-in-One Multifunction (Office Product)

As a PC & Mac User, I haved used the Epson CX5200 for 6 months now and here's the info every ready needs to know about this printer....

1. Ease of Setup and Use. Just follow the instruction (yes fellow men, that means follow them to the tee!) and you'll be up in no time.

2. Print Quality. 9 out of 10. Good printing for Photo's but get the photo paper if you want to take advantage of the great pictures for home or friends.

3. Copy / Scan / Print & Fax (yes, you can fax). Copying a document is too easy as well as scanning. Faxing, is just as easy. If you have an internal modem (pc or mac), then you too can fax. Just push the scan button on the CX5200 and the software automatically takes you through the rest.

Overall, you can network this printer as well and this out performs most of the HP series (PSC 2100 2200 7150 7350 7550). Avoid the CX3200 and get this one...5280 x 1440 print quality, who can go wrong.

69 of 71 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I just love this Printer, February 13, 2003

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Amanpreet Brar (Herndon, Va United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epson Stylus CX5200 All-in-One Multifunction (Office Product)

After reading the reviews of Epson c82 and learning about Epson's durabrite ink technology, I ordered this printer from Amanzon.com.
This printer seems to be big brother of C82 with multifunction capabilities. Compared to other multi function printers on the market, like HPs PSC 750/2210, this unit is pretty heavy and takes more desk space. But i just liked its looks on the first sight - it has extremely well build grey colored plastic exterior, and looks more like a small laser printer.
Setting it up was easy, plugged to power supply, popped in the 4 ink catridges, ran the software CD, followed the instructions, connected the USB line and in 7-10 minutes it printed the first test page. The page was printed extremely fast, but i wanted to experiment more. I put my favourite picture in the scanner and selected the color copy button and in less than 2 minutes it printed a very close copy of the picture. I had used ordinary paper for printing the picture and observed the colors-mix was more than what you would expect from an inkjet. It was just stunning! Just to confirm Epson's claim that the dura brite is water resistant, i splashed some water on the pictures and after 5 seconds wiped it off. No smudging was seen (and this was done on a picture that was printed on ordinary paper). So far so good.
I wanted to try some scanning. I put a copy of my check, pressed the scan button. It popped up scanning software window on my computer screen. I pressed the scan button and it scanned ! but the best feature about scanning was that the scanner automatically detects the size of the object to be scanned. So the scanned image of my check was just the image of check without any white boundries.

I am really impressed by this printer. To sum it up:

PROS: Extremely fast printing, Durabrite tech, high resolution, fast and accurate scanning, seperate ink tanks (can save money on ink), flatbed scanning.

CONS: No parralel interface (if that is important), no fax capability (but you can use it with your computer for sending/receiving faxes with scanning/printing features of this machine), it makes some cranking sounds at the startup (but the operation after startup is quiet), cannot get durabrite ink from 3 party manufacturers or 3rd party refills.

Overall Rating: This is the best Multi Function Device available on market today. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to print quality pictures, copier, color copier, good scanner.