By Desire Athow
When it comes to printers, there’s still a very significant Japanese presence in the market, something that sounds like an oddity given their recent exodus from other tech-related arenas (with moves like Sony giving up on the PC market, and Toshiba ending consumer laptops).
Kyocera Mita, Konica Minolta, Fuji Xerox, Funai, Oki Data, Ricoh, Canon, Brother, Epson and Citizen form the impressive contingent that competes with HP, Lenovo, Dell and now Lexmark (although Funai builds printers for the last two). Of the ten aforementioned companies, Epson is one of the better known firms, having been in the limelight by being a sponsor for the Manchester United football team for nearly six years.
We’re reviewing its WorkForce WF-2650 (£69 at Tesco, which is around $100, or AU$140) printer, one of a number of multifunction inkjet printers or AIOs (all-in-ones) that sit in the sub-£100 category and come with features like ADF (automatic document feeder) that make them useful for SMB (small and medium businesses) or home workers.
Perhaps a sign of the maturation in this segment is the fact that this printer was launched in September 2014 and is still part of Epson’s product portfolio.
A slower product refresh cycle – as is the case …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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