The costs of the regular-size inks on the Epson Expression Premium XP-520 are a little on the high side, but the high-capacity inks are surprisingly economical. We’ve seen similar MFPs that cost you upwards of 20 cents per four-color page. ![]() That lowers the cost of black pages to 3.7 cents, and four-color pages from 18.1 cents to only 12.6 cents. What you really want are the $18.99 high-capacity cartridges which last for 500 pages (black) and 650 pages (cyan, magenta, and yellow) respectively. The black tank lasts for 250 pages or 5.2 cents per page, and the colors last for 300 pages or 4.3 cents per color, per page. ![]() Ink costs are a tad pricey if you opt for the XP-520’s $12.99, standard-sized cartridges. Text is very sharp, just shy of laser quality. There’s Photoshop and the like if you want to add drama. They’re perhaps not as dramatic at the default settings as the output from some other photo printers, but you want the colors you capture reproduced accurately on the paper. ![]() The color palette is a little cool, but flesh tones are life-like, subtle sweater patterns show up, and the overall contrast is marvelous. ![]() The XP-520 renders some of the finest, most realistic photos we’ve seen from any printer at any price. The extendable panels of the output tray have to be repositioned every time you load the input tray.
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