EPSON has recently launched a series of MFP products for the continuous ink supply needs of advanced household or small and medium-sized enterprises. Among them, the EPSON L6170 is a continuous ink supply MFP that can support printing, photocopying, scanning and other functions, and there are also Added functions such as wired and wireless dual network and automatic double-sided printing, so that the device has more flexible and diverse ways to connect to the MFP.

●EPSON L6170 unpacking and specification introduction

It can be seen from the outer box packaging that EPSON L6170 also has the activity of purchasing additional ink to upgrade the 2-year warranty.

When you open the top cover of the outer box, you can see the EPSON L6170 composite machine packed with anti-collision packaging material and some accompanying accessories.

The accessories included in the package mainly include a USB2.0 Type-B to Type-A transmission cable, 8-character power cable, installation manual, driver software CD and a new set of ink.

The EPSON L6170 and the L6190 introduced before are basically not much different in appearance design. The main difference is that the 2.4-inch screen set on the fuselage is a non-touch specification, so there are also a few more entities on the center control panel. Operation button design. As for the specifications, it is similar to the L6190, the fastest printing speed can reach 33 black and white or 20 color per minute (draft mode), and can support automatic duplex and wireless printing and other functions, and the printing durability can also reach 50,000 sheets.

The center control panel on the fuselage can also adjust the inclination angle, which is convenient for users to operate and set.

There is also a retractable ADF automatic paper feeder above the compound machine, which can be folded when not in use to reduce dust.

The left cover of the ADF paper feeder also has a quick release design, which is convenient for users to eliminate paper jams.

In addition to the ADF feeder, there is also an AO3418L flatbed scanner on the fuselage. The maximum scanning resolution can reach 1200dpi, and the scanning speed of a single page is about 12 seconds for black and 27 seconds for color.

The paper output area on the fuselage is also designed with a retractable platform.

There is also an automatic paper tray under the paper output area, which can hold up to 150 sheets of A4 size paper at a time.

The ink cartridge area is also designed with a transparent outer cutout, so that users can directly see the remaining amount of ink.

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The page turner on the back of the MFP is also designed to be quickly disassembled, allowing users to easily eliminate paper jams.

There is also a waste ink collection box on the left side of the rear of the fuselage. When the waste ink box is full, it can be disassembled and replaced by itself.

Then get ready to refill the ink! This time, the 001 ink set matched with the L6170 and the interface for installing the ink have specially designed exclusive card slots. The ink tank can be directly inserted into the card slot to pour the ink, and the leak-proof design of the ink tank also allows users to install the ink. You don't have to worry about spilling ink everywhere.

After filling cans of ink, it's time to actually test it out!

●Print and scan speed test

The operation interface provided on the EPSON L6170 body is basically the same as the EPSON L6190 except for the lack of fax functions and touch operations, so I will not repeat the introduction here. EPSON L6190 fuselage operation interface function introduction L6190 interface introduction part. Then let's take a look at the printing speed and scanning speed of this printer directly!

When actually using a computer to connect EPSON L6170 with a USB cable to print a 19-page color PDF file, it only took about 6 to 7 seconds from pressing the button to the completion of printing the first file, and the complete printing time of all 19-page files is about It is about 2 minutes.

Then put the printed document on the ADF paper feeder on the fuselage to test the scanning speed. In the actual test, the scanning resolution option is set to 300dpi, and it takes about 4 minutes to complete the scanning of all documents. Here is a reminder that when using the ADF feeder to scan documents, in addition to the pages with content facing up, the top of the document should be placed in the direction of entering the paper cassette first, so that the scanned documents or pictures will be is the right direction. The two pictures below are the scanned files of the printed documents for your reference!

●Trial summary

After the actual trial, it can be found that EPSON's L6170 and its own L6190 can almost be said to be brothers. No matter the appearance, function support or printing quality and speed, they are actually similar. The main difference is that the L6190 has more fax and touch-type models. A screen and a large-capacity automatic paper feeder (L6190: 250 sheets of A4, L6170: 150 sheets of A4). As for the price, the official suggested selling price of EPSON L6170 composite machine is NT$ 8900 -ic/" title="8900 model">8900-ic/" title="8900 model">8900-ic/" title="8900 model ">8900-ic/" title="Model 8900">8900-ic/" title="Model 8900">8900-ic/" title="Model 8900">8900-ic/" title="Model 8900"> 8900-ic/" title="8900 model">8900-ic/" title="8900 model">8900 yuan, and the L6190 with slightly more functions is recommended for 9900 yuan, depending on whether the user has fax function Choose according to your needs!