As with all the Epson printers, unless you're in monochrome mode, you'll get composite CMY gray scale instead of shades of black. Epson has never been a quality leader in plain-paper text, and this printer preserves that status quo. Though readable even in the 360-dpi default mode, output text wicks a little, which produces a slightly jaggy effect. As with its siblings' print quality, however, the overall quality in all modes and on all papers makes this Epson unit a good buy. The company has changed ink cartridges from the ones used in previous models.
Speed remains essentially the same.
These are perfectly in keeping with performance levels for this type of printer. You can also add text or image watermarks to a document. The driver remains easy to install and use, and it now offers a helpful tutorial. And it retains useful features from previous versions, such as the ink status monitor and print monitor. Epson printers typically output pages with an unusually large bottom margin.