The design of this printer is extremely pleasant. It has an elegant black shell that ensures it will blend in almost any kind of home or office. The layout of the LCD, control buttons, input tray and card slots is also great and you notice what’s where from the very first moment you come across this printer.  On the left side of the NX515 you will find the 2.5 inch LCD that tilts and the control buttons right in front of it, including a power switch, photo, copy, memory card access and scan buttons plus the directional pad that’s used for navigating throughout the menu.

The NX515 is versatile when it comes to printing possibilities. It will work straight from a compatible digital camera (through the PictBridge USB port) or a memory card (types supported include Compact Flash, xD, SD, and Memory Stick Pro Duo).  You’ll even find a button on the printer that was included specifically for copying files from a memory card and printing them directly.  As for hooking it up to a PC, there are three versions, wired through USB 2.0 or Ethernet, of wireless through 802.11b/g WiFi. Setting up the printer is relatively simple and all drivers you’ll need are found on the CD the printer comes with.

This printer was probably the salesman’s favorite device at a point, because it’s exceptionally easy to recommend the NX515 for many types of users, the price tag is more than convenient and the general satisfaction of its users is high. All-in-one means it can copy, print or scan. One feature that’s not included is the fax machine. But this was a good idea because users that aren’t looking for an office power-horse won’t need that feature.  And they’ll obviously pay a lot less for a device without faxing capabilities.

The quality of prints is not exceptional for text, and especially not for photographs (that come out somewhat grainy).  But that’s if you compare it to products that are generally much more expensive. Overall it has a good price to performance ratio and one of the great Epson color printers on sale. As a conclusion this printer is great if you’re just looking for a regular device that gets almost anything done at a satisfactory quality. If you don’t compare the photos you printed to ones produced by a professional printer, you won’t be disappointed. The integrated scanner is great and can scan to e-mail and it has plenty of features to cover most users’ needs (like networking, free software for greeting cards and calendars).