"The Stylus Photo RX520 is a conventionally designed multi-function device, with paper feeding from the back and ejecting onto a front tray. This tray projects very little from the front of the machine. Most of its top surface is taken up by a flat-bed scanner which, interestingly, can be used to scan transparencies as well as paper originals. This gives the machine extra functionality for anybody wanting to transfer slides to digital format.
While this multifunction device does pretty much what it says on the box, it's not always as easy to use or as quick as its price might suggest. The Canon Pixma MP170 device tested recently is over 30 per cent cheaper and is considerably quicker at printing text pages. For its main function of printing photos, however, the Epson Stylus Photo RX520 does a good job at a reasonable price."
