Epson Expression Home XP-4205: Ink Cost per Page for a $60 Wi-Fi Printer
The Epson Expression Home XP-4205 is an inkjet printer that prints, copies, and scans, with Wi-Fi and automatic duplex but no touchscreen. It sells for $60 and runs at $9.73 per 100 pages in black, $29.64 in color. The black figure comes from Epson's EP-232XL-BK cartridge, $37 for a 380-page yield.
Across all 97 printers InkTax tracks, the XP-4205 ranks 86th on black-and-white cost per page, in the bottom third. Its own rate looks ordinary next to the Canon PIXMA G3270, a tank alternative priced at $249 that runs at $0.38 black and $0.97 color per 100 pages. The G3270 drops automatic duplex, which the XP-4205 has.
Within Epson's own range, the WorkForce WF-2950 sits next up in cost to run, at $80, matching the XP-4205 exactly on black and color cost per page. That match ties the two for 20th of 31 inkjet printers on black cost per page and 26th of 31 on color. The WF-2950 also adds fax.
One step cheaper to run is the Canon PIXMA TR7120, priced at $173 against the XP-4205's $60. It runs black at $13.00 and color $28.00 per 100 pages — pricier on black than the XP-4205's rate, slightly cheaper on color.
The running-cost floor among inkjet printers belongs to the Canon MAXIFY MB2720, priced at $216, with black costing $4.17 and color $13.16 per 100 pages. It also adds fax, a touchscreen, and Ethernet, and prints far faster at 24 ppm than the XP-4205's 10.