A busy home office needs a reliable printer. Epson L551 might just be able to fulfill the need. It is an inkjet model weighing approximately 6.2 kg with an automatic document feeder on top and a control panel with a black and white LCD screen on front.

The presence of the automatic document feeder indirectly informs potential customers that the machine has additional functions, and in the case of Epson L551, they enable the printer to copy, fax, and scan.

Features and Highlights

Print speed is a highly, if not the most, important piece of information that everyone should find out when considering whether or not a printer is worth the money. Based on the Epson’s test samples with Economy mode enabled, Epson L551 produces approximately 33 A4 mono pages per minute and 15 A4 color pages per minute. As for the ISO print speed, it is rated at 9 ipm for black text and 4.5 ipm for color text.

Based on another Epson’s test sample specifically aimed at testing the printer’s speed in printing photos, a 4 x 6 inches photo with margins takes approximately 27 seconds on the economy mode and 69 seconds on the default mode. The test was conducted by using Epson high-quality glossy photo paper.

In regard to scanning speed, scanning black and white pages at 300 dpi takes approximately 2.2 milliseconds per line, and scanning color pages at the same resolution takes approximately 7.0 milliseconds per line. On the other hand, scanning color pages at 1200 dpi takes approximately 25.4 milliseconds per line.

Epson L551 provides two methods to handle papers for scanning. First is the automatic document feeder that automatically feeds one original at a time until all originals are scanned, and second is the flatbed glass with a scanning area of 216 x 297 mm. The former method lets you stack up to 30 pages in the tray so the scanning and copying can run without user intervention.

Epson L551 can fax mono and color pages at a resolution of 200 x 100 dpi (standard), 200 x 200 dpi (gold), or 200 x 200 dpi with error diffusion (photo) at a transfer rate of 33.6 kbps. The fax transmission speed is about three seconds per page.

The printer’s input tray has a capacity of 100 sheets of A4 plain paper or 20 sheets of high quality glossy photo paper. In regard to its output tray, the limit is 30 sheets of A4 plain paper or 20 sheets of high quality glossy photo paper. The overall paper capacity should be sufficient for home offices with low to moderate printing needs.

Epson L551 Driver Free Download

Epson L551, whose connection is handled by Ethernet and High-Speed USB, is an all-in-one printer with an arguably impressive print speed yet available at a price that won’t break the bank. It is a well suited device for home office running on a strict budget.

The printer has a power consumption of approximately 11 watts on copy mode, 4 watts on standby mode, 2 watts on sleep mode, and 0.3 watts on shutdown mode. It is suggested to unplug the power cable at night to prevent the printer from consuming unnecessary power. You can click the link below to download Epson L551 Driver for Windows: