Canon Pixma TR4520 vs Epson Expression Home XP-430 (2016)

The Canon Pixma TR4520 is a great Home Printer for its $99 asking price.

The Epson Expression Home XP-430, however, is merely passable at its $330 price point. If you're considering buying a Home Printer in the $320 range, you might want to check out some of its competitors.

Two highly trusted sources that perform well-thought-out in-depth testing consider the Canon Pixma TR4520 to be a great product - it earned the "Best on a Tight Budget" title from TechGearLab and "Best Printer Under $100 For Photos" from Rtings in their respective Home Printer roundups, which is a good indication of it being a notable product.

Taking a look at the Epson Expression Home XP-430, it got featured in roundups from two reliable sources that conduct their own testing - CNET and PCmag - but it fell short of earning a top spot in either.

When we thoroughly analyzed their review scores, we learned that all of the sources that tested both Home Printers, including PCmag, preferred the Canon Pixma TR4520 over the Epson Expression Home XP-430.

We also took a look at which sources they managed to impress the most. The Canon Pixma TR4520 was liked best by TechGearLab, which gave it a score of 9, while the Epson Expression Home XP-430 got its highest, 8, score from CNET.

Lastly, we averaged out all of their review ratings and observed that the Canon Pixma TR4520, with its 8.0 average, performed considerably better than most Home Printers - the mean score for the product category being 7.1 out of 10 - while the Epson Expression Home XP-430 managed an average of 7.0.

There's one caveat here - it might not be entirely justifiable to do a direct Canon Pixma TR4520 vs. Epson Expression Home XP-430 review average comparison since they aren't priced the same and more expensive products tend to get higher review scores from some sources.