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Epson - WorkForce Inkjet Multifunction Printer - Color - Plain Paper Print - Desktop
Average Customer Rating:
4
Rating breakdown 1,891 reviews
5 Stars
1,029
4 Stars
412
3 Stars
149
2 Stars
94
1 Star
207
80%of customers recommend this product.
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1,514 out of
1,891)
Customer Reviews for Epson - WorkForce Inkjet Multifunction Printer - Color - Plain Paper Print - Desktop
Customer Rating
3
wireless setup is a bear
on December 17, 2013
Posted by: Gail
from Rochester, NY
I sure hope the print quality is good (so far it seems to be) because it took me, quite literally 6 hours to set it up.
You have to load the software CD with the drivers. Be patient. Verrry patient. It helps to turn off all your firewalls. Manually turn off your Windows firewall, even though you supposedly give the software permission to do it for you. At various points during the loading process it will pause/stall and you will be tempted to abort. I did this twice initially before deciding to try an internet download, then went back to the cd and finally got it loaded.
THAT was two hours (50 minutes of which was the final attempt at loading from the cd.) Then you have to install - connect to your wireless. Hope you have a USB cable (I did, as it happened, although they give you a work-around, if you don't.) Oh - DON'T plug the cable in until they tell you (they don't tell you that until you've probably already plugged it in.)
I kept getting error messages about my IP address being wrong so I printed out several reports (the printer worked with the cable connected) that verified I was using the right IP address. Soooo, at the 3-hour mark I resorted to troubleshooting, which advised me to uninstall the software that took me 2 hours to install. I swallowed hard & uninstalled, then set about to re-load the cd.
By the 5-hour mark, it was 2 am & I went to bed (tech support is only on-duty until 11pm ET.) FINALLY the next morning I once again made sure my firewalls were off, I re-set the WiFi connections on the printer, and tried, one last time to load software off the cd. After 50 minutes, it loaded (after stalling at the 12, 20 & 39% complete marks), and FINALLY decided the IP address was correct (same one I had used the previous night) and things are now working.
I'm not saying I did everything right (i.e. I connected the cable too soon) and I will add that the printer was moved closer to the wireless for the set-up that ultimately succeeded, which may have had something to do with it, but this is a very quirky process and I wouldn't say it is particularly intuitive. And I can't for the life of me figure out why it takes 50 minutes for the drivers to load (I have a 1-year old HP Pavilion laptop, so my hardware shouldn't be an issue.)
Good luck.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
5
Most versitile printer we owned
on December 18, 2013
Posted by: Jerry
from Southfield Michigan
We have been loyal Epson printers customers for over 8 years.
The current Epson printer we purchased I WF-2540. Once we learned how to use it we consider it the best printer we among the Epson printers we owned
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
4
printer
on December 20, 2013
Posted by: Anonymous
from Arizona
Good quality printer. Everything we have used it for has worked fine. We do feel the ink is a bit pricey even in the 200x cartridges.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
5
WF 2540
on December 22, 2013
Posted by: Lion E
from Kansas City, Kansas
Its excellent and functioning well, it needs small room.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
5
Could be better
on December 26, 2013
Posted by: Fredi T
from Brockport, NY
This is a very good printer, I just think for the money they should include the cable that is needed.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
5
i am not too computer savvy
on December 26, 2013
Posted by: ninja
from dc
this printer was not hard to set up
just follow the instructions and have patience
. it prints beautifully. I did not have a usb cable and was able to use the Wi-Fi set up with ease.
I was surprised at myself. !!! thanks
just follow the instructions and have patience
. it prints beautifully. I did not have a usb cable and was able to use the Wi-Fi set up with ease.
I was surprised at myself. !!! thanks
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
5
Easy set up
on December 27, 2013
Posted by: Judi
from Omaha Nebraska
This is a nice looking compact wireless machine that was so easy to set up. Very reasonably priced.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
5
WF-2540
on December 29, 2013
Posted by: bilban
from Mohnton, Pa
Got for Christmas gift. It was easy to install Plug was hard to get into machine. Just followed instruction on set up sheet and it was easy. Very glad for this gift
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com