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Print from your computer or smartphone with this Epson Workforce all-in-one printer. Its wireless connectivity lets you send documents to print from anywhere in your office. This Epson Workforce all-in-one printer also has scan and fax options, so you can respond to emails and send signed forms to colleagues in minutes.
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jack of all trades = master of none
on November 15, 2016
Posted by: Aemarconnet
I have been using this printer for approximately two weeks. I received the unit and was excited to have a wifi-enabled printer that could scan documents (taxes etc) and print photos/documents all over WIFI. But in short, it seems that while attempting to make a economical all-in-one Epson cut a lot of corners making a VERY LOUD printer, that prints with sub-par resolution and color quality, and scans at the bare minimum acceptable DPI.
My first impressions were good. I took the printer out of the box and was pleased by the compact size. I quickly plugged it in and installed my ink cartriges. The user interface was simple and responsive, allowing me to connect to WIFI and get the printer up and running in around 5-10 minutes.
The first thing i did was install the smartphone companion application for my android phone and print out a few photos on my premium glossy cannon inkjet paper. Even at the highest printer resolution, the photos were of poor quality. They printed at a reasonable rate but the images lacked the crispness, vibrancy and depth of color that i get from my CANON Pixima ix6520....accepting that this was not a photo printer i moved on and printed some various documents and manuals that i needed hard copies of. I was flabbergasted by the shear volume of this machine. The print head slams back and foth, gears grint and it is so loud that you cannot hold a conversation in it's proximity without raising your voice. This is not a printer i would recommend for a shared office or work-place.
Despite these disadvantages i was still excited to play with the scanner. After all tax season isn't that far away and i like to have electronic copies of all of my related information for archival (fire) purposes. I figured that the built in 30 page document feeder would be a great tool. For my first scan i took a flier from the newspaper, one with a lot of photos and gradiant colors to push the limitations of the machine. It was at that point i saw that the printer only allows me to scan at 300 dpi max. (for comparative purposes, my offices scanner/copier from 2008 is capable of scanning at 1200 dpi at a rate of 10+ ppm). 300 DPI is the bare minimum i recommend for document scanning and rules out quality scans of color photographs (i.s. i do not recommend this machine if you are planning to archive grandma's photo albums)...but it does perform well at general scanning of text documents. It is not terrific at pencil sketches on copy paper, but line art or handwritten text in ink is quite legible.
IN A NUTSHELL...this is a very cost effective all-in-one printer/scanner/copier (FAX NOT TESTED). But it has some serious drawbacks and limitations that customers should be aware of prior to buying. For general office work it should serve most people fairly well, so long as you are not on the phone while printing.
P.s. I did perform a firmware update prior to reviewing. Even with the latest Epson firmware there is no notable improvement in the performance of any of the reviewed functions
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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