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Epson WorkForce EcoTank All-in-One Printer: This wireless, all-in-one printer comes with up to 2 years of ink¹ and lets you print up to 11,000 black/8,500 color pages.² Plus, the replacement ink bottles are affordable and the printer features laser-quality black text.
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This is an $80 printer
on September 8, 2015
Posted by: HomesAndPeople
First let me say: I did NOT get this printer FOR FREE I paid $499 for it. My reference points are: HP 8100 all in one (Purchased 8 years ago for $275 from Costco), Xerox 520 Documate scanner (purchased 10 years ago), and a basic HP entry level laser printer purchased 15 years ago for $550 (I no longer own)
HP 8100 broke two weeks ago and I am in desperate needs for a printer/scanner. I use my home printer to print about 300 pages a month some in color but most in black and white. And I also use it to scan receipts, home photos, and my kids papers from school.
When I heard about the echo printers I was ecstatic, and honestly when my printer broke on week later, I was happy that I had the opportunity to purchase this printer.
Here is my honest review:
HP 8100 broke two weeks ago and I am in desperate needs for a printer/scanner. I use my home printer to print about 300 pages a month some in color but most in black and white. And I also use it to scan receipts, home photos, and my kids papers from school.
When I heard about the echo printers I was ecstatic, and honestly when my printer broke on week later, I was happy that I had the opportunity to purchase this printer.
Here is my honest review:
Pros: Ink price (cheap), initial setup (easy), and size (small)
Cons:
1- Scanning speed at 300 dpi is at 2 pages per minute, 600 dpi is 1 page per minute, and at 1200 dpi was 4 minutes per page. Compared to the HP at 10 pages per minute and the Xerox at 20 pages per minute (at 300 dpi)
2- The software (I know this is subjective) Xerox used mostly windows native software. HP was pretty good for a system that’s 8 years old. Epson feels very basic and outdated: you cannot change any settings from the printer. If you need to scan or email a document you need to start the computer with the software installed and do all your settings there. Furthermore there are no quick ways to change the dpi of the scan, and if you need to set up scanning to the cloud you can only do it on Epson’s website.
3- No USB or SD card slots
4- Compared to my 15 year old entry level laser printer or the 8 year old HP printer the Epson is Slow: $500 for a printer that prints at 7 pages per minute. For the same price most printers are printing at 20-40 ppm
5- Quality: The print quality is the same as my HP printer from 8 years ago. Text looks fine but nowhere near the quality of a laser printer as they claim.
6- The Tray is too small: They claim 150 pages but for the rest of the mortal world you are lucky if you can put 100 blank pages in the tray. (as a reference the HP 8100 can load 550 pages and the laser 400 pages.
1- Scanning speed at 300 dpi is at 2 pages per minute, 600 dpi is 1 page per minute, and at 1200 dpi was 4 minutes per page. Compared to the HP at 10 pages per minute and the Xerox at 20 pages per minute (at 300 dpi)
2- The software (I know this is subjective) Xerox used mostly windows native software. HP was pretty good for a system that’s 8 years old. Epson feels very basic and outdated: you cannot change any settings from the printer. If you need to scan or email a document you need to start the computer with the software installed and do all your settings there. Furthermore there are no quick ways to change the dpi of the scan, and if you need to set up scanning to the cloud you can only do it on Epson’s website.
3- No USB or SD card slots
4- Compared to my 15 year old entry level laser printer or the 8 year old HP printer the Epson is Slow: $500 for a printer that prints at 7 pages per minute. For the same price most printers are printing at 20-40 ppm
5- Quality: The print quality is the same as my HP printer from 8 years ago. Text looks fine but nowhere near the quality of a laser printer as they claim.
6- The Tray is too small: They claim 150 pages but for the rest of the mortal world you are lucky if you can put 100 blank pages in the tray. (as a reference the HP 8100 can load 550 pages and the laser 400 pages.
Conclusion: This is an $80 printer they are selling for $499. It you are like me and print about 300 pages a month it will take you about 4 years to break even and by then who knows what printers and options will be available.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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