Epson WorkForce 845 Wireless Color Printer with Scanner, Copier and Fax (C11CB92201)
Epson WorkForce 845 Wireless Color Printer with Scanner, Copier and Fax (C11CB92201)
- World’s fastest all-in-one
- 15 ISO ppm black, 9.3 ISO ppm color
- 2-sided ISO ppm: 7.4 blk/5.4clr
- 500-sheet paper capacity
- Low ink cost
Performance is Everything. The World’s Fastest two-sided all-in-one, the Workforce 845 delivers high-speed, automatic, two-sided printing, copying, scanning and faxing while providing high quality prints your business deserves. And, it makes it easy to print multiple pages with a 500-sheet paper capacity. Save on ink with the included Extra High-capacity ink cartridges – up to 40% less printing costs than color lasers, a savings that helps make business printing affordable. Easily share your all
List Price: $ 199.99
Price: $ 198.79
Epson WorkForce 845 Hands-on Review,
Epson WorkForce 845 Hands-on-Review
I just purchased and setup an Epson Workforce 845, and couldn’t be happier with its speed, features, and overall value. In fact, I was surprised by the price on Amazon.com-only $199.95 when I purchased it–because I’m sure I paid more last year for the previous model Epson Workforce 840. That Workforce 840 quickly became the main inkjet printer in my home office, replacing two printers from HP and Canon that were once wired via USB to separate computers, and always running out of ink or needing cleaning. In addition to similar speed and high capacity paper trays and ink cartridges shared by the 840 and 845, wireless connectivity is another key reason I purchased the new 845, which has even more wireless features. With the 840, I was able to “cut the cords” at home, and since then my three teenagers and wife have been printing out their homework and email on the 840 using everything from their laptops to their iPhones.
This time, I got the Workforce 845 just to handle my projects in my office–although when my kids find out they can send me print jobs via the internet using the new Epson Connect feature I’m sure that’s what they’ll do when we run out of paper or ink on the home Workforce 840. Since I’m running a new service business in my area, I needed a printer like the Workforce 845 to print up lots of flyers, handouts, and mailings. Without a doubt, the incredibly fast printing speeds on the Workforce 845 and its dual paper trays (with up to 500 sheet capacity) are going to save me time, while its duplex printing capability will save me money on paper supplies.
Ok, I admit I’m one of those guys that stick flyers and coupons in your mailbox, in store windows, and on your car’s windshield. In my line of work, doing so brings helps to bring in a lot of business, and that’s one of the reasons I specifically chose the Workforce models and their DuraBrite inks. There’s nothing worse than watching my outdoor flyers turn to unreadable, abstract art when it rains–which I often experienced with flyers I made with my old HP and Canon printers. But the black and color inks on posters and flyers made with the Workforce 840 and 845 appear to be waterproof, and even a hard rain doesn’t wreck them. More likely the rainwater will cause the paper to degrade long before the inks.
As for print quality, even at its fast default settings, text is very readable on Workforce 845, with high contrast and good detail. I rarely use it to make photo prints, but occasionally family members use it to make prints directly from their digital camera memory cards on glossy 4×6 paper or on plain paper (the memory card slots handle every type of card we have except for the micro-SD cards in our camera phones, which require an SD adapter). The large 3.5-inch color preview monitor on the printer also makes it easy to adjust photos before printing, or select menu items, quality controls, and utility settings. And unlike full-page photo prints made on plain paper with other brands I’ve owned, the Epson prints are instant dry, and don’t buckle up the paper with extra moisture.
Other features that I’ve found to be well above average on the Workforce 845 are its fast, full-featured flatbed scanner (which rivals many stand-alone scanners for speed, quality, and advanced controls–but doesn’t ship with film holders!) and its related copy speed and quality. The auto document feeder has never jammed on the 840, and it appears to be the exact same mechanism on the 845. The fact that I can operate the printer, scanner, copier, and even the fax from a wifi-connected computer is also pretty amazing.
With the 840′s wifi, I also found it easy to print email and other documents from my iPad 2, but was bummed that I couldn’t do the same with my Droid Incredible phone. Now the latest versions of Epson’s free iPrint app is available for both Apple and Droid operating systems. These allow you to adjust and crop photos if desired, while Epson’s Email Print lets you use any wireless computer, phone, or tablet to send documents and photos to the printer’s Internet address.
The only features I’d like to see improved (besides including film holders for the flatbed as mentioned) are the size and capacity of the ink cartridges. I think a printer destined for office use, and sporting a 500 sheet tray, should come with larger capacity ink cartridges than the Extra-high capacity cartridges available for the 845. That way I’d get a break on ink costs over time. But I’ve got to give Epson credit for including a set of the Extra-High Capacity 127 inks in the printer box, and not skimping on the normal capacity 126 inks or even partially-filled starter inks like those found in other manufacturer’s printer boxes.
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|Best printer I have ever had!,
Pros:
-Easy Setup.
-Speed.
-Quality.
-Easy to use
Cons:
Setting up the email address was harder than it should have been.
Other: To set up the printers email you have to download the firmware update and register at [...]
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|Pretty Object, but print quality unacceptable,
This is a beautiful looking printer with a great footprint on my home desk and seemed to have everything I wanted in a printer. However, the print quality of text is totally unacceptable. I had a Canon MP990 that I hated for its rickety noisy quality and broken rear sheet feeder (meaning I can’t even print color images anymore with it) and high ink costs, but this Epson Workforce 845′s print quality is vastly inferior. I’ve been testing it with some black and white documents in Times Roman 12 pt text and nothing looks good. Such promise, so unfullfilled! Photo images are not good either, okay maybe for school projects, but nothing compared to my hated Canon MP 990.
My husband still has an HP Laserjet – some ancient model that only prints black but it is still, 12 years later producing beautiful black and white documents.
Is there a multi-function that does duplex printing and has great black and white text and good-but-not-professional photos?
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