Epson Workforce WF-100 Wireless Mobile Printer, Amazon Dash Replenishment Enabled

I used to own the Canon Pixma mobile printer, which was really good even though the bluetooth connection was tenuous. I wavered between that printer and this one, confident that either choice would be good. This is the smallest printer in the world (that prints full size paper including legal). the body of it is (about) the body of it is about the same size as the Canon, but the Canon requires an external battery that fits on the back adding about 2" and weight, AND you have to buy it separately. The WF-100 has a built in battery, and therefore comes with the initial cost. The only thing that made me waver was that CR stated that the printing quality of the Canon mobile was better. I dont know how it could be. The print quality is better than my standard HP printer. I had read that set up was tricky--it wasnt. While I usually just take things out of the box and try it without downloading software (and it might have worked); because I am a new Mac user, I wanted it to be without glitches. The setup guide was very easy, and within 5 minutes I was printing. Please know though that this is a printer intended for mobile use. While it certainly is high enough quality for regular use, it is slower (Not bad) and the cost per page is higher that regular printers. That being said, you could take it on a business trip--or pleasure trip if you need to print, or if you just want to amaze people with how cool you are! and be assured of presenting clients or whomever with high quality printing, or out in the field it would be amazing as well.

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Great printer, small and does not make much noise, and it came with a nice quality ink. I keep it in a cupboard and take it out whenever I need it. Not totally light but not the heaviest either so one could carry around with them if needed. Sleep looking and good quality build. Battery lasts. Very easy to set up. Totally recommend. Unfortunately the ink one buys separately from epson is not as good quality. Also, sometimes I just want to print one page, but if I put only one page in the printer, it does not seem able to pick it up, it keeps trying and then it stops trying. So now I always put several pages in, even if I am printing one page and it finds the page easier. This printer is not that fast to be used for heavy printing. It is a good printer to have at home for some ad-hoc printing one has to do. So for that kind of use and for its size (I am a minimalist and want to have as little or nothing sitting on counters as possible) I gave it 5 stars.

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I bought this to use on a job that required hand-written reports; I could not hand write re tremors, so I bought this printer. I hauled all over the place in my rolling briefcase, and it was great, never showed any signs of the jostling it got regularly. The one thing I would warn people about is replacing both the ink cartridges and maintenance box too soon. Always have extras on hand, with you in fact, but do not replace them until the printer screen tells you it must be replaced for you to print. The maintenance box warning that it is "nearing the end of its life" has been on my printer for months, but it continues to work. Also, if you run out of colored ink, even though you tell it to print only black, it still will not print without the color replaced. I have noticed that the color ink levels slowly go down even when I do not use color, which I rarely do with this printer (and no, I did not tell it to blend the colors to make black when the black cartridge was getting low). Print quality is excellent, in both color and b/w. Great little printer. If I have one regret, it is that I did not think ahead and buy the similar model that can also scan. (Twice as much $$ and could not afford at the time.)

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I love this printer. Now I can call myself a true "road warrior" - also paired it with the very slim and portable Epson DS-30 scanner. Printer is fairly lightweight and will fit in a medium to large laptop bag, with the scanner and an ultrabook. Probably would have a harder time fitting it into a small laptop bag, but you could still probably do it, but barely. I use this bad boy to print and sign sales contracts from the road so my sales team can close deals and I can be anywhere in the world and not hold up the countersignatures. MUCH MUCH more reliable and convenient than using hotel printers/workstations which dont seem to work half the time, and most of which dont have scanners. The print quality is OK, its nothing to write home about. This isnt really designed to be a photo printer. Some of the colors are pretty washed out, but who cares. Quality is fine. Also the wireless capability is AMAZING and the fact it can work off battery without being plugged in is a GREAT feature. There is one other smaller printer I was looking at, but it has a collapsible printer cartridge track which requires setup each time. This one is just slightly thicker and gets the job done. One last thing - TSA likes to bomb test these printers. Learned the hard way. Its considered a large electronic item so make sure to take it out of your bag and in its own tray. Be warned, if you pack it in a suitcase and send it through the X-ray machine, theyll stop you and test the bag.

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The printer took a few minutes to set up but the instructions are fairly clear. It was a bit of a pain to enter the wifi password into the printer since you have to scroll (in one direction) through the entire alphabet, upper and lower case, as well as the numbers and special characters. Once it is done though it works perfectly. The printer is really fast too. It sounds a bit clunky, but that is due the the small size. Larger printers have a lot more mass to absorb the sound vibrations so they do not sound like this small printer. The ink cartridges are really small but are fairly cheap to replace so that really is not an issue. The print quality is just as good as our larger Canon and our big format Epson. The battery charges really quickly, but I have not tried to see how many pages I can print on just the battery. It would be nice to be able to have a spare battery but it will charge off of the USB cable so it really should not be an issue. All in all I am very pleased with this printer.

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The refurbished Epson Workforce WF-100 has been working great. I am pleased with the quality of the output for printing business type of documents and even an occasional photo. I was able to purchase this as a refurbished model which reduced the price. To set expectations the WF-100 is slower when printing from battery power - and most likely still slower than a desktop printer when printing from the power adapter. I have not done any performance tests as its not a big issue for my usage. You can charge the battery with a USB port and leave the charger behind but it will take longer. The battery is self contained and not user replaceable. The printer contains a maintenance tank - which receives excess ink during printing and cleaning. This will add to the overall cost of ownership. It is a bit frustrating to think Im paying twice - once to buy the ink - and then again to put excess ink in a tank that gets tossed. The costs per page will be higher than desktop alternatives so this isnt recommended for higher volume output. I look forward to using it on road trips so that we can print from anywhere. When flying I will probably leave it behind to keep down the weight for my carry on.

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I do much of my work lately, on an iPad. I want to print from it, but it has no provision for a wired connection to the printer. So I bought the Epson WF100 to fill that need by using it as a wireless unit for my iPad. Setting the Epson up was not overly difficult. There is no clear walk-through directions. It took me some time to figure out how to use the VERY small “screen” and data entry features. Initially the connection app was not able to download. I then noted in the iPad Settings, that the download would be installed “overnight.” This is what happened. The next morning the Epson was connected to the iPad. I don’t know why, but it starts printing multi-page documents last page first and going on with the first page being printed last.

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Love this printer. I also have a travel printer from a different company. The other one stays home now, and this is my travel companion. Pros: This printer closes up fairly snug, without any edges to get caught on things in my bag. The screen is nice for programming the printer. I hook it to my hotspot and print wirelessly that way. Cons: I would like a snugger latch on the closure. And it would be great if they could get the same print quality with less weight. Also, a bluetooth option would be nice. Overall I like this printer and would buy it again or recommend it to a friend.

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Great Printer ! This printer was the most easy mobile printer i ever had to set up. I have the HP mobile 150, and Cannon Mobile printer, but the Epson is the lightest, smallest, and easy to use printer i have ever owned. Uses WIFI network printing for internet printing and Direct Print if you do not have a network to connect to. Internal battery, and can charge with power cord or USB from my Surface Book. Works with Google Print also. This is not a photo quality printer and the color photo quality is pretty good for a mobile printer, but i did notice printer lines on the photo when on battery power. It does print slower on battery power vs power cord which is to be expected. Love the size and weight of only 3.5 pounds. It gets the printing job done for me. . for whats its worth, I would purchase another one. You wont be disappointed with this mobile printer.

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