Side by Side Comparison of: Epson vs HP

We bought this for my in-laws as a last minute Christmas gift, and it was a great purchase. I have only had the opportunity to use this once, so I cannot comment too extensively on it; but I can tell you that my in-laws love it. It is super compact, prints good quality documents, the ink lasts for a long period of time, and it seamlessly connects to all of their electronic devices including IPad, phones (Android), and laptop (Windows).I printed my boarding pass from it with ease. Additionally, setup was extremely easy. Lastly, and as mentioned above, the size of the printer is super-compact which is really convenient for people with smaller homes / spaces for a printer.Quality: The quality of the printer is as good as my giant HP all in one printer. It is impressive.Overall Aesthetic Quality: It looks super-sleak.Packaging: This is Amazon's fault, so I will not needlessly penalize the product for this, but keep in mind that this item did not ship in a box. It shipped in its original manufacturer packaging with a label slapped on the outside. Like I said above, we purchased this as a Christmas gift. First, I am glad that we had it delivered to a friend's house, because if it arrived on their doorstep, they would have known what it was immediately. Second, the UPS guy left the item off to the side of the door, in the snow. Well, it was the original manufacturer packaging, so the box was damaged a bit by salt and wetness. This made the overall presentation of the product a little shotty when they opened it.Other than that though, no issues at all with the product, an I can fully recommend this to anyone.

My old Canon Pixma 150 cratered after 10+ years. Partly because in 2014 I started using recycled ink cartridges. I love LOVE this Epson. It's quieter, with super clean, clear images. Just about 1.5" smaller, it actually slides, even loaded with paper, on the printer tray all the way into my computer desk. Great surprise is the technical support videos. They are easy to understand and actually humorous. Who can't use a little humor when trying to fix or understand something? If your home office just needs printing, copying, and scanning this inexpensive item is so worth it. I connected it with the old printer cord directly to my computer, so I haven't evaluated the wireless, but it's available if you don't use a hard connection.

I just recently bought this to replace another epson printer that i had been happy with but it was too big, had six colors so very expensive to replace and could not print from my ipad with it. I was able to set this up myself with very little difficulty for a 65 yr old non techy woman! I do think there could have been some instructions in the setup paper regarding setting up on an ipad as it it advertised especially good for ipad use. There were noneexcept to go to a certain website. So if you dont also have a laptop or other computer in which there it will tell you how to do for ipad from the cd, its kinda hard to figure out how to setup on ipad. The cd does mention that you have to set it up right on the printer if using an ipad and thats how i found out. Otherwise i would have been lost. If i did not have to monkey with figuring that out it probly would have only taken me ten minutes to set up otherwise. Even so it did not take long. I just use it for general home use and the printing is nice with saturated colors. Its very lightweight and small overall. Btw, if you want to use it as a scanner you have to download epsons iprint app but from there it works great! I am very pleased with this. I cant handle a lot of fancy options which this does not have so is perfect for me. I dont intend to use it to print pics either so dont know the quality for that. I found thru the years its was as expensive or more to do that with the photo paper and ink cost of doing that.

This is in every way exactly what I was looking for. It interacts with my Dell desktop, my laptop and both of my Kindle fire HDX tablets. It is in my home office but it responds from any area in the house. The print is clear and sharp. The colour, clarity and results when printing pictures is fantastic! It is much better and more convenient than my big 3 in 1 desktop. When I was making the decision to purchase I asked for advice on the Amazon site. Thank you to the gentleman that gave me information, answered my questions and recommended the Epson XP-410. I ordered it immediately. The setup was simple, it is small, neat, clean and attractive. If there is one downside it would have to be the price of the ink cartridges. Very pricey. For that reason I have kept the desktop for multiple copies, hand outs, etc.I would recommend this to anyone looking for a small WiFi accessible all-in-one printer. I don't think it gets any better than this.By the way I gave this 5 stars, when I read the review they only showed 4 so I'm correcting it, I would have given it 6 if possible.

NOTE: You will use the supplied ink cartridges in it FAST! The ones that come with it barely have any ink at all. I printed Eight 8 1/2x11 pictures and was out of ink. Crazy! The replacement XL cartridges last MUCH longer and of course are really inexpensive. I look at the ink price more than the printer price because the printers all print the same pretty much.The menu system it has for setting up wifi is easy, the buttons are a little weird and take a little to get used to but work well. Instead of a "YES/NO" there is a square with a stripe in it and a triangle with a circle in it. That's just a bit strange. :) But you rarely have to press them unless you run out of paper.Wifi range on this is excellent, it's about 100 feet from my router and still picks up a single strong and prints without any issues. No paper jams so far over the last few months. Scans are good quality and save in all the formats.

I held my breath in trepidation...my new Epson printer was delivered today....I unpacked it and stared at it, wondering if my anxiety meter was ever going to go down. For 2 hours the printer sat on my table, mean and menacing,while I intermittently circled around it. Finally , taking a deep breath, I approached it, hoping that my 65 year old tech challenged brain could overcome this new piece of 21st century monster that now lived in my home....OK, so it took me less than 1/2 hour to have this beautiful machine up and running.....WIRELESSLY EVEN! Thank you Epson! This is the easiest install I have ever done...to all you tech challenged seniors out there, run, don't walk, and get yourself an Epson printer!

I always dread buying printers because every time I research them, they always have negative reviews that are not necessarily helpful, but make me nervous to try them. I am a new graduate student and bought this printer because I needed a more reliable one than the HP deskjet I used in undergrad. So far, I am happy with this product as it was easy enough to set up, and is the perfect size. I had no problems hooking up the printer to my wireless network and laptop, and found it was very easy to print wirelessly. I have not had this printer for very long so I can't speak to its life span, but so far I am pleased with it and would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a quality printer with little to no hassle.

I am extremely satisfied with this printer. It is a relatively compact size. Bluetooth setup was a breeze. It is very quiet when printing. AND, of course, the print quality is very good! Automatic Double sided printing is great. All in all I really could not be more satisfied. For everyday use and space-saving this is a terrific choice for your home office. Also the price is excellent for the features and if you can pick one up through the Amazon Warehouse you will get an even better bargain.

I replaced my old HP all in one with this one only because I wanted wifi printing and it is great! It has an email address that you can send documents to from anywhere and it will print them! The print quality isn't as good as my old one though. But I love the flat-bed scanner that lets me get copies from books.

After a year with this printer I can say it is ok. Print quality is not as good as my old C5200 though.
It wouldn't recognize the print cartridge last time I changed it so I called tech support and they said this is common and I just had to trash the driver and reinstall it. Took time to get to tech support.
I get new ink cartridges automatically so I never run out of ink.

I'm SO GLAD I ignored the bad reviews on here and purchased this anyway...BEST PRINTER EVER. I was worried because people said it was hard to set up, they had to reconnect it to their phone or laptop or whatever every single time they use it...blah blah blah. I haven't had any of these issues. I own my own business and don't print a lot at home but I've already printed over 100 pages in the last couple months and it's worked flawlessly.
Also- get the instant ink!!! It's so cheap and totally worth it. Spend the $5!! They give you a couple months free on top of that! Like I seriously got ink delivered a week ago and had no idea I was low!

Oh and we're short on space and sometimes pile things on top of it and it will still print just fine. Lol not that it's the best thing to do but hey I figured some other people might wonder if it would be a problem.

I never liked HP products until now, but the Envy is so easy to use and even has some nice gimmicks like the tray bar that opens up automatically and protects the sheets from falling down. It is not the fastest printer I've seen, but the quality is very good, and the best feature is that it actually orders ink from HP whenever it comes out. It took me about 5 minutes to set it up including the automatic ordering.
I can pretty much list the main features of this printer:
1) It easily (Really easy) prints from everywhere, including your mobile phone, computers connected to the network, you can even send an email to a designated email and it will print it. You can scan on the spot or from a far, pretty good.
2) This printer removes the worries from running out of ink and where to order it - it orders for you, and the model is different - you pay for pages printed, and not for the ink. For example - $4.99 per month (insignificant cost IMO) will get you up to 100 pages per month, if you need more, they have plans for that too. From here on out - print everything that you want - B&W or color - same costs.

Very happy with that purchase.

I am a teacher and I bought this printer to be able to participate in the instant ink program. The printer and the iip are great!! The best part of the printer is that it auto prints on both sides! The pics are samples of a projects I printed with this printer. Great printer for the price.

The wireless wizard worked very well when I first set it up. I expected my Chromebook and my phone to pick up the printer immediately, but this was not the case. I downloaded the Epson app to my droid, the setup for which was very easy, and then the communication between my phone and the printer was instant. The Chromebook setup was also easy after I typed in the printer's IP address into the browser window. I've been using computers for a long time, so none of this was complicated at all. Any more, I just expect wireless components to talk to each other without any fuss, and I didn't expect to have to set everything up. This is not a complaint at all, the extra procedures make perfect security sense to me, I just thought I'd add a few instructions to anyone who decides to purchase this great little printer.

Easy set up and maintenance. We've had this printer for a year and it hasn't failed us yet (with light use). Great price, prints quickly, and is pretty quiet. We picked this particular model because it supports AirPrint which is a feature of Apple products. We can very easily, and quickly print documents wirelessly from out iPad, and iPhones. Just click the share icon button on your Apple device (looks like a box with un up arrow in it), scroll over and select print. The printer will automatically show up in the list of printers and simply select print. There may not be a huge set of bells and whistles on this printer as it doesn't have a fax machine, but we've also printed 5X7 photos, and 4X6 photos and they turn out quite all right! So if you're low on ink on your current/outdated printer, then you might as well just pick this one up as it won't be too much more $ considering how much ink costs.

First of all, if you're a Windows or Mac user, I have no data for you beyond the last three paragraphs.Linux users: docked a star for lack of Linux instructions (so we're a minority, we still deserve our own instructions!). I bought this printer because of its small footprint and impact on the wallet, as well as Epson's rep. Also because a Linux-using reviewer characterized it as posing no problems to get to work on that system. However, these are the steps you must follow:Don't bother with the included CD.Select the correct packages for your flavor of Linux and your CPU hardware (32- or 64-bit) from Epson's site. I happen to run Mint on a 32-bit system; this is the kind of information you will need. If you are firmly convinced your computer is a two-bit piece of &#!+, you need to do more research.The printer requires one package, the scanner, two. Those two must be INSTALLED IN A SPECIFIC ORDER: the data package first, the core package second. This is covered on Epson's FAQ page. (Thank you, Epson!)So before you jump on this one, if you're a Linux user, I strongly suggest you go to Epson's site and see what you're up against. If your own level of knowledge is "beginner," you may wish to find a more experienced user and bribe them with cookies or pepper-infused vodka, as the case dictates.When you first turn on this printer, wait for the cartridge container to finish an extensive ballet across its track and back, again, and again, and again ... It does stop, eventually, in a position which allows you to install the cartridges. You haven't gotten a defective one, though it may have exhausted the patience you will need to install it if you run Linux.The printer scans accurately and prints nicely. It's a little noisy, but shuts itself off automatically after a short period of idleness.The digital user interface on its pop-out control board is a little clunky, as such things tend to be, but very clear. No data yet on how ink-consumptive it is.

Remember you get what you pay for and I paid only about $70 plus extended warranty (was only $5.00). This is my first wireless printer. My better quality Epson needs some repair but I figured it would cost more than $70 to do so. This printer should work for now. I'm giving four stars as the set up was not 100% error free. I ended up just going to the printers and drivers section of my computer and selecting the printer that way. But so far printing very well wirelessly, no jamming (have only printed out a few pages, just got today). Black and white clear, no smudges; have not printed in color yet (don't want to waste ink), but will try it soon. Overall, satisfied for now. Will update again as I've used.Update: Have used each day and printing is great, quality is fine including color print. Have not tried photos yet but I'm very satisfied with this little printer. So far, I would get another one if needed.

"For the money" this is a capable printer, scanner, copier. It's also small, light weight. and fairly rugged. But, if you print a lot, you will use a lot of ink, and now, you will be using only Epson OEM inks. I have purchased two of these all-in-one machines. The first one lasted 6 months, having printed about 250 pages per week, mostly B&W but also perhaps 30 pages of color. The machine traveled with me on the road, being trundled in and out of buildings on a daily basis. I didn't expect the seemingly flimsy plastic to last, but it certainly did. Unfortunately, it began leaking ink, finally refusing to print. Having had miserable experience with HP printers sold as portables at 8 times the cost of this Epson, I bought another Epson XP-410. This experience has not been altogether wonderful. First I could not plug the new XP-410 in my Lenovo X-1 and have it work with the drivers for the previous XP-410. I had to remove the previous drivers. When I installed only the printer and scanner drivers, however, the printer would not function. So, I had to install the entire Epson software suite. Now the printer was recognized, but in the blink of an eye, Epson notified me that the "firmware was being updated." I did not recognize this as an aggressive, sinister act, but have since come to see it that way. All went well until the black ink cartridge ran out. Replacing this with one of the rebuilt cartridges the previous XP-410 accepted, I was informed "black XL cartridge not recognized." The machine would not print with the refilled cartridge. This is a sea change from the behavior of the previous XP-410. The first XP-410 simply informed me that I was not using an OEM cartridge and quality might suffer. You were allowed to proceed. This is no longer an option. My guess is that the firmware upgrade contained instructions to identify and reject any non- Epson cartridges. Presumably, Epson is now copying the men's razor business model. The general idea is to sell a nice hand piece with a couple of blades, perhaps at a loss only to get the money back many times over selling replacement blades that only fit that handpiece. I'm in hopes that the refilled cartridge people will find a way around this problem. But I modestly propose that one purchase a new XP-410 every time the ink runs out. The cost of the XP-410 is currently seventy dollars in round numbers while the cost of a package OEM ink cartridges is about thirty- eight dollars. So, one could most likely sell the XP-410 on one of the auction sites for fifty dollars and have only twenty two dollars spent to acquire the next, new XP-410 with a new ink supply. Overall a nice machine but be aware of the cost of the ink.

Im very impressed with this printer so far, does everything i could ask it to do. Like anything it works better with a wired connection vs wifi. The wifi is not bad by any means, but to use the scanner feature you have to jump through a bunch of hoops with epson and google and then have it forward the scan to you via email. Plug in the usb problem solved.\My only two gripes about it:1) No usb cable, Really Epson? I know its wifi but shouldn't I at least have the option?2) Set up is a breeze, But for whatever reason it can lose the wifi connection and it won't print anything. The first time i spent hours trying to change things and troubleshoot the problem. Learn from my waste of time and just turn of the printer and reset the router and then turn the printer back on. Works every time, but not something i should have to do.For the tech savvy people this printer is a great deal and will do everything a student needs. For the less tech savy people put a usb cord in your cart when you buy this.

Good multifunction for the price. Does not have a fax capability. Paper tray will only hold about 15 pages of paper. When printing, a page support device swing out from the front of the printer (support is about 2"x 7") and remains protruding in front of the printer. You have to manually return it to the stored location in the printer. This is guaranteed to be accidently broken off in time, sooner than later. This was purchased for a casual location for part time business and personal use. Performs well in what is does.....But with the small paper load and swing support device Iwould not buy or recommend it. It the lack of a fax, and the small paper load, and protruding paper support does not bother you, then this is a good printer.

I have not had the problems with this printer that others have complained about. I followed advice from this poster:

"This is a pretty simple solution that not many people know, but here's how to disable the annoying instant ink pop-ups:
You can disable the notifications through Printer Server Properties. (Click on your Control Panel, then the Devices and Printers tab)
>From Devices and Printers. Highlight your printer, then look above for a tab called "Print server properties" across the top. Click the tab, then click the Advanced tab and uncheck both "Show informational notifications for local printers and network printers" boxes. Apply and click OK. Hope this helps!"

This wireless all-in-one photo printer does a good job. I had to end up hooking it up with a cable, though, because even the HP customer support rep was unable to get it hooked up in wireless mode. I also think that a port for a camera SD card should be standard equipment on these machines at this point, but this one does not come with that feature. Having made those criticisms I will say that the machine is easy to use and scans, copies, and prints well.

I have had a few wifi printers and the one consistent thing is none of them work the way they claim they will. This printer replaced a Lexmark that was about five years old that I could never get working. This one is the exception to that rule.

Setup took about 30 minutes and in that time I had it printing from devices on our home network, and via Google Cloud Print. I am still having an odd issue with Cloud Print requiring random refreshes but overall its been a great printer.

HEADS UP -- It takes about 15 seconds from the moment you click "Print" to the moment it completes the first page, and that's without printing any images; only text. Following pages thereafter take about 7 seconds each; I'm only adding this as it matters to those intending to purchase for heavy use. This shouldn't be an issue unless you heavily use your printer (like in a very busy office space). I personally think this printer is best for home use or light office use. I print about 4-5 invoices per day so it really isn't a problem for me.

I do like the touch screen and slide menu feature, and I also really like the sleek and professional look it has. It comes with what's called "HP quick forms" (refer to photos), where you can print out a fax cover sheet, graph paper, notebook paper, calendar, check list, and even some Sudoku and other games; pretty neat. It does have a 2"x7.5" retractable paper holder, which automatically retracts when you hit print. Dimensions are approximately 17.3"x15" with paper holder in; 17.3"x21" when holder is out. The top surface is flat so since I rarely use the scanner, I use that extra space for a lightweight paper organizer. It's slightly textured so you don't have to worry about scratching it if that matters to you.

Setup was extremely easy, both by USB cable and by wifi connection. Took a total of about 8-10 minutes setting up by both methods. I use this printer on two different computer towers, one of which has no internet connection. Never have any issues connecting to the printer or getting it to function as needed on either towers.

Overall would recommend for light to moderate use.

Caution: this printer uses HP63 (not HP61) ink cartridges. That fact is misrepresented in the Frequently Bought Together section.
I was little disappointed because I thought I would utilize new unused HP61 cartridges from my previous printer. Otherwise, printer seems to be well made.

Do you need to print, copy or scan documents quickly? Then do NOT buy this printer. I don't hate it - it was relatively easy to set up and is also relatively easy to use - but it's really only suitable as a home printer for occasional use. It is NOT a good office or home office printer. If I had it to do over again, I'd buy something else. I chose this one primarily because it has generally good reviews, and I'm sorry I did.Edited to add: It also goes through ink like no printer I've ever owned. I have to change cartridges about every 100 pages. Ridiculous.

I liked the wireless but it's still a bit of a hassle to manage and use. It looks nice for your home office. The color quality is good. The printing speed and noise is okay for printer of this price. The biggest problem is the ink. It will deplete your ink fast. And the ink is not cheap either. Consider a replacement for the ink, which is Epson 200XL Black + 200 Cyan/Yellow/Magenta Combo Saver Pack, that's $56 to print about 50-75 high quality color pages, minus the test pages you have to do. Always look up the price of the ink for printer you're about to buy.

Follow-up review after owning for 7 monthsAfter using the printer for 7 months, I have found that the printer has a couple of significant negatives. If the printer is not used for several days, the print heads have to be cleaned, else the printed document has skips. Also, when printing a Word document with borders, the border prints crooked, i.e., not aligned on the page.Follow up to original review:I was finally able to get it to work wirelessly. The installation instructions were short on details, and the troubleshooting instructions were even less informative. I kept installing/uninstalling until I hit the right sequence of actions to get it to work. I am not sure exactly what the right sequence was, but a three things that I did differently on the successful installation. I don't know if any/all of these were the difference, but I provide them for information. One, I did NOT use the USB cable for the setup as was suggested by the installation instructions, I set it up wirelessly. Second, I powered my router off/on before the successful install. Third, my primary computer on which I was attempting to set up the printer is normally a wired connection to the router, I unplugged the Ethernet cable on the computer and did the set up wirelessly.I am frustrated and disappointed. Based on the reviews on Amazon, I was hoping that this printer would be wirelessly compatible with my 6 month old Dell computer running Windows 7, and a Cisco Valet router. It is not compatible.. Not sure yet what the problem is, but it is proving to be a difficult set up. The printer connects to my home network. My computer is connected to my home network. Yet, my computer and printer cannot communicate wirelessly. I am sure that the problem has something to do with my Windows 7 home network, but I am still disappointed that Epson did not provide a product that could compensate for Microsoft's shortcomings.

Update 5/13/14: I've knocked this printer down from 4 star to 3 because the ink doesn't last as long as my last ink burning printer! The replacement black cartridge is 29.99 for the xl, which I do hope will last longer than the ones which came with the printer. The good news is that this printer allows you to mix your color inks to make black if you need to print before you've gotten more ink. It's a great function that I missed with my last printer. This Epson is still working well otherwise.*****The only thing I dislike is that the paper loads in the back. If you plan to tuck your printer on a shelf that's something to keep in mind.This is my first non-HP printer in ages. My last one was pretty good and lasted a long time, but I really wanted to get a laser because we go through so much ink. My HP quit on me after many years of loyal service, so I ordered this on Amazon needing it in a hurry. I picked it because it's smaller than the laser 3 in 1 printers that I saw on the site, and --for the price-- it will do for now till I've had a chance to do some serious shopping.It does not come with a USB cable to connect to your computer which is a bit silly. And, the plastic paper drawers seem very flimsy. At $69 this printer is great. If I paid $99 I might be a little disappointed, as the paper slots seem like they would be easily broken. Wireless set up took longer than I expected, but it works just fine. I can't say how long it will last or how long the ink will last either at this point, but I'll update my review once I've had it for awhile. So far, I do like it. It's actually smaller than my old 3 in 1 and the larger front touch screen panel is very user friendly.

I bought this printer because it is fairly inexpensive and it is identical to one I have in another location, thus making for painless establishment of wireless compatibility with my family's numerous and varied mobile phones and computers.The wireless operation is very convenient and I don't have to do a lot of color printing, so the fact that this little beast literally slurps up printer ink is not such a big deal for me. If I didn't have a b/w laser printer for heavier printing jobs I would have to find a less thirsty inkjet printer than this one.The print quality is middle-of-the-pack; if I needed to print color photos or glossy reports I would have bought a higher-end machine.The machine works well and seems sturdy enough; the only reason I gave it 3 stars is that it uses so much ink--and the OEM ink is not cheap. (After a bad experience with non-OEM ink I will now only buy ink from the original equipment manufacturer.)

This printer is nice and well-built, but it does use a TON of ink.... and everything prints VERY dark (unless in Draft mode, then it is so light that it's barely visible).HOWEVER, there is a fix that will help you print TRUE TO COLOR, PRINT FASTER and SAVE INK!<Go into Control Panel/Devices and Printers<Right Click on XP-410 Series Printer and click on "Printing Preferences"<Click on the "Advanced" Tab<Select the print mode you use most often (for me it is Text and Image)<In the right hand "Color Management" column, click the "SETTINGS" button (Color mode should be set to EPSON vivid)<On the bottom left of the Color Control Menu, increase the brightness to +15, and the density to -20<Click okay and the menu will save your settings and closeDo a test print to see if this is printing more true to color for your screen. If not, try a different quality in those columns until you get the right "recipe" for your setup.You can adjust these qualities for each print job, but if you set them as your printing preferences, it will default to these qualities every time and save lots of ink. (You can always change it as needed)YOU WILL NEED TO SAVE THESE CHANGES FOR EACH COMPUTER YOU PRINT FROM!Ever since I made this change, I LOVE this printer! The colors are now beautiful instead of dark, I get great ink usage, and I love the compact/sturdy feel and the fast wireless printing. This printer is FANTASTIC with just a couple tweaks!

See the update below.I have never heard anyone complain about HP printer hardware, and this printer meets that high bar. It is surprisingly small and light weight but delivers impressive performance. Some reviews complain about the "intrusive" Instant Ink feature, that requires the user to let the printer make direct contact with HP to order ink and receive updates. I was a little skeptical at first but a close look at what you get made me give it a try. It does seem to be an economical way to buy ink if you can anticipate and manage your usage. It is based on the number of pages printed and not on the amount of ink consumed. New users get the first 3 months and 300 pages free, which includes delivery of one each color and black cartridge in about 10 days after you sign up. What I have yet to determine is if the printer can tell you how many pages you've printed, because if you go over your 30 allowance there is a $1 charge for each 15 page increment after that. So take a close look at the feature and decide if it's right for you. Moving on to the printing, the first page the printer printed was an alignment page. You put that on the scanner bed and the printer aligns the print head. After that I tried scanning a color image and could barely tell the original from the copy. Next was sending an image to the printer from the computer, which meant connecting the two using WiFi. It was a slightly tedious process but one you only need to do once. I found a full size rich in color image and printed it. If I had used glossy paper instead of regular bond paper it would have looked like a photograph. Overall, for the price of printer and ink, I am impressed. I would buy it again.Update: I was really impressed with the printer at first and gave it five stars. But lately it seems to have conspired with Windows 10 and refuses to print. When I go to print a document I get the message that the printer is offline. And yet all other indications are that it is online. This makes the printer nothing more than a paper weight. Very frustrating. I think I will still to printers that connect via USB ports from now on.

Going from our Epson 730 that died to the HP was pretty much lackluster results. The tricolor cartridge just doesn't deliver the eye popping color of our older printer. We were in a pinch to get something I wish I would have waited and done more research. If I had it to do over I wouldn't have purchased this printer. I will say that using the HP ink service is nice but it still doesn't make up for lost ground when it comes to printing pictures on this thing.

Update

So, turns out the printer I first bought is a defect, after exchange, the printer works great, though, I thought it is a photo printer, but no, it's just a color printer. NOT A PHOTO PRINTER!
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The "easy set up" process turns out not be easy at all, we had to watch multiple Youtube video to figure out how to set it up and my bf is a UX designer, and we are tech people. The whole setting up and getting started experience was just awful, we made it work eventually without even knowing how we did it. After it finally worked, we are having connection issues, ex. Printer has to be shut down and restart to be really connected even the wifi LED shows it's connected. When it enter sleep mode, and a new job got sent to the printer, it will not awake, and connection will be lost again, it requires a shut down and restart the printer to make it work again. Even shutting down is awful, there are time the display will froze, and never wants to shut down. This product looks modern, but works like an antique, and we would not recommend it to anyone.

I've had several HP printers and HP has always made decent products, but it's their software and marketing tactics that let them down and that's a shame.

This is a nice printer as long as it's for home use. Be aware that you will get a pop-up every time you print. I did not opt for the automatic replacement cartridges because I'll go out and get the ink when I need it. I should have that choice regardless of what HP thinks. Don't care that I need to use genuine HP ink cartridges as I've always done that anyway.

I'd be happier if I could get rid of that annoying pop-up. I'll live with this for awhile, then maybe I'll try another brand.

There are some aspects to this printer I really like and some I really don't. Overall, I'm left feeling just "okay" with the purchase.

This printer is, by far, the easiest I've set up. It reads the network without a hitch and the touch display makes selections easy. Copying is quick enough, as is scanning. I do both frequently, so I'm happy with the functionality there. The paper tray makes duplex printing possible at long last. And, for the price point, it is a fairly quick little printer.

Then there are the things that make me unhappy. The paper tray is located at the front bottom of the print and can get block by anything on the desk (I know, big whoop, but still...). The paper support swings out when you print. When you no longer need it, you have push it back in place or risk snapping off this thin piece of plastic. I sometimes confuse the location to lift the scanner cover and open the door to the inside of the printer instead.

Now the big one. It's a really big one, too. I hope I've got your attention because it is the one thing you should remember about this review. No matter how good the printing of text and simple images looks, when you print your really nice pictures or other images with detail, they look horrible. Every image is muddied with darkness and too much ink. I have a good idea why this happens (it's rather technical with the handling of RGB images in with a CMYK printing tool). From the HP forums, they know this happens, but don't address the issue. Their stock response seems to be for us to check the driver, software, run diagnostic tools, and print in draft mode.

So, if you aren't printing images, but are printing graphs and graphics, this is a decent printer to purchase. Just don't expect a photo printer for this price point.

UPDATE: I have been using the printer for about two weeks. The picture quality is GREAT; however, I went through the starter color ink cartridge AND another store bought FULL cartridge with only having printed 14 full color photograph pages. Unfortunately, this has forced me to sign up for the Instant Ink Program, which is $36/year (which guarantees me 50 pages per month). I have spent over an hour on the phone with HP to get this far and to insist they send me another ink cartridge for free since I should get more than 10 color copies per $15 ink cartridge. This is so frustrating

ORIGINAL POST: I just received my printer today. It is much larger physically than I expected (I didn't look at the dimensions), but that wasn't a problem. It took about 15-20 minutes to set-up, but was very easy with step-by-step directions in the box. I test printed a full page picture on plain copy paper and it looks great. I also printed four pictures on a piece of glossy photo paper and it looks great as well. I am very pleased so far with the printer. I have never had a photo printer before, so the quality of the pictures is 100% better than when I was try to print pictures on a regular printer.

I bought this printer back in 2013 not knowing what I have since learned about inkjet printers. Up front, you should know that in order to for an inkjet to be useful, it needs to be used regularly--say at least one or a couple times a month; otherwise, the ink clogs up the heads and, not only affects print quality, but will waste TONS of ink from the cartridges as you run a cleaning to unclog. You will spend a lot on consumables (ink), so if you're a sporadic at-home printer like my family, make a switch to laser printers. Yes, inkjets can be cheap (when I bought this model, it was only $60, a popular price point for many models, but you spend much more on frequent printing (sometimes higher than having them professionally printing).With that out of the way, here is my review of this particular printer. I bought it with the intention of using it for borderless printing for my son's invitations, but you can't really do that for special paper sizes. Works fine for flyers on 8.5x11, but I use special paper sizes for invitations, and even with trying to configure it manually, it would not accept them, and I had to use a machine at work. Print quality was decent, but it expended huge amounts of ink, thus ballooning the price per print to huge levels. It prints about the same speed as other inkjets I've had, so neither fast or terribly slowly, but there is a long startup between spooling the print and actually printing--annoying when you're heading out the door and need a confirmation or something printed.The scanning works fine and scan quality is decent.Wireless printing is sporadic. When the power would go out, I would have to reset everything, which is annoying.The user screen is easy to use and attractive.The machine is lightweight and average size, taking up the entirety of our little side table.The reason I gave this machine two stars is simple--after a month and a half of use, a printhead clogged and would not unclog no matter how many times I cleaned it. In total, I maybe got six months out of this machine, frustrating the heck out my husband who is the one who used it more than anyone (which wasn't much).Bottom line: I made the switch to a monochrome laser and will reserve color printing for the professionals (because I don't print often). Laser may not be great for printing pictures, but I wasn't really printing those at home anyway, and because it uses toner, it never dries out. It prints much faster, and it's also wireless and scans. I will never go back to inkjet, and I suggest that others in my same boat make the switch too.

Yes it scans and prints wirelessly and yes it works very easily w/ iOS devices (iphone 5s and ipad mini bot on OS 8.1.1)Set up on a MAC was even relatively simple and painless.Here's where things start to fall apart:The data transfer is PAINFULLY slow over wifi and USB and you'll have to mess w/ your printer settings in system preferences every third time you use it wirelessly (OSX Yosemite i5 macbook air w/ 8g RAM).You also can't scan multiple documents and send to your machine as a batch. Every individual page is sent to you machine as a separate file. In retrospect I shouldn't be surprised based on the price but I'm allowed to be annoyed by this, right?I'll use it until it breaks or I inevitably throw it out the window.

I was looking for a cheap wireless printer to use in my home office. Apparently I got what I paid for.I have been working with computers since the 1980's so I am not a novice at setting things up, etc... The only real problem I am having with it is a biggie though (and if you do a web search of Epson XP-410 Wireless you will see I'm not the only person with this problem). The wireless doesn't always work. This wouldn't be a biggie for me if either after turning the printer on/off it reestablished a connection or turning the PC on/off it restarted - but NO. This thing truly has a mind of its own.Will work for a day or two - stop for a week or so - and then out of the blue start working again. It is located near the PC where I mainly use it on, however it is a wall mounted all-in-one with not a cord to be seen coming out of it and the ONLY reason I purchased this printer was because I didn't want to see the dreaded mass of cables coming out from behind this computer.I eventually will move it to another location in my home and plug it in with a cable (the good old fashioned way), however if you are looking to place it in a home office or anywhere that guests will see it - you may want to reconsider purchasing it IF wireless printing and lack of cables are important to you.

I got this printer one week ago and have used it twice. Today, I went to print a paper I have due tomorrow and it won't print. My computer says that the printer isn't connected. Restarted both devices, wireless router, uninstalled wifi on both devices, wasted over an hour of my time trying to get this stupid product to do the one job it was created to do and it can't even do that. Epson's (might I add, terrible) website provided me with no help, every other problem that could go wrong with this piece of crap printer is listed except if the printer won't connect no matter what you do. DONT BUY THIS PRINTER if you want to be able to print documents, you will be as disappointed and infuriated as I am.

Part ISo far so good. Installation was the best yet for a printer that Ihave owned. I am still trying to recover from an HP, which wasjust over a year old, and headed for donation because ofinordinate frustrations with the ink, ink supply notifications,and other fatal flaws.This really is a small unit. The HP looks like an oaf next to it.Part III replaced the printer within 7 months. Fortunately it was stillunder warranty. Epson sent a new one, and I did not have toreturn the "old" one. It had begun to print images psychedelicallyand later the ink started leaking from all cartridges.So 5 stars dropped to 3.Part IIIReplacement printer went nuts, just like the first one did, andbegan to print hieroglyphics one day. It's cheap, and whenI keep an eye on it, it's acceptable. But I think if uncheckedit would print a ream. Good luck.Part IVThe printer quit. I could still scan, but not print anything. Guesswhat? I ordered another one because I like them, even afterthey go haywire - partly because they are so inexpensive.Beware.

The printer doesn't have USB cable. I had to order one via Amazon. The printer makes big noises when it making copy or printing. I was shocked at the first time by its noise. The paper tray doesn't work well. I had to call Epson support for help. Still, the copies or printouts were so blur even I set up extra fine feature. Worse, the printer died after 2 and a haft months of use. I called Epson support. After asked me a series of questions and did some diagnosis, the Epson agent agreed that my printer is defective and placed me a replacement. He said that I don't have to return the broken one to Epson, just do what ever I want with it. Then, the replacement arrived after 1 week. It came with a regular carton package, not with original printer box, and without power cord?!!!. The replacement looks used with many scratches. It doesn't have any film cover as my defective does. There was a note that I have to return the defective printer to Epson within 1 week or my credit card will be charged. So who will pay me for wasting my time and all of my important documents pending due to the defective printer? I called Epson again. After getting my printer's details, another Epson agent said that I don't have to return the defective one. So disappointed.

This printer has a setting that makes it fall asleep after a set amount of time and completely turn off after 2 hours -- to save energy, which is great. But you cannot adjust this setting or disable it. It just sleeps and shuts down, no user input.

HP says that if you try to print something when the printer is off, it will not print until you turn the power back on. This is not true in my case. When I see the printer is off and I just tried to print something, I turn it on and nothing happens. No printing. My print job is in queue, but nothing happens with the print job until I completely shut down the printer and restart it. Because this takes a minute or two, and because I am sometimes in a rush to print something and head out the door, I end up having to unplug it and plug it back in for it to finally process the print job and print the documents I need.

For a while, for unknown reasons, I'd print something when the printer was shut down and it would just turn on and print my stuff. Later, again for unknown reasons, it just stopped doing this. Now it just won't print and I have to shut it down and restart it.

If you have this plugged into your laptop / computer with a cord, you won't have any problems, but I bought this printer specifically for its wireless capabilities and it has let me down!

One star for a frustrating experience, one extra star for the few times it has worked.

I don't know what's wrong with this thing! It seems like every time I print something I have issues. Usually they seem to revolve around HP's server network that the printer MUST BE connected to otherwise it won't print. Another frequent problem I seem to have is that it doesn't fit the image to the page even though the setting are correct.

I hate to write this since all the research says that this IS a great printer, but upon setting it up I kept having a paper jam issue when there WAS NO paper jam...it printed the test page fine but when trying to scan the test page according to setup directions it kept stating paper jam...lift and open up and blah blah bah...I looked inside: no bits of paper, everything looked to be in place, no broken pieces, all looked fine and dandy inside..researching HP's troubleshooting sites about it there was nothing else I could do...amazon contacted me and we came to the conclusion that this is just a defective printer. So as NOT to diss all over HP, I've had plenty of printers, many brand names and HP still seems the best, only this time I got a lemon. Oh well.

This is hands down the worst printer I've ever owned. I have two major gripes with it.

1) It's marked as a photo printer, but the only feed option is from the bottom, where the paper must wrap 180 degrees around the (3/4" or so diameter) rollers to feed into the printhead. This wrap-around feed wrinkles/creases every photo I've tried to print, even when using HP branded photo papers! The print quality actually is decent, if you don't mind having wrinkly/creased photos.

2) After 2 months it just stopped communicating with my devices. I downloaded the HP printer/scanner troubleshooting software that you're prompted to install when you first get the error - it literally does nothing but asks you to turn everything off and back on, and then if you still have problems, asks you to do that again. Total waste of time. I did eventually get in touch with HP support, and through a chat session was able to provide remote access to my computer, and their service agent was able to get it working. It took over 45 minutes, and he had to download multiple HP software during this time. I was not a fan of this troubleshooting, but it is working now (for the time being).

This is the last HP product I will ever buy. I swore off their PC's years ago, and bought this only because it was the top listed printer on Amazon, however I totally regret that decision. For now, I'll continue to use this piece of junk, but when it comes time to replace it I'll not even be looking at HP (probably Epson, I've had good luck with my Epson printers).

Wireless? This printer is HORRIBLE if relying on its wireless "capabilities". It's not very dependable at all. I've attempted to print multiple page projects and it would stop mid project and say it was finished and go back to the home screen. After going online to find out why my new wireless printer constantly says it's "offline" I came to the realization that this is a common issue with this printer. It constantly reads "offline". My issue with this printer wasn't fixed until I uninstalled everything and reinstalled it with a USB cable connected to my laptop. It works fine...as long as a cord is attached which TOTALLY defeats the purpose of purchasing a wireless printer. I'll never recommend this printer to anyone ever. Wireless. Not hardly!!

This printer has been nothing but a headache since I first purchased it for $70. I thought that I was making a good choice because of the wifi capability and some of the reviews when purchasing but I was so wrong. The ink doesn't last, it is very expensive to replace, it is difficult to connect to iphone and any other apple products, and now it is not printing even after replacing the ink and doing a nozzle clean. I will not ever purchase another epson product.

This is the worst printer in the world. A child for a science fair project could make something better than this large piece of waste. It fools you by looking like a printer, and even pretends to have features, but it doesn't actually print anything remotely close to what is sent to this 80s reject of a printer. All the tragic comedy complaints one could have about a printer WILL happen to you if you waste your money on this head ache producer. The one thing the product does consistently is raise your blood pressure. The paper does not load straight, when it prints anything at all it looks like a kindergarteners interpretation of what was meant to be printed, and none of the features work correctly.

today i threw all my Epson printers- 9 in all. seven 3640, one 2540 and two xp-410. i am finally liberated!!! never again!!! My experience is thus: the xp-410 printers were lemons from the start. new ink, old ink, more new ink. no matter. waste time on phone. waste time cleaning heads. waste time and money... if you want to spend a fortune on ink, then Epson is for you. If you want error messages and paper jams, then Epson is for you. However, if you want a printer that works, then Epson printers are not for you. someone smart once said, that those that forget the past are condemned to repeat it. I am writing this review more as a note to myself. you, dear reader, most likely will be tempted by the cheap price and ignore my review. be warned! cheap things are not good and good things are not cheap. epson is both - not cheap and not good. At least for me, Epson is history.

I absolutely have hated this printer from day one. I bought it almost two years ago. I just needed a printer for a random copy here and there and to print forms occasionally so I didnt need anything fancy but every time I go to use this printer it seems I have a problem. The life of the ink cartridges makes them way more expensive instead of being a money saver as I had hoped. My latest two print jobs were a new price list for work which kept printing with a missing line even with brand new cartridges and all the random maintenance settings ran then wouldnt copy my tax forms without running the copy in color (even though I just wanted black and white for records) and maximum density or it was missing about 70% of the copy. I dont even think Ill try to sale it at a yard sale this summer, I think Ill just chuck it in garbage and save some other poor soul the trouble.

Printer works - mostly, but with the last software update, you pretty much have to use their ink. That wouldn't be a problem, except that if you buy one cartridge each of all four colors, you've pretty much spent the same amount of money as the printer costs. It prints, but with the small reservoirs and pricey ink, looks like I'm printer shopping again.And no, the aftermarket cartridges don't work. They did, but not any longer.

My Dad's in a nursing home and only uses an iPad. He occasionally wants to print. He is on the nursing homes internet and cannot connect a printer to that network. The thought was to have him change networks and have him directly connect to the printer via Epson's Wi_Fi Direct Routerless which sets up an SSID for the printer that the iPad can connect with. This connect works once per setup. Once the connection is broken - ie. when my Dad reconnects with the nursing home public network, he cannot later reconnect with the printer without the printer being powered down and going through the setup process again for Wi-Fi Direct according to Epson support. Thus the process if I had kept this printer for my Dad to print would be:1) Turn the printer on and off2) Go to the Wi-fi screen and reinitialize the Wi-FI Direct Routerless setup3) switch the ipad wifi to the printers SSID4) airprintLooking for a printer with just steps 3 and 4 and not 1 and 2.

This is the first time I'm writing a review on Amazon cause I can't bear this printer any more. DON'T BUY IT. When you receive this thing, you'll spend a whole night to get it installed properly. What's more? Every time you will need more than 15 minutes( includes at least 5 times restarting) to get the printer connected to your device to print a single page. Sometimes it only print half of the page and you will have to start over again. If you're not patient enough you'll never get anything printed out. For last 3 months, it never work as it described even one time. I've bought 3 printers before, they all work well. Can you imagine even the printer I had 10 years ago works better than this thing. Will never buy any HP products in the future.

Arrived in product box, no outer shipping box. Had clearly been used, returned then sold to me. Ink cartridges were already installed and used, corded was wadded up in top of box, inner packaging was damaged and extending paper arm popped out when I opened the box.

There is one main reason I sent this back to Amazon. It was because of HP's Instant Ink program. Even thought I opted out of it during setup, I got an 'Instant Ink' popup EVERY TIME I printed something. Hey HP, you asked and I declined, end of story. I can buy my own ink cartridges. I don't need a constant reminder of your money making ink program. I barely print 10 pages or pictures a month..

Worst HP printer ever! I am at my wits end. This stupid printer loses it's internet connection after each print job. I have to constantly turn the printer off to reboot. HP Tech supports answer to this dilemma? TURN THE COMPUTER OFF AND REBOOT. THIS IS THE FIX.

I am going to throw this piece of garbage out the window.

There are better printers out there. You get what you pay for.

Just got the printer in, just connected it, half way through set-up and then bam! Fake paper jam. All I had to do was listen closely and notice that none of the cogwheels that were meant to feed the paper weren't moving. Nore were they even showing signs of responding. I'm betting it's a faulty connection. I even called customer service and after being wrongly transferred 4 times, the call time is now going on 39 minutes and I'm still on hold.

By the time of posting this, it has been 1 hour and 20 minutes. The only reason I'm not giving you two stars is because I like how the printer looks.

I will rewrite this review when I get my new unit.

Edit: This is the worst piece of crap I have ever had the displeasure of owning... Not only have both machines failed to connect to my computer, but bearly 7 months have passed and the Printer has already failed. Even with full cartridges, the printer refuses to print anything and constantly skips lines

To add insult the injury. The price of refills are ridiculous! You buy two full refills and its the price of the damn printer! Wanna find a 3rd party to compensate? there are none! save your self the trouble and go with Canon. At least if their machines break down, it's after some rough use. AND, there are 3rd party ink sellers for a fraction of the price.

Buyer Beware. This printer is "HPInstantInk" eligible. This translates to a pop-up in the printer control screen EVERY TIME YOU PRINT until you sign up for their Automatic Cartridge Replacement Service. HP WILL NOT assist in disabling this pop-up. Every time you replace a printer cartridge, this intimidation resets.