Epson Workforce WF-110 Wireless Mobile Printer

price was good and light weight easy to carry in back pact prints well.

I wanted a printer that I could take with me and I was surprised on how durable it was and how easy it was to set up. Also that print quality is pretty good

I have been using Cannon Pixma portable printers for the past 15 years, and wanted to get a smaller design, with a built in battery. The Epson Workforce WF-110 fit my needs to the tee. I purchased the unit on June 1, and have now owned and operated the machine for 45 days. Based on this usage, it is strikingly clear that the operating expenses for this machine is much more than what I had with my Pixma printers.

1- Even when printing at the lowest draft quality, the ink cartridges do not last as long, and I am having to change cartridges about 50% more frequently than with Pixma. It used to take me about 6 weeks of use before I had to replace my Pixma cartridges. These cartridges last only about 4 weeks at the same level of use as when I used the Pixma. For the Epson Workforce, it costs about $40 for a combo pack of a single black ink cartridge and single color cartridge, while for the Pixma it costs about $41 for a combo back of 2 black ink cartridges and 1 color cartridge. So not only do the Pixma catriges last longer, they are cheaper, considering the two black cartridges. My rough estimate is that my ink costs have gone up by about $20 a month, for an annualized increase of $240.

2) An annoying feature of the Workforce is that when the low ink notification goes off, its prevents the printer from printing. With my previous Cannon Pixma, the low ink notification could be overridden, and thus I was able to override the notification, and continue printing until the cartridge was actually empty. Since I cannot override the Epson low ink notification, I am being forced to change the cartridges even when the print quality is not suffering due to low ink.

3- The Epson also frequently generates lines in the printed document. This requires printer head cleanings, which means that I will have to reprint the effected pages, which of course wastes ink. Also, even when the low ink notice has not appeared, but the ink level graphic indicator shows low, print head cleaning is not allowed, and requires a replacement of the ink cartridges before the printer head cleaning can be done. It appears to me that the frequent print head cleaning wastes precious ink, further accelerating ink use.

4- The Epson Workforce 110 features a removable “maintenance box.” This appears to capture excess ink. When the box is full, it needs to be replaced. The cost of the box is about $12 after sales tax. Under my use, the box fills up after about 4 weeks. Extrapolating over the year, this comes to an additional operating cost of $144. The pixma does have a system to capture excess ink, but under my use, it takes about 4 years for this to fill up.

If I knew back in June what I know today, I would NOT have purchased this Epson Workforce WF 110 printer, as my operating costs are about about $380 more a year than when using Pixma. Given that the printer itself cost $350 after tax, the extra operating cost is more than the cost of the printer. It is now past the return date for this printer, and I am now stuck paying for overpriced ink. To add insult to injury, it appears to me that the printer is either poorly designed to allow optimal ink usage, or purposely designed to maximize ink cartridge sales, with the added benefit of maximizing sales of maintenance boxes.

I would recommend this just for the sheer convenience. I’ve only had it for a week and it’s already made my job as a service technician and refrigeration much better. I can print out signed invoices and quotes on the spot. I haven’t used it on battery power yet only plugged in because my work van has an inverter. One part I would like improved is ink cartridge sizes. I knooow I knoooow, I get it that it’s a small portable printer designed for the convenience of being small I’m just nitpicking at this point because this things awesome 🙂

I like it but I have not been able to go wireless printing. Doing something wrong. Nice size for travel

Im travelling and dont have internet. As long as a document was saved on my desktop, this printer was charged, I could print anywhere! Ink is pricy. I would have a back up or 2 at all times. I love the compact . The only issue is that I have is going through all the printing steps on the printer each time. Its extremely quiet too! Pricey but mobile! Bluetooth or direct connect to laptop. Worth buying.

Definitivamente es muy útil para cuando requieres impresiones rápidas fuera de casa, para algún trámite, te ahorra tiempo de ir y buscar donde imprimir.
La calidad de la impresión es buena, silenciosa. La compre por que requiero impresiones en cualquier lugar; los cartuchos son pequeños, leí en otro lado que alcanza para 250 hojas, no lo he comprobado, lo que sí, es que los cartuchos son caros, y no se encuentran en cualquier lugar, como es un producto de importación, los cartuchos también y por eso el precio elevado
Definitivamente es útil y vale la pena