- Unbeatable peculiarity as well as speed – Ultra HD 4×6 photos in as quick as 10 seconds.
- Automatic 2-sided copy as well as 2 paper trays
- Restore tone to old, used photos
- Easily assign the dungeon phone or MP3 player but restraining up an one more outlet.
- Print without delay onto CDs/DVDs
Product Description
EPSON Artisan 710, Print/Copy/Scan/Photo/Wi-Fi… More >>
Epson Artisan 710 Wireless Color Inkjet All-In-One Printer
Tags: AllInOne, Artisan, Color, Epson, Inkjet, Printer, Wireless
The Epson promises great quality prints. Although this is true, beware of the following:
- The paper feed mechanism is very cheap. You get frequent paper jams.
- Good luck with the manual duplexing. It is at best cumbersome, and frequently jams
- Output tray is so cheap it broke off in a few months.
Too bad Epson, which was associated with great quality, has put out such a poor quality product.
The initial setup took me a while:
1. Installing the CD took hours yesterday – in fact the computer died during the process. Had to get the latest updates / installment (including the print CD program) online.
2. Printing a CD design directly from Microsoft publisher doesn’t work – tried all settings but all I get is a snipped of one letter on the side of a CD.
3. The built in program from Epson doesn’t work intuitively either. The text is placed outside of the CD and there is no way that I can move it to the printable area.
4. Not too impressed by the default templates. There is one template I liked but the fonts for the track titles are barely readable.
That said, the tech support was friendly and helpful and I was able to get something printed (creating a template in Microsoft Publisher and importing that as a picture in CD Print program). After my initial frustration I gave one star, I cannot edit the rating but now I’d probably give it three out of five stars.
The print quality is great. However,
1) Setting up the wireless connectivity is huge pain.
2) I am a tech guy, who deals with computers on a daily basis, at least for 10 hours a day. Still I could not easily figure out how to use the scanner. I had to read all manuals and forums to figure it out.
3) Thanks to made in China culture, I can see the fragile quality of the trays etc. But, this is not specific to Epson. I found similar hardware quality issues with HP and Canon as well.
I have absolutely no complaints about the quality of the printer.
I went to the store to buy a scanner but saw this product at an unbelievable price—$99.00! I set up a wireless home network about a month ago and this was the next logical step to add to my network. I am using it to print and scan with my laptop which is running Windows 7 and my desktop which is running Vista. The first thing I saw in the box was a slip of paper that said if you are running Windows 7 you must download drivers from the Epson website. I choose the option for Windows 7 64 bit since that is what 7 is capable of. I then went to my desktop and started the process. I plugged it in and ran the install on my desktop. It took about 30 mins but had no problem detecting my wireless network or syncing up with it. Everything worked. I then went to my laptop and did the same thing–this took only about 10 mins and apparently it found the correct drivers I had downloaded prior. I then went back to my destop and scanned in 19 pages, saved as a pdf file, and sent as in email attachment–all wirelessly and without having to connect a USB between the printer/scanner and my desktop. I was really impressed that either a) I figured it out, or b) it’s a great machine! Yes the paper tray seems very flimsy and it took me several trys to load the paper correctly, but that was not my main concern. My main concern was being able to print and scan to/from either computer wirelessly, and in that regard, it performed perfectly.
I recently got the Artisan 710 after already having the Artisan 800 for a while. With the exception of how much ink the 800 model seems to use, I’ve been more than happy with the printer. One printer wasn’t enough though and so the Artisan 710 seemed like an ideal addition at a lower cost. I was hoping the much smaller price tag wouldn’t mean smaller capabilities and lower quality but gave it a try anyway.
First, it was easy to set up. Even the wireless. For some reason the wireless seemed easier to get connected than with the 800 model. Took about 15 minutes to get it up and running on my home network.
My son is now using this as “his” printer with great success. He scans the music from school to input into music notation software so he can hear the notes played correctly. Notation software is very fussy about the scanners used and are usually not compatible. We were so pleased that this scanner worked with SmartScore. That makes it worth the price alone.
Since we got it my son has printed off quite a bit of material for school projects and has yet (thankfully) to go through enough ink to warrant a new cartridge. My biggest complaint about the Artisan line is that if you do run out of ink in one cartridge, it won’t allow you to print anything until you replace it… or at least I haven’t figured out how to circumvent that issue yet. I always have a refill on hand for each cartridge just in case. I learned the hard way while working on something at midnight.
The print quality of the 700 is on par with that of the 800. Photos are beautiful. Color management is terrific.
For my use, now, I’m wondering if the 800 model is worth the extra 100 dollars. I don’t think it was but either way, I’m still happy with both models. There’s not much difference from what I can tell though so if you’re considering both, the 710 may fill the bill.