Epson Expression Home XP-440 Wireless Color Photo Printer with Scanner and Copier, Amazon Dash Replenishment Ready

After having a fight with my work printer for a few hours. I gave up and ordered this one. My main reason for purchasing this model was due to the amount of ink I had on hand that the old printer used. I looked for a new printer that took the same ink. When I saw the price on this one I was sold, I needed this printer. The printer works just fine. I use 4inkjet cartridges in it so I will get my money out of this printer even if it only lasts a few years. I do run a lighter weight paper through it currently because that's what I have on hand and it will every now and then put a wrinkle in the paper when it pulls it through to print. I'm not sure why it does that but for what I print that has no impact. The stuff I print is packing slips, invoices, and prints. This is a great economy printer for your everyday needs. I would recommend this to anyone who has everyday printing.

No the printer is not useful in a busy office, however in my home it serves 3+ people who manage to create letters and graphic designs. These printers cost little in of themselves. The largest portion of their cost is in individual cartridges of ink. By using the 288XL version you an save by clicking on B & W for most jobs. I have previously owned two other Epson printers. Mine died after 2 years of indiscriminate printing. It copies, scans, and prints. If you hav e Alexa you can also have a standing order for replacement inks. I do not refill the ink cartridges as some do. Neither do I clean the print head regularly. This process also consumes ink. The printer is easy to set up and use. I'm older than many around me and set it up by myself. That being said I also am a retired office employee for a major corporation. I am picky about getting a very good printed page every time, the first time for each document.

UPDATE 11/18/2019 I have changed my 5 star rating to a 1 star. i would rate it zero stars if possible. WARNING: Do not buy this printer unless you like inconsistent printouts, are forecasting at spending $300 a year on ink cartridge replacements, and love trouble shooting connectivity issues with your devices and are not guaranteed the printer will recognize your computer. I'm lowering my rating as my experience in using this printer has continually gotten worst. Here are the problems I have been troubleshooting for the past couple of months. (I've only owned this device for 5 months) 1. print quality of standard text documents (no pictures included) is horrible. The printer will only print every other line, at best, and most lines are low quality ink distribution. Some lines are dark and others are faded and some lines aren't even on the paper. I've gone through all the maintenance steps on the device but to no avail, it doesn't get any better. 2. The ink cartridges empty out very very quickly. The cartridges are small and I knew they wouldn't last as long as my prior printer's cartridges. But these...HOLY COW!!! In the short 5 months i have owned this printer, I have replaced the ink cartridges 3 times. It's $45 to replace all 4 of them. I get it...the ink is where they make their money. But having to replace ink cartridges this frequent and at this cost is ludicrous. This is has proven to be a bad investment over a short period of time. 3. The printer is picky on which device it allows to print to it. I have 2 pc's that it refuses to print from. All other devices, work fine...for the most part. Cell phone printing is still working fine. But it is annoying that i cannot print from the main pc in the house that the kids use for homework. i have uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers 4-6 times already and it still is sporadic on allowing these 2 specific pc's print. 4. no consistency in printing output. I get print outs that are just plain white pages, no text. Sometimes the last page will print last and require me to reshuffle the print out to get the pages in order. Some pages print upside down and some wont print at all in a print job wherein some of the pages did print out. i'm so confused on what this printer is thinking as we dont touch any of the settings. I'm really stumped on this printer. i have clearly seen that in ink alone, i will be on track to spend multiple hundreds of dollars in a 12 moth time frame. This is not a wise investment compared to some of the All-In-Ones that HP makes. This printer is being placed in the garbage can tonight and i am going back to the familiar and reliable HP printers i had in the past. Ignore my comments below. I had only used the device for about a week and all was well...for that week. ****************************************************************************************************************************** Sometimes smaller products sacrifice capability. But really what I needed was something small and capable of printing. Scanning is a bonus but not a necessity for my needs. I just want printing capabilities, from any device, and to do it wirelessly. What a great little device. It meets all of my expectations perfectly.

Inexpensive all-in-one printer for basic needs. Don't over think what a $50 printer/scanner/copier is supposed to be. This was easy to set up via Wi-Fi and being able to wirelessly print from your iPhone is an added bonus. Everything works well and it is compact, as well was lightweight. Some other reviews have stated "the ink cartridges cost more than the printer" and that is true unless you upgrade to either Epson's Eco-tank printers or you buy a professional quality level. If the ink cartridge price bothers you, then order a brand new printer every time a cartridge runs out. I just needed a basic Epson for routine work and being able to scan/copy. When it comes to doing photo work, I buy a professional level in wide-format.

It does its job, buying the spare cartridges, because I'll run out at the worst moment was OK, just over $50 for a pack of all 4 - I think. I don't do a lot of printing, so this works for me. If you're doing a lot of printing then it goes without saying that this may not be the one for you. The wireless set up was easy, I was printing inside 10 minutes - my biggest problem was deciding where to put it and the software download - all of a minute at most! Not fully testedall of its functions, but it has met and out performed some my expectations. Low volume printing - this is your baby.

I needed to add a Wireless printer to one end of my office so I started searching for something that caught my eye. I didn't know specifically what I needed, only that I knew I wanted a wireless ink-jet printer. I have always been a fan of HP Printers but for some reason, I wanted a change in the regular options. The Epson XP-440 caught my eye because it was available in black. USE: I use the Epson XP-440 to print highly detailed and very colorful product labels on high-gloss adhesive sheets. Print quality is as follows: High-Gloss labels/photo paper - Great Quality Printing - Takes time to print Matte paper - Color - Great Print Quality Matte paper - Black - Great Print Quality Document Printing - Super Fast - Great Quality

Software easy to install, both hardwired and WiFi. Excellent scanner with many different settings. The paper feeder could be better (takes getting used to so pages don't feed crooked). The printing itself was uneven, some parts of the page are nice and crisp, but others are a bit blurred, though still readable, until I realized I had to run the nozzle cleaning program in the maintenance menu. Copying feature is weakest - producing serviceable but kind of washed out copies. Cover is pretty sturdy but extend and put down the paper feeder with care as that is a bit flimsy. Still, a very good all-in-one for this price, particularly if you use it primarily for scanning and secondarily for printing.

As other reviews mention it gets updates which takes away the ability to print in black ink only and also takes away the ability to pick the quality of the print so you end up printing always in the highest quality which uses the most ink. I did what others said which was to reinstall the cd rom that came with it then pick do not get updates which did let it print in just black ink and gave back the option to print the quality of ink. The reason why it's in the trash is because it ran out of black ink 5 days ago and it has taken until today to get the ink in the mail. The old ink was in it while it waited for the new ink to arrive. When I put the new black ink in it actually used up all the black ink and my yellow too because it keep needing head cleanings because it would not print those two colors. Be warned it uses ink while it does each head cleaning. You can watch your ink go down with each cleaning. The 16 cleanings never made it print in all the colors even though I removed the black ink and wet ink was on the hole where it had been filled meaning ink was able to come out. Through the years it has required head cleanings so many times which used lots of ink which makes this not a good printer. I also own a HP that I like. The HP also lets you print in black only when your color is gone but this Epson will not let you print in black unless all the colors have ink in them. This has been a bad experience and I will stick with HP printers.