Epson WorkForce 600 Wireless All-in-One Printer (Black) (C11CA18201) Decide Now

It all started with a visit to our local retailer. The salesman heard "we're thinking about an all-in-one but not seriously" and actually impressed us by showing off the Epson Artisan 810. We like our Epson R380, but it drinks gallons of expensive ink, and I can't get the Macs on our network to talk through the Windows XP machine to the printer.

Shopping on Amazon (and elsewhere) online, we found the WorkForce 600. It has 4 ink cartridges, not 6, and they are DuraBrite, not Claria, ink which seems cheaper. There are high capacity cartridges available, and black has a double-wide extra capacity version. Like the Artisan, it's wireless and so presumably Mac and Windows friendly.

It arrived yesterday and the setup instructions were quite clear. Setting up wireless devices hasn't always gone smoothly for me, but this was anxiety-free. It just worked. The setup program is made from some Flash-like product--I don't know why they do that--and seems to think you're going to sit at one computer running this setup for lots of printers, rather than set up one printer on lots of computers, but nevermind...it worked.

Installing the drivers on three Windows machines (XP and Vista) and two Macs (OS X) took longer than I would have liked, but it was easy and successful.

The black and white printing speed is amazing--including b&w copies. I copied a full-color magazine ad and was very impressed with the quality, including color rendition. The front panel is intuitive--my teenager needed a copy before I had a chance to lecture about the new printer. She just walked up and made a copy.

And lastly, we tested the DuraBrite ink by splashing water on the color magazine ad copy. The ink doesn't run. The paper gets wet, but it's still readable. Oh, and our photos on bright white plain paper look really good. The colors "pop."

With the lightweight plastic machine just a day old, I can't speak to reliability, but the features and setup are A+, especially for this reasonable price.Get more detail about Epson WorkForce 600 Wireless All-in-One Printer (Black) (C11CA18201).