Epson WF-8010DW Review

Epson WorkForce Pro WF-8010DW is a single function business colour inkjet printer capable of printing up to A3. We say up to A3 because we really want to drive this point home. Using an A3 machine for your business is a great idea. Most of the time you'd be printing A4, so you may think "Why would I need to buy an A3 machine?" well there are several reasons. One great reason is the duty cycle. A duty cycle is an indication of how reliable the machine is. The larger the duty cycle the more hardwearing the parts are, and typically, A3 printers will have a larger duty cycle, than A4 printers. Another is the cartridge yield. Normally A3 printers will have larger ink and toner cartridges than their A4 counterparts. These larger cartridges yield more pages, giving a lower cost per page and a lower total cost of ownership. 

Epson WorkForce Pro WF-8010DW is a good example. The high yield ink cartridges giving up to 4,000 pages for colour and 5,000 pages for black contribute to a lower cost per page and an overall lower total cost of ownership, and like may printers in the WorkForce Pro range, it can use up to 80% less anergy than comparable laser printers. There's little to no noise in quiet mode no gasses emitted and fewer parts and consumables to replace than laser printers. The print quality on its highest settings is great thanks to the precision core print heads and the DURABrite ultra pigment based inks. 

The printheads themselves offer accurate printing whilst the inks offer hard wearing and durable yet vivid prints that will add a professional feel to every document you print. Good for text documents graphics and surprisingly photos too. I printed a few pieces of my own work on this machine just as a test and i was pleasantly surprised with the result. The 8010DW is very versatile with the option of 3 additional 500 sheet paper trays, these along with the standard 330 sheet capacity straight out of the box, will give you a total paper capacity of 1,830 sheets. This means that you can have a total of 5 different types weights and sizes of media ready to print on at any given time. 

There's also a cabinet available to make this machine a floor standing model, so if you were worried about desk space, that's no longer a problem. It prints at up to 34 ppm on its lowest quality setting, with a first page out in as little as 7 seconds, and you can connect to this printer via USB and network cables, wireless LAN and Wi-Fi direct. It runs on Windows and Mac operating systems, and will integrate into pretty much any working environment.

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