EpsonWorkForce WF-7840 All-in-One A3+ Wireless Colour Printer with Scanner, Copier, Fax, Ethernet, Wi-Fi Direct and ADF

Before we dive in, just a quick shout out for Amazon: Ordered late afternoon 5th Feb 2024. Printer arrived 13:30 7th Feb 2024. That...is pretty amazing. And I didn't have to do anything!Back to the printer: I needed this printer fast because my existing one from the Canon family decided that the absorber pads were *nearly* saturated. I watched Youtube and cleaned them beautifully. No change. Since calling someone out would cost more than the value of the (8 year old) printer, I decided to replace it and silently curse the manufacturer of my old one.The box is quite big and heavy, just saying. Items well packed though and it took several minutes to rid the printer of blue tapes and get it ready...but nothing unusual there. What was disappointing was an absence of printer USB cable. Note that, potential buyers. Luckily, the old Canon one worked so no harm done.I wish the "Get Started" documentation had mentioned that users should get online and start the set up process immediately from there. As it was, I was faced with the (lovely) touch screen telling me to do stuff but waiting for the online to be activated. Confusing. However, once I got my stuff together, the set up was slick and reassuring. Lots of help and "Next" buttons. The only issue came with connecting the wifi. The set up suggests not using the Wifi Wizard. Be careful here, because choosing "Other->Wifiauto" means using the WPA button on your Hub. I nearly freaked out when nothing seemed to be happening but pressing the button appeared to do the trick.The printer is tall, but not a huge footprint. Printing or scanning on normal/standard quality is very fast indeed (good). However, if you choose fast/High Quality especially on scan (say 400 res) this takes a long time (but probably much the same for most scanners)I have subscribed to Readyprint 30pages a month and will try to remember to update this review with what I think of it.The overall look of the printer is great, despite the vertical bulk - the pull-outtable 45 degree menu panel is awesome really like that.Finally, after the set up was complete, I asked my wife to connect & print from her iPad. No problem, print was almost instantaneous from downstairs.Overall, this is a jolly fine printer print. Stay tuned for the update.18/02/2024 Update1. The printer: Still very pleased with this printer. Prints on "standard" are very, very quick.I have discovered that you can scan documents through wifi which my previous Canon would not do.Awesome!!Still love the touch menu - I wanted to see how much ink was left after a few bw/colour prints -amazingly only a tiny amount user (I was given the impression that ink tanks shipped with newprinters were basically only sufficient to set-up and a few sample prints: Not True.The scanner has a preview which allows you to tweak books whose pages you are trying to scan.2. Epson ReadyPrint. I have already received a replacement set of cartridges even though I do not needthem (see above). I have signed up for "30 pages per month" @ £1.99 pm. Not sure how accurate my30 pages is, but we'll see. I am expecting either to be inundated with new cartridges or not receive anymore for months even though I may need them. Let's see how this pans out.24/06/2024Printer still as good as reported. Be careful with Readyprint. My old credit card had to be cancelled and replaced by a new one. I neglected to update the new payment method on my ReadyPrint account. So when the electricians shut off my supply for a few hours to do repairs and it came on the printer would not print. I thought I just had to reconnect. Simple. But 30 minutes pfaffing around it was still not printing. Then I looked very carefully at the error message and it mentioned account issue. Logged in and found the payment issue detailed above.Removed the old card and added the new. Once new card verified, a couple of reconnects were necessary before my print would emerge. Phew.21/01/2025I knew this was coming. The Readyprint subscription was too good to be true. So the 30 pages a month @ £2.99pm has now escalated to £11.99 pm but we definitely do NOT print 90 pages in a month. Luckily, I am the sort of annoying person who checks all subscriptions for value. I have now cancelled the subscription but not before ascertaining that I can get much cheaper ink cartridges that numerous reviewers say will definitely be accepted by the printer. Such a shame...07/03/2025: Ok, so now I very unhappy. Just received a new invoice (after I cancelled sub last month) for £24.15!! And this on a £1.99 per month 30 pages pm contract!!! I have had to call Epson support to get an email confirming closure of my account AND call the bank to prevent any further payments from that Merchant ID. You can imagine how much trouble that's been suffice to say its a morning of my life I will never get back. DO NOT, repeat NOT subscribe to Readyprint. Ever.14/03/2025: Final word on this printer -Escaping the Readyprint Subscription service is possible(!) but comes at a cost. Your printer will be locked from the Epson server and you will NOT be able to print anything. Yes, you heard it here first! What to do?1. Remove ALL of your ink toner cartridges that were acquired under the Readyprint subscription. Every one even though some of them may be 50% full (as in my case).2. Replace them all with OEM cartridges [I'm using TopKolor and they work great].3. Lower the scan lid and attempt to print.4. In my case I had to download the drivers again and create a new default printer instance and set up wifi access again (but you may not need to do that.)5. The printer warns you that you are not using proper "kwalitee" Epson cartridges and goes on to do about 10 mins of "maintenance" buzzing and chugging.6. Eventually, you will get your print(s).I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The Epson WF-3820 is really a very good printer. Just remember that all printer manufacturers make their real money from ink sales - hence the subscription/cartridge quality lock out racket.Enjoy!

Easy to set up.Fast printing, very precise.Love that I can print wirelessly from my phone.Like that I can pull out and tilt the screen.Slightly bulky compared to my old one.

Seems good enough but as it had 2 paper draws I wrongfully assumed one would be for A3... especially due to the size of the machine, its huge. If you want to print A3 (the whole reason I bought it) then you have to feed one page at a time from the top. A little painful. My mistake for not reading the spec fully. I mean who really needs 2 A4 paper draws? I should have checked.That said, the printer does a good job, not too much hassle to set up. Nice - very large

With some trepidation I replaced my aging printer with this model. I need not have worried, it was easy to set up, is simple to use and the print quality is excellent. The scan facility is the easiest I have come across to use and also the 2 sided printing is better than other printers. I have to say that this is the best printer that I have owned, I like the paper tray, the double sided copying and scanning and the replacement ink plan. I've been using it for a month and have found nothing serious to report, it was good value and fits all of my home office needs.

Absolutely delighted with this purchase. Quite easy to set up and prints fast and looks fantastic. Would highly recommend, especially for the price.

I have just purchased this Epson printer. The printer is happy, prints a local test page & prints a local page saying it is happily connected to the home LAN. I installed the full set of Epson software on my PC. These enable my PC to see the printer, connect to its configuration page, read ink levels, etc. BUT, I could not print anything, not even print a test page from the misleadingly-named Epson “Printer Connection Checker”.After 5 hours of wasted time, including 2 more clean installs, I managed to contact Epson Support. They asked for lots of information, but didn’t offer any useful advice.After another 4-5 hours of trial and error, I finally solved the problem (without help from Epson). Unlike my old printer, Norton Firewall insists that I have to explicitly trust this device. Maybe Norton knows something I don’t. Anyway, the printer now seems to work. When I feel brave enough, I'll try the scanner.After some months, my opinion of this printer has gone down. I have just spent an hour trying to print an A5 document on an A4 page, with enlargement. I followed what it said in the manual precisely. The printer came back with an error saying wrong size paper. I tried again with various settings, but always got the same result. It simply doesn't work. The Reduce facility seems to work. The Enlarge facility doesn't.October 2024. This printer is a REAL NIGHTMARE to set up. And this is my 2nd printer of the same type! See above. After 3 hours of complete frustration, I haven’t managed to print anything useful – just a registration page, and that was printed remotely by Epson. Nothing from my PC, not even the Windows printer test page. The Epson software on my PC can see the printer. It just refuses to print anything, with the highly informative error: Printer Error. And of course, Epson customer support is non-existent. I guess I’ll waste a few more hours before sending it back.