The Epson WorkForce 845 is the latest flagship of the company all in one printer for medium and large offices that need a multifunction device for printing a large volume of documents, photos and presentations. The 845 serves a lot of features to help with the workload - in addition to the standard array of Epson printing, copying, scanning and faxing, the device packs triple connectivity options via Ethernet, Wi-Fi cable networks, as well as duplexing, automatic document feeder for hands-free scanning, and a 7.8-inch touch panel display with intuitive navigation.
The 845 is also supplied with the new Epson Connection portfolio of mobile printing features that not only work together with Google and Apple cloud services printing, but also include a free application for iPhone and Android application and the ability of print jobs to the 845 e-mail directly from any Web-connected device. With all these impressive features in an attractive package, do not hesitate to take the labor force 845 for the printing needs of high performance.
Design and features
We call workforce of 845 compact, by any means, but we're still impressed that Epson was able to fit all your additional hardware 17.6x14.5x11.8 inches into a manageable package. All ink device installed trays also relatively light weight 22 pounds, so moving around the office does not hurt too much.
Comparatively, the HP Officejet Pro 8500A also carries many of the same features, but weighs 6 pounds. Of course, that number will surely rise once you complete both size adjustable paper trays that sit on the bottom of the device and may have a combined capacity of up to 500 pages of standard paper.
The controls are placed within a panel of 13 inches wide by 7.8 inches which houses a touch screen inside a 3.5-inch color LCD that helps you navigate the onscreen menus. Start, page forward, page back, buttons and navigation menus are just a sampling of the thousands of available controls on the machine, and conveniently blacks Epson buttons that are not relevant to the process is working through, button, eliminating clutter and confusion.
The rest of the panel includes two media card slots on the front and a USB port PictBridge compatible for direct printing down from a digital camera, although we recommend using Epson Easy Photo Print software included in the box, if you plan to do any image editing. You also get CreativeZone Epson software, an application of reader, and the driver disk in the box to manage your photo albums and turn them into creative projects such as greeting cards, calendars and task lists. The drivers are compatible with Mac and Windows, and our team of Windows 7 had no problems running the controllers connected via USB, without any speed bumps in the installation.
The configuration of Wi-Fi is just as simple, Epson offers you the option of using a proxy server or a USB temporary network settings directly on the touch panel. We assume that most of those who prefer the latter since Epson does not include a USB cable in the box. A shortcut on the touch panel is a two-part process: turn on the machine and click Network Configuration, and then designate your wireless network and enter your password and that's all. The complete setup from start to finish, with a network connection established in our laboratory, it took less than 2 minutes.
Connection via Wi-Fi also means that you can take advantage of host of free applications Epson mobile printer that can print directly from mobile devices. First, the Epson iPrint application for IOS and Android that lets you print Web pages, photos, documents and anything else in a smartphone directly to the Task Force 845, even though he realized some of our photos inadvertently cut from time to time. We do not recommend printing of important images, such as business presentations in this way is more suitable for rapid exit spreadsheets and lists.
Epson has also launched its application to connect Printable while announcing the 845. Connect Print lets you send a print job directly to a unique email address assigned to each printer Epson Stylus 845. This means you can connect anything to an e-mail and sent to the email address of the printer and print job is waiting in the output bin when you get home. Anyone can use the email address and we can imagine that might be useful for remote workers with the hope of sharing the information with the office.
