Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsEasy to understand printer functions are on the printer control panel.
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2021
I only have a need to print anything just a couple/few times per month. My old HP printer after 8 years would paper jam every time I used it....still excellent print quality, and it only required two ink cartridges....but it also required an open source scanner program since the old HP Vista software was no longer supported with Win10 or HP. All of the under $150 HP printers had too many one/two star reviews for a multitude of problems...same for Canon, and did not offer any on-printer control panel LCD or LED screens to easily view, and use the different printer functions. Most of these functions are now preformed wireless via cell phone apps, and I only need a USB connection to my Lenovo desktop computer...obviously considered old school printer use, and connectivity now.
This Epson XP-4105 is not the latest Epson, and I'm not a 4 ink cartridge fan, and I do notice that the overall print quality sometimes doesn't match up to HP, but again my printer needs are not critical, and for a backup computer in the basement I have a10 year old Epson that I can't remember how old the ink cartridges are, connected to a Raspberry Pi 4B computer that the Linux based operating system recognized as soon as I plugged the old Epson into the Raspberry USB port, and it prints from Google Chrome web sites, or open source LibreOffice program beautifully.
Both the old Epson and this new Epson XP-4105 don't seem to use excessive amounts of ink...again that's probably more due to the fact that I don't print much...I have had no paper jams with either...neither would be considered "book shelf" compact size, but only need about one square foot of desk space, both are reliable, and well made....wouldn't it be great if the same could be said of HP occasional use printers.
As I type this review looking at this Epson with the green ring around it's power button changing from bright to dim slowly without distraction in standby mode, I know that I made a good purchase, and it will work the next time I click the print icon....maybe next month.
BTW...I ordered this printer on a Saturday night, the seller had a FedEx ship notification by Sunday afternoon, and it was delivered standard Amazon shipping on Thursday. The whole Amazon buying experience was wonderful.
