Epson - Expression Premium XP-630 All-In-One Printer - Black

I've had the XP-600 printer for about four years, and it works reasonably well for printing black and white documents. For printing color photos, it's a piece of junk. I follow the instructions religiously regarding maintenance, printer settings, and use of the correct paper but still get terrible results. Just yesterday, I wasted 15 pieces of photo paper and a lot of ink (especially on multiple cleanings of the printer head) before I got an acceptable print. Most were horribly smudged and distorted. This has been my experience ever since I have had the printer. I doubt that the XP-630 is any better and would never buy another product from Epson.

I wanted to get a printer that was dual sided and wi-fi able. This printer does both well, however the wi-fi is much slower than my older printer, with the exact same setup. Having to have the tray pulled out in order to print is a bit of a hassle, especially if you are printing from another room or remotely via the internet. Keeping it open subjects it to a lot of dust and other possible damage, plus it looks nicer closed. I did try to print a photo, which came out badly, but my photo paper was really old and was most likely the problem. I have not yet tried with new photo paper. Overall, the price shows what kind of a printer it is. It is a good printer with a few flaws, but well worth the price paid. I am happy with my purchase.

The Epson 630 is an easy to install/easy to use economical printer for the beginner or advance PC user. When this printer is on sale, it can't be beat for price/performance; just load (ink cartridges and paper) and go. When used with Windows operating systems that automatically detect new hardware and bring in required software drivers, there is nothing for the user to do to install this wireless printer. I have to admit that I was skeptical about the use of wireless equipment because of signal drops in wireless networks. However, so far (one month of continual use), I haven't had any problems with printing with the Epson 630 unit. I can easily recommend it to anyone who has concerns about budget-busting outlays for computer equipment.

Overall this printer is a good preformer. It's main down side is the printer's touchscreen interface and fussy programming that adds an extra degree of complication to routine things. For instance, with my old printer (an HD 5600) if I wanted to print a delivery address on an envelope, all I had to do was place the envelop on the paper tray, hold it to the right side, and press the print button. With the new Epson you need to completely pull out its paper tray/drawer, remove all the paper from it, adjust it's rails to fit the envelope, put the tray/drawer back in, then go to the printer's touchscreen and tell it to recognize the new paper size, and THEN you can press print. Another difference: changing the ink cartridges is more involved too. With the old HP, you just pop the hood, pull out the spent cartridge, slip in a fresh one, and close the hood. With the Epson you literally have to ask your machine permission to change the ink first using the touchscreen, otherwise you can't get the ink carriage in the right position to get its cartridges out at all. These annoyances aside, the Epson is good printer, delivering fast, crisp printouts. What's more, Epson is good about making it easy and reasonably inexpensive to get buy new ink cartridges (free shipping is nice), which is a smart move on Epson's part.

I purchased this printer to replace an Epson Artisan 730 which had gotten damaged during a move. My main reason for the purchase was it's CD printing capability. It is a little cumbersome the way the cd tray works but it gets the job done beautifully. An added bonus for me was the scanner. I purchased an Epson scanner a few months ago and if I had know that the quality of the scanner in the XP-630 was just as good, I would not have purchased that other scanner. It works well wirelessly too. The overall wireless setup went well on a Windows 10 machine. Overall a great purchase.

I'm going to preface this by mentioning that I haven't tried the "quiet" feature of this printer yet, but I'm not sure that would end up helping out. Printer set-up was easy to follow and I love how little room this printer takes up compared to my old one. I'm also super happy about the wireless features, which my old didn't have. This one was recommended for me at the store and hasn't disappointed. I've done a few test prints since I got the printer, both regular prints and photos. There's some great quality pictures coming out of this, which I love because it'll be great for my photography. I also love that I can print onto DVDs...now I just need to find some that will print properly! Epson's site is easy to navigate and replenishing looks like it will be a breeze for ink and paper. My only real complaint so far is that when paper got jammed (it was my fault- I was using the cardboard sheet at the back of the photo paper, which I thought was an actual sheet) the printer complained LOUDLY. As in, loud enough that I took a few steps back, worrying it might blow up at me. It's loud and lasts a long time, with no way to stop it until the paper is finished jamming. There are only two other thing I'm not a fan of. First is that I have to open the output tray manually every time I want to print something. I thought I saw somewhere that it would do it automatically, but even if I didn't real that, I was kind of hoping it would... pulling it out every time is pretty annoying. Second is how flimsy both paper input trays feel. When I first popped them in and out again I worried I was going to break them, especially the top one because it pushes in farther than it needs to, and then you have to wiggle it back out to get it to the right spot. I'll get used to it over time but I would have preferred them to feel a bit more secure.

After reading numerous reviews and looking at the printers in the store, I chose the XP-630 because of the footprint and the functions. Did not need the fax function. A quick note: Every review I read of the all-in-one printers had about 15% to 20% negative reviews of 1 or 2 Stars for a whole variety of reasons. I then focused the "why" of the 4 and 5 stars. I went with Epson because of the brand quality and the numerous good print quality reports. I'm giving this 4 stars because I just set up the printer. Printed a variety of items including some 4x6 photos. After some time, I'll hopefully upgrade the rating and not downgrade the rating. The set up was a breeze. I downloaded the Mac files from the website. Click "Install" and voila. Installed. Total time was no more than 30 to 45 minutes. I was worried about the wireless not connecting until I realized there are CAPS and "small letters" as a choice. Once I went to small letters the connection was quickly made. My bad. I was greatly pleased with the quality of the 4x6 print. For sure, I'll be monitoring how many prints I do before needing new ink. My gut tells me a photo service such as Shutterfly or Photobucket will be far less expensive, but it's nice to be able to print on the spot. Have not tried the scanning or copying functions year.

This is a good printer for the price. Fairly compact and intelligently designed. Good Picture quality and decent speed. Better than my expensive (and not just the ink) HP that basically had a print head die about the time that my first set of ink cartridges died. Never again with HP and from what I have seen this epson XP-630 is a great mix of quality picitures, nice design and reasonabble price.