Epson WorkForce Pro WF-3820DWF A4 Multifunction Wireless Inkjet printer

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!

Great printer for the price

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

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

This printer kicks HP printers into a cocked hat! Not only does it give you more print volume capability, it's easy to use, communicates with the phone app, makes office admin a doddle and I now don't have to sell off any vital organs to pay for ink cartridge replacements! (HP take note! Everyone is sick of your high costs and crap service)Glad I made the switch to Epson from HP!

Had a bad experience with this purchase.I shopped around for the best current home printer with the spec I needed and went for this Epson model.Firstly the package arrived damaged - not a huge issue usually as that's what the foam inside is for. This was also damaged. The Printer was fine until i needed to use it as a printer.I connected it to my WIFI network no problem but when it came to connecting my mac to the printer (on the same WIFI network) There was an error. I contacted customer support who were actually very polite and helpful and gave me some instructions to follow, which I did. 13 times. To the letter, but with no success. Meanwhile I had signed up for the ReadyPrint service they would not be able to send me replacement ink. Didn't stop them from taking the payment though...funny that.Eventually was able to call the customer helpline - who again were polite and helpful - but unable to solve the problem.It does look like this is not a common problem but be aware that this printer is not plug and print and the set up process that comes with the printer is not the process they give you via the helpline, indicating that this is a known issue.I have asked for a refund and have returned the product

Was and still is very good and working without any problem after three years.

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.