Once you have removed the felt thousand blue plastic tapes of transport security, you can start to hand the installation manual to set up the device. This requires time, a lot of time. Alone for the initial installation of the ink cartridge, you need good 7 minutes. The establishment of the network connection (cable tied with me), and the fax features were unproblematic and fast. Shortcoming here: for connection to the telephone network is missing a corresponding cable, this provides Epson only "in certain regions," Germany is not obviously so.
The subsequent installation of the driver software is an ordeal. For the four computers (2x Win XP, Win 7 2x) in my home network were the two full-length programs. On my main computer (Win 7, Intel i5 with 16GB RAM) I have around two hours required until the software was finally installed completely. The main problem is that the Epson software repeatedly calls the Win Installer while (for whatever reason) is not the confirmation window "Do you want the software ..." appears on the screen. The installation routine stops. I then set the security for software installation on very low (connected to the computer is restarted!) And then the software has been properly installed. These peculiarities have been found in the handbook, there were only an indication of possible firewall messages.
Important: restore security for Win 7 after installation!
If the XP machine with the less powerful Intel Atom processor then took just under an hour to install. I have "Use Latest Versions" on the hook for all installations removed in addition to not need more time for downloads.
The control of the device via a touch-sensitive color screen that works quickly and accurately. The menu seems to me sometimes as too cumbersome. Example Fax: When I select the fax mode, a selection menu the option appears (quite small on the side) with SW or color fax, phonebook, group dial or select the numeric keypad. Cumbersome. Here I would like to see the numeric keypad should display and other options next.
The ability to scan over the network was to buy this device for me one of the main reasons. Again, you must adjust the software according to his wishes before the first use. This is, with appropriate experience with similar software quickly and easily. The Epson can then be made to address even of photo software (5 per ACDSee among others). Resolutions up to 1200 dpi are possible, the scan results are good.
About the quality of the print was reported here already enough on Amazon. Printing is fast and clean, blameless.
The Epson has two slots for memory cards that are displayed under Windows as drives. This provides the ability to read the data and save it to another drive. Or quicker, with the memory card drives on the computer.
The due time-consuming installation do you rate this product a total of only three points, as it otherwise does not really stand out from other products.
