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Epson WorkForce WF-M1030 Wireless Monochrome Printer C11CC82201 Review
Lowest printing cost for everyday use with genuine Epson ink. Replace your monochrome laser printer with the WorkForce WF-M1030 and get the lowest black printing cost in its class - up to 60 percent lower than monochrome laser printers. You get monochrome printing for less; and, reliability is better than with replacement cartridges commonly purchased for competitive laser printers. This fast, high-performance printer uses less power than laser printers , and offers economical, High-capacity ink cartridges, producing up to 2400 pages. For easy setup and sharing on your network, the WF-M1030 comes with built-in Ethernet and wireless connectivity 4. This lightweight, compact inkjet saves time with fast speeds up to 34 ppm (draft), plus a 100 -sheet paper tray for total printing efficiency. Engineered to produce sharp, laser quality black text, it’s ideal for reports, brochures and everyday printing with print size versatility up to 8.5" x 44". The WF-M1030 also produces smudge, fade and water resistant prints every time.
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Epson WorkForce WF-M1030 Wireless Monochrome Printer C11CC82201 Feature
- Up to 60% less printing costs than mono lasers
- Up to 34 ppm print speed
- Extra High-capacity cartridges, up to 2400 pages
- Wireless and Ethernet networking
- Laser sharp documents
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55 of 59 people found the following review helpful.
Good News...Bad News
By C. MacPhail
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Good news..."Up to 60% less printing costs than mono laser printers"
Bad news...that's if you're one of 3 people in the world who pay full list price for laser cartridges and drums. If you buy genuine Brother supplies on amazon, this printer is 0% to 15% less expensive per page than laser printing. If you feed your laser printer 3rd party toner powder refills, this printer is twice as expensive per page. (2.0 cents vs 0.9 cents - see Note SB1.)
More bad news...It's not good for occasional use: "For best printing results, use up a cartridge within 6 months of opening the package." That's a 400 page per month minimum if you don't want ink going stale. (See Note 1.)
Good News..."Up to 34 pages per minute print speed".
Bad news...That's in Draft mode. If you like laser quality text, you'll get 2 pages per minute vs 27 ppm for my Brother laser printer HL-2270DW. That's at Highest Quality setting. If you drop the Epson down to High Quality, you'll get slightly jagged text at 3 ppm. (See Note SB3.)
It's a nice compact printer, but Epson's "Better than Laser" pitch doesn't fly.
- - - Ink Cost: It Adds Up - - -
Over 5 years, you could pay $480 to $1000+ in supply costs. With easy $48 installments, Epson hopes you won't do the supply-gouge math.
5-years
24,000 . . . . . Per
pages . . . . . Page
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$ 480 . . . . 2.0 cents - Epson WF-M1030 (This printer - T223XL)
$ 840 . . . . 3.5 cents - Brother Laser supplies at FULL LIST price (TN-450, DR-420)
$ 552 . . . . 2.3 cents - Brother Laser supplies at AMAZON prices (TN-450, DR-420)
$ 214 . . . . 0.9 cents - Brother Laser drum, 3rd party toner at amazon prices
$ 151 . . . . 0.6 cents - Brother Laser - Extreme budget method (0.63 cents/page)
See Note SB1 for details.
Low-price supplies are not available for this printer. Epson's chip-in-cartridge design keeps 3rd party suppliers off the playing field.
- - - PROs and CONs - - -
PROs:
* Small
* Quiet
- Graphics output (monochrome) is clearly superior to laser printers
- Good connectivity: WiFi, Ethernet wire, or USB
- Nice appearance. Not pimped out or ugly.
OKs:
- Software setup is clean and clear - Very well crafted.
- AirPrint is not supported (Apple's mobile-to-printer protocol) (Many laser printers also do not support)
- No enclosed tray for paper supply
- No paper manual (109 page manual on CD)
CONs:
* 120% more expensive than laser printing with toner powder refills.
* Designed to eliminate 3rd party ink suppliers
* $48 ink cartridges go stale after 6 months of use
* Inkjet issues possible: Nozzle cleaning, alignment, clogging
* Highest Quality mode is slow: 2 pages per minute vs 27 ppm Brother laser (see Note SB2)
- Highest Quality mode has sharp text, but slightly less sharp then laser text (see Note SB3)
- Standard quality mode is fast, but text is jagged
- - - Alternatives - - -
I believe Brother laser printers have the lowest cost per page in the industry (please post comment if you know otherwise.)
- Brother HL-2270DW Compact Laser Printer with Wireless Networking and Duplex
- - - Pricing - - -
Amazon price seems to bounce between $70 and $90. There's an "Online Price Alert" that will email you whenever this or any amazon product dips below your target price. Google it. It's nicely done. Or try camelcamelcamel, which also shows price history.
- - - Notes - - -
Note 1: "For best printing results, use up a cartridge within 6 months of opening the package." This is on page 100 of the on-CD owner manual. For some reason, Epson does not mention this is on the box, on any of the enclosed printed materials, or in their verbose amazon listing.
- - - Super Boring Notes - - -
Note SB1:
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Epson: T223XL ink cartridge - $47.99/2400 pages - 2.00 cents per copy
Brother Laser - Genuine Brother supplies at FULL LIST price - TN-450 is $68.49/2600 pages = 2.63 cents per page. DR-420 104.99/12,000 = .87 cents per page.
Brother Laser - Genuine Brother supplies at AMAZON price - TN-450 is $45.00/2600 pages = 1.73 cents per page. DR-420 $67/12,000 = .56 cents per page.
Brother Laser - 3rd Party Toner - SOL REFILL KIT 2-Pack for Brother TN-450 $8.25/5200 pages = 0.16 cents per page. DR-420 $67/12,000 = .56 cents per page. One time purchase or genuine Brother TN-450 (starter cartridge lacks flag gear) ($45.00 - $4.12)/24000 = $0.17
Brother Laser - Extreme Budget Method - Buy flag gear kit so starter cartridge can be refilled (A little tricky to install). Use drum for 15,000 pages (lower print quality at tail end). SOL Corp REFILL KIT 2-pack $8.25/5200 pages = 0.16 cents per page + One time purchase flag gear kit) $5.00/24000 = $0.02 + DR-420 $67/15,000 = .45 cents per page.
Brother supply costs are actually even lower than stated because your first 12,000-page drum unit is included with the printer. If you never use the printer past 24,000 copies, your actual cost per page would be 3.1 / 2.0 / 0.6 / 0.5 cents.
Supply prices are average amazon prices for Jan - March 2013, sales tax not included.
Note SB2:
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Speed tests do not include set-up time for the first page.
The test page was a busy landscape-mode page with lots of size 9 font text and a 5" x 6" graphic. A second test page was fairly dense 10-font Arial text, portrait mode, no graphics. Same speed results.
Note SB3:
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Epson's "Highest Quality" setting produces text that looks like laser text, but under a magnifying glass you can see it's slightly less crisp. Epson offers 3 lower qualities: Draft (didn't try); Standard (jagged edges apparent); High (looks pretty good)
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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful.
Epson WorkForce WF-M1030 Wireless Monochrome Printer C11CC82201
By Richard R
I purchased the Epson WF-M1030 Wireless Monochrome Printer to fill a specific niche for monochrome (black) printing. I already own an Epson R1800 Photo Printer as well as a Dell Color Laser CN3100 printer both of which are excellent printers. I needed to have a printer located closer to a specific work area and that could also do monochrome only.
The Epson WorkForce WF-M1030 fit the bill exactly. It is wireless, relatively inexpensive, small footprint and produces crisp, clean black and white printouts comparable to those from the Dell CN3100 Laser printer.
For simple text prints (no graphics), the printer is fast - rated at up to 34 ppm.
Setup was straightforward but the printer drivers and software has to be loaded to every device that will use the printer.
The paper feed mechanism is a bit noisy when it feeds paper but considering the price point, I can live with that.
Actual printing is fairly quiet.
If you are comparing monochrome laser printers to monochrome inkjet printers, the Epson WF-M1030 is worth looking at!
18 of 23 people found the following review helpful.
Epson offers what every home office needs!
By Stephen Bishop
Just what we needed. Finally a company came out with a monochrome printer. Kudos to Epson. This printer is fast with excellent print quality. Wireless makes it easy to print from all our computers. Even the draft mode is fine for many printing jobs. Setup was quick and easy, just follow the instruction sheet and do it their way and you will have no trouble. Great printer.
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