Epson Artisan 837 Color Inkjet Wireless All-In-One with Fax (C11CB20201)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer
Artisan^® 837 Photo All-in-One
Print | Copy | Scan | Fax | ^{Ultra HD} Photo | Wi-Fi
FEATURES
What the press is saying:
QUALITY
CD/DVD printingMake professional looking discs by printing right onto ink jet printable CDs/DVDs
SPEED
PRODUCTIVITY
^†What is ISO ppm?
ISO ppm is based on the international standard for measuring print speeds. Black and color print speeds are determined in default, single-side mode, in accordance with ISO/IEC 24734. Black and color two-sided print speeds are determined in two-sided mode, in accordance with ISO/IEC 24734. Actual print times will vary based on system configuration, software and page complexity. See www.epson.com/printspeed for details, including complete ISO reports.
ECO FEATURES

• Estimated power consumption for one year is less than two dollars¹¹
• Save up to 50% on paper with automatic, two-sided printing
• Save even more by printing multiple pages on a single sheet
• PC-Fax eliminates the need to print before sending a fax¹²
• Supports printing on recycled paper
• ENERGY STAR^® qualified
• Designed to be recycled¹³
• Epson America, Inc. is a SmartWay^SM Transport Partner¹⁴

^†ISO ppm is based on the international standard for measuring print speeds. Black and color print speeds are determined in default, single-side mode, in accordance with ISO/IEC 24734. Black and color two-sided print speeds are determined in two-sided mode, in accordance with ISO/IEC 24734. Actual print times will vary based on system configuration, software and page complexity. See www.epson.com/printspeed for details, including complete ISO reports.

1. Compared to ink jet, photo all-in-ones priced at $299 or less as of April 1, 2010, based on independent testing.
2. Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n certified; level of performance subject to the range of the router being used. Visit www.wi-fi.org/files/11nbasics_glossary.pdf for more information.
3. See www.epson.com/connect regarding compatible devices and apps.
4. Display permanence based on accelerated testing of prints displayed under glass in indoor display conditions; album permanence based on accelerated testing of prints in dark storage conditions. Actual print stability will vary according to media, printed image, display conditions, light intensity, temperature, humidity and atmospheric conditions. Epson does not guarantee the longevity of prints. For maximum print life, display all prints under glass or UV filter or properly store them.
5. Color photo in Draft Mode on Premium Photo Paper Glossy measured from start of paper feed. Actual print times will vary based on system configuration, software, and page complexity. See www.epson.com/printspeed for details.
6. Adapter may be required.
7. Compared to photo all-in-ones priced at $300 or less as of 11/1/08 in testing by Newman-Stein, Inc.
8. Epson provides phone support without charge for the life of the product. Telephone toll charges may apply.
9. Actual savings and yields may vary.
10. Some applications and/or functions may not be supported under Mac® OS X, like accessing memory cards when the all-in-one is networked.
11. Calculated copying five sheets of A4-size color documents per day; one day defined as 8 hours with the power on and 16 hours with the power off. Power consumption will vary according to the customer’s product usage. Based on a 2010 national average electricity cost of 11.70 cents per kWh.
12. For sending faxes only.
13. See our website for convenient and reasonable recycling options at www.epson.com/recycle
14. SmartWay is an innovative partnership of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that reduces greenhouse gases and other air pollutants and improves fuel efficiency.

Epson, Claria and MicroPiezo are registered trademarks, Epson Exceed Your Vision is a registered logomark and Better Products for a Better Future is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation. Artisan is a registered trademark of Epson America, Inc. Apple is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. iPad is a trademark of Apple Inc. SmartWay is a service mark of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. All other product and brand names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Epson disclaims any and all rights in these marks. Copyright 2011 Epson America, Inc. 6/11
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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 18 x 18.3 x 7.8 inches ; 24.9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 31 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B005HFJFK4
• Item model number: C11CB20201
  

Price : $250.99
You Save : $49.00 (16%)

List Price : $299.99

Technical Details

• Rated no1 in photo quality by consumers
• World's Fastest 4x6 inch photo printer
• Fax 30page ADF and 7.8 inch touch panel
• Epson Connect to print from mobile devices

Customer Reviews

I just received my Epson Artisan 837 (with $3.99 Amazon Prime 1-day shipping) and installed it yesterday. The bottom line is that Epson has a winner, I made the right selection for me, and I highly recommend this product! The printer itself is beautiful, sleek, and not too large for my cabinet-top. The printing, copying, touch panel, optics, firmware, flawless setup process and level of automation were extremely well engineered. I was able to eliminate three other disjointed components plus a separate wireless print-server and all associated cables, power cords, etc with this multiple function component. We never needed a USB cable for anything-wireless worked perfectly, even for a firmware update.
I'd been researching multiple function printers for a few months and had settled on either the newly announced Canon PIXMA MG8220 or the newly announced Epson Artisan 837. Both have excellent features, specs, reviews and capabilities. I wanted to replace my standalone Epson scanner, standalone Brother black and white laser printer/fax/copier and my standalone HP D5360 color text/photo/direct to CD ; DVD printer, all with a single multifunction printer. They both would enable me to do this, but what pushed me off the fence was the auto-document feeder, which the Canon doesn't have.
Make sure you remove the blue tape used to secure the 837 during shipping. There's even some tape you can't see, such as in the paper tray. By the way, some reviewers criticize the paper trays on both the predecessor Epson Artisan 835 and Canon printers. Indeed, the plastic is thin, but no more flimsy than many of my other printers and I have no qualms that it'll break unless I physically twist it.
Setup was amazingly simple, fast and automated, using the printer's touch panel. It walked me through the process when I powered up, including connecting to my wireless network. I don't broadcast my SSID so it let me input my Network name, then it proceeded to verify connectivity as "excellent"! It prompted me to install the ink cartridges and after about seven minutes had primed them and was ready to print.
Next, I installed the most current drivers for my OSX Lion Macbook from Epson's support website. The first note on the installation guide says to not use the included CD if running Lion. I never had to connect my Macbook to the printer with a USB cable at all. Once Lion drivers were installed, I let it find my Artisan 837, I configured my options for printing (duplex) and provided my header info and configured my Macbook for faxing. Last, I printed a test page to confirm everything was completed--all was perfect. Then I inserted the CD and installed the Print CD app, User's Guide, and ABBYY FineReader (everything except the drivers).
I installed the drivers and fax setup on my wife's Windows 7 notebook using the CD. The Epson app scanned and found the Artisan 837 immediately, made the wireless connection, and proceeded to ask me if I wanted to automatically update the firmware (I did).
I've printed photos, text and graphics so far and the results are truly spectacular, as are print-outs from the copy function. The scans were fast and very sharp. I haven't printed directly to a CD or DVD yet, nor have I used the fax (other than to test that the fax configuration is correct) but I'm confident both will be perfect as well, based on other reviews. If not, I'll post an update.

The Epson Artisan 837 is advertised as being an extremely fast (the fastest?) printer to produce 4 x 6 prints. It's also a regular printer, a fax machine, a copy machine, a printer to DVD's and CD's, a scanner and perhaps it washes the dishes as well. This review concentrates on regular printing, setup and photographic printing. I didn't test faxing and the other features seemed to work as well as any of the other all in one printers on the market.
The setup instructions are either wrong or at least I got them wrong. I wanted to set this machine up WiFi only. The instructions said to use a temporary USB cable for setup and I'd be prompted to remove the cable after setup. When I started setup, I was confronted by several choices for connections: wireless, USB, LAN - what I'd expect. I chose USB per the instructions. However, when I got to the end of the setup, the USB worked fine but I wasn't prompted to do anything. I spent a good deal of time wondering how to get the WiFi working without success. Giving up, I called Epson support and spoke to Ram. The good is that Ram answered almost immediately. The bad is that he said I messed up and should have chosen Wireless from the get go and within Wireless there is a USB choice. Who knew?
Running setup again put things to right but I was a bit annoyed at having been made to feel a dunce by the instructions. Even so, not all was right. I was given no choice about the setup installing a bunch of 'offers' which turned out to be me being subscribed to some email. Opting out and removing the needless installation bit junk wasn't difficult, but took some time. There was really very little you can do to customize the install except to edit it afterwards including your registry to remove auto start services I didn't need and you may not need either (such as fax).
Normal printing seemed a bit slower than other similarly priced printers but the results were pretty good, of course depending greatly on paper quality. I tried some very poor quality paper and the results were accordingly. You don't need expensive paper to get good conventional printing, but you do need hard paper. This is not unique to the 837 but the nature of all printers with ink jets being most sensitive.
My major test was photo quality. I expected decent results but not what I got. First, a bit of background. I'm a professional photographer using a calibrated monitor and CS 5.5 (Photoshop) running on a 12 gig RAM very hot Intel I7 computer. I printed two samples and compared them with prints from the pro lab I use to print my for sale photographs. I used the best settings (slowest) and the photo paper supplied by Epson with the printer. I got some extra paper to do more extensive testing as well.
I tried a full color print and a gray scale. The gray scale contains all 10 Zones. To my shock, the results from the Epson Artisan 837 matched the results from the pro lab. This is why I bought more paper. I thought this can't be. It must be a fluke but time and again I was able to produce wonderful prints. The color was spot on. The gray scale (using the gray scale setting) was just magic. In fact, I never produced a print which wasn't darn near or actually perfect including the color balance. It took the machine about one minute to do each 4" x 6" at maximum quality.
The only issue I had with the prints (4" x 6" with border) was that the border contained smears of black ink which didn't intrude into the picture area, but which ruined the white border effect a bit. Still, I'm one happy camper with this.
One issue which may be a problem is that after only a half dozen 4" x 6" prints, the graphic showing ink capacity is visibly down - if only slightly. I do not wish to conduct an ink life test because I may do it unfairly as I'm not an expert in this area.
I am somewhere beyond thrilled with the photographic results from this modestly priced printer. I'm a good deal less thrilled that after my first print, the screen popped up with an offer of some sort or another. I'd easily give this five stars for photo quality. I mean, feed this thing Epson ultra quality paper and it's astounding. I"m removing one star for confusing setup, loading my system with unwanted 'offers' and the black smears on the photo borders.
If you are a photographer who is serious, this machine will probably work wonders in proofing or, depending on what your lab charges, making modest sized photos. Now, if it could only make photos from 60" reels...but Epson makes another model for that at over 20 times the cost.