Epson Workforce WF–110
Portable printing with inkjet precision
$299.99 From Epson, epson.com Features 1.4–inch color LCD, up to 6.7 ISO ppm (black) and 3.8 ISO ppm (color), battery powered, Wi–Fi
Epson’s smallest printer comes with inbuilt Wi-Fi and a lithium-ion battery that you can charge over USB for true portability. It’s aimed at the business user and in this case, the road warrior. It can handle paper sizes from A4 to a DL envelope, and can also print on glossy photo paper. At 7ppm, it doesn’t claim to print quickly, but it does promise decent print quality thanks to a high print resolution of 5,760 x 1,440. The use of pigment ink as opposed to dye also helps to deliver durable, smudge–resistant pages.
The Epson WorkForce WF–110 replaces the almost identical WF–100, at a lower price point. The only new feature is the external companion battery (sold separately) that extends its possible print run to 360 pages on a single charge — 410 pages in total.
It’ll slip inside a briefcase and its strong enough to survive life on the road. You can
print via USB or wirelessly, in mono or color. There’s no duplex printing, so you’ll have to turn the paper over yourself if you want to print on both sides of the page. There are a few other features missing too, such as no NFC connectivity and no ports for an SD Card, or USB drive. And there’s no touchscreen either.
We were very impressed by the clarity and precision of the test pages — mono text in particular appears to be uncompromised. The level of detail is impressive with graphics and photos too. When it comes to filling in block color, however, the results are less consistent and individual colors are not as bright or vivid as other inkjets.
THE BOTTOM LINE. Perfect for printing where there might not be power, but its slow print rate and expensive per–page cost means its only for road warriors.