Epson WorkForce WF-3640 Wireless Color All-in-One Inkjet Printer with Scanner and Copier, Amazon Dash Replenishment Ready

Update, August 18, 2015I had a strange thing happen with my printer that I still don't fully understand. I'm using the WF-3640 completely wirelessly. Even my desktop prints via the wireless router. I had to replace my router. I bought a combination Wi-Fi router and cable modem. Right after I installed the new router/modem, I printed a 92 page booklet from my desktop. Again, printing via the new router. No problem whatsoever. BTW, the duplex printing is pretty doggone amazing!The next morning, however, I could get nothing to print. I checked the router, the printer showed up as a connected device but no test page, nothing. I wound up having to completely uninstall the printer & all Epson software, then reinstall all of it. Now it works fine. Strange.*******************************************************************************************************************************************************************If only the rest of my life were this easy. I went a little overboard on this because I don’t fax a lot, nor do I do an inordinate amount of scanning or copying. Just fits & starts of scanning photos for family albums, a couple of copies three or four times a week. But at this price & the packed feature list, how could I say no?This is my first Epson printer since, oh, about 1997 when I bought my first-ever inkjet. (Lord, has it been that long ago?!?) I really loved that printer and it lasted me quite a few years but, eventually, cartridges became harder and harder to find. Since then, I guess I slipped into some kind of printer coma and punished myself with another, more bloated brand that shall remain nameless. I'll just say that every subsequent model by that manufacturer became more and more of a Hideous Product.Anyway, my last AIO bit the dust about a year ago. I postponed replacing it because there just didn’t seem to be any decent models in my price range. The scanning & copying I needed to do I could accomplish using my phone. This week, however, that all changed.I suddenly had quite a bit of scanning that I really needed to get done. I just couldn’t make it work with my phone so I started shopping for a new AIO. I was trying to get the most bang for my buck while doing my best to stay below $150 with shipping. Another critical criterion was the device’s ability to use re-manufactured cartridges, something my old printers refused to accept. An expensive proposition, at best.No matter how positive the review, I purposely avoided my old brand. I did look at similar models from Brother, Lexmark & Canon but the reviews here on Amazon & elsewhere gradually eliminated all of them from the running—Sorry, Billy Blanks, I really liked those ads!I was leaning first toward the WF-3520 before I stumbled across a glowing review of the 3540 which, at the time, was linked to another online retailer with the lowest price of $129. I followed the link only to find that the 3540 was no longer available and had been replaced by a link to the 3640. Fully expecting a case of bait-and-switch sticker shock, I followed the link to find the new latest model had the same price! After comparing the price with Amazon, I placed my order. After all was said and done, the WF-3640 came in at $155 & change with tax, next day shipping & a 2-year extended warranty. Add another $17 for a set of remanufactured cartridges, each with 1100 page capacity.I have finished the initial setup of the printer. I have to say I honestly can’t remember ever having any initial device setup be such a breeze. Setting up our two laptops for wireless connection to the printer was simplicity itself, too, I’m happy to report. With one laptop I simply used the software disc that came with the printer. The other has a dead optical drive so I just downloaded the software from Epson’s support site.Setting up Epson Connect for email printing was a snap, too. Just had to change the default email address for the printer to something easier to remember. Getting the phones ready for cloud printing was just a matter of downloading & installing the free app.I haven’t done a lot of printing just yet but what I have printed has yielded crisp, sharp text that just blows away my old AIO, not to even mention my current inkjet. Is it better than a color laser? I can’t make that distinction right now. I’ll have to do some comparisons with docs here and at the office where there is a 10-month-old $900+ AIO model.Scanning performance is breathtaking, for me, anyway. I was astounded at how quickly the WF-3640 scanned the forms I needed to add to one of my web sites. It took literally less than 5 seconds from the time I clicked "Scan" for each form to appear in the directory.While there are far more features than probably I will ever need or use, for the price of this machine you simply can't go wrong. Could my needs have been adequately met with the WF-3620? Probably. But for the higher capacity paper trays, the price difference is negligible.

My son and my neighbor both have Epson printers and love them. I, on the hand seem to be striking out. First I need to say that Amazon gets five stars for their involvement and handling of this experience.I ordered a WorkForce 3640 printer from Amazon and received it two days later via Amazon Prime. Since my old HP printer had died and I really needed to get a couple of things printed (one being a mailing label), I was excited to get my new printer and get it up and printing. Epson printers are very intuitive and require very little user interaction during set up. My printer made an ominous squawk during the set up routine and gave me an error message that wasn't explained anywhere in any of the material provided so I went to the Epson site to try to find and fix the problem. After talking with a hapless/helpless Epson support person for about 10 minutes it was determined that my problem was hardware related and the unit needed to be replaced.I returned to the Amazon website and report my problem on the Return/Replace page. Amazon immediately sent a second unit and gave me a link to a mailing label so I could return the defective printer. The were even intuitive enough to give me the option to email the link to a friend who printed the mailing label for me.The second printer showed up two days later and went through all the startup steps flawlessly. Problem solved...right? Well sort of. The unit is working fairly well; however, this morning the paper kept jamming and I am unable to find any good counsel for a fix on the Epson website. It seems to have resolved itself after I reloaded the paper tray about three times. Further, the first few times I printed anything, all the printer did was puke out several blank pages.I'm thinking maybe I should have stayed with an HP printer. The ink is way more expensive (I think HP is in the business of selling ink not printers), but I have owned two HP printers over the past 10 years and both have been pretty reliable.So far, I am not very impressed with this Epson WF 3640 printer.As a follow-up to my initial review, I have now had the Epson Workforce 3640 printer for a few weeks and have printed and copied with it a number of times. I managed to locate and download a fairly complete manual for this printer at the Epson website. The material that they send with the printer is abysmal. Armed with the digital manual for this printer, I was able to locate a fix the paper issues I was experiencing and have set-up and used airprint a number of times. I still can't seem to get things printed from my new iPhone 6 but am not blaming this issue on the printer, since it is working well from my iPad and other Mac computers via WiFi. Overall, I would now upgrade the printer to four stars; Epson technical supports still sucks.So this is my 12/20/2016 update: This printer, once I got through all of the initial "bugs", with very little help from Epson, has performed pretty well for several months. The print cartridges empty themselves pretty fast and when one is empty/low the printer stops working, even if there is plenty of black ink and you only want to print black print! Sooo, this week my printer started printing bands through all of my printed documents. I went to the Epson website and followed all to the protocols in the FAQ section to correct this "banding" problem. I ran the protocols four times, wasted a ton of ink, and still have the banding problem. I've tired for two days to find a number to call to talk to someone at Epson directly for help and all I get is this continuous loop back to the FAQ!! I did manage to talk with an Epson service center 100 miles (nearest center) from my home who was very helpful, but learned, as I knew I would, that the unit isn't worth fixin. I could get another POS printer like this one for $99 from Amazon Prime rather than drive 100 miles each way and pay a minimum of $85 to have them look at it with no guarantee that it could even be repaired. I'm going back to HP. At least they will talk to you when you have a problem.