Epson Expression Photo XP-15000 Wi-Fi Printer

Oh wow, this is a fantastic printer. I'm the retired CEO of a hi-tech design studio. I needed a hi-res photo/graphics printer suitable for use in a home living environment and where printing volumes would not be particularly high. I also wanted a dedicated printer not one with integrated scanner and copier functions. This printer model is actually discontinued: I'll explain why you should buy it while it's still in stock. It looks like Epson has (understandably) changed its business model from selling complex hardware cheap and selling ink expensive. The replacement model for this printer uses 'cheap' ink by utilising refillable tanks. The downside is that it's a lot more expensive. Fair enough: if you need high-volume printing go for the more expensive model. OK, why is this printer so great? From the aesthetic point of view it's gorgeous and it's compact: ideal if it's on show in a living room. Everything about the design is thoughtful, ergonomic and well-engineered. The control panel is hinged: tilt it out to operate it, push it back to the neat vertical position when you're done. The control panel features a high res, back-lit LED screen. The excellent resolution means that small print is legible and a lot of information and graphics can be displayed. This makes for very intuitive operation with the well-coded UI that Epson provides. The screen isn't touch but navigation using the arrow keys makes it easy to use. All this makes for fast & easy set up, operation and maintenance/test tasks. The printer provides an integrated bottom slide-out tray for A4 paper. For media up to A3 + the back feeder is used. The pull-out paper holder/support at the back holds up to 20 or 30 sheets. This back feed is used for regular sheets, thick media, canvas etc of any size up to A3+. A great feature is that the output paper support is motorised: it pops out when printing is initiated and retracts when the printer is off. This feature contributes the beautiful design of the machine. Now the key question: quality. It's awesome. As a test, I printed a 300 dpi A3 image with solid colour, skin tones and subtle shadows (a 50MB TIFF file). The result was amazing: vibrant, solids immaculate, colour rendering excellent, blacks really black and excellent shadow detail. I wasn't seeing much difference between the image on my 27" Mac retina display and the image on paper. The colour rendering is helped by the 6 ink cartridges used: CMYK plus grey and red. Needless to say, the printing is super sharp – so regular mono printing on plain paper also looks good. For the application I've described, I reckon you'll not get better than this in terms of value for money, print quality, UI/UX, build quality, looks and compactness. If you have high volume requirement, ink cost would make this an expensive solution and you should spend more and go for the much more costly ink tank model. If you want archive printing (essentially max colour rendering fade resistance), spend even more money to get more print heads and a non-dye ink system. One last thing: I bought, also from Amazon, the flat-pack Devaise mobile 5-drawer file cabinet as the base for the printer. In black, it looks great and is the perfect base for the printer. At £67, the unit is a fraction of the cost of the Ikea equivalent and just as good in terms of looks and quality. As ever with Amazon, both these items arrived super fast and well packaged. For once, it's nice not to have to rant about design issues of a product: this printer is the "Dog's" if you know what I mean!

I absolutely love the Epson Expression HD XP - 15000 - A dream to use, has so far done everything I wanted it to..I am an artist and I wanted to make my own art prints to sell..The first prints were from photograph and then manipulated in Photoshop, but did not come out right, it was just scruffy/pixellated and too saturated, I thought it was because I hadn't bought a good enough printer! but Im guessing I didn't have settings right in Photoshop and the quality of the photo was not good enough. I thought as I printed on Canson watercolour paper and not Epsons matte paper that might be the problem. Then I tried a scanned image at 1200 ppi and discovered printing in CMYK and a fair few other settings and 10 prints later I got the perfect print and i am thrilled!! As a complete beginner in Photoshop and using Printers it was a massive learning curve for me, watching lots of Youtube videos over 3 days and also studying everything I could on the internet all helped me achieve my desired outcome..I thought I had bitten off more than I could chew doing all this myself when most artists go to printers to do all of this and I thought it was actually going to be more like 3 months before I could print out a decent print, so I was thrilled to get it right within 3 days, a day before someone wanted to buy my first print! It took me about 50 minutes to unbox and completely set up and it even connected to wifi instantly, I didn't have to do anything, not even press any buttons on router! It was well packaged, it didn't come with any free paper, but the ink cartridges it came with seem to be full and not partially filled like is sometimes the case with new printers. It has taken 140lb Canson watercolour paper in rear feed and front feed tray with ease, surprisingly, I wasn't expecting that..I was worried it would only take certain papers, I have also read elsewhere that it does lots of other things too, like cd printing and stickers and t shirt transfer/iron ons, so I will be trying these other things too, along with seeing if it will take canvas paper to print photos on to make my own personalised photo canvas. So it sounds like this printer has endless possibilities and I am truly thrilled with it! I highly recommend this printer, I hope that I will still be just as happy with it in 6 months time or 3 years down the line! We shall see!! Thankyou Epson!! As a complete beginner in Photoshop and using Printers it was a massive learning curve for me, watching lots of Youtube videos over 3 days and also studying everything I could on the internet all helped me achieve my desired outcome..I thought I had bitten off more than I could chew doing all this myself when most artists go to printers to do all of this and I thought it was actually going to be more like 3 months before I could print out a decent print, so I was thrilled to get it right within 3 days, a day before someone wanted to buy my first print! It took me about 50 minutes to unbox and completely set up and it even connected to wifi instantly, I didn't have to do anything, not even press any buttons on router! It was well packaged, it didn't come with any free paper, but the ink cartridges it came with seem to be full and not partially filled like is sometimes the case with new printers. It has taken 140lb Canson watercolour paper rearfeed and front with ease, and from what I have read it can do t shirt transfer/iron on, stickers etc and I will be trying canvas to do my own photo/art canvas, we shall see how that goes, anyway I hope that I will still love my printer in the following years to come and it will always do a good job! The added photo is of my first sold art print done on this printer that I so far highly recommend! Thankyou!

Be careful with this purchase! Amazon claim that the Squirrel 378 pack with the light cyan and light magenta is compatible - it is NOT. Do not buy the bundle pack advertised for this product! Epson are just as bad not knowing what's what with their inks. Also, Epson only make Red and Grey XL. The only multi-pack that is compatible with this printer that I can find is the C13T379D4010 which is the pack that comes with Red and Grey and it's only XL! So the cost is £112!!! I don't understand why Amazon is still advertising the light cyan and light magenta as compatible! I purchased this printer on the fact the ink (£53 pack) was doable. I didn't purchase the advertised pack, thank god but I didn't know that I would have to spend £112 on bloody ink for this thing!!! Also, be careful with A3 prints. It cannot print on 80GSM. I tried everything and the print head just tears the paper. In the instruction manual it claims 75GSM but I think that's for A4 only. So, while the machine wasted all my ink trying to print on A3 at different settings, I had to purchase much thicker paper. It is a good printer with good quality prints and it is very easy to use, but it is a money hole when it comes to inks and with Amazon STILL advertising the INCORRECT ink bundle, which is bloody amazing to me, people are going to end up with inks they can't use! If you don't want to buy the horrendously priced XL pack at £112, you will have to purchase the advertised pack then purchase the XL red and grey separately because they only do XL which will leave you with Light Cyan and Light Magenta lying around doing nothing. This is mind boggling and Epson are also guilty of screwing people over here not just Amazon!

Purchased to replace my old Epsom 1500W printer. This new XP-15000 model is faster and quieter! Additionally it’s very comprehensive user manual (on the supplied CD) shows how simple and easy it would be to slide in and change the Ink-pad waste unit whenever you need to - almost impossible to do it yourself on the previous model! The colours and quality seems even better than my old printer and would highly recommend this latest model. Printing up to large A3 plus printing on DVDs also no problem!

I have been using the Epson XP-15000 for 1.5 months now and I can confidently say that the printer fails at its most basic function, which is printing and quality. Looking at the positives, the XP-15000 is easy to set up, use and operate remotely from a Macbook Pro. However, the XP-15000 fails on print quality. I use my printer on a daily basis to fulfil photo print orders for wedding clients. I cannot confidently leave this printer and trust it to deliver strong, consistent results without quality issues on every other photo. I recently had to fulfill an order of 170, borderless 5x7 images for a customer. I ended up using roughly an additional 50 - 75 sheets of paper due to consistent issues in quality where you'd have inaccurate colours, streaky lines across the image, the print being misaligned onto the paper which leaves white corners, and just all-round poor results. I would often have to reprint photos and it was always a gamble as to whether I would achieve the desired results, even after going through the XP-15000 printer cleaning operations within the menu settings. On one occasion, I had to print the same photo four times before achieving accurate skin tones and no streaky lines. For the price of this printer and the genuine Epson inks, I expected better, more consistent results. Unfortuantely, I have missed the window of opportunity to return this printer, however I will be putting it to one side to solely use for printing documents and I will switch brands and find a new printer.

This is a brilliant low cost high quality printer. It fits a series of low budget projects I am doing perfectly. The quality of the printing is quite stunning. The ink however.... The printer ships with 378 ink. The box identifies the 378 Multipack for replacement inks. Amazon ships 378 multipacks as a bundle if you like, when you buy the printer. Curiously the XP-15000 User Guide identifies a 312 and 314 ink cartridge (A four color package, that is not the right ink.) But wait the Epson 378 multipacks sold through amazon and all UK shops are not the right ink either : ) That ink package include four colors that match the printer and two that do not; light cyan and light magenta. This ink package is SKU number C13T37884010. If you buy this and install it in the printer you will not get a good quality and may void your warranty. Epson 378 with a DIFFERENT SKU number C13T379D3010 includes all the right inks, grey and red (not the light C and M), as well as as Cyan, Yellow, Magenta and Black. Here is the kicker it is only available through Epson. But Epson customer service didn't seem to know that. First I spent an hour on the phone w Amazon (full refund, no problem). Then spent an hour with Epson to sort the problem. The customer support people first give me the right SKU and assured me that Argus and Curry both ship their full range of inks. I spend two hours running around. The manager at Curry is very nice and calls the regional representative for Scotland who admits there is a problem, the ink is not and likely never will be available at retail stores like Curries or Amazon. He had no answer as why they would have the same Multipack number, with different SKU numbers. The manager at Currys suggests that the confusion over the inks, might be the reason for this.... So I decide to just buy the 'right SKU' 387 ink off the Epson website. Only the website is down. I call to see about the order and express delivery on the ink. They take my order but do not provide express delivery. Inconvenient, incredibly time consuming and potentially undermining a project due next week. Unfortunate mess, I hope it doesn't undermine the market for this fine printer.

(Review for epson XP 15000 model) (Photo is a close up of the printed gray lines, the blue parts are my masking fluid) Working with 300gsm/130-140lb watercolour paper? (In my case, arches hot pressed) This printer will print on it! Needed a printer that would take arches hot pressed 300gsm paper, and after sifting through the net, i came across a post that stated this printers previous model printed on that exact paper, however it had been discontinued, but the link to this printer was there subtitled that this model was the 'upgraded latest version' of the printer i wanted. I wanted such a printer in order to print digital drawings I've made on my tablet to paint. I was previously drawing, then tracing using a light box onto my watercolour paper. Although the online manuals at epson say you should only use heavy epson paper, I bought it anyway after seeing in other places that this prints on up to 130lb/300gsm paper either way. And it certainly does. After going through the set up, to align the print heads correctly after all that shipping (dont rush that part, its REALLY important, so you dont get streaky print outs), i set the back feed to A3, paper type to thick in the printers settings, loaded up epson iprint on my tablet, set the feed to rear in the apps print settings, and test printed on a thicker standard a3 paper which i believe is 80gsm. So far so good. The print quality is fabulous. Then i placed my arches paper in the back feed (which i must add, epson say only add 1 sheet at a time if using 300gsm paper), And tapped print. I watched as the paper went through without a hitch, and have a wonderful printed image for me to paint on. Highly reccomend for those looking for a suitable printer for 300gsm paper all in all. The printers interface is simple for setting up, but a bit long winded when having to put in your wifi password,but thats okay as i cant imagine id be having to navigate the printers keyboard often if ever again! You can also use the quick connect to connect the wifi if your router has that button. It also has settings for different types of paper. I just have mine set for plain paper and paper type as thick. It prints on CDs and labels and envelopes, but i wont be doing that anytime soon and im confident it will be easy to set up should i ever need to. There are manuals online should i need to consult them. Really really happy with this purchase. And the price is phenomenal. Epson win again!

Heavy media feed issues can be solved but not always reliably. Alignment issues with the aforementioned. Delivery not to my taste. Left at my rear carport with no knock on the door, slip of paper etc. I don't always religiously stare at my phone. The packaging could be seen by anyone on the estate who happened to be wandering around in the vicinity of the carports.

Imprimante livrée avec un raccordement électrique non conforme, pour le marché UK et entraînant une non utilisation immédiate. J'ai été obligé d'acheter ce câble moi-même avec les inconvénients inhérents(déplacement, essence, attente,...) avec la promesse d'un remboursement que je n'ai toujpours pas perçu... Je devais imprimer 30 dessins dans l'urgence, l'exposition a été différée.