Product Description

Match the speed you move at with the fast and efficient Epson WorkForce 500 all-in-one printer, your personal business and photo center. This amazing all-in-one quickly delivers prints and copies, plus laser quality text, allowing you to create stunning proposals and impressive brochures, in house and on demand. The WorkForce 500 is ready to handle whatever comes its way, whether you need to scan a proposal into editable text, fax a presentation, or enlarge that family photo. And, it uses up to three times less energy than a laser printer. The right features, the right price, and truly remarkable results — that is the WorkForce 500.

Product Details

• Color: Black
• Brand: Epson
• Model: C11CA40201
• Released on: 2008-08-29
• Platform: Windows
• Format: CD
• Dimensions: 9.30" h x 18.10" w x 16.10" l, 22.40 pounds

Features

• 5-in-1 print, copy, scan, fax, photo
• Print up to 33 ppm in black and color
• Built-in memory card slots and 2.5-inch LCD
• Built-in, 30-page ADF
• OCR and creative software included

From the Manufacturer
From the Manufacturer Show the world what your business is made of with the WorkForce 500, Epson’s new all-in-one engineered for the small business and home office. This powerful performer delivers laser quality text, as well as vibrant color photos. Not only that, it can copy, scan and fax documents with ease. Versatile and flexible, the WorkForce 500 is built to keep up with you and your business, while making you look your very best.

Multi-tasking redefined Get five machines in one to print documents, make copies, scan, fax, or print brilliant photos. It’s your personal business center and photo kiosk — all in one compact machine. The small footprint saves space, while built-in productivity features save time. Easily copy, scan and fax stacks of documents using the 30-page automatic document feeder. Or, use the built-in memory card slots and 2.5-inch color LCD to view, crop, rotate and print photos without using a computer. WorkForce 500 lets you do more in less time with print speeds up to 33 ppm in black and color.1

Professional results The WorkForce 500 is not only flexible and versatile, it also produces professional-looking output. Thanks to Epson’s patented ink jet technology, it delivers crisp, laser-quality text, eye-popping color graphics and vibrant photos that rival those from a photo lab. What’s more, revolutionary DURABrite® Ultra Ink offers brilliant results on plain and photo paper, plus prints that are smudge, fade and water resistant, and highlighter-friendly. Whether your next print job is a business proposal, a convincing bar graph or photos for your client, WorkForce 500 can get the job done, while making you look your best.

Engineered for small business and home office Epson understands that small businesses develop ideas and opportunities fast — that’s why the WorkForce 500 all-in-one was built with your printing, copying, scanning and faxing needs in mind. You’ll not only appreciate its ability to print high quality documents fast, but also the convenient, built-in features that maximize productivity. Quickly fax important documents with the robust memory and speed dial storage. Use the included OCR software to turn documents into editable text and easily digitize those meeting notes. Or, use the scan-to-PDF function to share various forms and documents. The WorkForce 500 uses up to 3x less power than a laser printer2 and has built-in double-sided printing3 so you can save paper. What’s more, individual ink cartridges allow you to replace only the color that you need. And, the quick-drying formula lets you handle documents and photos right away — no drying time needed! Bottom line — the WorkForce 500 offers convenient features that will take your productivity to the next level.

Features/Benefits Get five machines in one — Print, copy, scan, fax and photo; OCR and creative software included Print photos without a computer — Built-in memory card slots, PictBridgeTM and 2.5-inch LCD Do more in less time — Copy, scan or fax stacks of documents with built-in, 30-page ADF Enjoy your own personal photo lab — Automatically correct under- or over-exposed photos Send faxes fast, even in color — Fax in as fast as 3 sec per page; store up to 60 speed dials and receive up to 180 pages in memory; also faxes legal size Protect important documents — Smudge, fade and water resistant, highlighter friendly documents rival those from a laser printer and photos rival those from the lab Do more with useful software included — OCR and creativity software to create flyers, brochures, calendars and more Replace only the color that you need — Easy-to-use, individual ink cartridges Print more, change cartridges less often — High-capacity Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow ink cartridges available Get product protection you can count on — 1-year limited warranty and quick product exchange Save time — Print speeds up to 33 ppm in black and color1 Save energy — Uses up to 3x less power than a laser printer2 Save paper — Built-in double-sided printing3

1 Draft pages per minute (ppm) speeds measured after first page, based on black and color text patterns in Draft Mode on plain paper. Additional print time will vary based on system configuration, software application and page complexity. See www.epson.com/printspeed for more information about print speeds. 2 Compared to competitive monochrome laser printers at $199 and under available as of March 2008. Based on Epson testing of power estimated to be used during an eight-hour day. 3 Some applications and/or functions, like double-sided printing, may not be supported by Mac®.

What’s in the Box WorkForce 500 all-in-one, documentation kit containing CD-ROM with drivers and bonus software, free sample paper pack with offers, power cord, telephone cord, one 69 Standard-capacity Black ink cartridge, three 69 Standard-capacity ink cartridges — Cyan, Magenta, Yellow

Customer Reviews

Never Liked All-in-One's, but I Love this Unit from Epson
I've never been a fan of All-in-One's because I always felt too much was compromised; I just wouldn't settle for a poor printer, or scanner, or copier or fax machine just for the convenience of having everything in one box. Epson has changed the playing field, however. I'm not saying Epson has merged the absolute best of each of those pieces of equipment, but they have produced a remarkably well designed and engineered product with minimal compromise. The printer is excellent, the text approaches laser quality and the copier and fax work fine, the 30 page automatic document feeder works without a hick-up -- and what a joy that is!. The scanner is fast, operates with very easy to use intuitive software and it produces excellent text and photo scans. Epson also includes OCR software with the unit.

Yes, you can buy a better printer... there certainly are printers that print faster and print photos better (I have a $1,000 photo printer that I use for the "serious" stuff) but this one works fine for the everyday tasks. And there are better scanners, this one won't do negatives or slides, for example, but for most everyday scanning tasks it's absolutely fine. And as far as fax and copy machines go, the fax and copies are first rate and better than every other "home office" machine I've tried.

All in all, Epson has a winner with the Workforce 500. I really only needed a new fax machine, but the price on this unit was so low I thought I might as well try it and at least I'd have a backup printer if I needed one. Despite my preconceived notions, besides being a great fax machine, it turned out to be a very good printer, scanner and copier. I guess you learn something everyday. Setup was quick and the startup guide takes you step-by-step through the process with easy to follow pictures and text. I had the unit up and running within 15 minutes on a computer using Vista Home Premium.

I'm delighted with my purchase and I use it frequently for my everyday printer and scanner needs. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Best all-in-one I've tried
I don't often write product reviews, but I've been so happy with my Epson WorkForce 500 since I got it that I had to write in. I've always used Epson printers before because I think the print and photo quality is the highest I've seen. I suffered along without a feeder because Epson didn't offer an all-in-one with one, so I am thrilled with the Epson 500 because in addition to being much faster than my previous printer, it has the feeder and the fax incorporated into the printer. In the first week after getting the Epson 500, I was able to pack up the fax machine on my desk that took up lots of space and save myself a trip to Staples(and the associated expense)to have a 40-page document copied (something I never would have done on a flat-bed printer).

In terms of ease of use, I find it to be relatively intuitive. I did, however, have a little trouble on setup (I did not fully read the directions!) because the OK key was not always the default button to move on to the next step. Once I read the directions, though, it was extremely simple.

In summary, I couldn't be more thrilled with my purchase - it's a fabulous home office printer with every feature you could want.

Poor Scanning Construction, No duplex support as advertised
I purchased this product after my HP 5610 stopped working. I make heavy use of the ADF scanning and noticed the Epson Workforce 500 was billed as supported duplex printing. Both of these selling points failed to perform as expected and I returned the unit.

There is no duplex printing support on this device. Despite marketing speech to the contrary the only double sided printing support is that a window pops up on your screen requesting you to turn the sheet of paper around to print on the opposite side.

The scanner's document feeder did not perform at all. The construction made it relatively difficult to add standard 8.5 x 11 sheets of paper into the feeder without getting caught on a number of ledges and horizontal barriers meant to keep the paper in alignment. Once the sheet to be scanned was properly inserted the scanner was almost never able to scan a sheet of paper without "slipping" - when this occurred the drive motors continued to move and the scanner portion believe the sheet was sliding past it but in reality the paper was stuck midway thru the scanner.