Expression Home XP-5200 Wireless Color All-in-One Inkjet Printer

The printer is great. And it comes with ink cartridges. But don't buy more ink. You are forced to buy Epson cartridges. They cost more than than another new printer including cartridges. Just buy another new printer with cartridges included and trash the first printer.

I’m not really one for reviewing products but this printer set a new low for me to talk about. I got this printer in November to replace a long standing printer. So far this printer has not effectively printed a single picture without issues. Set the settings to black and white, everything prints magenta, print something with cyan in it? Clogs the first time printing. Do a printer head cleaning to get the cyan to work. Uses 2/3 of the ink for a single cleaning. But that cleaned the cyan right? Nope! Still can’t print anything with cyan. For a non functional printer, if you can find a way to print something. Like in black, it will eat through ink like no printer I have ever seen. You can maybe print out a few 8x10 until you are low on ink. I will be replacing this printer and never buying anything from Epson again.

Fast to print easy to configure

I am normally an inexpensive Canon inkjet printer user, but became disenchanted with my latest Canon MG6200 that uses a combined (r,y,c) color ink cartridge since individual colors are used at different rates, and when one color is low, the Canon will often leave any location with that color blank … even if I select “black” only … that I had thought would result in a mixture of white, black and various greys (in place of the individual colors). Nope. So done with that Canon. I needed a small footprint printer that utilized individual inks for each color. I found that Epsom Expression XP-5200 met all my needs, as well as a slighly more expensive Epson, and a similar Brother (I purchased a Bother a few yrs ago, and returned it immediately after being unable to get crisp printed output). My only concern with the Epson was with the various discussions re the ability to use less expensive “remanufactured” ink cartridges, since Epson apparently identifies nonEpson cartridges and disallows their use with future SW upgrades. There are various methods (apparently) to get around this problem, and remanufactured “guarantee” their cartridges will work! Since I am not a “frequent” printer, I decided to purchase the Epson Expression XP-5200, as well as a set of highly rated remanufactured, as well as standard Epson ink cartridges. Have not yet installed either, so no determination yet of the use of remanufactured cartridges. However, the Epson xp-5200 arrived promptly. The setup instructions can be misleading, and allowing the automatic setup using the Epson app failed continuously because the Epson would not retain a wi-fi connection with my router. I then followed the “manual” installation, and after performing the wi-fi setup … apparently that was enough, the two partial setup attempts worked, the Epson console sprang to life and all seemed well … a bit disconcerting because I never reached ppd a “finish” step as usually required, the Epson initialization was quite quick, the console was very bright, and after a few moments touching all the buttons … how to use it “manually” was clear and obvious. I downloaded the Epson printer app onto my IPad, 2 laptops, and desktop PC. Eason Support indicates the SW printer and SW that should be downloaded, very quickly done. …these are used when the non manual mode (e.g. from Word, Excel, Internet sites, etc) are used and you select “print” . The “AirPrint” from IPad, and computer printing all went flawlessly to my surprise, the printer head alignment was quick, and pages were crisp … and the Epson CO-5200 prints fast (compared to the Canon). There are 5 possible apps to choose, but only the manual, actual SW app, and Connectivity app are likely required (the other 2 apps are for printing photos). The SW installation was much quicker than for the Canon … and the number of apps many fewer than for the Canon(I actually found the Canon app suite confusing). Whether the Epson SW provides all the capabilities of the Canon is yet to be determined, But, it has all the basic needs (orientation, pages, margins, two-sided … etc)that I (and likely 95% of all users will need). One quirk noted that the Eoson sometimes loses the Wi-Fi connection (shown in printer console with a red warning). Just touching that icon seems to clear up the connection problem immediately (time will tell if this is a real problem with “my” Epson, or a general problem (read other reviews!). In summary, nice footprint, clear manual console, bright icon displays on the console, User manual is extensive, AirPrint, Wi-Fi print works well … very happy with my purchase!

Excelente producto

First of all Amazon reviews and blocks reviews it doesn't like. My first review was a bit higher but after further attempted use of the product and the interference by amazon, I've dropped it to one star. Short answer is the printer doesn't print all colors. It used up all the ink for the super small capacity cartridges shipped with the printer before I even finished setting up. Epson customer service is abysmal and didn't want to admit any issues. Finally the convinced my to buy new cartridges and they would reimburse me. After sending in all the documentation the reneged and reimbursing my money but did say they would send new standard cartridges. After 2 weeks those have shown up. Meanwhile, I'm almost through a second set of color cartridges and the printer still fails the nozzle check - Magenta does not print but somehow it's still using the ink. I've test printed a couple pages of simple color graphics from cartoon images and they do not print correctly. Weeks of frustration, wasted money on extra ink, printer doesn't print properly and customer service doesn't help. Avoid at this printer specifically and probably Epson in general.

Great price. Works fine. Details are as advertised.

This worked well for about 18 months before it started going haywire, popping on and off of wifi for no discernible reason, freezing up in the middle of print or scan jobs, needing frequent reboots. But my biggest complaint is the expense of the ink. While the printer would accept off-brand ink when I first set it up, a firmware update changed that. Now it will only take Epsom cartridges which are running about $70 every six weeks.

Ótimo produto. Chegou antes do prazo...

Es un buen equipo con una impresionante muy buena tanto blanco y negro y a color. Además es fácil con el acceso desde el celular

printer works well, easy to set up, connnects through wi-fi to the various computers/phones tablets in the house to print. love that it prints on both sides of the paper on it's own. it does go through ink fairly quickly. if you know you're going to be printing fairly frequently, it might be cost efficient to buy a printer with large capacity ink tanks vs one like this using smaller cartridges. For our needs where I'm printing the odd photo, recipe etc this works well.

If I could give a negative star, I would. If you want a lot of frustration and expense this is the printer for you. I don't recommend for anyone. To many restrictions and all ink colors and black ink must be installed (can't be low in ink) or it won't print even your black and white copies. This forces you to purchase all ink in able to use the printer (not just black and white). The ink goes fast and Epson has software in their updates that blocks any other inks but their own at an inflated price. This is an expensive to use product that is not user friendly and frustrating to operate. Buyer Beware. It's less expensive to buy another printer that doesn't have so many restrictions and is more budget friendly.

O cartucho não é recarregável e é bem difícil de encontrar. Além disso, ele é muito pequeno, tem pouca capacidade de tinta e acaba rapidamente. Esse tipo de produto pode até servir para quem imprime pouco, mas para quem estuda e precisa imprimir bastante não é nada viável. A velocidade da impressão é boa, rápida, mas em relação ao cartucho fiquei decepcionada. Não prestei atenção no momento da compra e acreditei que fosse tanque de tinta, para que eu pudesse apenas repor com refil. 👎🏻