The Epson Expression Premium XP-7100 is an inkjet printer designed for home use. While its 5-cartridge system ensures you only have to replace the cartridges you use the most, they don't yield very many pages. Neither the black or color cartridges last very long, so they need to be replaced frequently if you print a lot. This adds up over time, so this printer can be expensive to use in the long run. On the upside, it's fairly well-designed with a great, easy-to-use screen. It also has lots of scanning features as well as a ton of connectivity options.
Our Verdict
The Epson XP-7100 is a good family printer, especially if you care most about scanning. The scanner features are excellent, and you can even scan long double-sided documents automatically. The photo printing quality is also good; however, this printer likes to take its time to print. It's also quite expensive to print with over time since the cartridge yield is very bad.
- Lots of connectivity options.
- Excellent scanning features.
- Has a few specialty printing capabilities, like CD/DVD printing.
- Terrible page yield in both black and color.
- High cost-per-print.
- Slow printing speed.
The Epson XP-7100 is okay for use in a home or small office. Both its black and color page yields are quite low, so you'll have to change the cartridges often. Not only does this get expensive, but it also takes time out of a busy schedule. It also prints slowly. On the upside, it has excellent scanning features, including a duplex ADF scanner that scans double-sided sheets in two passes, which can help save time scanning long documents.
- Lots of connectivity options.
- Excellent scanning features.
- Has a few specialty printing capabilities, like CD/DVD printing.
- Terrible page yield in both black and color.
- High cost-per-print.
- Slow printing speed.
The Epson XP-7100 is a good student printer. While it has excellent connectivity and scanner features, the cartridges don't last long, so the cost of printing adds up quickly. This is especially problematic if you're studying in a field with lots of documents to print, like law or medicine. It also prints slowly, which is a pain when you have a document to hand in at the last minute.
- Lots of connectivity options.
- Excellent scanning features.
- Has a few specialty printing capabilities, like CD/DVD printing.
- Terrible page yield in both black and color.
- High cost-per-print.
- Slow printing speed.
The Epson XP-7100 is okay for occasional black and white printing, but it isn't great if you need to print in high volume. The black cartridges aren't too expensive, but their yield is bad, so you'll likely have to change them quite often. Otherwise, this printer is very fully-featured, with excellent scanning and connectivity options.
- Lots of connectivity options.
- Excellent scanning features.
- Has a few specialty printing capabilities, like CD/DVD printing.
- Terrible page yield in both black and color.
- High cost-per-print.
- Slow printing speed.
The Epson XP-7100 is decent for printing casual photos. It has decent color accuracy and the photo printing quality is good. Sadly, the color page yield is really low and the cartridges are expensive, so the cost-per-print for colored photos is high. On the upside, it can print 4" x 6" and 5" x 7" photos, but not 2" x 3" photos.
- Lots of connectivity options.
- Excellent scanning features.
- Has a few specialty printing capabilities, like CD/DVD printing.
- Terrible page yield in both black and color.
- High cost-per-print.
- Slow printing speed.
- Lots of connectivity options.
- Excellent scanning features.
- Has a few specialty printing capabilities, like CD/DVD printing.
- Terrible page yield in both black and color.
- High cost-per-print.
- Slow printing speed.
- Lots of connectivity options.
- Excellent scanning features.
- Has a few specialty printing capabilities, like CD/DVD printing.
- Terrible page yield in both black and color.
- High cost-per-print.
- Slow printing speed.
- Lots of connectivity options.
- Excellent scanning features.
- Has a few specialty printing capabilities, like CD/DVD printing.
- Terrible page yield in both black and color.
- High cost-per-print.
- Slow printing speed.
- Lots of connectivity options.
- Excellent scanning features.
- Has a few specialty printing capabilities, like CD/DVD printing.
- Terrible page yield in both black and color.
- High cost-per-print.
- Slow printing speed.
- Lots of connectivity options.
- Excellent scanning features.
- Has a few specialty printing capabilities, like CD/DVD printing.
- Terrible page yield in both black and color.
- High cost-per-print.
- Slow printing speed.
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Changelog
- Updated Aug 25, 2022: Converted to Test Bench 1.2.
- Updated Jul 04, 2022: The Mobile App section listed Microsoft Office and TXT files as printable by both OS's, but it only works on the Android version of the app and not the iOS version. The test results for both file types were updated.
- Updated Jul 04, 2022: Converted to Test Bench 1.1.
- Updated Apr 07, 2022: The 'Duplex Scanning' test now includes a more detailed result explaining the duplex scanning process. The text also reflects the scanning process in greater detail.
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The Epson Expression Premium XP-7100 is an okay printer, but there are much better options available. Although it has good photo printing quality, the color page yield is too low if you often print photos, so the costs to buy new cartridges will quickly add up over time.
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The Epson Expression Premium XP-7100 is the successor to the Epson Expression Premium XP-6100 and is the better overall package. It adds an automatic document feeder and improves print quality and color accuracy. It's also slightly better on ink consumption, delivering slightly improved page yields, so unless you find the XP-6100 on a huge discount, the newer model makes more sense.
The Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8550 and the Epson Expression Premium XP-7100 are very different printers designed for different uses. The ET-8550 is a premium photo printer with a refillable ink tank, while the XP-7100 is a general-purpose home printer. The ET-8550 is better than the XP-7100 for most uses, but it's significantly more expensive.
The HP ENVY Photo 7855 and the Epson Expression Premium XP-7100 are both all-in-one color inkjet printers, but the Epson is better overall. The Epson model prints more pages before its cartridges run out, keeping its cost-per-print lower. It prints color documents slightly faster, though it takes much longer than the HP to warm up and print a single page. In terms of print quality, the Epson is better for color documents, while the HP is better for black-and-white documents. For photos, the Epson is much better, producing finer detail and a much wider color range. Although both printers have an automatic feeder, only the Epson supports duplex scanning.
The Brother MFC-J995DW is much better overall than the Epson Expression Premium XP-7100. The Brother is better built and offers a much higher page yield for both color and black pages, so the cost-per-print is much lower. It also prints photos in better quality, and the input tray holds more paper. However, the Epson offers more connectivity options, and the sheetfed scanner supports duplex scanning.
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