Epson Expression Premium XP-6100 A4 Multifunction Wireless Inkjet 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!

As someone who frequently juggles home office documents, the kids school projects, and a passion for printing cherished family photos and making CD/DVDs, finding a single printer that excels at all these tasks can be a challenge. After careful consideration, I invested in the Epson Expression Premium XP-6100 A4 Multifunction Wireless Inkjet Printer, and I am genuinely impressed by its capabilities. This isn't just a printer; it's a versatile creative hub, deserving of its "Premium" moniker. Documents: For everyday text documents, the dedicated pigment black ink delivers crisp, sharp, laser-like text that is incredibly easy to read and looks professional. Even fine print retains remarkable clarity. Graphics & Presentations: When it comes to charts, graphs, and colour documents, the vibrant dye inks truly pop. Colours are accurately reproduced, with smooth gradations and excellent saturation, making presentations and reports visually engaging. Photo Printing (The Star of the Show!): This is where the XP-6100 truly excels. With its additional photo black ink, the printer produces stunning, gallery-worthy prints. The depth of colour, the fine detail, and the smooth tonal transitions are truly exceptional, rivalling outputs from dedicated photo printers. Whether it's a vibrant landscape, a detailed portrait, or a black and white print, the results are consistently breath-taking. I've printed numerous photos on various Epson photo papers, and each time, I'm genuinely surprised by how professional they look. Borderless printing is a breeze and adds to that premium feel. Now, for a vital piece of advice that will ensure you unlock the XP-6100's full potential: take your time with the initial setup. Like any sophisticated piece of technology, proper setup is paramount. It’s not overly complicated, but rushing through the steps could lead to less-than-optimal results down the line. Read the Instructions, go through the included setup guide carefully, step by step. Epson has made it quite visual and easy to follow. Setting up the wifi was a breeze, helped by step by step instructions on the printer screen. If you're looking for a versatile device that delivers professional-grade results for both everyday documents and cherished memories, and you're willing to invest a little care into its initial setup, the XP-6100 comes with my enthusiastic and wholehearted recommendation. It’s a truly premium experience.

This printer is very good and will do everything needed by a home printer / scanner really well. It produces good quality photos and black and white prints. It is a step up from the previous XP 640 I had and is fairly quick when printing documents. The set up is very easy if you use the online drivers and software from the genuine Epson website. One thing to take care with is if you use non-Epson cartridges. Epson has made recent firmware updates which prevent most third party cartridges working at all. If you buy this printer, do not make any firmware updates and block all such updates. Instructions how to do this are widely available on the web or YouTube. Updates to the software are fine and don't affect this. The XP 7100 is perfect for all home needs but Epson ink is expensive. Great if you use non-Epson ink.

Very happy with this all in one printer. It prints reliably from my phone, iMac and iPad, produces excellent quality images on gloss or matt photo paper and also works well as a photocopier for occasional use. The original ‘starter’ ink cartridges seemed to last quite a long time and I’ve had no problems with poor quality printing even if it hasn’t been used for a while. Original inks aren’t cheap (£55/set of 6) but they are probably no more expensive than similar printers. It’s also easy to set up and use. Downloading the Epson Print App adds functionality and more control when you are printing outside of mainstream applications.

UPDATE: Everything below, I stand by. However after using this printer for a few months now it is quite frustrating how slow it is, not slow in actual printing, but slow in getting ready to print, particularly discs. After using the Print CD software, and you press print it takes a while for the printer to realise you want to print something, then it starts making noises, presumably to move internal parts to allow CD printing. Only once it has stopped making noise can you push the CD tray in and then after another adjustment of some kind it will begin to print. From clicking print, to the start of the printing takes about 20 to 30 seconds, Ok so not an absolute age but something I think worth noting. This is an amazing printer, I must confess I am an Epson fan and have never owned any other brand. I bought this purely to print A3 photos and artwork, I own 2 other Epson A4 printers and they have served me well, so stuck with the brand. This is a very smart looking printer, very clean lines, not too big, in fact only about 3cms wider than my A4 but same height and depth. Wi-Fi is simple to set up, took about 3 minutes using push button (WPS) method. Print quality is exceptional, even borderless. The LCD screen is very clear and bright, and very easy to understand and navigate. The front automatically flips up when power is turned on, the paper outfeed tray is also automatic and comes out when needed. It has 3 paper feed trays, 1 at the rear and 2 in the front, this is very useful as you could keep different size papers in each tray, saving you the trouble of swapping paper, you could keep A4 in one tray and 6x4 photo paper in the other, the rear feed is primarily used for A3 although it adjusts to any size. You will need to tell the printer which tray you want to use via the print dialogue box that pops up on your PC (after installing the supplied software) Make sure you set correct paper size. The minor gripes. When printing onto A3 using the rear paper feed, you must wait until you have sent the job to the printer, before placing paper in the feed, you can not have paper already waiting in the feed tray, you can only print 1 at a time. You can choose to print more than 1 but you have to go through the same process as printing just one, ie wait until instructed to place paper in the rear feed, this sounds like a headache, but really is not too bad, just time consuming. The CD tray is not motorised as in my (older) A4 printer, possibly lack of room because of the 2 paper trays, this is a minor gripe really as slotting it in is extremely simple, the CD tray is stored below the paper trays at the front. Again not a major issue. Features I have not used yet are printing from SD card using the onboard slot. I have not used the Photo+, nor Photo+ tool, or Scansmart. All of these utilities are on the supplied installation disc. Overall an exceptional printer, smart looking, easy to operate, great features, excellent print quality. Highly recommended.

I struggled with what rating to give this. The printer itself is very good. it has all the features I wanted and printed well. Then the ink ran out. Perhaps I should have checked this before buying the printer (Should I really though!), but I paid £103 for the Printer and a set of XL cartridges are £130. Ink has always been expensive but for 1 set of ink cartridges to cost more than the printer is very poor. So, if you are rich and don't mind spending £130 each time you need to fill it with ink then go ahead, its a very good printer 5 stars. If you want to pay a fair price for the inks then I'm afraid its a pass. 1 Star from me. A perfectly good machine that's 1 year old is now going to the tip.

I bought this because I wanted changeable independent ink cartridges of different colours and where the paper was front loaded rather than from the top of the rear (for reasons of space where I store the printer). The printer has worked flawlessly to date. The cartridges are easy to replace and the quality is ideal for my needs.

I have had this printer for about 9 months and have become increasingly frustrated with the connectivity issues. The printer is set to go into standby but never wakes up when there is a print demand unless I physically press the power button. I am rarely able to print with Apple AirPrint and even Epsons own printing app often can not find the printer. This is a shame because the printer produces great prints in b/w and colour.