Epson America just announced the low-cost and compact Expression Home XP-400 Small-in-One printer, which offers wireless printing, scanning, copying with a 2.5-inch color LCD touch panel, built-in memory card slots for easy PC-free photo printing and instant-dry DURABrite Ultra ink. In addition, the Expression XP-400 is equipped with EPSON Connect, Apple AirPrint and Google Cloud Print for convenient wireless printing on-the-go from smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices.
The new Expression XP-400 has built-in 802.11b/g/n wireless networking for faster data transfer speeds and broader wireless range. The Expression XP-400 also offers convenient scanning and copying, advanced image enhancement tools, and all-pigment DURABrite Ultra ink for crisp documents and lab-quality photos.
EPSON Connect Mobile Printing
Epson offers several ways to print from tablets and smartphones with EPSON Connect. Users can conveniently print documents, photos, e-mail, and web pages from their home or office, even across the globe with the new Expression XP-400, and a smartphone, tablet or computer.
- Email Print — Remotely send documents and photos directly to an EPSON printer's unique e-mail address to easily print from a smartphone or other mobile device
- EPSON iPrint — Print web pages, Microsoft Office documents, photos, and PDFs over a wireless network with this free app; also scan and save files on a mobile device, send it as an e-mail or upload it to a cloud service such as Box.net, Dropbox, Evernote or Google Docs
- Apple AirPrint — Print emails, photos, web pages, and documents from an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch; no software, drivers or cables to connect
- Google Cloud Print — Print from an Android smartphone or tablet with a Gmail or Google Docs account and other supported apps; also print from Chromebooks and the Google Chrome browser
Features:
- High-quality scanning up to 2400 dpi
- One-touch, standalone color and black and white copying
- Corrects over- and under-exposed digital photos automatically
- Removes red eye with one click
- Restores old, faded, discolored photos back to their original brilliance
- Standalone BorderFree photo printing in popular sizes and layouts, including 2-up, 4-up or 8-up on a page
- DURABrite Ultra pigment ink produces smudge, fade and water resistance output
- Individual ink cartridges to replace only the color needed
- Standard and high-capacity (XL) black and color ink cartridges accommodate various printing needs Saves up to 50 percent paper supply with manual, two-sided printing
- Eco-friendly features, including ENERGY STAR qualified, RoHS compliant and designed to be recycled
Pricing and Availability
The EPSON Expression Home XP-400 will be available in June 2012 for $99.99.
CS James
June 15, 2012 at 10:36 am
Oh, can the Epson connect via Apple Airprint? I thought only HP printers had that capability at the moment.