{"id":8610,"date":"2019-02-24T15:57:04","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T04:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=8610"},"modified":"2019-02-25T12:33:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T01:33:08","slug":"review-epson-ecotank-et-m1120-et-m1100-monochrome-inkjet-printer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/reviews\/review-epson-ecotank-et-m1120-et-m1100-monochrome-inkjet-printer\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Epson EcoTank ET-M1120\/ET-M1100 Monochrome Inkjet Printer"},"content":{"rendered":"
When Epson’s PR asked if I want to review a printer, my natural instinct was to refuse. I mean, printers, geez, who cares right? But I indulged the PR person and took a look at the actual printer in question – the Epson ET-M1120\/ET-M1100<\/a> – and saw that it’s an inkjet that only prints in monochrome, doesn’t have any extras like copying or scanning and claims to be cheaper to run than a laser. A few days later an EcoTank ET-M1120 arrived and here we are now, reviewing a printer.<\/p>\n There’s two variants of this printer – the ET-M1120 and ET-M1100. They’re very similar, but the ET-M1120 has wi-fi (including AirPrint support and other cloud printing stuff) and the ET-M1100 only has USB, no wi-fi. The ET-M1120 (the wi-fi variant) is also only sold at Officeworks and costs $349 and the ET-M1100 (USB only, no networking) is $239 at Harvey Norman.<\/p>\n Unboxing and install is pretty uneventful. Epson’s setup procedure is so noob-proof, if you can’t get this printer working you shouldn’t be allowed to use a knife with your meals. The Epson software even managed to pass the wi-fi network’s password on to the printer without me typing in the details. I assume it grabbed it from the Windows 10 computer I was setting it up on. There’s no ethernet port on this printer which bothered me as I have my joint wired up, but for 99% of people, is no big deal.<\/p>\n