Epson All-In-One PARTAY is on the WAY! *Updated with live install

As you can imagine, I was thrilled beyond words (which is HUGE for me) to learn that I was the Philly Mom Blogger selected to receive the Epson Artisan 800 from One2One Network. How totally fun and how timely because I NEEDED a new printer. My color prints are coming out with lines and I have nowhere to send a fax.

An old dusty fax machine with bad rollers sits in the corner of my office. I seem to think that if I need it bad enough, it will magically start working again. BUT NOW, I can throw out that old dinosaur. I'm getting an all-in-one that should get here ANY DAY NOW! As of this posting, I have only received the intro pack with extra ink and a list of features, but I hear it is coming and I am getting the party balloons out already.

Looking at the ink, I can tell you already that I am wowed by the color options. I absolutely can not WAIT to see the color prints out of this machine. Ahhh, but so much more than a machine. I'm glad it is not here yet. I might have just insulted the new saving grace to my increasingly busy home operations. For your viewing pleasure, I added the picture below and a video so you can see for yourself all the wonderful options. BUT, let me run down some of the features that make the Epson Artisan 800 so outstanding:

"The Artisan series basically gives users everything but the kitchen sink in terms of features and performance," said Steve Semos, product manager, consumer ink jets, Epson America Inc. "More importantly, these benefits enable users to express their creative side in ways never before imagined. At Epson we've built our reputation on giving our customers the industry's best image quality, and this flagship line is a key milestone in that tradition."

Beyond its creative applications, the premium Artisan 800 features Wi-Fi®, Fax, an Automatic Document Feeder (ADF), and Ultra Hi-Definition photos. Its elegant 7.8" smart touch panel and 3.5" LCD lights up only the buttons necessary that brings essential controls to users' fingertips for easy selecting, copying, enlarging, rotating, cropping, and printing photos all without a computer. The Artisan 800 also has the exclusive ability to turn photos or drawings into personalized coloring book pages and make personal notepaper with a photo as a background.

I think that about says it all except that I will be updating this post when I install my printer just so you can get a real time experience. For now, go check out my good friend Jo-Lynne's review of her Epson installation. She says it so well. (ohh, and it retails for about $299. Not too bad for everything the home office needs beside the computer itself and an expresso machine - my personal Christmas wishlist item after the Epson arrives.)

UPDATE: The Epson arrived the day after posting this review.

You are now getting a real time live blog update:

12:50 PM Printer Arrives

12:51 PM I e-mail Barbara at One2One to say it arrived. I then ignore the daunting task and try to decide whether to install alone or wait until my husband gets home in two days.

1:32 PM Barbara e-mails me back. "You can do it!"

1:49 PM I drag the huge box up to my office and open it. An accessory kit at the top says "Open Me first." So, I open it first. In it I see: 6 ink cartridges, a bonus black ink cartridge, a power cord, a phone cord (black), a CAT .5e UTP patch wire (yike-- what's that for?), a "Start Here" packet that clearly shows the CAT thingyamajiggy as an Ethernet cable, a Bonus Printable CD-R and a "You're Invited" sealed package proclaiming "FREE samples offers inside - Up to $50 value."

1:56 PM I open the instructions packet. Hmmm. Ethernet network cable is included but not a USB cable. I'll have to see what I can do. My husband has a wireless network set up in our house so I am not sure if I can access the right things - whatever those THINGS are.

1:57 PM I pull out the printer from its cushioned home - setting it on its side and sliding it out in the upright position.

2:01 PM Tape and plastic wrap is removed. Looking for free socket for the power cord in the power strip. Nope. Looking at wall sockets now.

2:08 PM Charging ink for 5 minutes. Wondering if I really need to blog every step. Sure why not?

2:17 PM - Stuck at network cord vs. USB. Might have to go to the store. Calling backup.

2:23 PM - Not plugged into the computer yet but Barbara is showing me tons of cool stuff on the printer alone!! Invitations, Photos, Picture Package pages and more! Says Epson Creative Zone is great for lots more info.! This is so awesome!

2:52 PM - Hang up with Barbara and go in search of a USB cord.

THANK YOU One2One and Epson!!

 

Comments

[Anonymous]

Great video!