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Ideal for busy home office, the Epson WorkForce 645 is a tranquil all-in-one printer, which brings you the fastest one- and two-sided print speeds of the world in its segment, plus automatic two-sided copying, scanning and printing. It boasts a 250-sheet paper tray, and you can save on ink with included Extra High capacity ink cartridges up to 40 percent less printing costs unlike other color laser printers in the market. You can even save time with WorkForce 645 with speeds of 15 ISO pages per minute (black) and 7.2 ISO pages per minute (color). Use its 30-page automatic document feeder for quickly copying, scanning or faxing stacks of dual-sided originals. Easily share your all-in-one with built-in wireless and wired networking. Use Epson Connect for printing from famous mobile devices. This powerful product is built to run your business at full speed.

The compact footprint, cloud printing versatility and intuitive control panel of Epson WorkForce 645 reinforce the workplace utility of this all-in-one printer. Albeit, the WorkForce takes its time printing graphics heavy documents and snapshot photos, this office capable device earns my approval with cloud printing features and affordable inks. It proves itself a capable performer for small offices who want a do-it-all printer, which can fax, print, scan and copy without a clumsy touchscreen control panel. It also outguns the competition in print speed, leading the pack in all of our document tests with the exception of snapshot images.

The Epson WorkForce 645 serves up plethora of features which maximize office workflow, including the Epson Connect portfolio of mobile printing features which work with Apple’s cloud printing and Google. This device also has the capability to email print jobs to 845 directly from any device connected to the Web. With all these convenient features in a device which costs less than $150, you shouldn’t hesitate to pick up the WorkForce 645 for all your office printing needs. It fits in tight spaces with its compact design which measures 14 inches deep, 9 inches tall and 18 inches wide in storage mode with auto document feeder (ADF), paper trays and moving control panel all folded flush into the rectangular unit. The standard colorway for the company’s WorkForce MFP line is matte black with a dot pattern on scanner lid and minimal use of shiny plastic for combating dust.

Just above the control panel, there are 2 hinged bays which reveal four-ink repository for separate cyan, black, yellow and magenta cartridges and the 2,400 x 2,400 dpi scanner glass. Its scanning functions allow you to save a photo in 3 ways: as a PDF document in a folder, as an attachment in an outgoing email message or to a specific file folder. The Epson WorkForce 645 benefits from a 30-sheet automatic document feeder on its top which automatically picks up individual sheets from a stack in the tray.

Any all-in-one or multifunction printer for business should include an ADF (auto-document feeder), however keep in mind that they always add bulk to the printer. While you aren’t faxing or copying stacks of paper, consider keeping the auto document feeder folded up and store additional sheets of paper in the ample input tray that can hold up to a considerable 250 sheets of 10 envelopes or plain 20 pound white paper.

The Epson WorkForce 645 comes with a built-in 802.11 b/g wireless print server which will take just five minutes for you to start printing and connect. As compared to other printers in the market, which require you to set up a proxy network, the 645 prompts you to establish a direct wireless connection right out of the box without the extra, confusing step of first connecting through a Ethernet or USB cable.

Epson WorkForce 645 Specifications

• Printing Technology: 4-color (CMYK) drop-on-demand MicroPiezo inkjet technology
• Printer Language: Epson ESC/P-R
• Maximum Print Resolution: 5760 x 1440 optimized dpi
• ISO Print Speed: Black 15 ISO ppm, Color 7.2 ISO ppm
• Two-Sided ISO Print Speed: Black 7.5 ISO ppm, Color 4.5 ISO ppm
• Minimum Ink Droplet Size: 3 droplet sizes as small as 2 picoliters
• Scanner Type: Color flatbed/Automatic 2-sided ADF
• Photoelectric Device Color: CIS line sensor
• Optical Resolution: 2400 dpi
• Hardware Resolution: 2400 x 2400 dpi
• Maximum Resolution: 9600 x 9600 dpi interpolated
• Scanner Bit Depth: 48-bit color / 24-bit output
• Scan Features: Scan-to-PC, scan-to-PDF, scan-to-email, scan-to-memory card
• Connectivity: Hi-Speed USB Wireless (802.11 b/g/n), Wired Ethernet (10/100 Mbps), Network Card Included and Epson Connect Email Print, AirPrint
• Memory Card Compatibility: Compact Flash (Memory card only), MicroDrive, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Duo (With Adapter), MagicGate Memory Stick, MagicGate Memory Stick Duo With Adapter, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick PRO Duo With Adapter, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo With Adapter, Memory Stick Micro M2 With Adapter, SD, SDHC, MiniSD With Adapter, MiniSDHC With Adapter, MicroSD With Adapter, MicroSDHC With Adapter, Multi Media Card, MMCplus, MMCmobile RS-MMC With Adapter, MMCmicro With Adapter, xD-Picture cardTM, xD-Picture card Type-M, xD-Picture card Type-M+, xD-Picture card Type-H
• Operating Systems: Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit); Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows XP x64; Mac OS X, 10.4.11, 10.5.8, 10.6.x and 10.7.x
• Paper Types: Plain paper, Epson Bright White, Brochure & Flyer Paper Matte Double-sided, Ultra Premium Presentation Paper Matte, Premium Presentation Paper Matte, Premium Presentation Paper Matte Double-Sided, Presentation Paper Matte, Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy, Premium Photo Paper Semi-gloss, Premium Photo Paper Glossy, Photo Paper Gloss, Photo Quality Adhesive Sheets, Iron-on Cool Peel Transfer paper and Matte Scrapbook Photo Paper (letter)
• What’s In The Box: WorkForce 645 all-in-one, Instruction manual, CD-ROM with drivers and bonus software, Free sample paper pack, Power cord, Telephone cord, DURABrite Ultra Ink cartridges Four 126-series
• High capacity ink cartridges: Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
• Software Included: Epson printer driver, Epson Scan, ABBYY FineReader

Overall, the Epson WorkForce 645 caters to the office crowd with the ability to automatically print on both sides of a sheet of paper and cloud printing features.

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