Professional Documents
Culture Documents
BY
S T M I K WIDYA UTAMA
Jl. Soewatio No. 9A, Purwokerto Selatan, Teluk,
Banyumas, Kabupaten Banyumas, Jawa Tengah
53145, Indonesia
FOREWORD
Assalamu’alaikum Wr.Wb,
Praise the presence of Allah SWT who always give grace to us. Shalawat
and greetings may always pour out to our prophet Muhammad SAW.
Hopefully the information from this paper we arrange can be useful for
the readers. If there is any mistake in writing the paper we apologize. Our thanks
go to all those who have helped us finish this paper.
Wassalamu'alaikum Wr. Wb
It’s tough choosing a color inkjet AIO: So many models are on the market, you
may decide to just give up and choose one based entirely on price.
That would be a mistake, because you may end up with one that doesn’t fit your
needs or one that costs you more money in the long run. Knowing how much
you’re willing to spend is a good start. But zeroing in on the features and
capabilities that you’ll need is the key, even if you have to overlook a flaw or two.
The Epson WorkForce Pro WF-4740 All-in-One has almost everything going in
its favor. It’s fast, with excellent print quality. It has two paper-input trays with a
total capacity of 500 sheets. The 50-sheet ADF supports two-sided automated
printing, copying, and scanning. There’s a full range of wireless options,
including Wi-Fi Direct and NFC. It has a compact design, despite its ADF and
paper-input capacity. And the ink costs are quite reasonable.
If you’re waiting for the other shoe to drop, here’s the first wobble. The WF-4740
is priced a bit higher than you might expect, though you could argue that the
excellent print quality and fast speeds merit a higher price. A bigger issue for
many will be the limited capacity of the output tray. Epson recommends a
maximum of just 80 sheets at a time for the paper-output tray. That’s way
lopsided, compared with the generous 500-sheet paper-input capacity.
Is that a deal breaker? It depends on how you’ll use the printer. The WF-4740 is
small enough that it may fit on your desk. Then you could reach over and remove
the printed pages before it reaches the 80-sheet limit. However, if you plan to
place it in a far corner, away from easy tending, then this may not be the best
choice, especially if you tend to print long documents.
We like almost everything else about this printer. If you can live with the skimpy
output tray and slightly elevated price, then it could be an excellent inkjet AIO for
a home office, small workgroup, or family.
Ideally, a printer shouldn’t be any larger than it has to be. In that regard, the
Epson WorkForce Pro WF-4740 All-in-One is almost a textbook case in how to
optimize the design of a printer to take up the least amount of space. The unit is
just 13 inches high, 16.7 inches wide, and 15.3 inches deep when closed. When
printing, you’ll need to extend the support panel on the output tray so that the
paper doesn’t fall onto the floor. That brings the depth of the unit to 19.8 inches.
That’s still relatively compact. Similarly, the control panel can lay vertically
flat against the printer when it’s not needed. Or it can swing outward a full 90
degrees for better access or viewing.
Given its two 250-sheet paper-input trays and 50-sheet ADF, the overall size is
about as compact as you can expect for a full-featured AIO. The 26-pound weight
is also quite reasonable. The materials seem to be durable enough, and the outer
construction felt sturdy. Time will tell, but Epson doesn’t appear to have
compromised the construction in order to keep the size and weight as low as
possible.
The trade-off in this highly efficient design is a smaller-than-usual space for the
paper-output tray. The user guide and Epson’s Web site do not include the paper-
output capacity for this model, so we asked Epson for the specification. It’s rated
for just 80 sheets at a time, which could be an issue for some potential buyers.
The control panel is dominated by a 4.3-inch touch screen. It’s bright and easy to
read, but has relatively subdued colors. The four large icons on the screen include
text labels (Copy, Scan, Fax, and Presets) that make it simple to access the main
functions. Swiping the touch screen to the left reveals three additional large icons:
Memory Device, Maintenance, and Settings.
Above the large icons, you’ll see a row of smaller icons that aren’t labeled, but are
self-explanatory. A drop-shaped icon brings up a chart that shows how much ink
is left in the four cartridges. A wireless/no-wireless icon leads you to the network-
connection settings. And a speaker-on/speaker-off icon lets you mute the sounds
generated by the control interface, as well as turn on or turn off the printer’s quiet
mode.
The options under the settings icon are less extensive than you’ll find with many
business- or workgroup-oriented printers. That could make this model a poor
choice for some corporate environments where employees or projects need to be
extensively tracked. You can see how many total prints have passed through the
printer, and you can see how many of those were black-and-white prints versus
color prints. But there’s no way to dig any deeper than that. There’s no provision
for logging in individuals or associating a print run with a particular project.
The WF-4740 supports USB, Ethernet, and Wi-Fi connections. You can configure
the printer for your Wi-Fi network directly from the touch screen. That could be
handy if you plan to use the WF-4740 only with mobile devices. Alternatively,
you can use the supplied optical disc to install the print and scan drivers on your
computer and configure the drivers to respond to a USB, Ethernet, or Wi-Fi
connection.
Along with the drivers, Epson includes its Epson Scan 2 utility, which lets you
initiate and control the settings for remote document scans from your WF-4740.
You can preview a scan before committing to a lengthier full-resolution scan.
More-advanced adjustments include enhancing the text or color, correcting the
skew of the document, or filling out the edge of a scanned image with either black
or white. The utility supports single- and double-sided documents. And you can
create presets for groups of settings that you’ll likely use again.
The Epson WorkForce Pro WF-4740 can handle a fairly wide range of print
media, including some types of photo paper. Both of the 250-sheet paper-input
trays can handle letter and legal-size plain paper...
However, Epson recommends that you use the upper tray for smaller-size plain
paper, envelopes, or photo paper. The upper tray is rated for as many as 10
envelopes or 20 sheets of photo paper at a time. The WF-4740 can also print
borderless photos in a variety of sizes: 4x6-inch, 5x7-inch, 4x7.1-inch (16:9
wide), 8.3x11.7-inch (A4), and 8.5x11-inch (letter).
As previously mentioned, the output tray is rated for just 80 sheets of plain paper
at a time. While we don’t have specific output-tray ratings for envelopes or photo
paper—at the very least—you would need to scale down that 80-sheet number in
proportion to the thickness of the envelopes or photo paper.
The built-in ADF can handle 50 sheets of letter-size plain paper or 10 sheets of
legal-size plain paper at a time. And you can load in single-sided or double-sided
documents for automated single- or double-sided copying and scanning. For
fragile or delicate documents, such as photographs or artwork, you should bypass
the ADF and place those items manually on the platen glass below the ADF.
You can copy or scan documents as large as 8.5x14 inches. However, for that
larger size, you’ll need to use the ADF, as the platen glass can accommodate sizes
only up to 8.5x11.7 inches (slightly longer than letter-size paper). The cover unit
doesn’t rise up, so this model isn’t well-equipped to handle books. There’s no
dedicated copy or scan button, but you can quickly access the copy or scan
functions with a single press on the touch screen.
We had no paper-handling issues with any of our test prints, either with the trays
or the ADF. There were no paper jams. Nothing ended up misaligned, misprinted,
or crumpled.