Features & Benefits
With a 3.7cm LCD screen and memory card slot, this stylish and affordable printer delivers much more than just the basic features from its clean and compact footprint. Its produced prints are both high-quality and cost-effective because of its high capacity Epson XP-352 Ink Cartridges. Printing away from a desktop is made simple in this printer with a range of compatible mobile printing apps. This small-in-one printer is designed to integrate into the home. Compared to other printer series, it elevates the beauty of space when integrated and doesn’t take much space. This model efficiently uses your space combining printing, scanning and copying facilities in a single unit.
Keeping things simple and easy, that’s the motive behind the XP-352. This Epson’s XP-352 provides a range of essential features while being incredibly easy to use. It’s also versatile with Wi-Fi for printing and scanning wirelessly around the home and Wi-Fi Direct for printing without a wireless network. Its LCD screen and memory card slot make it easy to print photos without a computer, providing you with a PC-free printing feature.
Using the separate Epson XP-352 Ink Cartridges, this small-in-one model is ideal for producing crisp, clear text documents and glossy, high-quality photos. Its primary purpose is to save your running cost with its individual Epson XP-352 Ink Cartridges, as only the colour used needs to be replaced. This allows you wireless printing and scanning around the home via Epson’s free iPrint app. If not this then alternatively, the Email Print feature makes it possible to print from almost anywhere in the world by simply emailing files to your printer. The Creative Print app can also print photos directly from social media, create custom greeting cards and stationery, and transform the photos into colouring book templates. You can also take advantage of Apple Airprint using this printer. In all, this printer is worth your money and time as it fulfils all the requirements of home users and small offices.
Expert Verdict
The compact size of the printer belies its versatility as a printer, scanner and photocopier. The higher capacity Epson XP-352 Ink Cartridges work well and ensure high-quality images and documents. It has separate cartridges to help you reduce wastage by topping up only the inks that have run out, and it’s easy to set up thanks to the Wi-Fi setup option. This Epson Expression Home all-in-one printer lets you print from Facebook and create custom stationery via the Creative Print app.
You don’t need a laptop or a PC to print from this wireless printer, it lets you print directly from smart devices like a smartphone or tablet, or an SD card slot to take images from a memory card. Compatible with both Windows and Mac, the XP-352 supports Apple AirPrint, Google Cloud Print and Email Print. Mobile print enables printing directly from your smartphone or tablet through brand-specific apps.
If we talk about its print quality, print quality is average and the time it takes to print a document takes longer than expected sometimes. Epson also promises a good copying speed, but the speed does not seem to justify it. Moreover, it lacks an ethernet port, so whenever you need to connect it to the internet, you would need to do it wirelessly. Though it has everything in one place on the control panel, the button works after a hard push. One upside of this printer is that it takes a very little amount of ink to produce text and images so you need not worry about the Epson XP-352 Ink Cartridges replacement for a long time. Installation is also easy and quite simple, you will not face any problem setting it up on the computer and it links to phones, iPad and laptop. Summing up, even though it lacks in some areas, it is a cost-efficient product that saves you money and space because of the lesser Epson XP-352 Ink Cartridges replacement and its compact size.
Review
Epson XP-352 is a stylish and neat-looking small-in-one that offers a wide range of attractive features to home and small office users. The machine support wireless connectivity with WiFi and WiFi Direct supports Cloud printing, email printing and even allows users to print directly from memory card.
The printer weighs 4.3 kg and measures 390 x 300 x 146 mm. It offers a printing speed for draft mode up to 33 ppm whereas for colour mode 15 ppm. The printing resolution of 5760 x 1400 dpi enable printing detailed colour photos with lab-quality and finish. Additionally, a 3.7 cm LCD screen provides a preview option for pictures further enhancing the printing experience. The Epson XP-352 ink cartridges have a separate installation configuration that allows users to replace only the ink that runs out. A flatbed scanner supports high-quality scanning with a resolution of 1,200 DPI x 2,400 DPI (Horizontal x Vertical). The maximum input capacity of the printer is 100 sheets. As the machine is even integrated with basic features like USB, it can be connected with Windows and Mac operating systems for a wired printing experience.
Advantages
- Space-saving footprint
- Compact all-in-one
- Excellent printing speed for documents
- Professional quality photo printing
- High-quality scanning
- Flatbed scanner
- A colour LCD screen for picture preview
- Cost-effective Epson XP-352 ink cartridges
- Availability of WiFi and WiFi Direct
- Support for Cloud
- Memory card slot is available
Disadvantages
- Automatic duplex printing is lacking
- Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) is lacking
- Fax function is absent
- Does not support Bluetooth
Epson XP 352 Ink Necessities
Necessities in Ink for Epson XP-352:
Epson XP 352 Black ink (High Capacity Epson 18xl T2991)
Epson 29XL Ink Cartridge referred to as T2991 Black with a print capacity of 470 Pages.Epson XP 352 Cyan ink (High Capacity Epson 18xl T2992)
Epson 29XL Ink Cartridge referred to as T2992 Cyan with a print capacity of 450 Pages.Compatible Epson XP 352 Magenta ink (High Capacity Epson 18xl T2993)
Epson 29XL Ink Cartridge referred to as T2993 Magenta with a print capacity of 450 Pages.Compatible Epson XP 352 Yellow ink (High Capacity Epson 18xl T2994)
Epson 29XL Ink Cartridge referred to as T2994 Yellow with a print capacity of 450 Pages.Conclusion
Epson XP-352 provides high-quality printing, scanning and copying with a compact design. The small-in-one allows users to print on-the-go using Google Cloud or simply connect to WiFi or WiFi direct and print clear and crisp photos and documents for professional, domestic or educational purpose. So, be it a small office or home this device can easily meet most of the important requirements easily provided that ADF, Fax and Automatic Duplexer are not a priority.
How to reduce the operation sounds in Epson XP-352 printer?
To reduce the loud operation sound, enable quiet mode. This may affect the printer operations. The printer operation slows down by enabling quiet mode.
- For Window users:
- Click start menu and open control panel.
- In the control panel, select devices and printers.
- In devices and printer, select the printer and view its properties.
- Access printer driver window and select On as the quiet mode in the main tab.
- For Mac Users:
- From the main menu select system and preferences.
- In the printer and Scanners (or print, scan & fax) select the printer.
- Click Options(Driver) & Supplies.
- In the printer utility window, select on as the quiet mode setting.
How to conserve black ink when the ink level of Epson XP-352 ink cartridge is low?
When the black ink is about to get expended, and there is enough amount of colour ink remaining in the cartridge then you can choose for “conserve black ink” option. This feature is available only for the window Users, not for the Mac Users.
When the Epson XP-352 ink cartridge ink level is low, Epson Status Monitor 3 will display a message to conserve black ink. Click Ok to continue. Each time you print, this message will appear until the ink level in black ink cartridges is low.
To change the settings in printer driver window, to validate this feature follow these steps-
- From the start menu, select control panel.
- Click devices and printers and select your printer. View properties and access printer driver window.
- Select the paper type as plain paper.
- Select the quality as standard.
- Enable the Epson Status Monitor 3. Click more/extended settings in the maintenance tab and select Enable.
The composite black colour in the printout can be slightly different from that of the original black. A small quantity of Black ink is utilized to avoid clogging at printhead. It is recommended to soon replace the Epson XP-352 ink cartridge with the new one.