Epson C11CE05403 portable inkjet printer, colour, A4, Wi-Fi Direct

A portable printer is made for use outside the office: at a client’s premises, on a trade fair stand, on site or in a hotel room. Because it only prints, there is no scanner lid or copier mechanism to carry around. A contract, inspection report, proposal or boarding pass goes onto paper immediately, without hunting for the nearest office or copy service.

Wi-Fi Direct means a phone, tablet or laptop connects straight to the printer, with no router or local network involved. That is exactly what field work calls for: no need to ask a client for their Wi-Fi password. At the office or at home the printer can join a regular Wi-Fi network (802.11b/g/n), and a USB 2.0 Micro-B cable is an option too.

The printer supports A4, A5, A6 and B5 as well as Letter and Legal, plus C6, DL and No. 10 envelopes. For photos, the 10 × 15 cm and 13 × 18 cm sizes are supported. The same device can therefore print a contract, address an envelope and produce a photo to leave with a client.

Print speed is 7 pages per minute in black and white and 4 pages per minute in colour, measured to ISO/IEC 24734. The input and output trays each hold 20 sheets. That is a pace for individual contracts, reports and proposals on the spot, not for long print runs. There is no two-sided printing and no CD/DVD printing.

Sales representatives and consultants drawing up contracts at a client’s office; service engineers and site managers printing reports on location; trade fair and event teams; and anyone who occasionally needs a colour printout where there is no office printer. Thanks to Wi-Fi Direct, no router or cable is needed on site.