Following the M1120 and M2140, EPSON has recently launched a brand new M3170 black and white continuous ink supply machine. Compared with the two previous products, the newly launched EPSON M3170 is not only equipped with EPSON PrecisionCore micro-fine dot print heads. , the printing speed of A4 documents can reach 20 pages per minute, the first page printing start time is only 6 seconds, and a single bottle of large-capacity ink can reach 6000 pages of A4 documents, allowing users to have faster and more economical printing equipment choices . In addition, EPSON M3170 has also added fax and wireless network functions this time, and a 2.4-inch A5367CA color touch-sensitive display is also set directly on the fuselage, allowing users to operate various settings more conveniently.

●EPSON M3170 black and white continuous ink supply multifunctional business machine unpacking and specification introduction

EPSON's new M3170 is a multi-functional business machine with black and white continuous ink supply system, which can provide functions such as printing, photocopying, scanning and faxing. Users have more diversified operation and connection methods. In addition, in the lower right corner of the outer box packaging, it is also specially marked that the single-bottle ink of this M3170 can print up to 6,000 pages, providing a lower-cost printing option for small offices or studios with large printing requirements.

In addition to the main body of EPSON M3170, there are paper manuals, driver software CDs, USB transmission lines, telephone lines, power lines, and a can of large-capacity black ink in the outer box.

The EPSON M3170 is equipped with EPSON PrecisionCore micro-fine dot nozzles, with a total of 400x2 nozzles, the smallest ink droplet can reach 2.8pl, can achieve 1200x2400dpi printing resolution and a standard printing speed of 20 pages per minute A4 file, and Automatic duplex printing is also supported. As for the scanning specifications, there are ADF automatic paper feeding and flatbed scanners on the fuselage, which can support black and white and color scanning functions, and the highest resolution can reach 1200x2400dpi. In addition, the EPSON M3170 has also added black and white and color fax functions this time. The fax speed is up to 33.6kbps, and the single-page fax time is about 3 seconds. Moreover, there is a built-in 2MB receiving memory on the fuselage, which can receive about 180 pages. Documents, and can also support the computer to send and receive faxes.

The ADF automatic document feeder on the top of the EPSON M3170 can hold up to 35 documents at a time, and there is a folding storage cover, which can be opened directly to start using.

The ADF automatic document feeder on the fuselage is also a quick-release design, allowing users to quickly clear paper jams.

In addition to the ADF automatic document feeder, a flatbed scanner is also provided on the fuselage, and the scanning speed of a single page can reach about 12 seconds for black and white and 27 seconds for color.

In addition to the power, home and information buttons on the EPSON M3170 body control panel, there is also a set of 2.4-inch color touch display directly built-in, almost most of the function settings can be set through the built-in display. Software interface operation.

The paper output space of EPSON M3170 is set in the middle of the fuselage, and about 100 A4 documents can be placed.

There is an automatic paper tray at the bottom of the fuselage, which can hold up to 250 sheets of A4-size plain paper at a time.

In addition to the bottom tray, there is also a manual tray space on the back of the fuselage, but only one A4 file can be placed at a time.

There is a retractable paper stop at the rear of the paper output space, which can be directly stowed away when a manual paper tray needs to be used.

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The cover on the back of the fuselage is also quick-release design, which is convenient for users to use when clearing paper jams quickly.

There is a waste ink collection box on the left side of the EPSON M3170 fuselage. Users can check the usage of waste ink cartridges through the software provided by EPSON.

The ink filling position of the fuselage is set on the right side of the front panel, and the ink filling hole can be seen when the upper cover is opened, and it is also marked that this business machine is matched with black ink numbered 005 or 005S.

EPSON even has a leak-proof design on the ink supply tank, so when actually filling the ink, just put the ink tank upside down and insert it into the filling hole, without worrying about the problem that the ink will pour out.

You can also directly see the remaining amount of ink at the lower right corner of the fuselage panel.

● EPSON M3170 built-in operation interface function

Next, let's take a look at the functions provided by the built-in operation interface of the fuselage! The main functions of copying, scanning, faxing, maintenance and setting in the built-in operation interface of EPSON M3170 all use the large icon function buttons. The above function column also has shortcut keys for setting ink, network and key sound.

In the copy function page, you can set the number of copies, single and double sides, density, and ID copy function options. If you need to make further adjustments, you can switch to the advanced setting page, which provides paper size, zoom, layout, layout, Settings such as shadow removal and binding holes allow users to adjust to different document needs.

For the scanning function, this EPSON M3170 can support three options of saving scanned files to computer, cloud and WSD. The scanned document files can also support JPEG and PDF formats, and the files can also be attached to emails.

In terms of fax functions, after entering the operation page, you can see the shortcut menu of the dial pad, contacts and recent recipients, and the detailed setting menu provides the original size, color, resolution, sharpness and removal. Background and other functional options.

In addition, the Menu menu also provides options for transmission records, fax reports, polling reception, inbox, and reprinting received faxes.

The maintenance functions provided by the operation interface are mainly used by users to perform functions such as nozzle cleaning, straight line correction and paper feeder cleaning of the printer.

If you want to check the print status, quantity, report or restore default value and firmware update, you can enter the setting menu in the operation interface to make further adjustments.

●The actual printing speed and quality performance of EPSON M3170

After reading the EPSON M3170 hardware specifications and the fuselage operation interface, let's actually test the performance of the test printing speed and printing quality! This test uses a 19-page PDF file, and is sent from a USB port from The computer reads the file and prints it. From the video, it can be seen that the time from the press to start printing to the completion of the first page of the document is only about 5~6 seconds. The startup speed is indeed quite fast, and the time for the entire document to be printed is about 57 seconds.

Then, after switching the same document to double-sided printing, the time from pressing the button to the completion of printing the first double-sided document is about 13 seconds, and the time for the entire document to be printed is about 2 minutes and 07 seconds. , twice as long as single-sided printing.

The black ink matched with the EPSON M3170 has also been added with a waterproof formula. After the actual printed document is splashed with water, the content of the document will not be obviously blurred.

The two pictures below are actually scanned documents printed by EPSON M3170 for your reference.

●Test summary

As far as the printer products with continuous ink supply are concerned, the printing speed of EPSON M3170 is not bad, and the printing time of the first file is only about six seconds, and the startup speed is quite amazing. The sharpness of text and graphics is also of good quality. In addition, the EPSON M3170 has added wireless network and fax functions this time. , EPSON M3170 should be able to meet the demand in printing speed, quality and printing volume.