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just a new here associate editor for cnet.com today I'm taking a first look at the epson workforce 645 multifunction printer so for a hundred and fifty bucks the 645 is a capable performer that's where small offices thanks to its do-it-all features it's an all-in-one which means you get a printers scanner and a fax machine along with a copier with a control panel in the front that omits the complications of a touchscreen in lieu of real buttons despite all those features inside Epson manages to keep its footprint relatively manageable all of the trades do close from the 30 sheet document feeder on top that's for hands-free scanning all the way down to the 250 sheet paper input tray on the bottom now the only part of the printer that gets bulky is the rear mounted auto duplexer but that's a worthwhile sacrifice for a tool that automatically will flip over your sheets for economic double-sided printing looking back to the control panel on the front you get a host of buttons for one touch copy settings as well as a list of speed dial buttons for the fax machine you'll also notice a media card reader on the left-hand side that supports compact flash cards XD and SD cards from your digital cameras as well as he picked bridge USB port for saving and printing pictures directly off a thumb drive so you can connect the printer to a computer using one of two ways a hardwired USB connection or using the built-in 802 11 BG wireless print server it's really easy to connect and it only took me about two minutes to input my network information and I was up and printing without cords there's also an Ethernet port on the back if you want multiple people to use it in an office if this printer is just for you though Wi-Fi really is the best way for connectivity because it lets you use Epsons free mobile printing suite those apps let you output photos taken on smartphones directly to the printer Neptune also recently launched compatibility with its connect email print apps those letting you send jobs directly to the printers email address anyone can use that ID to print through the cloud and I should also mention that the 645 works with Google Cloud Print and Apple air print you can read all the details including speed and quality performance scores in our full review on cnet.com but that's gonna do it for me I'm Justin you you just took a first look at the epson workforce 645 multifunction printer thanks for watching