You can connect the Pro715 to a host computer using an 802.11b/g/n wireless setup or via a hardwired USB port. You even get a copy of Epson's Easy Photo Print software in the box for light image editing. Again, for the same price as the Pro715, the Epson WorkForce has two media card slots on the front in addition to a PictBridge-compatible USB port for direct prints from your digital camera. Strangely enough, Lexmark decided not to include a media card reader like the one to be found on the bottom right side of the Pro705 model, perhaps to inspire customers to spend the extra $50 on the step-up Pro915. Still, many businesses may find the Epson WorkForce more convenient with its 250-sheet tray for standard 8.5x11-inch paper and separate 250-sheet tray for photo paper. The silo paper drawer is built into the base and can only hold 150 sheets of paper, which may be enough for a small business. Lexmark also lowers your ecological footprint with continued Energy Star certification, and an updated black "setup-capacity" Vizix 2.0 print cartridge rated at 400 pages per cartridge is included in the box. Lexmark also includes an Eco Mode button marked with a green leaf on the right side that triggers two-sided printing, copying, and faxing thanks to the duplexer on the back. Instead of the large touch-screen LCD you get on the Epson WorkForce 845, the Pro715 has a 2.4-inch color LCD display with a directional panel just to the right for scrolling through onscreen menus, as well as a number pad for dialing fax numbers. We don't mind, but it certainly prevents you from simply walking up to the device and selecting Copy, Scan, Fax, or Print. Thankfully, the clear plastic window protecting the function buttons that once marred the top is now absent, but instead of relocating them to another part of the panel, Lexmark got rid of the shortcut buttons altogether and integrated them into the virtual menu panel. The most significant changes to the body involve the small LCD display that now sits flush in a much more streamlined control panel in the center of the unit.
Its smooth edges and rounded paper input tray shave off the sharp corners and make the device look more streamlined, but the general design of the line has changed very little.
Like the Pro705 before it, the Pro715 has a drab gray-black color palette that may have earned points with us in the past, but now feels all too typical of an office printer.
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