EcoTank ET-4810 A4 Multifunction Wi-Fi Ink Tank Printer, With Up To 3 Years Of Ink Included

This printer replaces an earlier Epson Eco Tank printer and I was first disappointed that the inks were not the same so had to buy a complete new set of inks and throw away the old inks. My last Epsom printer was a pain as it frequently jammed and picked up 2 pages at a time which this new printer has never done - so far. My old Epsom also had horizontal lines on pictures and only worked well on photo paper for pics. With this new printer I use BLUE SWAN A4 Matte Inkjet Photo Paper,100 Sheets,140 g/m², Double-Sided, and the results are phenomenal. The only problem I have with this printer is that it wont print 2 sided automatically, you have to load the sheets in one by one and after all these years of development you would think Epson, and all the rest, would have sorted that one out. If you look at the test results on Which, not one printer is great, just the more expensive are better. Overall, given its fault, the quality, if you find the right paper, and price on inks is great, but underneath that it really is a basic printer after all. All printers are the same. However, I do expect a bit more for my £250.

I have tried pretty much every printer brand over the years, Ink Costs were always a pain, and I Already had an Epson Printer / Scanner, and had needed a second one, I use this one with Sublimation Ink, and my earlier one with regular ink, the ink tank idea is brilliant, not only do you not have to discard usable ink in those expensive ink cartridges, especially the tri-colour ones, you can top up the level of the tank at anytime, and see the amount of ink you have, and while I used to burn through those tiny cartridges, I have had my first Epson Eco-Tank printer a year and still on the first fill, and have hardly made an impact on the sublimation ink levels in this one either, and not having to worry about how much ink is potentially still in the cartridges, or when the next cartridges will arrive, this Eco-Tank frees you up, to be more creative, safe in the knowledge you aren’t going to run out of ink on a project, fairly easy interface, quick and high quality printing, and with eco-tanks, excellent value for money with regular or sublimation inks.

This printer is more expensive than similar models, though I got it on offer that for this model was a good price. The advantage being that ink refills cost way less than for non tank printers and in this case the running costs make this printer overall cheaper than others quickly. I was worried about making a mess filling the ink tanks, but the design of the refill bottles and the tanks on the printer actually make it mess free and easy. You could only make a mess by doing it on purpose. Print quality is good and the speed is faster than I expected not that speed was a consideration for me, more that the quality on prints were clear and accurate which they are. Now setup it is easy to use with plenty of options making the printing and scanning possibilities substantial, way more than I need from a office printer that can print do colour and occasional pictures. My only reason for knocking a star off was setup (with the exception of filling the inks) was not easy. It took multiple attempts to connect to the WiFi and once connected it insisted on firmware upgrades that initially failed and took several attempts before working allowing the printer to be used. At this point working as a stand a lone copier worked fine and I was able to use AirPrint without issue. However it then took multiple attempts and an online chat with Epson to install the drivers to use all the features with my computer. Having got it setup, it is easy to use and as I say works well, but setup issues did drive me mad. From a compatibility view it is impressive, printing direct from iDevices and androids is straight forward and once setup, I have no issues printing from my Windows machine or my Mac and my son even had it print from his Linux laptop.

Disappointing!! The printer cannot print a normal document without getting stuck and restarting and getting into an unstoppable loop !! Upgraded to the EcoTank ET-1810 from a HP Deskjet due to increased printer usage and hoping this would be more economical. Problems started after 1st week with the printer struggling to print a normal text document in portrait or landscape mode. It gets stuck printing a paper, sends out an incomplete print and restarts printing the document from the begenning and gets stuck again. Wasted a lot of prints and finally gave up. Also the connectivity is bad. It doesn't connect to the network after few days of inactivity. I have had to delete the printer and add it again many times to make it work. Never faced any of these issues in the 3 years I had my HP desk jet. Returning this and going back to HP.

Fantastic printer. Ink lasts forever and easy to replace.

This is the first ink-tank printer I've used and what a great idea it is!! I don't use my home printer much and get very frustrated when the printheads dry up and give you stripy or discoloured results - always when you're in a hurry and REALLY need that printout. This printer, so far (3 months), doesn't seem to suffer from that. Whether that's just it's a better brand than others I've used (HP / Canon) or if it's down to the ink tank system I don't know. And how good is it that it isn't trying to be all those devices I never used!? I don't need a scanner or a fax machine - just a printer. Maybe keeping it simple is why this printer seems to start quickly too? No more waiting five minutes while the printer seems to be trying to come alive by moving every motor and flashing every light. The only thing I miss from my other printers is duplex printing. But, if that's the price to pay for reliability, I'll take it!