Epson “Ecotank” printers : Any good ?

[Pinoyuk]

Need a new colour printer . And note these have amazing “Pages per toner ratio “ Probably use it via cable . Don’t truly need the very best state of art photo quality . Just nice letters and simple flyers etc


Only A4 use and envelopes or envelope address stickers etc

[Insanity Magnet]

We have an ET-2750. It's fine and only drinks a small amount of ink. I have a forest-wasting 10yo daughter who delights on printing all sorts of creative-graphic twaddle* and we've been through at least two reams of paper without making much of a dent in the levels (10% ink depletion so far). I couldn't give an accurate idea of how much we have used but certainly much less than the previous HP cartridge machine.

Only problem I have at the moment is W10 refusing to operate the scanner remotely so I end up using either an SD card or the mac...

• meaning paper covered in blue and red shapes all outlined in black.

[3200gt]

Got an ET4500. Use it for office use about 50 pages per day. Cost about £100 more than HP cartridge machine of same spec but recovered that extra cost in the first 3 months due not not having to buy the HP cartridges at ridiculous prices every couple of months. £15 70ml 4 bottle ink set lasts me about 8 months constant use.
Plus side, low ink costs and reliable (so far).
Down side smallish paper capacity about 50 sheets a4.

[Zadkiel]

Basically the same as above here. Bought one to replace an HP unit as I got sick of buying massive plastic cartridges every few months (I don't print all that much). I'm still on the ink it came with now almost 2 years later. I'll never go back.

[Pinoyuk]

No argument against then !

Now, which model ? Will a £300 be ok for my needs Or do I have to even spend that ?

Thanks

Edited by Pinoyuk on Wednesday 11th September 14:01

[3200gt]

Think the et4500 I got cost just over £200

[Pinoyuk]

To use these printers also for normal B&W letters etc .Are they as good as a cheap mono laser etc ? If so ,I means I could ditch the laser etc !

[3200gt]

[pmanson]

Hi All,

Looking for a recommendation on a new MFP for my new venture.

Minimal printing requirements (I can count on one hand the amount of times I've needed to print something in the last 3 months (and generally in B&W)) but on occasion I've needed to be able to print something, sign it and scan it.

Saying that my son has just gone to middle school so I expect the level of printing required will start to increase over the coming years

There seems to be a lot of similar models available at vastly different price points. Any recommendations on models and places to buy?

Cheers,
Phill

[Murph7355]

I have one of these:

https://www.printerland.co.uk/product/hp-laserjet-...

(not from this link - first one that came up with the model ).

If you're not printing photos then I'd recommend a colour laser over an inkjet.

[Pinoyuk]

Running costs of a laser are going to cost a lot more ? The Ecotank system must be the cheapest in the world ?

[silobass]

Does the Ecotank printer print photos OK?

[3200gt]

silobass said:

Does the Ecotank printer print photos OK?

As good as any other inkjet on photo paper.

[Pinoyuk]

Thats the trick. To use the best paper for the job.

[pmanson]

Thanks all.

[Murph7355]

Pinoyuk said:

Running costs of a laser are going to cost a lot more ? The Ecotank system must be the cheapest in the world ?

Depends what you're printing and how often.

I have an inkjet for photos and laser for everything else.

[silobass]

Quick bump on this,

I'm looking at the ET 2750 printer and some reviews mention it doesn't do Apples's Airprint, do we need this to be able to print from iPhone/Pads? Can we just print over WiFi?

[pmanson]

I ended up with an ET-4700 - it's really good I have to say!

[zedx19]

I have an ET2500, ET2550 and ET2600 which I use for printing items for my online shop. All 3 will churn out a number of highest quality setting prints a day and are superb. The ET2500 I've had for 3 years, ET2550 for 2 and ET2600 for about 18 months, there's zero difference between them in terms of quality or speed. They are extremely cheap to run, even if using Epson ink like I do, produce high quality prints and are extremely reliable. The only issue I've had is the ET2550 saying it's ink pad is full and reaching the end of it's service life, the printer will just stop working once you get this. Very annoying however you can buy a reset tool to fix it. I ended up getting this -> https://www.octoink.co.uk/products/Solo-LX2-Waste-... - which diverts waste ink into the tub and resets the counter. Lasted another 12 months and I've just had to reset the counter again. Oddly I've not had this issue with the ET2500 or ET2600.

In any case, you'll struggle to find a cheaper printer to run, even with the Waste Inkpad Reset thing.