Epson EcoTank ET-8500 Print/Scan/Copy Wi-Fi Photo Ink Tank
Epson EcoTank ET-8500 Print/Scan/Copy Wi-Fi Photo Ink Tank Printer, With Up To 2 Years Worth Of Ink Included
Artistic Media Compatibility
Highly flexible, the ET-8500 not only allows you to print directly onto suitable CDs and DVDs, but you can also store photo size and A4 paper in the front trays ensuring your printer is always loaded and ready to go. The rear tray allows you to print on media such as craft papers and card, whilst the A4 straight paper feed means you can print on media up to 1.3mm thick and 2m long, giving you the opportunity to be as creative and artistic as you like!
Epson Smart Panel App
The Epson Smart Panel App enables you to control your printer from your smart phone or tablet1. Print photos, copy documents, set up and troubleshoot your printer, and let your creativity flow with a wide range of artistic templates!
Heat-Free Technology
With our forward-thinking Micro Piezo heat-free technology, you can enjoy consistent high-speed printing, with greatly reduced energy consumption and less need for replacement parts. Save yourself time and money, while saving the planet too!
Epson Smart Panel and Epson Creative Print require a wireless connection and the Epson printing apps. Epson Email Print, Epson Scan-to-Cloud and Epson Remote Print Driver require an internet connection. For more information, supported languages and devices, visit the epson website.
Quoted yields are extrapolated based on the ISO/IEC 29103 pattern with Epson’s methodology printing 10x15cm photos, and NOT based on ISO/IEC 29102. Quoted yields may vary depending on the images that you are printing, paper type that you are using, frequency of your prints and environmental conditions such as temperature. During the initial printer setup, a certain amount of ink is used to fill the print head’s nozzles, therefore the yield of the initial bundled set can be lower.
| Weight: | 11.1 kg |
| Dimensions: | 37.9 x 52.3 x 16.9 cm; 11.1 Kilograms |
| Brand: | Epson |
| Model: | C11CJ20401CE |
| Colour: | White |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | Epson |
| Dimensions: | 37.9 x 52.3 x 16.9 cm; 11.1 Kilograms |
This printer is good and I like the photo quality but the paper keeps jamming especially if I use glossy paper for photos this is very annoying in an expensive printer like this
Excellent print quality and so easy to set up. Literally minutes and all our Apple and other laptops were linked.
Delivered on time. Big Box but not as heavy as expected. Instructions are pretty good, you can follow the Instructions on line if you wish. Setting up was easy and direct, ‘again follow, on line advise’. Brilliant product, colours are deep and crisp. would recommend this product.
Great printer, prints are quality but the actual printer absolutely stinks! Smells like it’s been sat in a mouldy, damp warehouse. It’s so bad it’s even made the paper smell when I’ve been printing off orders, not what customers will want!
Very good quality even on 80 gm paper. Good ink storage making it cheaper to use. Easy to print wirelessly. A great piece of kit.
Said I’d come bak on the print quality. Exceptional and the software bundle is quite good. (One of the things I downloaded see above). Then thought I’d try scanning. The software was right there in my task bar. Would it work, no of course not. Another hour or so searching the Epson website and finding Scan Smart which is apparently the appropriate software for this printer, not the download marked ‘scan’ that I had downloaded the previous day.
So be prepared for a challenging task if you happen to be an Apple user, seems Epson doesn’t think there are many of us out there. To be fair no it’s working I am very pleased.
Very pleased with this purchase. After a few slight initial difficulties working out where the A4 paper went in cassette 2 of the machine, have been very delighted with this item. The specification for the item has exceeded my expectations.
I’m not an expert, but compared to previous printers i have had, this one is by far the best, and the Eco tank inks are long overdue, and represent much better value than in the past. I agree that you can print for FUN !.
Topping up the ink reservoirs on this tank printer was extremely straightforward, as was following the setup instructions on the app.
But my biggest disappointment is its ink tank. When it says 2 years’ worth of ink, I was expecting at least 1000 prints. But I have only printed 25 full-colour A4 and four A3 posters. Some of the ink is almost half empty already. So, you will be lucky if you get 200 full-color prints. Don’t fall for 2 years worth of ink, it might last 2 years only if you make 5 prints per month.
have only had a few days since it was installed but the prints so far have been superb
The quality of the unit is first class. Install instructions are very easy to follow and comprehensive and took about half hour from start to finish.
A full set of inks are supplied and should last hundreds of photos. I had to print about 120 A4 photos for a wedding and this thing did them without any issue.
Print quality is outstanding. Using proper Epsom paper makes a difference and that’s not badly priced on Amazon.
Printing from laptop, iPhones, iPads all no issue with the Epsom app.
I’ve tried many printers and this is the dogs danglers.
Buy one you won’t regret i
Brilliant quality all-in-one scanner and printer. Great for both photos and documents. Touch screen is great. Only fiddly thing is the photo palate and A4 paper tray, but once you figure out how to load it it works great. Really easy to select sizes and paper type and great to have both loaded at once.
Works equally well printing from Mac or iPhone. Really pleased with this purchase. Worth the extra money.
once the ink came thorough after 50 yes 50 test pages all is good printed A4 prints and ink is still good works out alot cheeper than ink cartridges
I bought this Epson Eco Tank Model.
The print quality is extremely good.
The printer does everything for you at the touch of the screen, it’s really user friendly.
I am presently trying to teach it too make my breakfast.
The ink tanks may outlive me before they need refilling.
I purposely do a colour print every week to stop the ink from drying out in the print head etc.
George Watson at 1400, on Thursday the 10/11/22.
Good colour printer which works well with photographs. However, difficult to deal with with documentation not being very clear.
No compromises here. Ink tanks last forever, photo prints on glossy paper are fantastic, as are all other types of printing. And reasonably fast too. Easy to use. Bursts into life promptly whenever a print request is sent to it from ipad, iphone, or whatever.
No visible change in ink levels yet after nearly 500 pages of print, Impressive !
Print quality is good out of the box. It frist job was to print 50 order of service. This we used matt 130g paper dubel sided and an 80g paper insert we had no jams or mishap. Printing from Samsung phone is a doddle much better than Canon just select print set paper size hit print and your done
I have done a few photos print using lighroom only had Canon gloss paper to had gave good quality and colour
It’s was paying the extra over the Canon
Will update in due course
Almost exclusively for photos. Having used HP for decades – my last one was a complete disaster ! I put my hands up to on-line help …it didn’t work for me and the cost of ink was excessive. So much so I thought i’d spend more on the printer…….so far Brilliant ! The supplied ink shows no sign of lessening with use so I’m well on the way to ‘paying for the printer’ !
Didn’t expect all the provided ink to be required at the start. Can see why they do ship this with a second set although if it lasts as long as expected that may be a fair while. Why only 4 stars. The scannner cover feels really cheap and with no autofeed for at least a4 feels a backwards step. I think the scanner bed is also slightly smaller than I expected so tight on some drawings. The software works really well but less options than my last model. It is smaller though and a lot less obtrusive and the screen paper tray. Workings are very neat.
Epson ET8500 , great oriented fast to set up, fast printing, great photos A4 or 6 x 4, easy to load trays , phone app easy to use , and PC set up pretty comprehensive , all this and cheap printing makes this a must!
Great product, but the process of downloading and installing all the normal capabilities is deadly tortuous. Why can’t all the main capabilities be downloaded in one step?
Used for personal use. like the tanks and the way you can print and it turns itself on so long as the mains are on. Overall a very good printer its a little expensive to be honest but having the tanks and not having to buy endless cartridges.
Which best buy, good printer, easy to set up and very economic printer inks that have hardly gone down. I like the fact that you refill the inks and Epsom have done away with expensive cartridges.
A neat and sturdy printer from Epson. Refillable ink is a better solution to using ink cartridges. Also replacable ink overspill pad is a plus when replacement is necessary rather than a repair to replace. Print quality is good.
This printer was easy to install via the phone app – this is the recommended way and gives clear interactive instructions. Ink tank filling is mess free. After install was completed (~10mins), the PC found it immediately over Wifi. We were printing within 15 minutes.
The most important thing for me is print quality and speed. The quality of photos is excellent on photo paper. The difference to professionally printed photos I can’t find. The quality of documents on plain paper is good, especially given the high speed with which they are printed! The small criticism is that on plain paper this printer could go less heavy on the ink. In particular any absorbent paper will likely see some ink bleed (so consider what you print on). But for home use overall it is excellent.
I can’t yet comment fully on the longevity claims of the ink tanks. But they remain around the full level, despite some high initial use. So looks promising.
In terms of other features Scan / copy quality is great. The printers footprint is surprisingly small (smaller than my Canon). It has 2 paper trays for A4 size and photo paper, 1 CD tray and a rear tray. The touch screen is big and easy to navigate. It has a maintenance tank to collect excess ink rather than leave the printer full of ink from head cleaning (like my Canon). The printer even has its own email address to send it documents to print.
Then there is the mobile phone App this is great also. Easy to use and print from. This also enables some creativity (template ideas etc). The PC software is less refined, but provides the same functionality. Some of the creative functionality is also available on the printer touch screen.
So although this is still on the expensive side I think well worth it. It is high spec and you pay for what you get. Time will tell if it lives as long as my Canon and represents better value. No printer is perfect, but this one gets pretty close!
Initially It printed fine on blank A4 paper for text etc. However, the Photos I am printing were 98% good initially, sadly the 2% ruins them as I am getting a great big splodge of black ink dripping onto the top right corner of the prints rendering them unusable. I have used a number of my top quality Epson Photo paper sheets so far which is annoying in extremis. The small prints are fine but A4 is just a no-no at the moment.
This improved in time as I suspect that the ink dried out, though where it came from is strange. Having let things settle down the A4 photo prints are coming out exceptionally well
The drawers are poorly designed with the output tray sometimes getting stuck and not coming out fully. When it is out you cannot easily top-up the photo paper draw as it blocks it. The machine recognises that the back tray is open and loaded but then won’t take the paper into the machine. However specifying that as the default tray does work so there is something a little screwy happening.
Despite having tried everything and followed the instructions online and from the printer screen it refuses to print Envelopes from MS Word and just tells me to alter the CD/DVD insert but I am NOT doing a CD/DVD
Overall for photo prints it is very good, it just has poor design faults and lacks flexibility or something.
It is an excellent printer – bought on the basis of the Which? review. The price was right but the supplied cable has a continental plug. Fortunately I had a spare cable, so no surgery required.. The printer socket is a figure of eight type.
I bought this printer for the ink tanks. Am I glad that i did. Easy to set up, well built and great quality prints. Everything you need in one box. Done a fair few colour a4 prints and pleased with how little ink used. Would heartily recommend.
Bought for my dad. He does like a good moan, and this has given him some wonderful opportunities.
He’s not a fan of the paper trays, you have to change them every time you print a different size. His last Epson a3 photo printer sorted it out automatically.
He likes it though, it does everything he needs, he’s just a dinosaur when it comes to IT.
Very quiet running, quick to use, no cranking and grinding noises like those made by my previous printer. I chose this printer due to it being a Which Magazine best buy, along with many good reviews. It’s smart, and neat looking, and works well.
The paper tray is easy to use, and holds plenty of sheets ready for printing. Scanning and copying are also easy and straightforward to do. We did have a slight problem at one stage with paper refusing to print, but managed to solve it quite easily.
On the downside, this item is expensive though hopefully will last a while. You need to be able to learn and understand various settings when statements are displayed on screen. Also, there was so much plastic packaging within the cardboard box, most of it totally unnecessary and it would be great to reduce some of it.