Epson EcoTank ET-2710 Print/Scan/Copy Wi-Fi, Cartridge Free
Epson EcoTank ET-2710 Print/Scan/Copy Wi-Fi, Cartridge Free Ink Tank Printer, Black
Hassle-free, ultra-low-cost printing
While keeping on top of ink replacements is unlikely to be on anyone’s priority list, running out of ink can be a massive hassle. EcoTank provides a stress-free solution – from one set of inks it can produce an impressive 4,500 pages in black and 7,500 in colour**.
Easy to use
EcoTank is more compact and easier to use than ever before. Its front-facing tanks are engineered for mess-free refills and the bottles are designed to only allow the correct colours to be inserted. Thanks to the front ink level display, it’s easy to see when it’s finally due for a refill.
Peace of mind
You can rely on Epson’s unique Micro Piezo technology to produce quality prints with its innovative, efficient and accurate print head.
Print from almost anywhere
Print quickly and easily from a smartphone or tablet with Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Direct. Take advantage of Epson Connect to send documents to print and scan using the free Epson iPrint app, or email files from anywhere in the world to your printer via Epson Email Print***.
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| Ideal for | Everyday documents | Everyday and business documents | Everyday documents | Everyday and business documents | Everyday and business documents |
| A4 print, scan, copy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ink yield and sets | 4,500 Black / 7,500 Colour 1 set | 7,500 Black / 6,000 Colour 1 set | 4,500 Black / 7,500 Colour 1 set | 14,000 Black / 5,200 Colour 1 set + extra black | 14,000 Black / 11,200 Colour 2 sets |
| Front facing ink tanks | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ISO print speed | 10 / 5 | 10.5 / 5 | 10 / 5 | 10.5 / 5 | 15 / 8 |
| Automatic double sided printing | – | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Display | – | – | – | 3.7cm LCD | 6.1cm LCD |
| Connectivity and mobile printing | Wi-Fi, iPrint, GCP | Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, iPrint, GCP | Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, iPrint, GCP | Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, iPrint, Apple AirPrint, GCP | Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, iPrint, Apple AirPrint, GCP |
| Paper handling | 100 sheet rear feed | 100 sheet rear feed | 100 sheet rear feed | 100 sheet rear feed | 150 sheet rear feed |
| Epson’s genuine ink included | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
* Based on Epson calculations, average cost per page saving and average number of inkjet cartridges required to print the same number of pages as EcoTank “102” and “104” ink bottles. Comparison between average yield (A4 prints of ISO/IEC 24711) of EcoTank “102” and “104” bottles and the genuine consumables used within the 50 best-selling inkjet cartridge printers (for Germany, France, UK, Spain and Italy Apr-19 – Mar 2020). Cost per page calculated with reference to the average printing costs for EcoTank “102” and “104” bottles and amongst these top 50 models, calculated by dividing the relevant bottle/cartridge sales revenue and total yield by unit sales (for Germany, France, UK, Spain and Italy Apr-19 – Mar 2020).
** Quoted yields are extrapolated based on Epson original methodology from the print simulation of Test Patterns provided in ISO/IEC 24712 based on the replacement ink bottles. Quoted yields are not based on ISO/IEC 24711. Quoted yields may vary depending on the images that you are printing, the paper type that you are using, the frequency of your prints & 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.
*** Requires a wireless connection to the internet. For more information, supported languages and devices please visit your local Epson Connect website.
| Weight: | 3.9 kg |
| Dimensions: | 37.5 x 34.7 x 17.9 cm; 3.9 Kilograms |
| Brand: | Epson |
| Model: | C11CG86401 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | Epson |
| Dimensions: | 37.5 x 34.7 x 17.9 cm; 3.9 Kilograms |
Very efficient. Beats all other printers that I have had hands down.
Printer works well and does what it says on the box! Ink tank capacity is very good and so easy to see ink levels. A bit noisy but not obtrusive. Only item we had on our previous Epsom was auto 2 sided printing which this printer does not have. We have had it for a while now and no issues at all. So far utterly reliable. Good value for money
I have about a third of the second black ink left (about 300 black pages per black ink, say 400 if you’re not printing large black areas)
I have about a third to half of the colour inks left (so 4500 colour pages and I’m being generous)
I’d say the numbers are exaggerated by about half. Black is well overexaggerated. Still, it goes a long way. I’ve been printing a mix of regular quick documents and high quality prints, mostly colour.
Definitely not worth the extra 200 for unlimited printing though… Not sure why that’s even an option. You’d have to be printing loads every day to justify the cost. Inks are not too expensive for what they are. I use genuine inks and the colours look nice.
It does require maintenance as it can print stripy etc, but generally the troubleshooting is not too hard once you get your head around it and pretty standard for any printer.
One thing that really bothers me is that I get black marks at the paper edge and sometimes along the entire print, which damages my prints entirely. I looked for a special cleaning sheet but it’s not on offer, so a bit stumped with it.
Printing A5 size 180gsm is tricky, sometimes you have to hold the paper down gently. Not stress free printing like I was expecting for the price.
Wifi connection is pretty good, sometimes fails to find the printer from my android phone, but generally works fine. Also good with iPhone / iPad.
Scanner/copier good enough.
I originally had an HP toner printer. Cartridges were extremely expensive and it gave endless problems with connection. This little printer won’t print as fast as the HP or in as high a quality but I have found this to be a fabulous home printer. Refilling is easy and the ink is more affordable vs a single HP toner cartridge (@ around 160 for the HP one). It prints good quality for general home purposes. It has scanning and copy features. It obviously also prints slower per page than a toner printer but if you not doing high volume, which you generally don’t at home, then this is not an issue.
The biggest challenge with this printer is the app that you use with it. It can be a battle originally to connect but a short YouTube video helped with that. If you battling be sure to check you have restored printer to factory defaults to forget any apps it thinks it connected with. Adding pictures is easy enough in app but adding documents is a real pain and in fact I still have not been able to figure that out. However, you can work around that by using the print to email feature or by just selecting print from the doc itself rather than using the app. That does however limit your printing options to amend printer settings. I have tried to get help in the app and on their website but those are not so great. YouTube has proven more helpful. The app has a Support link in but that goes to an invalid Epson page – sadly.
Nonetheless, app problems aside I have found this a good overall printer for general home use.
i like the design philosophy of replacing ink from a bottle not a stupid cartridge. The printer connects to the computer on our wifi network very simply. Print speed and quality is superb, Scanner just works and the softweare it comes with is pretty effective and building multipage PDFs. I expect a long life from this machine. Happy.
I have only had this a couple of weeks, but already impressed with it.
Finally a printer that doesn’t cost the earth to replace cartridges constantly.
Brought this as refurbished, also ordered the bottle refills 16.99 and an extra black 7.99 thinking I would need them reasonably quickly.
I filled all the ink reservoirs, and put it through its start up, then topped off the reservoirs again, which in total used less than a quarter of bottled ink, so I know that ink is not going to be a problem in the future.!!
Much better than purchasing cartridges constantly, and very easy to refill without any spillage.
Of course its wireless and extremely easy to setup and to connect too.
Printed docs have been good, colours flow easy, just now need to try printing a few photos, to see his that goes.
Never understood why printer manufacturers never did this years ago ??
Apart from making ink cartridges cost a fortune, maybe to subsidies cost of manufacturing the printers.
Very impressed with it so far, and wow, how much is it going to save in the cost of ink.!!
Amazing print quality when using decent paper.
It is absolutely critical to print regularly to prevent ink drying and blocking print head. Ink is cheap so I’d recommend printing an A4 full page colour photo at least once per week to keep the ink flowing.
Make sure you don’t need duplex (move up the Epson range if so).
For general printing, make sure to use a decent copier paper otherwise ink may bleed.
Outstanding printing and features – especially epson mobile app
Frustrating to get this to print remotely. It will not show up as an air print through Apple devices and has driven my family nuts trying to do this. The WiFi connection is hit and miss and I have have to use a wired connection for any sort of reliability. My previous printer was a six year old canon and that printed from anything with total reliability.
The other issue is the epson app – needs an overhaul as the functionality is so limited.
All in all a bad and regretted purchase.
Very happy with this Epson EcoTank printer. Ink should last a very long time before I will need to refill the tanks. Replacement ink is very inexpensive as well and its a very easy and mess free process. Ink bottles are well designed and there is no risk of spillages. Print quality is high – especially for colour documents. Photo quality is quite good if you tweak the settings but do not expect the same vibrancy as you would get from a dedicated photo printer. Having not to worry about ink running out and buying expensive cartridges is a major advantage if you are thinking about buying one of these. However – sometimes the wifi connection will drop out – just turn the printer off then on again will resolve this. If you have this printer on your network via an ethernet connection as I have now, then there is no issue. This printer also has wifi direct where you can send your print jobs to the printer through your web browser – this seems to work well for me also. So overall – if you print a lot of stuff then this is a good investment.
I have, up to now, bought HP Inkjets – mainly because of the excellent Linux support that HP provides. However, when replacing a broken HP 5580, I balked at the price that HP now charges for its ink. Its Instant Ink subscription claims to reduce that, but reading the reviews, it did not seem to fit my print profile where the print requirement varies considerably over the year. I am also increasingly worried about the environmental impact of printer cartridges and the potential waste. Epson’s ECO range looked the right answer, given its use of ink bottles and the consequential low cost of ink per page. Epson’s Linux support also seems to have improved in recent years and so I took the plunge, and bought an ET-2710. This was a good call. It is an excellent printer/scanner and works for me.
Initial setup was straightforward enough – although the “quick install” could have been clearer in pointing out that running the “Checking and Cleaning the Print Head” function is an essential part of the procedure. I connected the printer to the WiFi using WPS. That was quick and easy. I did not investigate the alternative of using WiFi direct to setup the WiFi password – however, other reviewers suggest that this works equally well. Once online to the WiFi, I was able to access its built in web server from my PC and complete any remaining configuration. I have not tried USB as its intended use is as a network printer/scanner.
Installation under Linux (Mint) is now almost as straightforward as using the HP drivers. I downloaded the printer drivers from Epson’s support site. They downloaded as “deb files” and hence were automatically installed for me by the GDebi utility – which Firefox ran as soon as the files were downloaded. The scanner drivers are also available from the same source, but are slightly more clunky to install as they come in a gziped archive. This has to be unzipped and the install script ran.
Printer setup was completed by “Adding a Printer” in the CUPS Printer Manager. On selecting “Network Printer” the Epson printer automatically appeared in the list of available printers and was added by double clicking on it. The scanner setup was again slightly more clunky. You have to run the “Epson Scan 2” utility (from the Linux Graphics Menu), and add the scanner. You need to know its IP Address to do this – which you can find out by printing out a “Network Status Report” using the printer control panel. Once setup was completed, the printer just printed what you asked it too, and scanned documents from either Epson’s own utility or xsane.
I had a big test lined up – a mail merge of a two page letter to 281 recipients. Two full pages of text, some in colour and highlighted. All to be printed double-sided on 100gsm paper. The job was completed in about two hours with no problems, no printer jams or smudging. A good professional looking job. The ET-2710 is only a single sided printer, so you had to feed the paper twice – but that was not a problem and arguably quicker and less error prone for 100gsm paper than using a duplexer unit. At the end of the job, the black ink tank was down to about two thirds full, after a 560 side print run – and the significant consumption of ink used on printer setup. The colour inks seemed to still be almost full. I then went on to overprint the (DL size) envelopes – again a great result.
I am delighted by just how good this printer is and the (low) cost of ink is looking good as well. I doubt whether I would want to buy an inkjet which used cartridges ever again.
A little more complex to instal than I imagined. I have used Epson printers for donkeys years and this one taxed the old grey matter the most. AirPrint is not as straightforward as my previous printer, but that might be just me having to get used to a new methodology. Only had the printer a couple of months, so I will try to remember to come back here and give more detailed feedback.
I’ve always been pleased with Epson inkjets and this didn’t disappoint. Very good value and the economy of the ink tank system is a terrific selling point. There is no fancy user interface screen but all the functions you need are there.
I like that it will take a range of weights of paper. It doesn’t claim to be able to print transparencies but I have successfully printed on adhesive plastic film.
I haven’t used the scanner part yet as I have a stand-alone scanner.
Setting up on wifi was very straightforward following the excellent step-by-step instructions.
Set up quite easy wifi eventually worked, printed several photos, the next day no wifi ,no matter what was done it would not work, spent several hours over two days trying everything, reverted to wired connection.
The best Epsom I have had, does everything it says on the box, I do have a iMAC, the Driver was a little difficult to install, I also have a PC which is not connected to the internet and gets very little use, the Epsom printer I have with it has stopped working, it seems Epsom Disable their printers by a DATE in their Licence Agreement, wether you use them or not, which makes me wonder how long this new printer will work, I know they have built in Obsolesence but if you don’t use their printers at all the Driver will still disable it, ‘ Even if it is kept on a shelf ‘ I was also going to buy a XP-970 for the MAC and use the ET-2710 on the PC, BUT WILL NOT BOTHER NOW. Oh !, my new 27 inch iMAC seems the same, more an expensive X-Box for Children aged 6 and under, RUBBISH.
Having spent years raging about the cost of replacement ink cartridges I thought I’d give an ink tank printer a go in the hope that it would be more economical. So far everything seems to be going well. The printer is easy to set up. I have mine wired to one PC and wirelessly connected to two others in the house. I have not had any problems with connections. The print quality is excellent for documents but not quite so good for photos. In the case of the latter I feel the end result is a little soft. But, I didn’t buy it to do high quality photo printing so it’s no big deal. Ink usage has been everything I hoped it would be. I have used the printer quite heavily over the weeks I have had it and I can see from the inspection windows that all four ink tanks are still about 80% full. Overall I am really happy with it and happy to recommend it.
Fantastic printer. Ordered based on YouTube/ written reviews, originally had a HP Deskjet and it was going through ink quick…plus it wasn’t cheap. This on the other hand is printing galore and miles cheaper ink.
User interface is better on HP and dare I say quality but overall mega happy with the epson. Epson has decent quality (use best print and decent paper if wanting better quality) and although more expensive to in the first instance saving a fortune in ink.
This printer has performed flawlessly over the last few months. With two teenagers completing online lessons during lockdown, the printer has been in daily use. I recon it has saved me quite a bit of money compared to my last ink cartridge printer. For documents, the quality is great. For photo printing using photo paper, the results are okay, but not up to photo printer quality.
The printer arrived next day, it was bit difficult while setting up and connecting To WiFi and I cannot use from my iPhone which is difficult, I paid to get best and easy to use overall I’m not happy because cannot to the devices
Installing this device was a nightmare and it takes lot of patience and videos for dummies to install the software. First printer was broken and didn’t pick up the paper, but the seller was kind and replaced it quickly ( relatively quickly considering we were in lock down ). We thought it does the same problem with paper as it does make quite lot of noise before stats printing but luckily this one was working.. If you ran out of paper better switching it off and on, than spend time troubleshooting then trying to get it work, but apart from that does the job and relatively cheap prints..
Although it’s a simple printer to use I have had problems connecting my iPhone to recognise the printer. Will reset to factory settings again and see if I can solve the problem. Print quality is good. I wish it had a panel/screen to navigate! Price too high for what it is!
Once set up it works really well, as well as being compact I really like the design with the ink wells being visble at the front it is only let down on the print quality itself, if this is not important its a great printer.
I haven’t had this printer for very long, but so far I am impressed. The print quality is excellent and the ink delivery system seems to mark a turning point for Epson, who used to charge next to nothing for printers and through the nose for inks. Now they do the opposite….except that I don’t think the extra charge for the printer is unreasonable, given that for 20 I can replace all four ink bottles that will deliver another 4,500 pages. (To be fair, I have not yet had the chance to corroborate this, but there are so many other reviews that say the same thing that I am prepared to believe it.)
The reasons I have given this product four stars and not five are as follows:
First of all, you are forced to connect to wifi using WPS. This is Epson’s way of making life easier for us; that is, removing the need to type in an SSID and password. Well, until I bought this printer I had never heard of WPS, and had I not had a friend with me at the time of unpacking, I may have struggled. I am absolutely certain that many others did, especially as not all wifi routers even have a WPS button (mine does, fortunately). Epson helpfully suggested that for those slightly older routers that do not have a WPS button, you must consult the router’s instruction manual. Really? Who keeps such things? I think that, at the very least, Epson should have offered a choice: WPS or SSID/password input.
Secondly, be warned that this printer does not support double-sided printing. This does not matter to me, but my partner, who is a volume-printer for her business, uses double-sided all the time. I have to admit that this is partly my own fault, because I did not even consider this option before I bought it. Well, I’m giving you all a heads-up. It may be that there are other printers in the ET range that do support double-sided printing, but I think you can be assured that they will cost more.
And almost finally: there is no display. This is not an issue for me. Ink levels are obvious, because you can see them on the front of the printer. Notice of firmware updates? There is a firmware updater included in the downloaded software, which I presume will inform me if an upgrade is available. Photocopying? Who cares? Scanning is childishly easy and high quality, so just scan a document, save it to your desktop and print off as many copies as you want.
And finally: no fax! Thank God! I haven’t used a fax machine for twenty years, and I’ll bet nobody else has, either. Why it has taken Epson so long to dump this option is beyond me – it must have cost them to include it for all those years.
And that’s it from me, for now. I hope you find this review useful.
While not the easiest printer to use, it is so economical that I’m willing to overlook that. I have ended up homeschooling again due to Covid and it has been in constant use. Yet the ink has hardly gone down! My old printer would have bankrupted me by now.
As a parent dealing with home schooling through civil lock down, this has been an amazing purchase. If you want a printer for photos and crisp birthday cards- avoid this is no good for that. If you want a work horse that will churn out hundreds of pages of homework in colour and not eat ink in the process this is the one. High up front cost fully worth it for the ink savings long term. Bought in May, now in Nov, original refill still going strong! Misses likes it too as works well with printing from her iPhone, unlike previous hp.
Wow what a amazing inkjet printer if I knew years ago what this machine was like around then I would have bought there and then all the other printers I’ve had over the years is nothing like this machine so easy to use and the print quality is unbelievable and I can print beautiful pictures off my phone unlike the other it kept asking me to download Epson cloud for me to transfer photos from my phone to Epson cloud but now I don’t have to thank God for the Epson ecotank 2710
Some were saying that Epson printers dont work with Apple.
SO…. here are my thoughts. Unpacking it, it felt lighter than my Canon MG5350. I could live with that.
The bottles of ink are actually heavy! a full bottle of each in and very easy to insert and fill. Each being idiot proof as the next of each is different to stop you inserting the wrong ink (Nice touch).
Setting up the printer was so easy, I didnt really understand the graphics on the setup pages but downloaded the software as I have a 2019 Macbook Pro with no CD. Again it walked you through and I was even more surprised when I didnt need to enter the Router password, somehow it found it from my computer and in a few minutes it was loaded with ink and ready to go.
Scanning is really easy to, I also downloaded the Epson print app from the play store and with that I can print images from my phone or operate the scanner over wifi and then send that scan as pdf or jpeg.
Print quality looks great, though I haven’t tried photo papers as yet. Overall I have been amazed at the ease of setting up and filling tanks. For Mac users I will say go for it! you are fully supported with software and no need to be cabled, scanning also works well over wifi.
Having waited several months for this to come back into stock I was pleasantly surprised by it’s excellent installation procedure. I have struggled in the past to get ‘WiFi’ printers actually working and usually resorting to a usb connection. With this printer and the online installation at epson.sn – no problems and no need to enter passwords and router information it was all automatic and connected to both of my computers seamlessly. Print quality and print speed is excellent and I like the print reservoirs using bottled ink which means I won’t be tempted to buy ‘compatible cartridges’ which have led to the demise of several of my previous printers! all in all thoroughly recommended – price target 179
Until this printer.
This printer with print thousands of pages on one tank refill. Also, each tank is separate; so if you print more of a certain colour then you can easily purchase a single refill of whatever colour you need.
The print quality is also excellent, with outstanding results compared to other similar inkjets on a side-by-side comparison. This is so much better than similar printers I own by HP and Canon.
The install process is also extremely easy due to very well programmed software and driver.
The only real negative point is the printer noise, which is fairly loud even with the option for ‘silent printing’ selected. This is more to do with the plastics used in its build rather than a fault with the device – but the build quality is still very good.
Highly recommended. It’s pricey from the outset but will save you money on inks in the longer-run!
The printer is fine once its set up. The ink bottles are a good idea. The problem was setting up in the first place. I downloaded drivers , I tried for 7 hours to connect it to my lap top. In the end I used an old lead from my old printer . I cant give it 5 stars because of the intital set up time. They send you a cd but it was no use to my lap top.
UPDATE AFTER TWO WEEKS – it is a great office printer, for WiFi (note) usage. Economical, fast enough and worth the money on that side.
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If like me you simply wanted a great printer that is easy to setup and have you daughter print from the iPad for schoolwork or from an iphone for example, this does not work as described. It prints fine from a PC across WiFi because you have downloaded and installed the appropriate Epson propriatary drivers, and it does have an app you can download if you want to use it to print from an iPad. To then print from the iPad , you must launch the Epson app and select files or photos… if you are using 99% of Apple apps such as the online schooling, these just throw up an error message that no airprint devices can be found… a real pain. This would have been perfect otherwise but due to this being our main requirement, I cannot recommend it sadly.
I initially thought what a disappointing purchase. Set up to print wireless was easy but Scanner would only work on cable. Not what I wanted. Remove reinstall lots of searching on web reinstall and eventually got it to work all on wireless exactly as expected. Then looked at phone app. First install Android perfect. Second also android would not connect Again remove lots of attempts and that now works.. so am I pleased with the printer and Scanner yes … why so many problem with the install. Don’t know might be because I had a previous epson scanner… but give up why so hard .. but good outcome and hopefully get away from spending too much on ink in the future.
I haven’t owned a printer for over 20 years, but needed one urgently to help with home working as a result of Covid-19. How the world has changed! The quality of the print is excellent, and the ability to scan sketches has really helped me communicate with my team (I’m an architect). The set up instructions weren’t too easy to understand (not clear whether symbols meant DO press this button or DON’T!). Initially confused about scanning – the instructions seemed to imply a USB (rather than wifi) connection was required, and there’s no USB cable in the box. However, contacting Epson via Twitter resulted in a quick response and solution to the problem – turns out Wifi works just fine.
Happy with the printer, but why is it such an expensive home printer is not compatible with the Epson creative print app!! Especially when during the set up it wants you to download the app. If this had worked then the whole experience would have been 5 stars. Overall good print quality, easy to set up and use and good quality photo prints as well.
so far this product is working well. The previous product brought from you about a year and a half ago model ET 2750 stopped working after less than a quarter full on tank of ink used. Tried epsom directly , they said it is out of guarantee period so nothing can be done !! Amazon service and delivery is excellent , but extremely disappointed with epsom’s eco friendly product. their local agent said it will be fixed but will cost a lot only for labour charge and had to be send to Epsom. they said it will be economical to buy one rather than spend money to fix the product . I took their advise and bought a cheaper version and took 2 years guarantee to safe guard myself. They also mentioned that the product legally should have a 5 year guarantee and amazon can take the issue with Epsom and safe guard customer protection .
Once set up and loaded with the ink bottles, the printer then had a chunter to itself for several minutes whilst it sorted out the ink and printer head. It then asked for the not quite empty ink bottles to be reinserted, whereupon the final small dregs were taken up.
The ink level indicators are perfectly clear. The control pads on top of the printer are a bit small and confusing, but doubtless will become clear and easy to use with experience.
I have tried printing on white printing paper, which was fine. I also successfully tried printing on Bristol Board at about 250gsm. That was excellent. Finally I printed a full A4 colour print on glossy paper, which was also excellent and trouble free.
The printer is being used via Wi-Fi with no problem. There is a slight delay on switching on as the machine looks for and finds the signal, but that is normal.
I like the idea of ink in bottles rather than changing cartridges. The Epson printer I had before seemed to use more ink in realigning it’s print head than i ever used in actual printing. I’m hoping this will be different, but only time will tell. If the situation changes I may well return to this reveiw and change it appropriately.