Epson EcoTank ET-4800 Print/Scan/Copy Wi-Fi Ink Tank

Probably the best printer I have ever brought. Love the tank system I have had it in a domestic setting for a few months now and ink levels are still great. Easy filled, easy double sided printing etc etc.

It is easy to set up, and the print quality is very good. This is the second EcoTank Epson printer since I bought the first generation 5 years ago. I can say every aspect has been improved! I can recommend hit to anybody!

I use a printer for a small business and I used to spend nearly 50 per month in ink on my old Epson. I bought this printer for around 300 a year ago and haven’t had to buy any ink since. When the ink finally runs out the replacements are far cheaper than the old printer so I am very much quids in.

The printer does everything it should, it simple to set up and scanning to my PC also works very well whereas I have had problems in the past with other printers.

There are other EcoTank models to suit your needs and budget and I assume these would similarly tick all the boxes too.

Having spent twenty years regretting my succession of cheap printers, I am very happy with this one. The whole process of printing, including double-sided, is smooth and tidy.

I don’t normally write reviews but having read others regarding this printer I felt I had to correct some issues. Firstly of course, it does come with a paper tray. Secondly the installation took around 20 minutes, not 2 hours as some review mentioned. I have to say the installation on my phone was incredibly easy, they take you slowly step by step through each stage, with easy to understand images. I have never installed something with such clear steps in my life. The bottles of ink feel quite high tech and are impossible to spill as they slot into the printer which automatically stops when it is full. The printer feels solid and I am really happy with my purchase. The screen on the printer is not massive, but it is bigger than my previous printers and even with my eyesight I can see what’s going on. So all in all very happy!

My old HP Multi-function printer was ruined during a house move so I was looking for a quality replacement. I have alway bought HP as I like the software and quality of the kit but was fed up with the cost of the ink and print head cleaning. After much research, I saw the Epson ink tank printers scoring highly in a number of independent reviews. It seemed to me that the initial cost of the machine was off-set by the low cost of ink over the long-term.

The features of the ET3850 were exactly what I was looking for; quality printing (including auto-duplex), scanning and wifi printing from mobile devices. It was easy to set up and the ink filling process was easy and spill-free using the foolproof fittings which differed for each colour to avoid mistakes. Connecting it to my wifi network was also easy although it did take a little time to update its firmware early in the process. I have 2 minor niggles when comparing it with the various HP models I’ve owned: 1) the software is not as user friendly or as comprehensive, but it works, 2) pressing the off button does not switch the machine off, you have to then use the menu buttons to change an option and then confirm with the ok button before it switches off. Although some might find this a benefit, I find it annoying that I have to press 3 different buttons to switch it off. On the plus side, as well as good quality printing, the machine seems to be able to print decent quality when started up even when it hasn’t been used for a while. I found that the HPs often required head cleaning and test printing which wasted paper, time and expensive ink! So far, I haven’t had to do this at all. Overall, I think this model is good value when looked at over a two or three year period and hope it last much longer than that. Having owned and used it for a few months now, I would buy it again.

Over the years I’ve had several home printers, normally with ink cartridges. We don’t do a lot of printing and always seemed to be spending more ink cleaning the nozzles than printing. I thought I’d give this printer a try as it doesn’t use cartridges.

My first thought when I took it out of the box was how light and cheap it felt. My previous printers have felt a lot sturdier than this. I downloaded the app to my iPad as that was the recommended way to set the printer up. All went well until the ‘ink initialisation’ phase, when nothing happened. After a couple of retries with the app I gave up and set the printer up manually via the touch screen. This all went well and the printer was connected to WiFi and ready to go fairly quickly.

The printer works well and so far I’ve had no issues either printing or scanning via WiFi. I make sure I always print at least one test page a week, if I’m not using the printer much, and so far only had to run a quick nozzle clean once. One thing to note is that this printer does not have a paper tray, all paper is fed via the rear, this may not be convenient if you print a lot of pages at a time.

The printer is light and the plastic paper trays don’t feel very strong, if you press a button on the front too hard you’re like to push the printer back! As I don’t print much this printer does me fine, I’m not so sure it would if I was a heavy user.

I bought this to replace an aging Canon printer which did not incorporate a scanner. I was fed up with purchasing cartridges which needed changing on a frequent basis. First thing to note about this printer is that the setup is a somewhat laborious process, so patience is required. Helpful videos on YouTube make it slightly easier.
Once the setup is completed, getting used to the operating keys takes a while as it is not entirely intuitive. Plus, the printer is expensive to purchase. Okay, that’s all the negatives. Once up and running this is a dream to use in comparison to other printers I have used. It is quiet in operation, works seamlessly with Windows, IOS and Android (I’ve had issues with AirPrint in the past) and doesn’t take ages to fire up like my Canon. The footprint is smaller too. Prints and scans are great quality on cheap A4 paper. I imagine serious photographers will get stunning results on photo quality paper.
So, is it worth the money? Absolutely, even for a casual user like myself. One delighted customer!

This printer is prints good quality photos but I miss that it does not print automaticly – makes me think of my old epson printer that I needed to put printer back to the feeder, but it prints a lot quicker as there is no pause between printing on both sides with auto at high quality booklets or docoments.

his is my 2nd eco tank epson printer ive bought. this one ET-4800 is small in size compared to the et-4550. setting it up was a faff. i bought it because i needed to print on 300gsm paper but this printer doesnt like that weight of paper for some reason! the other printer would print on that weight..

I only have my printer a couple of weeks but so far I’m happy. I really only need it to print out documents so the quality is fine but it is very noisy. It took a while to set up but I just followed the App and it worked fine. It’s also easy to print from the phone although you also need the app. The scanner is easy to use too.