Epson EcoTank ET-3850 Print/Scan/Copy Wi-Fi Ink Tank

Epson EcoTank ET-3850 Print/Scan/Copy Wi-Fi Ink Tank Printer, With Up To 3 Years Worth Of Ink Included





Packed with features
Print, copy and scan quickly and efficiently. This compact printer features a 6.1cm colour LCD screen, automatic double-sided printing and 30-page document feeder, 250-page front paper tray and print speeds of up to 15.5 pages per minute⁵ so you can speed through a variety of tasks with ease giving you more time to relax.
Modern flexibility
A printer for the modern user, this EcoTank allows you to print, scan, and more directly from your phone or tablet using the Epson Smart Panel ap³. What’s more, with full Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct and Ethernet connectivity, integrating this printer with your existing home or office set-up will be a breeze!
Heat-Free Technology
With our forward-thinking PrecisionCore Heat-Free Technology you can enjoy the benefits of greatly reduced energy consumption and less need for replacement parts. Unlike other printers, the printhead also comes pre-installed so setting up your printer is hassle-free.
¹ 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 (according to GfK Inkjet Printing Devices and Inkjet Printing Cartridges Point of Sale panel market data for Germany, France, UK, Spain and Italy Apr-19 – Mar 2020).
² Quoted yields are extrapolated based on Epson original methodology from the print simulation of Test Patterns provided in ISO/IEC 24712 or 29103. Quoted yields are NOT based on ISO/IEC 24711 or 29102.
³ 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, please visit the Epson website.
⁴ Based on print volume of 100 pages per month and the lowest yield produced from the first set of inks.
⁵ Determined in accordance with ISO/IEC 24734 showing the average of ESAT from the Office Category Test for default simplex. For more information visit the Epson website.
Weight: | 6.7 kg |
Dimensions: | 34.7 x 37.5 x 23.1 cm; 6.7 Kilograms |
Brand: | Epson |
Model: | C11CJ61401 |
Colour: | Black |
Batteries Included: | No |
Manufacture: | Epson |
Dimensions: | 34.7 x 37.5 x 23.1 cm; 6.7 Kilograms |
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!
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.
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 know my way around a pc, laptop and a Mac but this has me thinking, it’s never happy about the paper size I tell it I’m using, apart from that it runs rings round my 15yr old printer (so it should) but it does the same thing to me I do like the function to print from my iPhone onto A4 gloss in super quality from anywhere in the world, not that I want to go anywhere in the present day climate. 5 stars well done EPSON.
I decided to get the ET-3850. It does automatic 2-sided printing and has the ADF feature (Automatic Document Feeder) for making a hard copy of documents.
Warning to buyers – The ADF can only do a 1-sided hard copy of the documents. But, this is not a deal-breaker for me. I knew this before I bought it.
There is a way to do double-sided copying. You just need to manually run the documents twice through the ADF feeder. This is how I do it:
After the first run of copying, I simply flip the documents (that are to be copied) in the ADF. I then re-feed the recently printed documents in the paper tray. Then, re-run it. Make sure you get the sides right. It will take some trial and error. Yes, it is manual, but an ADF feature in such a compact printer is gold for me and I only need to do a few copies at a time.
ET-3850 Positives –
1. I am satisfied with the ink efficiency so far. I have used the ADF to make about 200 b&w copies. The ink level has marginally dropped.
2. The ADF output is damn good. I am copying handwritten pencil notes. They come out dark as the originals (even when I lower the dark settings a bit).
3. The printer is compact and smaller than my current HP printer with overpriced cartridges.
ET-3850 Negatives –
1. The build quality is not of the highest desire for the price. But, it is sturdy enough and does the job. I just wish it looked a like little bit more posh.