Epson EcoTank ET-4800 Ink Tank Printer | Home & Small Office Use | Wireless & Ethernet| A4 | Print, Copy, Scan, Fax | 3.7cm LCD Screen | ADF | Includes up to 3 Years of Ink

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.

After having massive problems with a previous rival printer and connecting it to my internet, i was apprehensive about setting up this new printer. There was no need, it was so easy. Downloaded the app by using the scanner on my mobile; takes you through the set up process and it is a breeze. Just takes about 15 mins mainly to get the ink to 'charge'. Then set it up on my old (very) and new computers. Again so easy and quick. Printed a few pages and quality looks spot on. Nice display and easy to use controls. First days usage and so far impressed. Will update in a few weeks to let you know how i am going on with it.

Had the Epson WF-2750 for years. It’s solid and been a real workhorse for home office use. Great scanner, paper cartridge, auto-duplex and importantly great prints. It’s pretty expensive on inks so I thought I would change to an eco tank version. BIG MISTAKE You can tell straight away that this printer is cheaper and flimsy. I thought I would give it a try anyway and loaded the app and started set up. Firstly the app isn’t great and neither are the paper intructions. Lots of arrows pointing at stickers and stuff to remove but all images and little instruction. The “Product is password protected” came up and it told me there was a sticker on the product. Can I find that sticker? No, so WiFi was impossible to set up. Paper feed is rear loading which is bad as it allows dust to be drawn into the printer and shortens the life. This was clear in the Amazon description. It says it has duplex but that is MANUAL!! That’s just plain stupid, any printer you can turn a sheet over and print the other side. Since when was that duplex printing? It’s not a feature!! Finally I got through most of the process when the app crashed and I thought I would at least try and print a test page. Immediately there is a blank part on the test page as pictured. 3 head cleans and it is still the same. I am going to return this really poor printer which is not worth the money at all. I would steer well clear and I’m not sure I would trust another Epson printer if this is how they have declined.

This is my second printer of this type. The pros are obvious, the ink tanks. I think everyone has had their fill (pun intended) of printers with ink cartridges the size of thimbles that cost nearly as much as the printer. This has nice big ink reservoirs that last a long time, even with frequent use. The printer works well. The model with numbered buttons on the side is more expensive, but if you can afford it, it's worth it. The small screen model is extremely frustrating to type in the numbers into for passwords and such, but both are really good printers. The downside is the WIFI set up. Total nightmare.

A bit of a faff setting it up and still not got everything working from the pc but ok from the phone. Economical and does the job so happy overall

Not had this printer long, but so far so good. It was easy to set up, the WiFi connection seems reliable and no problems printing and no long delays either. The facility to print from phone, tablet or PC is new to me and will no doubt be useful. Can’t comment on ink life yet, but I like the idea of ink tanks as opposed to expensive cartridges.

Does not do duplex automatic printing. So I returned it. Otherwise I’m sure it’s a good printer

It looked just what I needed. Unfortunately my ET2850 which had ceased to print black - after being tipped upside down a few times is now working again so I have returned the ET4800 on 7 October and I await a refund. I am really sorry as the ET4800 would have been an improvement on the 2850. I will carry on with the ET2850 for the time beng.

S'adaptent parfaitement

Das ist ein sehr gutes Gerät. Druckt hervorragend und hat mir schon eine Menge an Geld erspart an Tinten-Patronen.

Printing blank pages

Ottima stampante

So far so good, the printer its self is very light and unlike HP printers that have a bit of weight, might be a good thing? Setting for me was a nightmare, hooking to the internet was difficult as the printer wouldn't recognize the password, the only way I achieved this was by holding down the wps button on the router. The ink reservoir is a good thing it I believe holds 3years of ink?