EcoTank ET-4810 A4 Multifunction Wi-Fi Ink Tank Printer, With Up To 3 Years Of Ink Included

This printer replaces an earlier Epson Eco Tank printer and I was first disappointed that the inks were not the same so had to buy a complete new set of inks and throw away the old inks. My last Epsom printer was a pain as it frequently jammed and picked up 2 pages at a time which this new printer has never done - so far. My old Epsom also had horizontal lines on pictures and only worked well on photo paper for pics. With this new printer I use BLUE SWAN A4 Matte Inkjet Photo Paper,100 Sheets,140 g/m², Double-Sided, and the results are phenomenal. The only problem I have with this printer is that it wont print 2 sided automatically, you have to load the sheets in one by one and after all these years of development you would think Epson, and all the rest, would have sorted that one out. If you look at the test results on Which, not one printer is great, just the more expensive are better. Overall, given its fault, the quality, if you find the right paper, and price on inks is great, but underneath that it really is a basic printer after all. All printers are the same. However, I do expect a bit more for my £250.

This printer is more expensive than similar models, though I got it on offer that for this model was a good price. The advantage being that ink refills cost way less than for non tank printers and in this case the running costs make this printer overall cheaper than others quickly. I was worried about making a mess filling the ink tanks, but the design of the refill bottles and the tanks on the printer actually make it mess free and easy. You could only make a mess by doing it on purpose. Print quality is good and the speed is faster than I expected not that speed was a consideration for me, more that the quality on prints were clear and accurate which they are. Now setup it is easy to use with plenty of options making the printing and scanning possibilities substantial, way more than I need from a office printer that can print do colour and occasional pictures. My only reason for knocking a star off was setup (with the exception of filling the inks) was not easy. It took multiple attempts to connect to the WiFi and once connected it insisted on firmware upgrades that initially failed and took several attempts before working allowing the printer to be used. At this point working as a stand a lone copier worked fine and I was able to use AirPrint without issue. However it then took multiple attempts and an online chat with Epson to install the drivers to use all the features with my computer. Having got it setup, it is easy to use and as I say works well, but setup issues did drive me mad. From a compatibility view it is impressive, printing direct from iDevices and androids is straight forward and once setup, I have no issues printing from my Windows machine or my Mac and my son even had it print from his Linux laptop.

So much cheaper to run than the Hewlett Packard that it's replacing. Would have liked the display screen to have been back-lit but you can't have everything. Set up and connected to mobile and PC via house WiFi

Didn't realise this was a refurb printer, arrived with missing USB and Fax cables, some ink, a fusty/mold smell, clearly used and doesn't support auto duplex (double sided) prints as suggested in the listing. Very noisy too compared to my 15 year old printer. Setting up WiFi clunky with the printer interface. One to avoid in 2025.

As you'd expect from Seiko/Epson the unit prints and scans very well. What I wasn't expecting was how inexpensive it is to run. For over 30 years I was a loyal customer of HP, but their pricing and business practices became predatory. Should have switched sooner. I can now print without worrying about the cost or the environmental damage caused by disposable cartridges.

Under Special Features it claims to have “Auto-Duplex” printing but it doesn’t. I had a massive print job to do and so was looking for an upgrade to my old printer that has issues connecting to WiFi and only prints single sided. This looked like a good option with the eco tank and (allegedly) auto- duplex. But having got the printer home and gone through all the set up steps (including filling the ink tanks manually) it seemed the only two sided option was to manually feed half the print job back into the rear paper tray - I followed the instructions it gave but it still ended up printing the opposite side the wrong way up and wrong order. Tried a few times with different variations of settings and paper orientation and still no luck. Gave up. Going through returns process now as it doesn’t have the feature it says it did!

It hasn’t convinced me yet. Great that it has an eco tank but the print quality is not great. Taking copies also requires equal pressure to the whole document, however when copying from book if the spine is not super pressed down it won’t copy well. Previous cheap printers I had did a better job. I suppose because of the print quality the ink lasts a long time. This printer is no good for photo printing just to say. A little disappointing for the amount of money spent!

I am very pleased with th eprinter. Ifound the setup a rather fidddly process that took an hour or two buut it all worked.