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• Rated 4 out of 5 stars

  Epson ET-4950

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  • Owned for 1 week

  So far the printer has done very well, fairly easy setup. Not very noisy. Prints much quicker than my older Epson. Does well connected and wirelessly. Interested to see how long my ink lasts, but I’m sure will be much better than the small individual inks. Wasn’t thrilled with the price, think it is a bit high. Should have waited for a sale but when need you one? You buy. For the price, $500 + tax+warranty=$600 you would think it would also do 8.5x14, but does not. The screen is smaller and harder to use than my XP-7100. Have not tried to do a good quality color picture yet.

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  Posted 1 month ago by CynthiaS

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Great

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  • Owned for 2 weeks

  I already had an Epson EcoTank 2050 and now with this one the speed and quality are noticeable. Better than expected

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  Posted 17 hours ago by AlexanderM

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Very capable & economical w/a few neat tricks

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  This is my second experience with a refillable “mega-tank” style printer. The last one from Canon was...pretty good. This is my first experience with an Epson EcoTank design, and I must say, I am quite impressed! It is maybe a bit pricey when you consider it’s an ink jet, but the value proposition for the price it commands comes from its all-in-one capabilities, generous paper capacity, some neat design tricks to keep the footprint down to a minimum, and the cavernous see-through refillable ink wells that can last, with reasonable use, maybe 2-3 years between fill-ups! Let’s start with the ET-4950's admirable hardware specs. Epson put some effort into designing a printer that could go further than just “good enough.” Print resolution maxes out at 4800 x 1200 dpi while hardware scanning resolution is a more than respectable 1200 x 2400 dpi--software interpolation pushes scanned images and media resolution all the way up to 9600 dpi for archival digitization or high-definition media capture. The paper tray holds a hearty 250 sheets, and 2-sided (!!!) printing AND scanning capabilities dramatically cut down on input time and paper consumption. The hinges of the flatbed scanner cover also extend upwards to accommodate thicker books and other irregular materials for scan and copy functions. Unlike most printers that unfold into a big spidery mess, the ET-4950 cleverly keeps everything pretty close to the vest. Instead of unfolding the ADF and paper feed tray out and further up, the scanner cover offers a “drop-down” access panel that keeps plastic bits and pieces extending beyond the edges of the printer to an absolute minimum. A front fold-up flap features a small but legible 2.4” color touchscreen which provides for easy access to all major functions and configuration settings without having to use the companion app. But the real “ooh” factor here comes from the auto extending/retracting paper output tray. When a print job is started, the paper tray automatically extends from the printer’s innards like an exit ladder extending from the front of a spaceship. And yes, when you want to power the printer down, the paper output tray can retract automatically as well. This keeps the whole printer as uncluttered, streamlined, and unobtrusive as possible until you NEED to use it—this helps consume a little less tabletop real estate than most larger home or small-office all-in-ones. The transparent ink wells are a BIG step up from the competition, at least in terms of what we saw in the last model we used. Ink bottles are HUGE with supplies estimated to be roughly equivalent to 80 cartridges. Each bottle has a unique set of shoulder cutouts and tabs that mate with the corresponding ink tank’s cut-outs near the filler cap. This is critical for helping ensure that you don’t accidentally mix colors with the wrong ink in the wrong color well. There also appears to be some sort of valve setup in the bottle and tank toppers because all you need to do is flip the ink bottle over, slide into place above the filler hole, and the ink simply drains into the tank until it’s full. At that point...it just stops filling--no mess, no drip, no need to squeeze the bottles or tap it on the table, the ink simply stops flowing when the tank is full. Each of the starter bottles came with enough ink to fill up the ink tank (which, BTW, has a clever LCD ring around the fold-down cover that changes colors in time with filling instructions or supplies status making ink operations even more idiot-proof than they already are) with a little left to spare. I figured great...I’ll have some extra ink to top off one of the colors I burn through quicker than the others, but the 11-minute initialization process sucked down a HUGE amount of ink from the initial fill-up across all four tanks...down to the next fill level marker below the top! Obviously, Epson was planning ahead as the excess ink left in each bottle was enough to top the tanks back up to 100%! Connectivity options are plentiful with USB, Ethernet, FAX, and WiFi connectivity. The wireless network card is supposedly dual-band (2.4/5Ghz), but I had trouble setting mine up on our 5Ghz whole-house mesh network, even just 10 feet away from our router with direct line of sight. I switched over to our 2.4Ghz network and everything came up on the network immediately. About 5 minutes later, the printer mysteriously switched back over to the 5Ghz network and stayed there. All in all, it took me a good 30 minutes to get the printer unboxed, un-taped, filled, initialized, configured on our network, and ready to print...probably the longest printer setup routine I’ve ever encountered. BUT, the trouble seems to be worth it because the performance since then has been rock-solid with zero network drop-offs or disconnects since we put it into service. Printing noise levels are surprisingly low...the ET-4950 can easily be used in a small office environment without greatly disturbing others around you. Printing speed is reasonably fast for an inkjet with text-based single-sided jobs completing in just under 4 seconds per page...color printing obviously takes a bit longer at about 7 seconds per page while VERY large color prints at max quality took about 40 seconds. Text quality is exceptional and color print quality, even on plain paper, is vibrant and deep. It doesn’t match the output quality of a dedicated high-quality photo printer, nor is it as fast as a laser (obviously), but the ET-4950's performance in both those capacities is very VERY competitive. The ability to COMPLETELY dispense with changing out ink cartridges, and the ability to do it totally mess and error-free, is also a shot in the arm to those of us who don’t want to leave our kids contending with a South-American-sized mass of discarded ink cartridges when they grow up and inherit the earth. Minor setup hiccups aside, the Epson ET-4950 turned out to be an exceptionally capable multi-function printer with a footprint that belies its more high-capacity capabilities. Definitely recommended if you have medium/moderate home office or small office printing/scanning needs.

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  Posted 4 months ago by WyldeBlue