Epson - EcoTank Pro ET-5880 Wireless All-In-One Inkjet Printer with PCL Support - White

It’s a workhorse. I use it for my Law Firm and print probably a case and a half of paper per month. It’s almost as fast as a laser printer, but not quite. It networks well with all of my employees computers over Wi-Fi. I have to return it twice due to issues with printing, though. The first time was at almost the 2 year mark. It was having feeder options for both drawers and the black ink would not work correctly. I did the power flush several times and did all maintenance identified in the user manual and I have only used epson ink (except for the brief period that none was available in 2022). The second time I had to return it because the blue would not work (4 months later). Once again, I flushed several times tried all of the maintenance options to No avail. Overall, I really like this printer and believe it has saved my Law Firm quite a bit of money. I do wish it had one drawer with 500 sheet capacity rather than 2 with 250 sheet capacity. Make sure and use Quality paper, As the cheap stuff sometimes feeds multiple sheets at a time and messes up the print. I use 22 pound paper and have not had any issues since. Although I am returning this printer, I am getting an identical one because it is the best of the tank style printers. I also have the canon equivalent and it is much slower. Print quality on full color pictures is better with the canon though. Either way, always have extra ink and maintenance boxes. Hope this helps!

Unboxing and installation of the ET-5880 was pretty straight forward. It is a little tricky getting out of the box due to its weight, definitely a two-person job as indicated in the printed setup instructions. There is a TON of blue packing tape on the printer (for good reason) which took a thorough inspection to make sure I had removed all of it prior to proceeding to the initial setup. The unit is fairly large in size compared to standard home printers, so make sure you have a solid and large enough surface/table to set the printer on. Overall it is very sturdy and well built. Even though it is made of plastic, it does not feel flimsy or like something that would easily break. It really does feel like a good quality office product. Following the included instructions provided for an easy setup. There are two bottles of each color ink included (and it takes nearly all of it) and the process of filling and priming the printer is simple. The keyed color bottles prevent accidental mix-up of colors while filling and the priming process is automatic. I installed the printer via wired ethernet but the process seems easy whether wired or wi-fi. The eco-tanks are really nice as the ink supply seems almost unending and there is no print head alignment required like most other printers. I have owned other Epson EcoTank printers in the past and rarely need to buy replacement ink. The print quality of the ET-5880 is excellent. It prints out a full color document quickly and surprisingly quiet compared to other printers. The text and graphics are sharp and clear. With regard to printing photographs, I am actually pleasantly surprised. Having used various non-photo printers in the past, the ET-5880 printed a good quality full-page photo on plain paper and great quality photo on premium photo paper. The quality still does not equal a true photo-printer with special photo-specific ink colors, but for a three color printer, I am impressed. The 3 paper sources of the printer (2 trays and 1 rear feed) work well. The trays hold a decent supply of paper, including legal, and the rear feed is nice for quick use specialty paper (photo, card, envelope, etc..). Unlike past models, it is easy to change the paper size mid-print if the source setting was incorrect. This printer also features auto 2-sided printing, which is nice. Overall, the ET-5880 printer seems well built with great print quality. The EcoTanks will allow for extended printing without the need of replacement ink, and the paper trays are easy to change/configure. One CON of previous EcoTank printers I have owned are that the print head tends to clog if not used for an extended period and consumes large amount of ink to clean. Make sure to print using all colors semi-regularly to prevent this. Time will tell if this printer has similar issues. This is a review for the Epson EcoTank ET-5880 All-in-one Supertank Printer that I received free of charge to do a beta test and review.

This printer has come in handy with the recent mandatory quarantine due to Coronavirus. We were in need of printer to use at home, since we were unable to bring the printers home from our small business. I was also in need of a printer since I am now having to teach my children at home. Right out of the box, it was easy to set it up. It is a pretty large printer, but looks really neat with the sleek touchscreen in a corner of our room. Loading up the ink has been my favorite part of it all. It was a bit scary at first because I thought I would make a mess, but it just locks into the ink tray and unloads until it is full. There was no leaking at all and the ink was all loaded within a few minutes. The ink charging was the most time consuming, but I took that time to download the software to the laptops. In less than 20 minutes, I had the printer and 4 laptops set up to Wi-Fi and able to print. I do alot of bookkeeping and need a reliable, fast responding printer and this has been great after using for the past week. The dual paper tray is also very useful when I have to print my spreadsheets along with other paperwork and need to use 2 different sizes of paper. It prints very quickly and is able to handle printing tasks from multiple computers at once, especially since both of my kids are printing school work and assignments throughout the day. I am so happy with the ability to finally be able to have double sided printing without manually having to turn the paper over and replace like my last printer. This printer has so many more features as well, and copying has been a breeze. This is a review for the Epson EcoTank ET-5880 All-in-one Supertank Printer that I received free of charge to do a beta test and review.