Customer Ratings & Reviews

I got tired of changing cartridges on the HP printer that I have had for many years. Plus the HP printer has had numerous issues running on a Windows computer. I had previously purchased an Epson printer for my daughter and it has worked well, even though it uses cartridges, the color ones are separate, so you don't have to change out a three color cartridge when just one color is low. I have read a lot of good reviews on the EcoTank printers and therefore decided to buy one. Have not set up this printer yet ... waiting for the cartridges in the HP printer to run out or the next time the HP printer does not want to talk to my computer ... then I will set up this Epson Eco-Tank printer. I will expect it to be just as good as the Epson my daughter has and that buying ink for it will be even less expensive.

After enjoying an older Epson XP and its software, I was searching for a new All In One with better ink capacity. Lasers seemed too expensive to refill. I was excited to find this ET-2850, installed at home, and was disappointed that every image printed with "Standard" quality had a horizontal line (banding) across the bottom of the page. I'm an IT tech and spent much more time than I should have (basically 1 week) running every alignment test, nozzle check, Power Clean (which requires you to wait 12 hours after), only to have the banding return every time, as well as wasting most of the ink on those tests. The funny thing is, if you set print quality to "High", the banding goes away. I've never had a printer that worked that way. You should not have to print every image at high quality to not have a line across it. This is 2024. Ordinary color inkjet printers in the 1990's did not have this problem. I returned for a replacement due to the horizontal banding across the bottom. Sadly, this replacement does the exact same thing, with a horizontal line in the exact same place when printing on "Standard" quality. I will keep this one longer, since I don't print as much graphics as most people, and I like the Epson software. I really want to like this printer, hence the 4 out of 5 star rating. Sadly, it is more of a hassle to box up and return this again, wait for another, install the ink again, etc., than it is to just keep it and deal with the horizontal banding. But if any other issues arise, such as always needing alignment, or banding across my text documents, this one will be going back also, and I won't buy an Epson again. These should be recalled, but if you don't mind a line across the bottom of your image/page, then it's a good printer (I'll find out soon, anyway). I highly doubt I got unlucky and got 2 printers that do the exact same thing. I'd assume every one of these have the banding issues, as I've found others on other forums with the same issue.

Easy to set up and get connected to my wifi. The app makes scanning and printing a lot easier than scanning using my iPhone files. I’ve experienced one paper jam due to the way the paper was sitting in the tray. it was very easy to open the printer, find and clear the paper out.

Main reason I bought it was that it was more economical to purchase ink tanks then the small cartridges. Works great and was not a problem setting up. Seems to be a excellent product for the money.

I replaced an older Epson ink jet that lasted for years. This new ET-2850 is easy to setup with either included instructions or via their app. I used the included instructions. Print quality is outstanding for printing, copy or via scanner. I am impressed with this ET

It provides good quality prints and the ink doesn’t run out too quickly but if you leave it idle for more than a month like I do, it needs like 40 minutes of cleaning to use it normally or else the print looks too faint you can hardly see. I have to run the nozzle cleaning 5 times before I can run a normal print job. Good price but I feel like I spend more time cleaning than using it. So if you don’t use it often, this may not be the printer for you. I could say the same with other printer brands as well but I feel like toners have a quicker bounce back time from being idle.

It is a good printer for a printer. If you plan to use it for anything else, say sublimation, don't buy it. You will be wasting your money. For regular printing, it's a great printer, a great buy, and worth it.

After owning this printer for several months, I am impressed. It just works whenever I ask it to print or scan, and that's running it from Ubuntu Linux. I don't do a lot of printing but the printer has never failed to print or scan. It looks like the ink is going to last forever. I took 1 star away from the quality score because it isn't built like a tank (think HP LaserJet 2400 series), but it is still a solid printer. I have a similar class HP printer that has broken twice and does not work reliably. HP used to be good, but not my go to choice any more.

Epson printer works very well. Print quality is very good. Easy to fill ink in large reservoirs. Set-up was easy with provided disc. Monitor on printer could be a little larger to make it easier yo read commands.

Great service and works great. The salesman was the main manager and was very nice. My daughter-in-law installed it after getting it home. The print and color are very good! I haven’t tried it on pictures yet. It fits perfectly in the space that my old one was in.

Good printer, fast, easy to install, ink not so expensive

Definitely read and follow the directions for set up. Follow prompts on screen. I'm not good at stuff like this but I managed to set it up without my husband's help. It is very touchy when it comes to paper settings. You will get print errors if you do not set it to card stock when you are doing card stock and it will not save your preference. You will have to reset paper settings every time you print. The color is decent although not as good as my color laser--but the ink is cheaper. It's working okay for my purposes. I have printed over 2200 sheets in color since I purchased four months ago with minimum issues. The ink looks about 1/3 to 1/4th full right now and I'm starting to get some fading and lines in the print that have not been resolved through following directions on the printer maintenance functions. It seems to prefer to have the ink nearly full at all times.

I love my Epson ET 2850 All in one, its easy to operate and does a great job of printing. I will save so much with the new ink bottles. The cartridges were expensive and dried out before we could use them.

Bought a new Epson Printer from Best Buy and it works great! Have not had to use Geek Squad yet.

I didnt think you could fall in love with a printer but I did with this Epson. Easiest set up I've ever seen on a printer. Ink installation was super easy. Directions for printer setup is very well written and easy to understand. The print quality is crisp and clear.

Got it to replace a on-its-last-legs HP inkjet for work colleague. Really good ink coverage; took over a year to use HALF the black ink. Very economical. Downsides are typical inkjet tradeoffs; print durability is suspect if you print in humid conditions and/or paper gets wet. Still great for everyday print jobs. Would buy again (in fact, we did - twice) and recommend.

My second supertank type printer, the first was a Canon, which was also quite good, but so far, I like this Epson even better. It was easier to set up than the Canon, and the print quality is as good or better. I highly recommend this Epson-EcoTank printer.

This printer was easy to set up and use. We were looking for a color printer that will allow us to print directly from our iPhones. Easy to connect to wifi and phones. Print quality is good. Still curious on how long the ink will last.

The Epson EcoTank ET-2850 has been a great purchase. I bought it in February 2025 and have had zero problems. I'm very happy with the printer's overall performance. Highly recommended.

This is a great printer!! Print quality is great and I use it mainly to print out stickers. The ink lasts a very long time compared to the cartridges. I would highly recommend!!