Customer Ratings & Reviews

My biggest gripe with home printers is their lack of innovation. I feel like the tech in the printer my parents had growing up is pretty much the same that you’ll find in nearly every “new” printer on the market today. You pay for spendy ink cartridges and get mediocre prints from a device that isn’t particularly fast and looks like a plastic block. I appreciate what Epson has done with this printer to at least try to shake things up a bit. Functionally, the ET-2850 is like most home office printers - it connects wirelessly, prints, and scans. However, there are two very notable features of this printer that make it stand out: #1: The Epson Smart Panel app. Aesthetically, it’s nothing special, but functionally, it works REALLY well. The app walks you through the setup of the printer with clear instructions and pictures. While it takes awhile to do the entire setup process, I truly believe anyone could do it. The app lets you play with photos, documents, ID cards, scan things directly to your phone, access printer information like ink levels, manuals, and so so much more. I’m in my late 20’s and up until now, when I’ve needed to print something, I have always printed from my desktop. This is the first printer, largely due to the Smart Panel app, that I feel confident printing to from my phone or iPad. I can edit what I need using the app and feel confident that it’s going to come out right the first time, every time. When documents print, you also have the ability to select/ deselect two-sided prints. Nice little feature that saves on paper. I’ve always had to manually print, flip, print again to get things to print on both sides of a page. #2: You guessed it - the reloadable ink tanks. This may be the first really good innovation I’ve seen in a home printer since...well...ever? Each tank holds nearly all of the ink that comes in the included bottles. The black bottle is 127 mL and each colored bottle is 70 mL. For reference, high capacity cartridges average 16 mL of ink. This is significantly more ink than cartridges, which means you’re going to be refilling significantly less often, throwing away less plastic, and of course saving money in the long run. The tanks on the printer are easy to refill with an “auto stop” feature. Refill cost is comparable to cartridges. But remember, you’re getting more ink and refilling far less. At Best Buy, you can get all three colored ink refills (cyan, magenta, AND yellow) for $41.99 and black ink refills for $19.99. If the ink lasts two years as advertised, we’re talking about $30/ year. My one concern with the tank system is that there are tubes and I assume pumps that bring ink to the jets. Being a newer system, I hope that longevity isn’t an issue. TBD. It feels a little weird getting excited about a printer, but Epson really did a nice job with this one. Up front cost is a little higher than most, but I truly believe that cost will be made up with ink savings. If you’re in the market for a new home printer, definitely consider this one!

This Epson multifunction color inkjet printer, scanner, and copier is perfect for home use. Once connected to a wireless network, printing from any device connected to the same wireless network is quick and easy. The print quality is superb, and is much better than inkjet printers I have used in the past. The setup was very easy and took about 20 minutes. The first step is to download the Epson app.The app seamlessly walked me through the setup process by providing step by step instructions. Next I filled the individual ink tanks with the corresponding ink color using the provided bottles. If you are concerned that the process of pouring the ink will be messy, don’t be. Epson made the process as easy as can be. All it takes is opening the cap, and placing the ink bottles upside down on the nozzle above each tank. Then wait about 2 minutes per bottle for the ink to drain into the tank. I was able to hear the sound of the ink draining, and the fill line will show when the process is done.Remember to not squeeze the bottle, it drains on its own and automatically stops when the tank is full. Epson has also made it impossible to fill the wrong tank with the wrong color, by shaping the bottle nozzles differently. For example, It is not possible to pour magenta ink in the black ink tank because the bottles only fit the proper tank. The next step was to use the app to locate and initialize the printer and connect to my wireless network. Once connected to my wireless network, printing wirelessly is as easy as pushing a button from my laptop or wireless device. The printer was recognized by my Windows and Chromebooks, as well as my Apple and Android devices and phones. Virtually any device on my wireless network can converintly use this printer. This is a very useful feature because most people spend as much, or more time, on phones and tablets as they do on PC’s. When called to service, the printer takes less than a minute to wake up and print. The print speed is slightly quicker than your average inkjet printer. The LCD screen is large enough to easily read and use. The copy and scan functions can be controlled using the control panel on the unit, or the app. A nice advantage to having a wireless printer is that it can be placed anywhere in the home that is convenient or where there is space. It is also equipped with a USB port for wired connectivity. Epson really thought of everything with this unit! It features excellent print quality, flawless operation, and the projected print page yield from using ink bottles over cartridges is many times greater.

The Epson EcoTank ET-2850 is an all in one solution that allows to your print whatever you may like, in color or black and white, without worry about running out of expensive toner and also helping save the environment. The Epson Ecotank included ink bottles will allow you to print almost 6500 in black and white and almost 5200 pages in color, that is a little over 500 pages of black and white and a little over 400 pages of color a month. The EcoTank ET-2850 is the perfect printer to satisfy your print needs for home, school and even work from home. Let’s go over the features, and PROs and CONs of the Epson EcoTank ET-2850. Setup: The setup process for the EcoTank ET-2850 could not be any simpler. In the box you will receive the printer, power cable, black, yellow, magenta, and cyan ink bottles and instructions on how to setup the printer. The EcoTank ET-2850 is a wireless printer, so it has built in WIFI. To setup the printer you would need to download the Epson Smart Panel app. Once the app is downloaded all you need to do is click “+” on the top right corner and the setup process begins. The printer is automatically picked up by the application and will guide you through the rest of the process. You will need to fill the tanks with the appropriate and included ink and then it runs through about a 10-minute ink initialization process and after that you are ready to print. Features: The Epson EcoTank ET-2850 is an all in one solution. This is a printer, copier and a scanner. You can print wirelessly and it has a flat bed scanner for scanning and making copies. The scanner has a scan resolution up to 1200 x 2400 dpi (Dots per square inch), for high quality and detailed scans. The printer has a print resolution up to 5760 x 1440 dpi, allowing you to print high-quality photos. The EcoTank ET-2850 can print black and white pages at the speed of 10 pages per minute and about 5 pages in color. This printer can also print two sided pages at the speed of 6 pages in black and white and 4 pages in color per minute. This is a rear fed printer, so instead of a tray for your plain paper, there is a slot in the back where you need to put the paper with a capacity of 100 sheets. This printer has a pretty compact design so it will not take up much space on your desk. PRO: ***Cheap Ink*** - I was able to find the compatiable replacement ink on Amazon for about $20 for all 4 bottles. (Generic Brands) Easy Setup High Quality Scan High Quality Print Wireless Printing Compact Design Two-sided printing Easy refill ink Cut down on toner cartridge waste CON: Small Display – 1.4 inches – Although is it comes with a color display, the display on this printer is rather small, its somewhat difficult to see any clearly. Slow print speeds – 10 ppm in black and white 5 (Single Sided) 6 ppm in black and white 4 (Two-Sided) Overall, The Epson EcoTank ET-2850 is a good all in one solution for any of your home, school and work from home printing, scanning and copying needs. I have been using this printer at home for kids school and some of my office work and it has worked great. The scans and prints came out crisp and clear. I do wish that the display on the printer was a bit larger or even completely remove the buttons with a touch screen display and I was not a big fan of the print speeds but the quality of the print made up for the speed. All in all, I would recommend the Epson EcoTank ET-2850 all in one printer.

Not a good printer for printing images or text. It'll printer fine on the first image and if you print again. Itll leave steak marks. I followed the directions on the setup. I already exchanged once thinking the first printer was defected. But I have the same problem with this second. I alreadt started the return online.

There are three printers in this series, and I am reviewing the mid-tier option. This is more expensive than the ET-2800, but it does NOT offer automatic 2-sided printing. It is up to you to determine if the extra cost is worth is. There is a considerably more expensive ET-4850, and the main difference is a paper tray cartridge and a sheet-feeder on the scanner. Well, on to this printer: It uses GIANT bottles of ink that look like they should last for a while. Because you have to dump this ink, setup is easy and mess-free, but takes several minutes to empty the bottles. The bottles are keyed so that they will only fit into the proper tank, and a viewing window on the front of the unit tells you how much ink you have. As to installing drivers, this takes a while, and there are a few "feedback" options that you should uncheck on the first screen. Aside from being a bit slow, the install process went without a problem. It has a USB connection, but I opted instead to use the WiFi connection. It appears to be 2.4 GHz only, but that is acceptable for a device like this. The print quality is quite good. You have the option to balance quality vs. the amount of ink used, and the results look good. There is also a 2-up option. One disappointment is that there is no actual paper tray at this price, but up to 100 sheets sticks out of the top-rear of the unit, making it look awkward. To get the paper tray you have to step up to the high-end unit. The scans look good, and the software allows you to scan straight to a PDF file (nice touch), and even add more sheets for a multi-page document. This is a feature that I really appreciate. The only real problem that I had was when I was printing a double-sided document. One page got jammed (probably my cat's fault) and I had to clear the jam. The printer SHOULD have re-printed the jammed page, but it did not. Other than this, performance so far has been flawless, but I have only had the unit for a few days.

The printer stopped working about 6 months after purchase. The ink is still full thats how little it was used.

I have always used Epson printers, never had any problems. I was excited to buy the EcoTank ET-2850. The ink lasts so long, has a great many features. After some time it has slowed down and takes a long time to print even just one page. I love to print photos and I have to say this printer is not very user friendly for them. You have to physically change for every size on the computer. Has no slot for 4x6 like my old small Epson. Keeps saying error and waisting paper. It is a pain to keep changing. Although it has great ink that lasts a long time. Im looking for something that works easier for me.

Best printer for the overall home and office usage, I've printed about 50 pages and the ink level literally has been the same, I bought this printer just around a few days ago from today (May 25th 2023) and it is probably the most solid, my old HP Officejet Pro 8035e broke within 1 week of using it because of a "printhead" blockage and things, that old thing was crap as heck, every plastic thing felt cheap and wobbly, but not this et-2850, it is solid as can be! I guess the saying of Japanese-Asian brandings being reliable and durable is true.

I haven't had the printer for very long but so far I absolutely love it. I can tell the ink will last a very long time. We've had to print quite a bit and we hardly have used any ink at all. Very impressed with the quality as well. Easy set up. The price was super great too!

I purchased this printer to replace a Cannon printer that developed mechanical issues. I wish I had switched out long before. Set up was easy, print quality is very good for the price point and photos look good with quality photo paper. I love the ink bottles vs cartridges because it is much less expensive per print and will produce more pages per refill. Site windows for quantity of ink remaining is helpful, and the ease of use makes this a top pick in my opinion. Using the printer over WiFi is easy and works consistently.

Love this printer more than I could ever imagine. Great print quality. Easy to use not only from our computers (desktop and laptop) but also from our phones and iPads. Easy to connect to, great print quality, ink lasts forever and we print quite a bit. Easy to set up! Great product for a great price!

The Epson EcoTank ET-2850 printer is a great all around printer. It features an ink tank system that allows for a large amount of printing but that also features none of the pitfalls when compared to other cartridge based printers. The setup was a breeze when using the smartphone app and it also promoted me to do a firmware update. The printer is quiet and quick as well as decently compact when there is no paper in the top paper feeder. If you are looking for a paper tray that goes on the bottom or an Ethernet connection than this is not the model for you, look for the Epson ET-3830 as that has both of those features. Another tip I can give is to make sure you remove all of the blue pieces of tape before doing the setup and if the ink is not emptying into the tanks then try to reseat the bottles or lift them ever so slightly (you should hear the air chug into the bottle as the ink drains). Overall I'm very pleased with the Epson ET-2850 and look forward to printing many new projects with it.

I am so glad I got this printer. Before I had an HP and the cartridges were really expensive and did not last. This Epson is so easy to use. Just fill each tank and you are good to go. Refill bottles are low cost and they last so so long. I have no regrets and highly recommend it.

I bought this for my daughter to replace the HP printer I had initially purchased for college. (The ink needed to be replaced after just over a month of use.) So far, she is extremely pleased with the quality of the documents and the double sided ability to copy is an amazing plus. Many of my teacher friends suggested this because of the amazing longevity of the ink. (This has been used in one classroom for months, over 10,000 copies, with little ink movement. As a former classroom teacher, that is impressive.) My daughter has used this already much more than the previous HP printer and the ink levels have barely moved at all. I am very grateful that we found out about your amazing product. In the long run, I should save so much without the frequent ink cartridge replacements. The initial price of this product might sway people from purchasing this at first, but if you factor in the ink cartridge replacements with the cheaper HP options, you soon see that in the long run, the cheaper initial cost of the HP leads to a more expensive purchase in the end.

Very good product. Pros: - 2 sided auto print. - wifi connectivity print from mobile or laptop is very easy. - compact and easy to operate. Cons - slow printing - quality of printing colour is not accurate. Overall good for normal use. Best buy offers 500 pages bundle which is excellent.

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.

I recently tried out the Epson EcoTank ET-2850 and I'm impressed. The refillable ink tank feature is great – no more cartridges. The print quality is decent for basic documents and photos. It's compact with wireless connectivity, which is convenient. Printing speed could be better, but the long-term savings make up for it. Yes, the initial cost is a bit higher, but it's worth it for the low cost per page. A good choice if you're looking for something cost-effective and don't mind sacrificing speed!

Had this printer for a month now. Easy setup and adding ink is even easier. I print everything from my iPhone now and the quality seems fine. I have not tried pictures yet. I do agree with other people about the screen size and location. It’s hard to see. You should install it somewhere higher than I have. Haven’t had it long enough to see if this system will have an issue with jet outs.

This is a great time saver and quality printer. Printing pictures comes out sharp and vivid. Graphs, reports, and illustrations print with ease. This really is a quality all-in-one. Setup is easy and painless, taking about 15 minutes. Ink bottles are mess-free and so easy to use, you’ll wonder why no one invented this decades ago. Very small form factor that easily fits in a home office setting or a living room without looking like it’s out of place. App is easy to use and responsive. Really you can’t go wrong with this and it’s so much better for the environment than buying dozens of cartridges. Highly recommended for busy moms, work-from-home businessmen, and students with lots of reports.

There isn't anything too special about the Epson EcoTank ET-2850 but it seems to be a pretty solid printer after several uses. My favorite part of the printer is its Epson Smart Panel companion app for Android. This app makes printing from my phone super easy. From my phone I can do all sorts of different print types; from photos and documents, to access to Google Classroom and creative prints. Filling the ink tanks is straight forward and no-mess. This printer uses refillable ink tanks instead of ink cartridges. I don't have a preference either way with cartridges or refillable tanks, but supposedly you get more bang for your buck with the tanks. Connecting to my Android phone for the first time was also easy and smooth. I had a bit of difficulty with getting my pc to discover the printer for wi-fi printing, but was able to get it done in the end. The printer is quiet. Standard copies are decent enough, albeit not the sharpest. The high quality print setting does have much better clarity however. The printer is white, although the power cord is black which I thought was weird. It's a basic looking printer so it's not going to win any design awards. The paper tray is the kind that sticks up from the top of the printer. I much prefer the look and space savings of paper trays that load underneath, but it's fine. This printer can also be integrated with Alexa and Google Assistant for voice-activated printing, but I doubt I'll ever use that feature. All in all, I think that this printer will last a long time and keep everyone in my family happy with easy printing at home, and I'm happy with it.