Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is a great overall printer for any home office. I am impressed by the ease of ink replacement. Print quality is good overall, and the form factor blends into any office decor. There are a few convenience annoyances I have which is the reason I took away a star, but it is minor overall. Pros: - Good design - Easy and cheap ink refills - Long lasting ink - Good app support - Decent print quality Cons: - Output tray needs to be opened to use - No large input tray Setup: The printer has a QR code which takes you to a prompt guided chat window to set up the printer. It has you fill the ink (easy and not messy), connect it to Wi-Fi or Ethernet, then do a test page followed by a scan to see the output quality. Use: I downloaded the Epson Smart Panel phone app and the Epson Print & Scan PC app for testing with the printer. The phone app is useful for all the features and monitoring of printer status. I feel the app puts a little too much emphasis on big graphics and is more form over function, but it does the job with lots of options and control. The Windows desktop app, not so much. It works for printing and scanning but is more function over form. It has a Windows 8 design language and only allows control of printing and scanning. Keep in mind, you can use other scanning or printing tools such as the OS built in print spooler or various 3rd party scanner apps. I never had any print issues in my review testing with solid connections each time and no errors on the printer which is all I ask for in a modern-day printer, reliability. Ink quality: The Eco Tank system is outstanding for convenience. The included Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow inks are rated to last for three years by Epson’s testing estimate compared to a cartridge system. Ink is relatively cheap and has no DRM like cartridges can have. The quality is fine for regular office work, but I would not depend on it for photos. Anyone who needs high quality photos as a photo printer might work better for this purpose. Photo quality is not bad for a simple 4x6 or 5x7 photo on photo paper, but it has enough dithering that I wouldn’t display them around the house. For a simple 8.5x11 print for work purposes I feel this printer is just fine for text and color graphics or charts with decent quality and great print speed. Issues: - This printer feels like it is not meant for frequent use. It has a great design that is clean and minimal, but to print you need to load paper in the rear feeder with the paper sticking out and open the output tray which is kind of ugly. - The only paper tray is on the back rear input. There is no paper cartridge on the bottom so the paper is limited to how much you can load by quite a bit. Again, it feels like it is not meant for frequent printing.

After years of frustration with another brand of printer, I was excited to try out this new EcoTank printer by Epson, and so far, I have not been disappointed. Setting up the printer is fairly easy and straightforward. There is, of course, an app from Epson you can use that will walk you through the process step-by-step, but it's not required. You can just easily set it up using the included printed guide. That said, I do recommend using the app as it makes communicating with the printer easier and allows the firmware to be updated. This is also my first printer that uses refillable ink instead of cartridges, so one of my initial concerns was how difficult that part of the process would be, and if I'd have to worry about getting ink on me or just spilling it out in general. I'm happy to say the way it works with this Epson printer, it couldn't be any easier and mess-free. You don't even have to worry about over-filling the tanks, just put the ink bottle down into the port and it'll stop filling automatically as soon as it reaches the full level. There's also enough ink included to completely fill the tanks, and then enough still to top them off after the printer does its initial setup where it'll use some of the ink to get things ready to print. Once everything is all setup, it's just as easy, if not easier to use. I setup this printer for my daughter, who is almost in middle school, and is starting to actually need to be able to print things. I didn't even download the Epson software or drivers on her PC, I just went to 'add printer' and the PC found it and was able to print to it right away. My daughter now prints whatever she needs on her own easily, and hasn't had to come to me for help with it at all. What's really nice though, is that since it's on my home wi-fi network, I've been able to print from my macbook as well without even having to download anything. Same goes for mobile, my wife needed to print something out from her phone the other day and it just worked, again without her having to even download the Epson app. I can't tell you how happy I am with this printer just because of that alone. The other brand I currently have that I mentioned earlier, doesn't work that easy. Half the time we can't connect to it all and honestly just gave up on it. With the Epson though, we no longer have that issue. You could even hear the excitement in my wife's voice the first time it just worked. As far as how long the ink lasts, I haven't had this printer anywhere near long enough to know that yet, but so far, the ink levels have barely moved at all after a couple weeks of printing. Overall I'm really happy with this Epson and would definitely recommend it.

The only reasons I gave it a 4 star, 1 the little tiny screen that's hard to read unless you have a lot of light on in the room 2 the little symbols around the screen are also hard to see and make out what they stand for. 3 Getting used to what buttons to push for different things you want to do is kind of much for someone that don't use the printer often or is used to the Epson printer this one replaced. 4 not fond of no paper tray out of site, paper stands up in back out in the open. I have to admit I don't read and follow instructions sometimes as now days the instructions are sometimes as hard to under stand what they mean so trial and error works better for me LOL. All that being said the printer is really nice, it quite and prints great colors.

Great print and easy to operate. Ink was not messy at all and loaded quickly for so much ink. Foot print was great for saving office space and connections and internet setup was very easy. Lots of product in such a small package .

Great print quality for my art projects. Easy to use. More quiet compared to other printers I've had.

I've been extremely impressed with the Epson EcoTank ET-2980. The print quality is sharp for both documents and color graphics, and the setup was quick and straightforward. The wireless connection has been reliable, making it easy to print from multiple devices around the house. The EcoTank system is the biggest advantage. Not having to constantly replace expensive ink cartridges is a huge money saver, and the included ink lasts an incredibly long time. The refill process is clean and simple, with no mess. Overall, this is an excellent all-in-one printer that delivers great performance, outstanding print quality, and exceptional value. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a dependable home or small office printer.

So far, so good. The size is just right for my desk top. Quiet operation. Good print quality. (I have not printed any photos) I will update after longer use before commenting on the ink usage. Like that the printed page tray retracts out of the way.

I got this printer for home and business use - I use it probably 4/7 days per week, and it hasn’t caused any problems! I love that it connects easily to my phone and computer, the color and black and white printing is great, and it’s nothing too fancy or complicated. I haven’t tried anything other than basic copy paper, but hope to experiment with thicker paper soon.

This printer was super easy to install, prints great from the computer or from our phones wirelessly, and doesn’t run through ink. We have printed several 8×10 images, as well as other documents, and have used very little ink. The ink cartridges are amazingly simple to fill. The color are sharp and clear. We are already saving money and are rwally enjoying this printer! It was super easy to install. It works excellent hard wired to the computer and seamlessly using wi-fi to print from our phones. I would recommend this printer to anyone! 10/10

I like how this printer doesn't use expensive cartridges like every other printer and that you could use ink bottles that aren't that expensive; that what I really like about the printer. though 2 warnings, the printer will clog if you don't use it regularly, it best to print pages once a week, so it still in use. at times ink smears on the paper or isn't the right color that you were printing, then use the print head cleaning on the app; this will flush the ink and reset it. that should help with the problem. Overall, I really don't have much to complain about this printer.

Works wonderful. Nice color and speed.. I purchased this for my daughter for Medical School and it prints out her diagrams vividly. I would definitely purchase again. M getting one for my self. She loves the fact that it is cordless and she can just hook it up to her computer and she doesn’t have to worry about wiring or anything like that so she is delighted and I am delighted

I’ve been using this printer for several days and I’m happy with it. It was easy to set up, prints clearly, and the EcoTank system is very convenient. Wireless printing from my iPhone works well, and the print quality is good for both documents and color images. Overall, it’s a great value for the price.

Absolutely amazing! The colors are perfect! It was so easy to set up the machine. I had to navigate the website to set up my computer with the printer, but once that was done (pretty quick overall), printing was a breeze. As a primary grade elementary school teacher, I print a LOT of colored items. I have already printed over 300 sheets (full sheet of colored designs and lettering) and I still have more than half of my ink! (First 1/8-1/4 they say fills the pathway to the printer heads. They say subsequent ink refills will print more than the first set of bottles.) So, I am elated with the amount of money I am saving on colored ink already. And the balance of colors is still perfect. The printer accepted my 110 lb. cardstock paper, too. Usually, I use 60-85 lbs. I had around 50 sheets of the 110 lb. and it was no problem. I am super happy with this printer so far. Looking forward to printing everything in color now without hurting my wallet.

This is my 2nd ET printer. ( my other is he 2450 series) They both do seperate projects. It was super easy to set up and start printing right away. I'm hooked on Epson. I liked it so much my daughter bought one too. Both switched from HP printers, and their monthly subscription. No more with all the ink this one comes with.

Nice looking printer, prints quickly and produces high color accuracy, easy to setup through mobile phone. But when I leave it unused for three days, the print head starts clogging. Print head cleaning cycle works and doesn’t waste much ink. Beware if you don’t print regularly.

I mostly use a black and white laser printer, but was replacing a high end 8 color ink jet large format photo printer. That printer was very expensive to run. I decided that I did not need a high end photo printer as I can get those prints fast online these days for much less money. I did want a printer that can do everyday color printing like charts and invitations. If it could also do the occasional casual photo print job, great. This printer is more than up to that role. It is very fast in black and white and quite fast with ordinary color printing on stock paper. It is not so fast when printing photos on special paper on high quality settings, but the quality greatly exceeded my expectation. Of course the eco tank system should be vastly less expensive than what I had. Filling the ink tanks did not require all the ink in the bottles. I planned to top them off as the ink goes down, but that is going very slowly. And the first fill uses more ink to fill the pipeline. It also was very easy to attach to wifi and it has stayed connected so far, which is rare for me. The Epson app was pretty clunky and the microscopic display on this thing is hard for an old man to use, but everything works once you figure out how to do it.

The ink tanks make refills easy and prints cheap. Print quality is decent. Setup was easy but didn't follow written instructions exactly. The space required is fairly large because of the rear paper feed and front ejection. If you need color printing capability this is an excellent choice.

This printer took a little longer than expected to do the initial set up, but it works great! I was able to download the app and connect my wifi, and start printing within the hour. We printed about 30 full color sheets on cardstock for creating a board game with 0 issue.

I have used this print for all of the stuff to decorate my classroom, and I still have half a tank of printer ink. It is easy to use and set up, and way more efficient than a cartridge printer.

Fast, quiet and good quality prints. Ink provided is plentiful. Perfect for kids’ school projects and home office work.