Customer Ratings & Reviews

All my past printers were Epson’s. I truly believe in this brand. This printer, the Epson ET 8550, OMG. I was speechless after my first test prints. I made some test prints of my daughters and her friends recent figure skating competition pictures and it blew my mind. The quality of the print on Epson Photo Paper is outstanding. When I showed these pictures to my friends, and they though the pictures were taken by a professional photographer and prints were made in a professionally controlled print lab. If anyone is planning to buy this printer, I would say just go for it. You won’t regreat investing your money on this. The price is little bit at higher end but it’s worth it. I just got some sample photo papers of other brand, of course which are compatible to this printer. I will check those and come back with the results.

Excellent print and easy to use! Great image and color!

I did a great amount of research before buying this printer. I am an avid photographer and often print photos of mine to create greeting cards. I had another Epson printer which used individual color cartridges and produced very beautiful prints of my photos. That printer was not working properly so I was looking for a printer that would not be too expensive and would produce comparable prints. The Epson ET - 8550 has an EcoTank and I wondered how that media would compare to the individual cartridges with which I was familiar. Setting up the printer was not difficult and printing the photos was very easy. To my surprise, the color photos produced by this Epson printer compared very favorably to the photos produced by my previous Epson printer. And, because of the EcoTank, I will save a lot of money on Ink!!!

I love my 8550 has the best quality and easy to use!

Loved the printer works great! Liking being able to print bigger images rather than sending to print at a store.

Absolutely LOVE this printer! Took a bit to figure out some of it - like where exactly was tray 2 - but eventually figured it out. Since I print alot I really like the double sided printing as it saves on paper. It’s ot quiet but it’s not any louder than any other printer I’ve had. - I replaced my Brother laser with this one. The automatic openimg output tray was a surprise bonus but doesn’tclose unless you push the close button on the diplay which must be closed to load tray 2. Tray 2 doesn’t hold a lot of paper but it’s enough for me. I fill the tray every couple of weeks. Love the print quality too. Hope it stays working beautifully. Will only buy brand ink for this great printer to maintain it. Also like you can put larger paper in it too although I haven’t had an opportunity to try that out yet. Was well worth the investment!

I love this printer so much i bought 2. With a highly discounted price, I couldn't turn down getting one as a general/photo printer and one as a sublimation printer. The photo quality and sublimation image quality is AMAZING!!!! With the addition of the extra type of black and the gray to the normal CMY and black add an additional quality that rings out both darks and ligbt contrast in the prints. I will say, paper quality is a HUGE part of getting quality prints in both photos and sublimation transfers. Also, if you buy cheap refills, tbe quality may go down and you will have contaminated the ink wells permanently. This is a major investment in a printer, so be prepared to pay for quality ink, paper and accessories to use with it.

great printer for the price. Easy to use and the size is great for home offices.

I needed a new photo printer and have used Epson and Canon photo printers in the past. After researching and talking to some people I know that had purchased the Epson Photo ET8550, I purchased one myself. I've had the printer for 3 months now and am very happy with this printer. The photos it produces are gorgeous and the use of ink is stingy! From 8" x 11" prints to the 13" x 19" prints all are simply photo lab equivalent. I have had zero problems with this printer since owning and printing many, many photos. I can't say enough about this printer. If you are looking for a great photo printer, you will love this one. I am so happy that I purchased this printer ... it is Great!!!

I’ve been using this printer for a while now, and I can confidently say it has exceeded my expectations. One of the biggest advantages of this printer is its EcoTank system, which replaces traditional ink cartridges with refillable ink tanks. The ink bottles included in the box last for hundreds of prints, so you don’t have to worry about constantly replacing cartridges. The photo print quality is exceptional. Connectivity options are also very flexible. With Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and SD card support, it's easy to print from virtually anywhere. In short, the ET-8550 is an excellent choice for anyone serious about photo printing. I'm extremely satisfied and would definitely recommend it to others.

I got this printer because it CAN print on thick cardstock, however doing the rear feed slot in the back is a bit of a nuisance. You have to partially disassemble the printer and keep trying to print from the back until it actually prints. I bought the printer to print up mock-up packaging for new products before spending money on "real" packaging. The printer prints nicely on Canon brand glossy photo paper, but leaves pizza wheel track marks on all other brands glossy photo paper that I have tried, including Epson brand photo paper. Matte photo paper doesn't have a gloss for the spikes to leave holes in so any non-glossy paper should be fine. I have tried 3 different brands of compatible inks and all worked good enough for me so you can save money on cheap ink. Some of the prints on photo paper will have extra marks on the paper where some of the excess ink rubs onto something and then onto the paper in the wrong spots, but those stray marks don't happen all the time. The stray marks just mean a good 13x19 photo paper is ruined and you need to print again. I also recommend waiting between poster prints to let the excess ink dry so it doesn't rub off onto the next paper and create stray marks. I haven't tried printing on any disks yet. To make sure the ink doesn't dry in the nozzles, you will need to find a 5 color Cyan Magenta Yellow K(black) Grey color print purge picture and print that as "regular" and a 1 color K(black) and print as photo paper glossy, to make sure all the nozzles are blasted clean, recommended about 1 time per week.

Very good printer. Photos printed on photo paper look excellent. Printed 8 1/2 by 11 photos and came out great. The ink bottles supplied with it to fill the onboard print tanks hold about 2.3 of ink. Printed several 8 1/2 by 11 photos and have not used much ink at all. price is a little high, but shopped around. Might pay more up front for this... but you'll love the savings on ink cartridges.

So far, after a few short weeks printing many numbers of images 81/2x11, 11x17 (paper sizes) this printer has given me beautiful results with no major issues. A couple of times it deposited/smudged a few corners of prints with black ink. Not enough to get into the image area but still a little odd. The image quality is really, really good. The images are all photography. The printer responds well to using ICC profiles and making adjustments - your monitor has to be set to lower brightness levels - how much lower depends on several things (too much to say here). If you're using this for photography, you won't be disappointed. I've now printed, at last count the other day, over 200 images, some having to print several times after adjustments. The ink is still well above 1/2 full in all the tanks. Lot's of positives. It's true what all those who have reviewed this say = no disappointments, especially if you're not hyper-critical. You'll be pleasantly surprised.

Easy setup. Printing from my phone has never been more simple and quick with the epson apps. Quality of prints has been great.

First, the printer was simple to set up and get networked. Second, it's a relatively fast printer, even for photographs. Third, the color prints done on photo paper look very good. Lastly, the Ecotank technology will save money, as the inks come in 70 ml bottles that are used to fill the six tanks on printer and they are far less costly than typical ink jet cartridges with less printing capacity. This is an expensive printer and one should look for discounts. Best Buy had a very good sale price along with an Epson sponsored $75 discount for trading in my old failed printer.

We bought this printer to handle more advanced and demanding large format printing and photo needs. Little did we know we were also getting a workhorse that could power even mundane tasks. My family found ourselves in a bind not having ordered holiday cards and decided to try printing our own. Not only did this printer help us power though our card list (75+ double sided color holiday cards) but the printing quality never showed streaks, roller lines or evidence of overuse.

Very happy with this printer. After filling the ink reservoirs the printer preps the conduits to the print head and then all the ink the levels drop a bit less than 1/4 , but do not worry, the original cartridges have ink leftover for you to almost top of again, nice touch Epson, and thank you. Also, the print quality is very good, I really like it. Have printed on glossy and lustre photo paper. I definitely recommend this printer, have only used the rear top tray with a couple of sheets at a time, highly recommend this product, have printed more than 10 large sizes and ink levels have hardly dropped, can’t really tell. Expecting very low ink costs.

Setting up out of the box was quick and simple. Color print speed is what I expected. Color print quality is very good for my needs (I'm not a pro photographer). I miss not having an auto-feeder and don't like that the output tray does not automatically retract.

very good printer, i only printed 8 x 11.5. print is very nice. ecotank ink should keep cost of ink down. people like to get bigger prints. great picture quality paper tray is flimsy, just be gentle. easy to set up.

I love it. It was a rough start because I was using my iPad and it kept saying paper out in #2 and spitting the paper out the back feed. I needed help from Epson and Apple. When I installed the program on my desktop Mac, everything changed. I was able to print my 12 x 12 files, the reason I purchased it. Alls right with the world and I love it. The color is great too. I would recommend it even if you aren’t totally computer literate.