Customer Ratings & Reviews

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

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

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.

This is an excellent printer. Great for printing high quality photos and a range of paper types and sizes. Easy to set up and connect to your existing computer and printer systems.

I am very satisfied with this printer. I have only run a few 8X10's on epson ultra premium glossy and they looked fine. Pretty easy to setup and I am extremely happy with the economy. I had been trying to get my Epson R 3000 running and looking at price of set of ink and realized that I could pay most of the cost of the 8558 with the money I would need to spend on one set of in cartridges for the R3000.

Got the ET-8550 to replace an older Epson tank printer. This one has two paper in trays plus an oversize rear feeder which the old one didn't. I use 4x6 photo paper in one and 8.5x11 in the other. Love no having to swap papers. Prints everything great. I like that the output tray is mechanical and automatically extends when you print. The rest of the time I leave the tray retracted to clear up desk space. Loading paper into the front trays can be a problem for me as my front access space is limited. The input tray is under the output tray which opens to allow access to the in trays. This ends up being a bit fidgety. Overall I like this printer and love not having to fool around with ink cartridges.

So far this thing has been wonderful for my crafting. I bought it to make shower invitations and decor for a friend and it worked wonderfully. I just wish it used ink tanks that were changeable instead of ink you have to load. But that’s a minimal inconvenience for now nice this printer is.

Exactly what I was looking for and the gentleman that helped me was out of this world. Item was price matched and I received a great deal

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.

This is one of the best printers I have ever had. The ink last very long. I have been printing lots of prints daily and it looks like I barely used any. The print quality is great! I highly recommend this printer.

[Employee of bestbuy] I just replaced my aging, much-loved Epson Stylus Photo R2880 with the Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8550. Switching from Epson UltraChrome K3 pigment-based ink to their ClariaPremium dye-based ink I was really worried about the output, but researched a lot and found that Epson has made massive advancements with dye ink so that it's archival properties are pretty comparable to pigment-based inks. Additionally, the resolution is so fine on the EcoTank Photo printer that with only 6 channels, it's still able to produce lab-quality color output. My first prints were on Ilford Golden Fibre Silk paper, but I didn't have a proper profile, so was somewhat dissapointed with my initial prints, but I switched to Epson paper and have been blown away since! This printer produces some of the finest color matte photo prints I've ever seen — absolutely beautiful results! It's great on glossy & lustre too! A few pointers: 1. Like I said use Epson paper & you can't go wrong! 2. Print from Photoshop with Photoshop performing color management (rather than the printer) with Photoshop. 3. Make sure both the printer settings and Photoshop have the same media type selected. Do this & get amazing output every time!

The quality of prints is amazing - I do fine art photography and on high quality paper - prints are stunning. 13 x 19 printing took me 1000 hours to figure out, total pain. Regular printing is easy to set up. The ink is easy to install and last long. So - lots to love, but there are definitely clunky parts to this printer.

This printer worked for exactly how I needed it to.

I have been an HP user for decades. I like how they recycle their toner cartridges (you just send them back through UPS), but the cost of them has been hitting our business wallet too much lately. I saw that Epson does not deal with cartridges in this model, so we purchased it for printing booklets and poster-sized marketing materials. This is a really nice unit. The colors are to spec and the detail is impressive. We have received a lot of compliments on our posters (11x14inches). We have had it for a month now and am very happy with the purchase thus far.

This printer is just what I needed. I’m so pleased that I purchased another one.

Beautifully design.... very efficient use of ink...never jams and produce great photos. Best printer I've ever used. It's a bit pricey but the easily provides the best resolution on different types of paper.

It takes some time to set up and isn't the easiest equipment to navigate, but the picture and print quality is great once you get the ink tanks primed and calibrated.

The Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8550 has completely transformed the way I run my online selling business. As someone who relies heavily on printing high-quality product labels, inserts, and promotional materials, this printer is truly the backbone of my operations. If you're running a small business or need high-volume, high-quality printing, I can't recommend the ET-8550 enough. It’s more than just a printer—it's a powerful tool that’s elevated the professionalism and efficiency of my brand.

I love this printer. It’s budget friendly while being able to produce pictures that are noticeably better than standard 3 color printers. Dark hair for example will look more realistic. There is still one minor detail that I’ve found annoying and that is the tray underneath to load paper. I put some 4x6 paper in there and the paper curled up, making it get caught. I recommend loading paper when you will use it to prevent that. The back loading works great though and I love the 13x19 photos. I even combined 3 of those in one picture to create a poster size photo that I’m pleased with.

The major advantage of the ET-8550 for photo printing is the cost of ink. The software takes time to figure out. In fact, I am still trying to master it. The quality of photo prints is very good. Now the question is now long will the print last before fading. Only time will tell.