Customer Ratings & Reviews

I had some photos I wanted to print on my old cartridge printer. I then discovered I need ink. To replace the 2 cartridges I needed would have cost about $150.00. If I was lucky I could get maybe 30 8x10 prints. I decided it was time to look into a new printer. I choose the Epson ET 8550 ink tank printer. I am very happy with the printer. The prints are sharp, the colors are amazing. So far I have printed over 75 photos from 4x6 to 13x19. I also printed 40 newletter's on plain paper. I still have FULL ink tanks! Setting up the printer was quick and easy. To be honest, I did have to replace the residual ink maintaince box which was $23. But according to the reviews I read, this is fairly common when loading the ink in the printer for the 1st time. Overall, I would recommend the ET8550 for people that need a wide format printer. It also has a built in scanner and it can function as a copier.

As a small photographer i have been eying this pronter for a few years. I have owned a regular eco-tank printer and it is the best printer I have ever owned! I spit out 100 4x6 photos that ive been staching on my computer as soon as I got it. It is a bit intimidating to set up since there are so many doors and trays, and it took a couple tester prints to fuiguire out that you NEED to select the right paper type when printing, but once I did, I only stopped because I had burned through a whole pack of paper! Im very excited to keep spritting out prints with this bad boy! As far as I can see, the colors are on point, and my black amd whites are perfect! And much more cost effective than sending to print!

Excellent photo prints. The ink is affordable. The printer is easy to use and with this printer, 13"x9" prints are an option.

Love it, it huge and gorgeous for my office! Runs perfectly and the photo quality and stickers are outstanding

The Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8550 is a solid all-in-one photo printer that delivers high quality wide-format prints. It's 6-color ink system gets you vivid quality, and offers extremely low running costs thanks compared to other photo printers. It's best suited for photographers, artists, and serious hobbyists who need near-professional-quality prints at home. I would not recommend that this printer be used for documents. It's scanner capabilities are sufficient

While it is too early to review the printer for performance (we have only had it a couple of weeks and have put it through all its capabilities yet) we can report that it does well at ordinary printing for office and personal correspondence. It does excellent scanning of photos, graphics and documents to PDF, JPEG, Tiff. Such copying as we need to do also works well. we have yet to do photo and art printing but will be tryin is out this coming week. Features of the machine like the output tray pushing out while printing after being hidden for neat appearance is cool. thick paper through the back feed works fine. We like the ink tanks instead of cartridges and the pricing on the ink as well.

Overall, I really love this printer! I use it for my small business and the quality of printing is excellent. My only complaint is the printing extension that catches the paper coming out is positioned in a way that makes it difficult to access the main paper tray that’s located underneath it at the bottom of the printer. I also do not love that the extension tray does not automatically move back into the printer unless you prompt the printer to do so. Other than those two things, it works great for printing and scanning! The ink lasts a LONG time!

I love this printer, and i got it for a great deal. I have one at home and one in my classroom, i teach art and use it to print digital art among other things. I jave had zero issues, I jave owned it for about 6 months.

Bought this product. Great quality picture and prints. Easy to refill. Love the wide paper products.

It is easy to use, reliable and have a high quality of printouts! I really loved it and very convenience to everyone!

So far so good. I got this for printing art prints for my business after spending months looking at other printers, reviews, etc. I decided to get this once the price dropped and it did. Otherwise I was going to stick it out with my hp printer which is doing an ok job with the right paper. But I learned that while it can print pretty nicely on matter paper, you need to adjust the settings accordingly to get the best print quality.

everything i expected in a printer very easy to set up and use

I love this printer . It works really good! The quality of the print is amazing.

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.

We are replacing all our Canon photo printers with the Epson - EcoTank 8550 and 8500. The printer works well and we are heavily using it daily. BestBuy's price was comparable to discounted sites we searched but delivery was far faster.

If you use it correctly, this produces pretty amazing photos. Use the correct paper, probably Epson. I initially tried it with old photo paper and was on the cusp of returning it. The ink and paper were designed to work together. Epson really ought to include a couple sheets with the product so you see the results. I really like the way the ink tanks are filled. This is a huge upgrade from the inkjet cartridges, and looks like it simply will work better and much cheaper overall. The low cost of the cartridge ink jet printers is recouped when you buy more cartridges. I'm impressed with the way the ink bottles have "keys" so you can't get the wrong color in the wrong tank...that's really crucial. So far, love it. Epson's software could be more modernized.

I love the quality of this printer! I own a small stationary business, so accuracy, detail, and quick output are essential, and this machine does all of it! Be aware though that the machine does not automatically feed any paper above 110#. If you do have paper over 110# then be prepared to individually feed each sheet for printing. Also, it prints 13 x 19 images beautifully! Of course, one of the best things is the Eco tanks. The fact that you can print thousands of pages with out deleting your ink is a money saver!

Love this printer!!! Great prints and wide range of prints. It has a defect or so but it’s a machine so of course it will but all in all it’s a great

I love the ink capacity on this printer. I print A LOT!! I was plowing through ink on my HP and the ink on this has lasted me well over a year. My only complaints are the paper tray is quite small and needs frequent refilling. It also struggles connecting to WiFi for printing and takes a few minutes to "think".

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!!!