Customer Ratings & Reviews

My wife, who is a teacher, and our family, which has four middle/high school/college-aged kids, burn through ink and paper regularly. We got this printer after some research in the hopes we could print faster, be more ink efficient, and still do all the projects and things we want.I was delighted at the setup (it's a good use of mixed documentation and AI-assisted configuration help). The physical assembly was simple, and it just worked with our computers, tablets, and phones out of the box. The ink system promises to be very cost-effective, and all the printing, scanning, and all-in-one functions make this great so far. My wife was delighted at the speed and 2-sided printing abilities, and so far we've had a really good experience.

The Epson EcoTank ET-3950 has exceeded my expectations. I purchased it three and a half months ago and used it for a variety of tasks here in my home office. Printer setup was simple with easy-to-follow instructions. In terms of performance, the print quality is outstanding. It handles everything from everyday paper stock to high-quality photo printing. I created a certificate to acknowledge the great work of a friend, and the finished print quality, including images, was very close to professional grade. I printed some business cards, and it handled the heavier cardstock without an issue. One of the main reasons I purchased this printer is the EcoTank system. No more changing out ink cartridges! The large, front-facing ink tanks clearly display the remaining ink. I've been using the printer for several months now, and the ink levels have dropped only slightly - even though I am printing eight to ten pages a day. The only negative is the menu options on the printer. It took a while to understand what the selections are and how to apply them. This is certainly not a deal killer, just a little issue. Overall, the ET-3950 has been a positive, hassle-free printing experience for my home office. I highly recommend it.

This home office all-in-one HP-3950 inkjet printer offers very easy setup (including wireless networking), fast 2-sided Color/BW printing, quiet and smooth operation, and print jobs that look excellent! Tray storage of 250 pages means less refill time...Nice! Filling the 4-color ink tanks with the included ink bottles couldn't be easier!! Due to "no cartridges", at a 6000 page print count this refillable ink tank cost will be 95% Less than my previous color laser jet printer cartridge consumption, AMAZING!!

I bought this printer because of the ink tanks, I jad another brand of printer and it was expensive to replace ink cartridges. I love that my big box store carries the replacement ink. Very happy with the quality and ease of printing. I am happy with the price and felt it is a good value for the money and printer capabilities.

Easy set up and easy to use. I love how compact it is especially the slide in output slot and paper feeder. It prevents my cats from climbing and breaking off pieces and keeps the dust out. This is by far the best printer I have ever used.

Love the Epson. Great ink supply. Easy to install and prints beautifully. Staff highly recommended this printer for my needs.

We bought it to print our restaurant’s seasonal menus, and it’s been great, efficient, high-quality color, and a solid value. We finally feel comfortable printing in color without having to “count the beans” and tightly control ink use. I also really like that the feed tray and output tray both automatically fold in when not in use, it helps keep dust and other pollutants from getting inside. One small pet peeve: when printing checks, thicker paper can jam if you load too many at once, so we only feed a few blank checks at a time.

Excellent Printer. Has a touch screen. Does double sided copying. Compact. Ink doesn't dry out. Has Fax

Prints well as expected and ink features are unique and inventive. Definitely recommended.

Fairly easy to set up although it took several minutes, longer than I expected. Had to use my smartphone to do it, which I did not anticipate. So far I have been able to print both via wifi from my phone and hard wire from my pc.

Great experience. Order came fast. Printer is exactly what I was looking for. Love that I no longer have to order cartridges. Very easy to set up.

Love this printer! Great set up instructions and Prints quick!

So far I really like my new Epsom printer. A friend has one in her office and spoke so highly of its quality and how seldom the ink has to be refilled. They print a lot and it’s still working great after having it several years. I’m still learning how to use some of the settings. Glad I bought it.

The right features for a home or small business printer. No more worries if the ink is gone. No more pricey cartridges.

Excellent printer! So glad I picked this model - worth the extra. Super easy set up instructions. Love printing from my phone.

I was hoping that this woupd be a good replacement for my dying HP as Epson seems to have a decent reputation - especially for photo printing. But terrible setup process Software makes HP look highly competent Print quality is, to be polite, poor for anything but text. ...Lines on graphics on standard ...Absolutely horrible quality on brochure stock Latest is attempting to print a fairly complex document - doublesided booklet format 28 pages (14 sheets) Spooling on Windows 11 (Intel Ultra 7, 32 gb memory) spools 4 pages of 28, prints them & quits. DO NOT BUY recommendation!!

Fast, easy to setup, great picture quality, and great new printer.

I’ve always been a big fan of Epson. Of course the vast majority of the products I’ve used from them have been projectors. When I had the chance to grab a printer that promised all the advantages of an inkjet with the cost per page that rivals lasers, I decided to bite. And I’m glad I did. I’ve had printers from a bunch of different manufacturers over the years. What I personally have told myself and friends is: go laser. Why? Well lasers offer a ton of great advantages, but they also are lower maintenance for most people, and most manufacturers' toner isn’t insanely priced, like ink in inkjet cartridges which per ml tend to rival fine champagne in cost. Well, not so with Epson’s latest entry. While not the first to offer tanks, the ET-3950 is by far from the less evil side of the inkjet heritage. You can buy bottles of ink from Epson (or not recommended, but probably safe, 3rd parties) at much cheaper prices. The ET-3950 has tanks that can be refilled and consequently avoids the ridiculous cost of ink ‘cartridges’ that we all grew up buying. Couple that with the absolute distasteful consumer engineering that certain other companies do, and Epson comes out looking like the printing hero of modern times. So the ET-3950 isn’t evil, that’s a good start right? Absolutely. In fact the most evil thing about the Epson is unboxing it and removing the plethora of shipping tape used to keep the printer intact while being shipped. Once removed you’re ready to start setup. Setup was quite easy, with the printer suggesting downloading the mobile app to complete setup. I did this and it walked me through filling up the tanks, loading paper, and a test page. Similarly, my Windows machine and Macs were able to see this printer right away without much headache. Airprint is a beautiful thing. This printer features a lot of awesome capabilities. Specifically the front panel can be angled to whatever is helpful for operation. The print tray can fold in and automatically be extended when needed (not retracted, but that’s fine). The ink tank area has visible windows so you can see exactly how much ink you have at a glance. The printer features not only double sided printing but also double sided scanning as well from its automatic document feeder (ADF). Being able to copy a double sided doc (and produce double sided scans), is huge. If you’re like me and want to digitize all the paper sent to you, the ADF has got you covered. There is a higher resolution flat bed scanner as well, for those times you need to copy your license, or other less flexible sources. The flatbed is also used for initial calibration of the inkjet head, where it scans a test page. The printer, at least so far, has been extraordinarily easy to operate. Out of the box, you’re given a starter set of Epson 502 ink. This is 4 containers of Epson’s inkjet ink - one black, cyan, magenta, and yellow. Ink is about $60 for this set, but offers a decent amount of longevity. Filling the ink tanks is mess free with their ‘ecofit’ mechanisms. Due to Epson’s new printhead (improved over the 3850, its predecessor), the head should last the life of the printer and not dry out. So when you’re buying Epson ink, you’re getting the full use of every drop of ink, not just whatever comes out before it dries up or your printing subscription ends (yeah, yall know who I’m talking about). The out of the box ink provides a little more than one full tank in the printer. While I’m not sure how many pages that’s rated for, my use case has been almost exclusively photos so far. Epson rates the out of the box ink at 5500 color pages, however I will say that number is inflated. Watching the ink tank levels in the little windows, the ink has appreciably gone down, and I’ve only printed about 70 pages. That said many of those were photos or dense text. Again, you’re getting a lot of pages from the provided ink - realistically I would guess a few thousand of pages out of the tank capacity. Printing times are pretty quick. Printing duplex slows things down, with print button to first page done at about 20 seconds, but that’s not half bad for duplex printing. Single sided printing on normal comes in right around the rated pages per minute you’d expect (lower than the 18ppm for fast/draft, but around 14ppm). To print all of Sense and Sensibility, 2 pages per side, double sided, it’s about 51 sheets of paper and took 13 minutes almost on the nose. Don’t expect double sided printing to be super fast - but it’s easy on the trees. The best part is it printed flawlessly, no jams, no blurs on in, just razor crisp text page after page. Speaking of text quality, this isn’t the best text I've seen from a printer, but its good for an ink jet. In fact it’s a cut below laser, which is the gold standard. Ink bleeds, and because of that, no matter what you do, you’re much more beholden to both the physics of ink, and the paper quality you’re using. That said, the text is razor crisp to the naked eye. Putting it under a microscope reveals very little blotting or bleeding, even on fairly cheap paper. Photos, similarly show the high resolution of Epson’s print head at work, with nice lines, and fine details. Again, this won’t rival a dedicated photo printer, but with decent glossy print paper, you’ll be printing very nice 4x6, 5x7, and 8x10’s without much effort. Speaking of photo printing, Epson’s out of the box software is a great piece to get started with. On my Windows 11 machine I went to Epson’s site and downloaded the driver/utility combo package. After installation the Photo+ software offered an excellent, easy to use, photo mastering/printing package, allowing me to select multiple photos, add shapes, text, stamps etc. It’s a great little application out of the box. I did have a few times it started misbehaving, but restarting the app fixed those issues. You can save your work as layout files, and even configure advanced printing properties. I loved the photo layouts, so I could print multiple of one photo on a page (5x7, 2 x 4x6). Overall great utilities that just add value to the whole package. Coming to the Epson as a big laser fan, I thought I’d be unimpressed. While the Epson ET-3950E might not have the crispest text, or best photo quality, what it does have is what has made ink jet so popular for so many years: it can do it all, simply, easily, and Epson does it with the industries biggest downside: extortion through cartridge. The reasonable price of Epson’s ink makes the inkjet great again. Inkjet printers have their compromises, but if you’re looking for a printer that lets you take family memories and turn them into physical art while also allowing you to print a boarding pass, or school project, the Epson excels. Epson’s engineering is on display in this printer, and it’s great to see a practical, economical, and overall great printer. This is honestly the first ink printer i would recommend to friends and family in over 20 years. Highly recommended!

The new Epson ET-3950 wireless EcoTank All-in-One Printer is a superb choice if quality and cost per page is important to you. This is a very reliable, inexpensive, easy to use and compact device which will economically and quietly print large quantities of documents at an unmatched quality level. Epson is one of the three major units of Japan’s Seiko Group (the other two produce Seiko watches and SII microelectronics.) Seiko created the printing timers used in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, then developed the first electronic mini-printer (the EP-101) in 1968. In 1975 the company created the Epson name to brand the next generation of printers based upon the EP-101 technology. Epson literally means “son of EP” and it introduced dot matrix printers in 1978. Epson created the micro piezo inkjet technology (which is the basis for most modern inkjet printers) in 1993. To combat the cost and waste associated with inkjet cartridges Epson released the first of the EcoTank line of printers in 2015. The ET-3950 is the seventh generation of these superb devices and incorporates numerous improvements. When it comes to printer technology you can’t go wrong with Epson! Here are the key features of this great multifunction printer: • Epson ET-3950 All-in-One Color Inkjet Printer/Copier/Scanner (Model C11CL43201 UPC 198390000936) • 2.4 inch color LCD control screen with animation of help function • 30 sheet capacity auto document feeder • Connectivity: Wireless (802.11ac, 802.11 k/v/r mesh), USB, Ethernet 10/100 • Ink capacity/page yield: Black 127 ml = approx. 7,500 pages, Cyan/Yellow/Magenta 70 ml each = approx. 6,000 pages • PrecisionCore technology gives print resolution up to 4800 x 1200 dpi • ISO print speed: 18 ppm (Black), 9 ppm (Color) • Automatic duplex (two-sided) printing (7 ppm Black, 5 ppm Color) • Multi-page printing on a single sheet – up to 16 pages/images per side • ISO duplex print speed: 6.5 ppm (Black), 4.5 ppm (Color) • Paper capacity: 250 sheets in lower tray • Paper sizes: Adjustable down to 3.5” width, Letter, A4, Legal, #10 envelopes • Duty cycle: Up to 10,000 pages/month • Scan function: up to 1200 x 2400 resolution, 8.5 x 11.7 inch flatbed (A4 paper size), auto two-sided scan • Copy function: up to 99 copies, reduce, enlarge, borderless, duplex (11.5 ppm Black, 5.7 ppm Color) • Epson Smart Panel app for Apple and Android phones • Dimensions: 14.8 inch Wide x 13.7 inch/19.9 inch (w. tray extended) Deep x 10.6 inch Tall • Weight: 15.9 pounds • Includes Photo+, Photo Editing, ScanSmart, NetPrint utilities, setup and driver software • One year warranty on parts and labor First impression of this printer is that is elegantly styled in an arctic white with subtly rounded corners to relieve the bulkiness seen in some competitors’ devices. It has a minimal impact upon your workspace with a nearly square footprint (just 14.8” x 13.7”) and stands a compact 10.6” tall with the automatic document feeder open (9.4” with the feeder closed.) Epson cleverly designed the sheet feeder to fold flat when not in use, minimizing both the height and the width of the printer. The power cord has no bulky transformer on it so it adds to the clean look of the printer. Overall you will be pleased to share your office with this beautiful unit, especially since when in operation it is very quiet. Wirelessly connected, it can be located in any convenient space – it does not need to be next to the PC it is serving. This is ideal for homes and small offices since you can also use this great device as a supplemental copier. Setting up this printer is very easy. The quick setup instructions are well-written and you could just follow them. But an even easier method is to download the Epson Smart Panel to your phone and obey the illustrated step-by-step instructions in the app. Filling the ink tanks on the printer Is foolproof and no longer requires lifting the main body of the printer to access the fill points – just flip open the small cover on the right side. The ink bottles have alignment tabs which securely hold the bottle while it fills the respective printer tank and the filling process stops automatically when the tank is full. There will be some ink left in the bottle, so reclose it and store it in a seal bag (see photo) to prevent possible leakage. Flip down the ink tank cap and repeat the process with each ink color. Once the ink tanks have been filled, turn on the printer’s power and follow the detailed instructions in the Epson Smart Panel. The system will be charged with ink in a process that takes about ten minutes. Next, load some paper and the printer will conduct an alignment process during which four pages will be printed and you will be asked a series of question to select the line on the page which best matches the sample shown on the control panel. You should download the nice suite of supplemental software (Driver and Utilities Combo Package Installer) from the Epson website. That site also has videos and the User Guide/Manual. If, for some reason you do not want to use the printer’s wireless connection option, there are two other connection methods: attaching an Ethernet cable to your router or using a USB cable to your PC. If you don’t want to use the downloaded setup software and have a Windows PC just go to Settings, then Devices and select Add Printer. The Epson printer should be discovered and the driver automatically downloaded. The Epson ET-3950 has a large (250 sheet) paper capacity in the lower paper drawer. It loads easily and is adjustable for multiple paper sizes. To print envelopes, remove the paper and adjust the paper guides to the width of the envelope. If you want to use legal-size paper the end of the paper tray flips down to accommodate the longer paper. Print quality is really excellent, even in the economy (standard) mode. In the higher quality (business document) mode the print quality matches most laser printers I have used. The printer driver provides nice printing options like 2 on 1, 4 on 1 and up to 16 on 1 (number of page images on a single sheet of paper), borderless, scaled, fit-to-page, booklet and others. The most useful option is the automatic duplexing (two-sided printing) which it manages without drama. Photo printing quality using the Epson proprietary PrecisionCore technology is quite good (up to 4800 x 1200 dpi resolution) and will satisfy most purposes. This printer’s color capability will be best used in printing business documents (graphs, multi-colored text, PowerPoint slide copies, etc.) and it does a very nice job on such tasks. The printing speed is not equal to that of a laser printer but certainly acceptable at about 18 pages/minute (black) and about 9 pages/minute for color documents (speeds estimated by my own testing.) For home use and most small offices this is more than adequate. Scanning, at resolutions up to 1200 x 2400 dpi, can be managed from the printer’s control panel or by using the included Espson Smart Scan Utility (or by just using Windows Fax and Scan utility.) I recommend Epson’s utility which will scan to a PDF, stich large documents together and facilitate OCR, among other features. A really nice feature is the automatic two-sided scan option. The copy function is excellent, producing up to 99 copies in black print or color from each original with options for shrinking or enlarging originals, adjusting contrast, etc. The color control panel walks you through the options available or you can just hit the start button to make a single copy with the default settings and the automatic document feeder. There is an automatic two-sided copy function option. Other bonus features include easy printing from phones and tablets using the free Epson app. But the most important feature of the Epson ET-3950 All-in-One Inkjet Printer/Copier/Scanner is that wonderful EcoTank. It holds 127 ml of black ink and a total of 210 ml of color ink (70 ml each of cyan, yellow and magenta). Those massive tanks will print about 7,500 sheets of black ink documents and about 6,000 sheets of color documents. If you print ten pages a day that initial ink supply will last you for more than three years! The best part is the incredibly low cost of the ink. The refills for the ink tanks are far less expensive than replacement cartridges. The cost comparison to standard ink cartridges is amazing. A typical replacement inkjet cartridge for other printers costs $30 to $40 and will print 220-350 pages at an ink cost per page of about $0.09. The ink cost per page of the EcoTank system is about $0.004 – less than 5% of the cost of a standard inkjet printer! If you are upgrading from a traditional inkjet printer you may be used to minimizing your printing to avoid the expense of ink cartridge replacement. This Epson Et-3950 will free you to print much more readily since you have a cost per page lower than almost any other printing device on the market. Those savings are due to the fact that you are not replacing the print head, as you must with each new ink cartridge, and the elimination of the plastic cartridge body cost. The ecological benefits of eliminating this waste are a nice bonus. The only replacement item on the Epson ET-3950 is a “maintenance box” which collects excess ink. It costs about $15 and probably needs replacement every other year. The only caution that I would advise is that you print at least one page in black ink and one color copy every month to keep the ink lines from potentially drying out from lack of use. The more I use the Epson ET-3950 EcoTank All-in-One Inkjet Printer/Copier/Scanner, the more I like it. You can see the evolutionary changes Epson has made in the increased speed, higher monthly duty cycle, better resolution and overall better aesthetics. I can happily give this great printer a full five stars and my unqualified endorsement. Buy it without qualms!

Recently I started to notice that the ink cartridges inside of my existing printer/copier/scanner have been drying out quickly. I would insert a brand-new cartridge and somehow it would be empty the next time I needed to print. Occasionally, I would go a couple of months without needing to print, but it never occurred to me that ink can dry out over time from within a cartridge. So, I decided to try a printer that uses an ink reservoir instead of the typical ink cartridges. Enter this Epson ET-3950. Set up takes longer than expected (about 20 to 30 minutes), but I did like that the mobile app walked me through the process with a screen that made me feel as though tech support was guiding me via text messages on my phone. Strangely, the set-up process appeared to use up 25% of the ink. I'm not sure if that ink is now contained in tubes or hoses inside of the machine, but I was shocked to see all four ink reservoirs drop to 75% capacity. Epson brags that up to 3 years of ink is included in the box, but the company fails to mention that there are other required expenses. Besides the subscriptions offered within the Mobile App - the printer uses a container referred to as a "maintenance box" which collects excess ink. When the maintenance box fills with ink, printing is disabled until the box is replaced. The maintenance box is easier to access than in previous models, but replacement is an extra expense that I can't imagine anyone is expecting. Overall, I do quite like the Epson ET-3950. I appreciate that the device is able to not only print a test image, but it also scans that image to verify that the print quality is as intended. Both the mobile app and the manual functions are simple and easy to use - and I was relieved with the tactile feel of the buttons on the face of the machine. (They look to be touch screen style buttons, but they actual have tactile movement.) The screen is on the small side, but it is sharp, colorful, and easy to read and navigate. Scanning, printing, and copying are all quick and fairly quiet. I don't like that the user is forced to agree to dozens of pages of terms and conditions, or that the app tries to sell a subscription for access to editing software, but when all is said and done - I do recommend this printer/scanner/copier to anyone needing a versatile device in a home office. I haven't owned the printer long enough to verify that the ink won't dry out, but I'm hoping for the best.