Epson EcoTank ET-2800 Wireless Color All-in-One Cartridge-Free Supertank with Scan and Copy The Ideal Basic Home Printer -

My old printer broke (sooner than I would have liked) so I did A LOT of research before deciding to buy this Epson EcoTank printer for home office use. This is my honest review of it this far and I will definitely update my review if I run into any issues. So far, this printer has been pretty impressive (I've been using it for about a month). The price was pretty average for a printer... but I personally think all printers are overpriced so it was a bit more than I would have liked to spend. It is smaller and more lightweight than I was expecting which is a plus because it takes up less desk space than my previous HP printer. It is very easy to set up, comes with step-by-step easy instructions and guided instructions through the app. It only took me about 10 minutes (Mostly just waiting for the printer to initialize on its own). It is very easy and surprisingly satisfying to fill the ink tank. I like the idea that this ink might last longer than traditional cartridges and won't have as much plastic waste that went along with my old HP Inkjet. I have printed plain black and white documents as well as photos. I print all my photos at home, which is most of the printing that I do, so quality was important to me. The photos came out with pretty good quality! No ink smudges or off colors, colors are bright/vivid, and it is easy to modify what paper you're using with automatic prompts on the printer. Now for the negatives and the reason I'm giving this 4 stars... app to printer connection issues. This was a big issue with my old printer as well. I'm pretty tech savvy and I just have no idea why this is still always an issue for me. There is an extra Epson app that you are supposed to download for printing. Sometimes it can find my printer, sometimes it can't. Sometimes it gives me printer errors or won't let me print documents. And now every time I go to print something it says the paper being used doesn't match the paper settings so I have to bypass that error message (even though it does match in settings and the app, and this happens for both regular paper and photo paper). I've turned everything off and back on again, but the issues with consistent connection and error messages are still an issue. Usually with some fiddling around, I can get the documents/pictures to print but sometimes it feels like I'm jumping through unnecessary hoops. I'm still working out the kinks so if I find some magic solution I'll update my review. Considering this is an issue with most home printers I've used, it's not a deal breaker. All in all, if you are looking for a new home printer, I would definitely recommend this one. The quality has been great for me and I am pleased with my purchase (so far). Hope this helps! *UPDATE*: I have now printed HUNDREDS of photos, they are all excellent quality, and my ink tanks are still mostly full. This is WAY better than my HP printer as far as ink longevity. Changing my review to 5 stars just based on how long this ink lasts. User interface is still a tad annoying but so worth it regardless. Read more

This printer replaced a cheap HP (which is en route back to Amazon), which replaced an HP printer that committed suicide, which replaced an HP printer that was broken, and so on. The tech gods seemed to be telling me to try something else. A couple of issues (I'll get to those shortly), but overall the quality is excellent. I chose to set this up from an Android tablet. The Epson app recognized the printer immediately. (It uses GPS to locate the printer, which is quite clever. Then you just follow the prompts. It takes about 15 minutes to initialize the tanks and three minutes to initialize the WiFi. Other than those unattended spans, the whole thing is quite quick. The KDE desktop (Fedora) recognized the new printer almost instantly. With an HP, the search process always failed. I always had to use the secondary system, which requires entering the IP. With Linux, this installs with a driverless setup. Text and colors are clean and sharp. No bleeds. The first page prints immediately. My last HP Deskjet required several minutes to print the first page of any job. The only problem of any significance lies with the internal web server. There is no way to scan anything directly into the computer. I have to scan using the Android app on my tablet and then transfer the image to the computer. I will try to set up either an NFS or Samba share so that I can save scans directly to the computer. The other issue is unique ot me. I print checks from raw safety stock. This requires MICR (magnetic) ink, which is, apparently, not available. I'll figure something out. The bottom line is that this is a well-designed and built printer with superior printing at a reasonable price. The tank concept is new to me, but, presumably, the ink tanks last a great deal longer than cartridges. The downside, of course, is that, with cartridges, you obtain a new print head with every cartridge change. Time will tell if this becomes an issue. Read more