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Epson EcoTank ET-2800 vs Canon PIXMA G3270

The Epson EcoTank ET-2800 is a ink tank using bottles; the Canon PIXMA G3270 is a ink tank using bottles. A black page costs 0.40¢ on one and 0.38¢ on the other. Over 5,000 pages these two land within $1 of each other, so the decision is about features rather than money.

Cost to own · 5,000 pages
  • Epson EcoTank ET-2800~$276
    ~$249 printer + ~$27 supplies
  • Canon PIXMA G3270~$277
    ~$249 printer + ~$28 supplies

purchase priceink or toner. An estimate: purchase price plus 5,000 pages at each printer’s computed cost per page, assuming 4 mono pages for every colour page. Printers whose consumable price we could not source are left out.

Where the money goes
Epson EcoTank ET-2800
~$249 to buy · ~$276 after 5,000 pages
Canon PIXMA G3270
~$249 to buy · ~$277 after 5,000 pages

Estimates computed from published ISO page yields and consumable list prices.

SpecEpsonEpson EcoTank ET-2800CanonCanon PIXMA G3270
Approx. price~$249~$249
Cost per mono page0.40¢0.38¢
Cost per colour page1.1¢1.3¢
Cost to own, 5,000 pages~$276~$277
TechnologyPiezo inkjetThermal inkjet
Ink systemBottlesBottles
Black consumableEpson 522 black bottle · 4,500 pagesCanon GI-21 pigment black bottle · 6,000 pages
Colour consumableEpson 522 colour bottles · 7,500 pagesCanon GI-21 colour bottles · 7,700 pages
Third-party ink lockNoNo
Print speed, mono10 ISO ppm11 ISO ppm
Print speed, colour5 ISO ppm6 ISO ppm
FunctionsPrint · Copy · ScanPrint · Copy · Scan
Two-sided printingManualManual
Document feederNoneNone
Paper capacity100 sheets100 sheets
Max paper sizeLegalLegal
ConnectivityWi-FiWi-Fi
DisplayMono LCDMono LCD
Weight11 lb13.4 lb

Tinted rows are where these two differ.

Best for
Epson EcoTank ET-2800

A household that prints in bursts and wants the per-page cost to be the small number on the spec sheet, not the large one.

Best for
Canon PIXMA G3270

A household choosing between entry tank printers that cares more about crisp text than about a document feeder.