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Epson EcoTank ET-2800 vs Epson EcoTank ET-2850

The Epson EcoTank ET-2800 is a ink tank using bottles; the Epson EcoTank ET-2850 is a ink tank using bottles. A black page costs 0.40¢ on one and 0.33¢ on the other. Over 5,000 pages the Epson EcoTank ET-2800 works out about $48 cheaper to have owned.

Cost to own · 5,000 pages
  • Epson EcoTank ET-2800~$276
    ~$249 printer + ~$27 supplies
  • Epson EcoTank ET-2850~$324
    ~$299 printer + ~$25 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
Epson EcoTank ET-2850
~$299 to buy · ~$324 after 5,000 pages

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

SpecEpsonEpson EcoTank ET-2800EpsonEpson EcoTank ET-2850
Approx. price~$249~$299
Cost per mono page0.40¢0.33¢
Cost per colour page1.1¢1.2¢
Cost to own, 5,000 pages~$276~$324
TechnologyPiezo inkjetPiezo inkjet
Ink systemBottlesBottles
Black consumableEpson 522 black bottle · 4,500 pagesEpson 502 black bottle · 7,500 pages
Colour consumableEpson 522 colour bottles · 7,500 pagesEpson 502 colour bottles · 6,000 pages
Third-party ink lockNoNo
Print speed, mono10 ISO ppm10.5 ISO ppm
Print speed, colour5 ISO ppm5 ISO ppm
FunctionsPrint · Copy · ScanPrint · Copy · Scan
Two-sided printingManualAuto
Document feederNoneNone
Paper capacity100 sheets100 sheets
Max paper sizeLegalLegal
ConnectivityWi-FiWi-Fi
DisplayMono LCD1.44" colour LCD
Weight11 lb11.7 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
Epson EcoTank ET-2850

The household that would buy the ET-2800 but prints enough two-sided paperwork to resent flipping it.