Epson EcoTank ET-2850 vs Epson EcoTank ET-4800
The Epson EcoTank ET-2850 is a ink tank using bottles; the Epson EcoTank ET-4800 is a ink tank using bottles. A black page costs 0.33¢ on one and 0.40¢ on the other. Over 5,000 pages these two land within $2 of each other, so the decision is about features rather than money.
- Epson EcoTank ET-2850~$324~$299 printer + ~$25 supplies
- Epson EcoTank ET-4800~$326~$299 printer + ~$27 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.
- Epson EcoTank ET-2850
- ~$299 to buy · ~$324 after 5,000 pages
- Epson EcoTank ET-4800
- ~$299 to buy · ~$326 after 5,000 pages
Estimates computed from published ISO page yields and consumable list prices.
| Spec | EpsonEpson EcoTank ET-2850 | EpsonEpson EcoTank ET-4800 |
|---|---|---|
| Approx. price | ~$299 | ~$299 |
| Cost per mono page | 0.33¢ | 0.40¢ |
| Cost per colour page | 1.2¢ | 1.1¢ |
| Cost to own, 5,000 pages | ~$324 | ~$326 |
| Technology | Piezo inkjet | Piezo inkjet |
| Ink system | Bottles | Bottles |
| Black consumable | Epson 502 black bottle · 7,500 pages | Epson 522 black bottle · 4,500 pages |
| Colour consumable | Epson 502 colour bottles · 6,000 pages | Epson 522 colour bottles · 7,500 pages |
| Third-party ink lock | No | No |
| Print speed, mono | 10.5 ISO ppm | 10 ISO ppm |
| Print speed, colour | 5 ISO ppm | 5 ISO ppm |
| Functions | Print · Copy · Scan | Print · Copy · Scan · Fax |
| Two-sided printing | Auto | Manual |
| Document feeder | None | 30 sheets |
| Two-sided scanning | — | No |
| Paper capacity | 100 sheets | 100 sheets |
| Max paper size | Legal | Legal |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Display | 1.44" colour LCD | 1.44" colour LCD |
| Weight | 11.7 lb | 13 lb |
Tinted rows are where these two differ.
The household that would buy the ET-2800 but prints enough two-sided paperwork to resent flipping it.
Still faxing, or scanning enough multi-page documents that a flatbed alone has become a nuisance.