Epson EcoTank ET-3850 vs Epson EcoTank ET-4850
The Epson EcoTank ET-3850 is a ink tank using bottles; the Epson EcoTank ET-4850 is a ink tank using bottles. A black page costs 0.33¢ on one and 0.33¢ on the other. Over 5,000 pages the Epson EcoTank ET-3850 works out about $100 cheaper to have owned.
- Epson EcoTank ET-3850~$424~$399 printer + ~$25 supplies
- Epson EcoTank ET-4850~$524~$499 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.
- Epson EcoTank ET-3850
- ~$399 to buy · ~$424 after 5,000 pages
- Epson EcoTank ET-4850
- ~$499 to buy · ~$524 after 5,000 pages
Estimates computed from published ISO page yields and consumable list prices.
| Spec | EpsonEpson EcoTank ET-3850 | EpsonEpson EcoTank ET-4850 |
|---|---|---|
| Approx. price | ~$399 | ~$499 |
| Cost per mono page | 0.33¢ | 0.33¢ |
| Cost per colour page | 1.2¢ | 1.2¢ |
| Cost to own, 5,000 pages | ~$424 | ~$524 |
| Technology | Piezo inkjet | Piezo inkjet |
| Ink system | Bottles | Bottles |
| Black consumable | Epson 502 black bottle · 7,500 pages | Epson 502 black bottle · 7,500 pages |
| Colour consumable | Epson 502 colour bottles · 6,000 pages | Epson 502 colour bottles · 6,000 pages |
| Third-party ink lock | No | No |
| Print speed, mono | 15.5 ISO ppm | 15.5 ISO ppm |
| Print speed, colour | 8.5 ISO ppm | 8.5 ISO ppm |
| Functions | Print · Copy · Scan | Print · Copy · Scan · Fax |
| Two-sided printing | Auto | Auto |
| Document feeder | None | 30 sheets |
| Two-sided scanning | — | No |
| Paper capacity | 250 sheets | 250 sheets |
| Max paper size | Legal | Legal |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi · Ethernet | Wi-Fi · Ethernet |
| Display | 2.4" colour touchscreen | 2.4" colour touchscreen |
| Weight | 14.6 lb | 17.6 lb |
Tinted rows are where these two differ.
Daily printing, from a machine that keeps its paper in a cassette instead of fanned out of a rear tray.
A working home office that prints, copies and scans every day and wants one machine to do all three without compromises.