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Epson EcoTank ET-4800 vs Canon PIXMA G4270

The Epson EcoTank ET-4800 is a ink tank using bottles; the Canon PIXMA G4270 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-4800~$326
    ~$299 printer + ~$27 supplies
  • Canon PIXMA G4270~$327
    ~$299 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-4800
~$299 to buy · ~$326 after 5,000 pages
Canon PIXMA G4270
~$299 to buy · ~$327 after 5,000 pages

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

SpecEpsonEpson EcoTank ET-4800CanonCanon PIXMA G4270
Approx. price~$299~$299
Cost per mono page0.40¢0.38¢
Cost per colour page1.1¢1.3¢
Cost to own, 5,000 pages~$326~$327
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 · Scan · FaxPrint · Copy · Scan · Fax
Two-sided printingManualManual
Document feeder30 sheets35 sheets
Two-sided scanningNoNo
Paper capacity100 sheets100 sheets
Max paper sizeLegalLegal
ConnectivityWi-FiWi-Fi
Display1.44" colour LCDMono LCD
Weight13 lb15.9 lb

Tinted rows are where these two differ.

Best for
Epson EcoTank ET-4800

Still faxing, or scanning enough multi-page documents that a flatbed alone has become a nuisance.

Best for
Canon PIXMA G4270

Stacks to scan and a fax line still in use, with no budget for a cassette or a touchscreen.