Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8500 vs Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8550
The Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8500 is a photo printer using bottles; the Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8550 is a photo printer using bottles. A black page costs 0.30¢ on one and 0.30¢ on the other. Over 5,000 pages the Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8500 works out about $200 cheaper to have owned.
- Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8500~$622~$599 printer + ~$23 supplies
- Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8550~$822~$799 printer + ~$23 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 Photo ET-8500
- ~$599 to buy · ~$622 after 5,000 pages
- Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8550
- ~$799 to buy · ~$822 after 5,000 pages
Estimates computed from published ISO page yields and consumable list prices.
| Spec | EpsonEpson EcoTank Photo ET-8500 | EpsonEpson EcoTank Photo ET-8550 |
|---|---|---|
| Approx. price | ~$599 | ~$799 |
| Cost per mono page | 0.30¢ | 0.30¢ |
| Cost per colour page | 1.1¢ | 1.1¢ |
| Cost to own, 5,000 pages | ~$622 | ~$822 |
| Technology | Piezo inkjet | Piezo inkjet |
| Ink system | Bottles | Bottles |
| Black consumable | Epson 552 pigment black bottle · 6,700 pages | Epson 552 pigment black bottle · 6,700 pages |
| Colour consumable | Epson 552 cyan / magenta / yellow bottles · 6,200 pages | Epson 552 cyan / magenta / yellow bottles · 6,200 pages |
| Third-party ink lock | No | No |
| Print speed, mono | 16 ISO ppm | 16 ISO ppm |
| Print speed, colour | 12 ISO ppm | 12 ISO ppm |
| Functions | Print · Copy · Scan | Print · Copy · Scan |
| Two-sided printing | Auto | Auto |
| Document feeder | None | None |
| Paper capacity | 100 sheets | 100 sheets |
| Max paper size | Letter | 13×19 |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi · Ethernet | Wi-Fi · Ethernet |
| Display | 4.3" colour touchscreen | 4.3" colour touchscreen |
| Weight | 19.8 lb | 23.6 lb |
Tinted rows are where these two differ.
Someone printing their own photographs regularly — especially black-and-white — who does not need bigger than letter.
A photographer who wants gallery-size prints at home and is tired of cartridge photo printers running dry mid-print.