Epson

Epson EcoTank ET-15000

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Tabloid paper is the reason this one exists. A rear feed takes sheets up to 13 by 19 inches, so spreadsheets, plans, recital programmes and A3 artwork come out at full size instead of folded onto letter. Underneath, it is a fast four-ink EcoTank — 17 ISO pages a minute black, a 250-sheet cassette for everyday letter paper, a 35-sheet feeder, fax, Ethernet and a 2.7-inch touchscreen — running the same 502 bottles as the ET-3850, which means a wide-format printer with a third-of-a-cent black page. Two things to know before buying. The scanner is letter-and-legal only, so it prints 13×19 but cannot copy or scan it. And the chassis is nearly 20 inches wide before the rear feed is extended; measure the shelf first.

Approx. price: ~$699
Cost per mono page: 0.33¢
Cost per colour page: 1.2¢
Cost to own, 5,000 pages: ~$724
Print speed, mono: 17 ISO ppm

Best for

Anyone who needs tabloid or A3 output at home without moving up to a professional wide-format photo printer.

marks an estimate. Computed from the consumable's ISO page yield and its list price. An estimate. Purchase price plus ink or toner over the pages shown, assuming four mono pages for every colour page. Price is an approximate snapshot from our last catalogue update.

What it costs to own

Black consumable: Epson 502 black bottle · 7,500 ISO pages · ~$24.99
Colour consumable: Epson 502 colour bottles · 6,000 ISO pages · ~$16.99 each
Cost per mono page: 0.33¢
Cost per colour page: 1.2¢
Cost to own, 5,000 pages: ~$724
Cost to own, 200 pages/month for 3 years: ~$735 (7,200 pages)

Computed from the consumable's ISO page yield and its list price. An estimate. How this is worked out

Cost to own · 5,000 pages

Epson EcoTank ET-15000~$724
~$699 printer + ~$25 supplies
Epson EcoTank ET-4850 (discontinued)~$524
~$499 printer + ~$25 supplies
Epson EcoTank ET-3850 (discontinued)~$424
~$399 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.

Specifications

Manufacturer-published figures. Cost lines are computed from the consumable figures above and are estimates.

Approx. price: ~$699
Cost per mono page: 0.33¢
Cost per colour page: 1.2¢
Cost to own, 5,000 pages: ~$724
Cost to own, 3 years: ~$735
Technology: Piezo inkjet
Ink system: Bottles
Inks: 4
Black consumable: Epson 502 black bottle · 7,500 pages
Colour consumable: Epson 502 colour bottles · 6,000 pages
Ink in the box: 7,500 pages
Third-party ink lock: No
Ink subscription: None offered
Print speed, mono: 17 ISO ppm
Print speed, colour: 9 ISO ppm
Functions: Print · Copy · Scan · Fax
Two-sided printing: Auto
Document feeder: 35 sheets
Two-sided scanning: No
Paper capacity: 250 sheets
Max paper size: 13×19
Borderless photo: Yes
Resolution: 4800 × 1200 dpi
Connectivity: Wi-Fi · Ethernet
Mobile printing: AirPrint · Mopria
Display: 2.7" colour touchscreen
Dimensions: 19.6 × 14.1 × 9.6 in
Weight: 21.4 lb
Released: 2020

Features

Prints up to 13 × 19 inches from the rear feed
250-sheet letter cassette plus the wide-format rear tray
35-sheet document feeder with fax
Automatic two-sided printing on letter and legal
Wired Ethernet and 2.7-inch touchscreen
Four refillable tanks on the 502 ink set

Document feeder Auto duplex No ink lock Wider than letter Borderless photo Ethernet Fax

In its favour

13 × 19 output at a third of a cent per mono page
Fastest EcoTank in this catalogue at 17 ISO ppm black
Cassette for everyday paper, rear feed for the big sheets, so you do not swap stacks
Full office feature set: ADF, fax, Ethernet, duplex, touchscreen

Against it

The scanner tops out at legal — it prints tabloid but will not copy it
Nearly 20 inches wide, so placement needs planning
Four inks means photo quality is document-grade, not gallery-grade
The oldest design in Epson's current tank line

What owners say

Distilled from owner discussions and long-term published reviews

People buy this for one reason and it delivers on it: 13 by 19 inches of paper, from a printer whose ink costs a fraction of a cent a page. For spreadsheets, plans, posters and recital programmes it does a job nothing else in this price range does.

The mismatch to know about is the scanner. Its flatbed takes legal size at most, so the machine will happily print a tabloid sheet it cannot copy or scan back. Copying a large original needs a scanner with a tabloid-size bed, which this printer does not have.

What owners like

The cheapest route owners find to genuine 13 × 19 output that is not a dedicated photo printer
Two paper paths mean tabloid stock can stay loaded in the rear while letter lives in the cassette
Running cost is the same third-of-a-cent black page as the rest of the 502 line, which is remarkable for a wide-format machine
Fast for an EcoTank, and owners printing long documents notice

Common complaints

The scanner tops out at legal, so it prints tabloid it cannot copy
Physically large and heavy enough that placement needs planning before it arrives
Four inks means photo output is document-grade; owners buying it for artwork are sometimes disappointed
An older design than the rest of the current EcoTank range

Questions that keep coming up

Can it scan or copy 13 × 19 pages?

No. The scanner glass handles up to legal size. The printer takes 13 × 19 through the rear feed, but there is no way to copy or scan a sheet that size. The Canon PIXMA TS9520a, which also prints 11 × 17, has the same gap: its scanner stops at letter.

Is it good for art prints and posters?

It is a four-ink document printer that happens to take big paper. There is no grey or photo black, so black-and-white work will have a colour cast and tonal transitions are coarser than a six-ink machine's. For posters, flyers and charts it is excellent. For artwork you intend to sell, the ET-8550 prints the same 13 × 19 with six inks.

How big is it really?

Epson gives it as 19.6 inches wide, 14.1 deep and 9.6 tall, and 21.4 lb, before the rear feed is extended for tabloid paper. Measure the surface, and leave clearance behind it for the wide-format tray.

Computed from the consumable's ISO page yield and its list price. An estimate. Owner notes are a summary of what people who own the machine report, not a test result — there is no lab behind this site.