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Epson Expression Premium EcoTank Wireless 5-Color All-in-One Supertank Printer with Scanner, Copier and Ethernet
Brand | Epson |
Connectivity Technology | Hi-Speed USB 2.0, Wi-Fi (802.11n only), Wi-Fi direct, Ethernet |
Printing Technology | Inkjet |
Special Feature | Ethernet,Wireless |
Color | Black |
Model Name | ET-7750 |
Printer Output | Color |
Maximum Print Speed (Color) | 1 |
Max Printspeed Monochrome | 1 |
Item Weight | 24.3 Pounds |
About this item
- Epson strongly recommends the use of Genuine Epson inks for a quality printing experience. Non-Epson inks and inks not formulated for your specific printer may cause damage that is not covered by the Epson warranty.
- Cartridge-free printing — comes with up to 2 years of ink in the box (1).
- Includes enough ink to print documents up to 14,000 pages black/9,000 color (3) — equivalent to about 30 ink cartridge sets (2).
- Save up to 80 percent on ink with replacement bottles (4) — plus easy-to-fill, supersized ink tanks.
- 5-color inks — for printing high-quality documents and photos up to 11" x 17". Maximum Print Resolution: 5760 x 1440 optimized dpi
- Versatile paper handling — dedicated paper and photo trays, plus a rear specialty feed (6). Server Systems: Windows Server 2003 – Windows Server 2016
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Print Quality | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
Touch Screen | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
Value for money | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
Easy to use | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | — |
Tech Support | — | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
Sold By | Photo Supplies Online(Serial Number Recorded) | Office Depot OfficeMax | Amazon.com | Terrace Mall | Amazon.com |
printer output | Color | Color | Color | Color | Color |
printer technology | Inkjet | Inkjet | Inkjet | Inkjet | Inkjet |
paper size | 4 inch x 6, 11 inch x 17 | 4" x 6", 5" x 7", A6, Half Letter, Letter, A4, Executive, Legal, User definable (from 2.2" x 3.4" to 8.5" x 47.2") | 4" x 6", 5" x 7", A6, Half Letter, Letter, A4, Executive, Legal, User definable (from 2.2" x 3.4" to 8.5" x 47.2") | 3.5" x 5", 4" x 6", 5" x 7", 8" x 10",8.5" x 11", 8.5" x 14", A4, A6, A3, A3+, half letter, executive, user definable (3.5" x 5" – 8.5" x 47") | 8.5 x 14 |
print media type | paper plain | paper plain, glossy photo paper, envelopes | paper plain, glossy photo paper, envelopes | paper plain | paper plain |
max input sheets | 300 | 100 | 100 | 250 | 250 |
connectivity tech | Hi-Speed USB 2.0, Wi-Fi (802.11n only), Wi-Fi direct, Ethernet | Wi-Fi, USB | wireless, wired | Wi-Fi, Ethernet, USB | Wi-Fi |
From the manufacturer
The Wide-Format Wireless EcoTank All-in-One with Cartridge-Free Printing
Wireless | Wide-format | Print | Copy | Scan | Photo | Ethernet
Featuring 5-color inks, the wide-format Expression Premium ET-7750 wireless EcoTank all-in-one offers revolutionary cartridge-free printing with easy-to-fill, supersized ink tanks. It includes up to 2 years of ink in the box (1), equivalent to about 30 ink cartridge sets (2). That’s an incredible amount of ink — enough to print documents up to 9,000 pages, or thousands of 4" x 6" photos (3). Plus, it features Epson exclusive auto-stop ink bottles, with each color uniquely keyed for easy filling of each tank. And, you save up to 80 percent on ink with low-cost replacement bottles (4). The ET-7750 also prints up to 11" x 17" and includes paper and photo trays, plus built-in USB/card slots (5).
1. Based on average monthly document print volumes of about 300 pages.
2. Included ink bottle yields based on the ISO/IEC 24712 pattern with Epson’s methodology. Actual ink yields will vary considerably. All ink colors are used for printing & printer maintenance & all colors must be available for printing. For details, see our official site.
3. Cartridge sets estimate based on print yields of included Black & color ink bottles as compared to Epson standard-capacity ink cartridge sets for similarly featured cartridge printers as of March 2017.
4. Savings comparison based on purchase cost of replacement ink bottles & cost of enough cartridges to achieve total page yields of bottles. See product description below for details.
- Up to 2 years of ink in the box (1).
- Print documents up to 14,000 pgs bk/9,000 clr (3).
- Equivalent to about 30 cartridge sets (2).
- Save up to 80% on ink with replacement bottles (4).
- Uniquely keyed auto-stop 5-color ink bottles.
- Print docs & photos up to 11" x 17".
- Paper/photo trays plus rear feed (6).
- Built-in USB & card slots (5).
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Cartridge-Free PrintingComes with up to 2 years of ink in the box (1). |
Includes Ink to Print up to 14,000 Pages Black/9000 Color(3)Equivalent to about 30 ink cartridge sets (2). |
Save up to 80% on Ink with Low-cost Replacement Bottles (4)Plus easy-to-fill, supersized ink tanks. |
5-color InksFor printing high-quality documents and photos up to 11" x 17". |
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Versatile Paper HandlingDedicated paper and photo trays, plus a rear specialty feed (6). |
Easy PC-free PrintingWith built-in USB and memory card slots (5). |
Large, Easy-to-Read 2.7" Color LCDSimple setup and navigation. |
Complete Wireless SolutionEasily print from iPad, iPhone, Android tablets and smartphones (7); includes Wi-Fi Direct (8) and Ethernet. |
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Ideal for | Productive home printing | Fast, high capacity home printing | High quality business printing | High quality business printing | High quality documents & photos | High quality wide-fromat documents & photos |
Functions (Print, Scan, Copy, Fax, Photo, Wide Format) | Print, Scan, Copy | Print, Scan, Copy | Print, Scan, Copy | Print, Scan, Copy, Fax | Print, Scan, Copy, Photo | Print, Scan, Copy, Photo, Wide Format |
Enough Ink to Print up to | 6,500 pages black / 5,200 color (Bottles) | 14,000 pages black / 11,200 color (Bottles) | 14,000 pages black / 11,200 color (Bottles) | 14,000 pages black / 11,200 color (Bottles) | 14,000 pages black / 9,000 color (Bottles) | 14,000 pages black / 9,000 color (Bottles) |
Speed PPM | 10.5 Black / 5 Color | 15 Black / 8 Color | 15 Black / 8 Color | 15 Black / 8 Color | 13 Black / 10 Color | 13 Black / 10 Color |
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Automatic Document Feeder (Capacity) | No | No | 30 sheets | 30 sheets | No | No |
Paper Handling | 100 sheets | 150 sheets | 150 sheets | 250 sheets | 100 sheets / 20 photo paper | 100 sheets / 20 photo paper |
Display & Size | 1.44” color | 2.4” color | 2.4” color | 2.4” color touch | 2.7” color | 2.7” color |
Connectivity Technology | USB, WiFi, WiFi Direct | USB, WiFi, WiFi Direct, Ethernet | USB, WiFi, WiFi Direct, Ethernet | USB, WiFi, WiFi Direct, Ethernet | USB, WiFi, WiFi Direct, Ethernet | USB, WiFi, WiFi Direct, Ethernet |
Mobile Printing & Standalone Printing | From smartphones and tablets, AirPrint, Print directly from memory card slots | From smartphones and tablets, AirPrint | From smartphones and tablets, AirPrint | From smartphones and tablets, AirPrint | From smartphones and tablets, AirPrint, Print directly from USB & memory card slots | From smartphones and tablets, AirPrint, Print directly from USB & memory card slots |
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Product information
Product Dimensions | 29.3 x 20.7 x 17.8 inches |
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Item Weight | 24.3 pounds |
ASIN | B0753HDQ2J |
Item model number | ET-7750 |
Customer Reviews |
4.0 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #237,166 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products) #225 in Ink Tank Printers |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | September 23, 2017 |
Manufacturer | Epson |
Item Weight | 24.3 Pounds |
Max Input Sheet Capacity | 300 |
Sheet Size | 4 inch x 6 Inches, 11 inch x 17 Inches |
Wattage | 13 watts |
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Product Description
Featuring 5-color inks, the wide-format Expression Premium ET-7750 wireless EcoTank all-in-one offers revolutionary cartridge-free printing with easy-to-fill, supersized ink tanks. It includes up to 2 years of ink in the box (1), equivalent to about 30 ink cartridge sets (2). That’s an incredible amount of ink — enough to print documents up to 9,000 pages, or thousands of 4"" x 6"" photos (3). Plus, it features Epson exclusive auto-stop ink bottles, with each color uniquely keyed for easy filling of each tank. And, you save up to 80 percent on ink with low-cost replacement bottles (4). The ET-7750 also prints up to 11"" x 17"" and includes paper and photo trays, plus built-in USB/card slots (5).
1. Based on average monthly document print volumes of about 300 pages.
2. Equivalent cartridge sets estimate based on print yields of the included Black and color ink bottles as compared to Epson standard-capacity ink cartridge sets for similarly featured cartridge printers as of March 2017.
3. Included ink bottle yields based on the ISO/IEC 24712 pattern with Epson’s methodology. Included ink bottle photo yields are significantly lower and are based on the ISO/IEC 29103 pattern with Epson’s methodology. Actual ink yields will vary considerably for reasons including images printed, print settings, temperature and humidity. Yields may be lower when printing infrequently or predominantly with one ink color. All ink colors are used for printing and printer maintenance, and all colors must be available for printing. For more information, visit our official site.
4. Savings comparison based on the purchase cost of replacement ink bottles and the cost of enough cartridges to achieve the total page yields of the bottles using the manufacturers' online prices and yields for the highest-capacity cartridges for the best-selling similarly featured consumer inkjet printers priced at $499 or less per NPD, July 2016. Actual savings will vary based on print tasks, print volumes and usage conditions.
5. Adapter may be required.
6. Specialty paper support accommodated through rear paper feed, maximum 23 mil paper thickness, manual 2-sided printing only.
7. Most features require an Internet connection to the printer, as well as an Internet- and/or email-enabled device. For a list of Epson Connect enabled printers and compatible devices and apps, visit our official site.
8. Wi-Fi CERTIFIED; level of performance subject to the range of the router being used. Wi-Fi Direct may require printer software.
9. 12 months of standard limited warranty or 50,000 plain paper sheets (whichever happens first). For an additional 12 months (total of 24 months or 50,000 plain paper sheets, whichever happens first), register your product and use Epson genuine ink bottles. See Limited Warranty for details.
10. ET-2500/2550/2600/2650/2700/2750/3600/3700/3750/4500/4550/4750/16500 included ink bottle yields based on the ISO/IEC 24712 pattern with Epson’s methodology. ET-7700/7750 included ink bottle photo yields are significantly lower and are based on the ISO/IEC 29103 pattern with Epson’s methodology. WF-R4640 included ink pack yields are estimated based on ISO/IEC 24711 test in Default Mode printing continuously. Actual ink yields will vary considerably for reasons including images printed, print settings, temperature and humidity. Yields may be lower when printing infrequently or predominantly with one ink color. All ink colors are used for printing and printer maintenance, and all colors must be available for printing. For more information, visit our official site.
11. Based on average monthly document print volumes of about 150 pages (ET-2500, ET-2550, ET-2600, ET-2650, ET-2700, ET-2750, ET-4500), 300 pages (ET-3600, ET-3700, ET-3750, ET-4550, ET-4750, ET-7700, ET-7750, ET-16500), and 800 pages (WF-R4640).
12. For convenient and reasonable recycling options, visit our official site.
13. SmartWay is an innovative partnership of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that reduces greenhouse gases and other air pollutants and improves fuel efficiency.
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Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them.
To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness.
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Customers like the ease of setup of the printer. For example, they mention the bottles are easy to use and the instructions are good. Customers are also impresseded with the image quality, saying it produces gorgeous photo prints and CD labels. That said, opinions are mixed on print quality, ink capacity, performance, value, and size.
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Customers find the setup of the printer very easy and straightforward. They appreciate the good instructions and the ease of use of the bottles. They also mention that the cloud printing functions are surprisingly easy to use.
"...3. Fairly bright & decent sized LCD screen made the set up even easier. Once you start the process, it guides you through the rest...." Read more
"...The machine was easy to setup and delivered great quality...." Read more
"...Loading the ink with the bottles, in my opinion, was trivially easy and clearly thought was put into the system in this regard..." Read more
"...It's about time they did something like this. Bottles are easy to use. They are keyed so you can't do it wrong. Impossible to spill the ink...." Read more
Customers are satisfied with the image quality of the printer. They mention that it produces gorgeous photo prints and even CD labels. The photos are truly exceptional, and it picks photo paper automatically as appropriate. The setup was easy, and the prints look good for a home printer. It prints high quality color on any size of paper, and produces 11x17 photograph quality beautifully. The color copy output was superior to all other all-in-ones tested. Overall, customers are pleased with the quality and colors of the product.
"...Printed & copied text & color is amazing. No smudging. Scans are crisp and clear too...." Read more
"...The ET-7700's color copy output was superior to all other all-in-ones tested, and slightly better than the HP7520...." Read more
"...As for quality, I'm very happy. Photo printing is beautiful and the blacks actually are black (not purplish black like my old Canon)...." Read more
"...It just works, including the scanner. The photos are the best we have ever done at home...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the print quality of the printer. Some mention that it works well, produces amazing prints, and has high-quality color printing on non-photo media. However, others say that the quality has degraded, making the printing unnecessarily slow, and the printer is not as responsive as they'd like.
"...Definitely in the upper 5% for quality. So, you are getting top quality prints for what must be the lowest cost-per-page ratio in the..." Read more
"...I have now replaced it with a Canon Pixma Pro 200. I get amazing prints, I don't worry about the printhead drying out, service is available if..." Read more
"...It is definitely cheap plastic like other reviews have mentioned. I couldn’t figure out how to get the tray to slide out to allow paper to be filled...." Read more
"...Reasonable responsive to copying and printing requests.High-quality color printing on non-photo media - Avery matte and gloss labels...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the ink capacity of the printer. Some mention that there is no wasted ink at the bottom of a cartridge, and the inking consumption on rich, high quality print outs has far surpassed their expectations. However, others say that ink blobs and streaks on everything, and adding ink is not idiot-proof.
"...have been extremely impressed with the prints and, especially, the ink efficiency. It has been well worth the price, in my case...." Read more
"...as a whole is that you MUST use them regularly or the ink will dry on the printhead and despite your best efforts it will never be the same...." Read more
"...All is packaged intelligently. No spilt ink. All those bits of tape that are used to hold a printer in place were easy to remove.2...." Read more
"...-user reviews reported excellent copy quality and color prints, and times..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the performance of the printer. Some mention that it performs well and is easy to set up, while others say that it won't even try and the results are simply unacceptable. The card cassette tray works well, and the scanner works well. However, some customers say that the printer is frustrating and the time they boxed it back up was a nightmare.
"...I tested all of my mine and everything worked QUICKLY! Yeah, yeah, yeah!!!!11. Made a quick copy of my Network Services page...." Read more
"...me to print one single sheet at a time - which again, is slow and frustrating, regardless of whether I’m using the front or the rear feed...." Read more
"...Other than the software the printer is built well and does a TERRIFIC JOB!..." Read more
"...a spare one, because when its "service life" is over, the printer stops working...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the value of the printer. Some mention that the technology is easy and inexpensive compared to cartridges, and well worth the money. They say that it is very economical to run, and produces inexpensive prints. However, others say that the product is not the cheapest, and continues to misfeed, chewing up expensive paper in the process.
"...Well worth the investment and I’ve upped it to 5 stars!" Read more
"...it will have been a good purchase despite the minor flaws and the elevated price." Read more
"...need be and while I do have to buy cartridges it is actually very economical to run if you put a pencil to it...." Read more
"...The tank ink system is much more economical than the older ink cartridge system. It's about time they did something like this...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the size of the printer. Some mention that it's a great wide-format all-in-one, while others say that the latter size cassette tray was very small.
"...1. Frustration free packaging, but box is huge and clearly marked, so no incognito if the package is sitting on your doorstep...." Read more
"...The large format paper (11x17) does not fit in the paper tray. It must be manually loaded in the rear feeder, max capacity about 50 sheets...." Read more
"...home users, do not scan too often, want high quality printer, compact footprint, willing to pay more up front to save hundreds on ink, this could be..." Read more
"...However, this printer also has a maintenance box which is very small and so I have also gone through the two boxes that came with the printer,..." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the quality of the printer. They mention that the hardware itself wasn't built to last, the lids and trays are made of flimsy plastic, and the quality only lasted on photo prints for a month or two after that. Customers also say that the printer is very delicate and self-destructs.
"...some wonderful tabloid sized color prints before it basically self-destructed...." Read more
"...feeder hangs out the back of the machine, seems extremely vulnerable to accidental damage, and does not fully support the 11x17 paper...." Read more
"...Because you have to do so much head cleaning the maintenance box constantly goes out and it's getting more and more expensive to replace and..." Read more
"...I HATED that printer. it was very flimsy and very loud...." Read more
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- Print quality is AMAZING. Printing on photo paper results in pictures that look like they came from a photo lab. I seriously can’t tell the difference between photos I print and those that I order from the store.
- Ink is crazy efficient. I’ve printed countless black-and-white pages; shipping labels; full-color, high-resolution printouts; and a couple photos over the past 2 or 3 months (near-daily use). The ink has barely moved.
- Setup was pretty easy, as was filling the tanks with ink. (Again, So. Much. Ink. I can’t get over how much was included and how long it’s lasting. With my Kodak, I was going through ink cartridges every month or two.)
CONS:
- The wireless connection is slow & takes about a minute to send from the computer to the printer. It’s much faster to hook it up to the USB, which is kind of a pain given that it’s got the wireless feature and I need my USB ports for other hardware I’m usually running simultaneously. Not a dealbreaker but worth mentioning.
- I use the rear feed more than I expected due to the fact that I print on thicker paper or photo paper quite frequently. Again, this is slow. You have to select rear feed, then it takes a bit to prepare (whatever that means), then you have to load and print one sheet at a time. I can live with it, but the one star was knocked off mainly due to the pain/slowness of using the rear feed.
(This may be personal preference, but I much prefer a rear-feed printer that doesn’t flip the paper as it’s pulled through. I would have gladly given up the closed paper tray for fully rear feed, but I couldn’t find any other models that would offer printing of this quality and with the refillable ink.)
- Speaking of the closed paper trays, I spent a good 30 minutes trying to figure that out. It is definitely cheap plastic like other reviews have mentioned. I couldn’t figure out how to get the tray to slide out to allow paper to be filled. I was scared I was going to break it, and the instructions were not helpful. FYI: There’s a place where you have to push down while sliding outward (to release the bottom tray from the top).
- This might be hard to explain, but it often prints on 2 pages at once using the paper tray. It’ll start printing on the first, then it also accidentally grabs a second sheet of paper about halfway through. Half of my document is printed on each page, resulting in 2 wasted pieces of paper. To avoid waste, this requires me to print one single sheet at a time - which again, is slow and frustrating, regardless of whether I’m using the front or the rear feed. I’ve figured out that slowing the printing speed down minimizes this, but it’s still frustrating that it’s an issue at all.
I realize that there are more cons than pros. HOWEVER, the print quality makes the smaller inconveniences worth it - at least so far. It is time consuming to print and, for my small business and how often I print, it does slow my work day down a bit. That being said, I’ve thoroughly impressed with the quality of the prints and the efficiency of the ink. Despite the cons, I would definitely recommend this printer as of now.
(I will also note that I DID pay full price for this printer and received no compensation at all. I was nervous with how many paid reviews I saw but decided to take a chance. Overall, I’m glad I did.)
**UPDATE, Jan. 2019: Still extremely happy with this printer. I’ve had it 9 months, use it every day for multiple high-quality prints, and have yet to refill the ink. (Over 2000 full-color sheets and over 1000 black-and-white the last time I checked.) The maintenance box finally had to be replaced about a week ago. It was SUPER easy. The replacement came with the printer in the first place, and the software on the computer walked me through it in a few simple steps; it took maybe 3 minutes. (I was nervous based on some other negative reviews about the maintenance box specifically, but it truly was too easy. Don’t let those sway you!)
Overall, I’ve had no major issues with the printer and have been extremely impressed with the prints and, especially, the ink efficiency. It has been well worth the price, in my case.
*UPDATE #2, August 2019: I refilled the ink tank somewhere around May (a year after getting the printer). An extra set of bottles came with the printer, so I still haven’t had to buy ink 1-1/2 years in. I used the original replacement maintenance box back in January, and it does need to be replaced again (8 months later - still daily use of full-color pages). All I’ve spent in the past 1-1/2 years (besides the up front cost) is $10 for a 2nd maintenance box. (I ordered it directly from Epson.)
*UPDATE #3, October 2020: Finally loaded the last of our original ink into the printer. I’m confident this will still last another year or so. I’m still extremely happy with this printer and would buy another in a heartbeat, should this one go out for any reason. Well worth the investment and I’ve upped it to 5 stars!
- Print quality is AMAZING. Printing on photo paper results in pictures that look like they came from a photo lab. I seriously can’t tell the difference between photos I print and those that I order from the store.
- Ink is crazy efficient. I’ve printed countless black-and-white pages; shipping labels; full-color, high-resolution printouts; and a couple photos over the past 2 or 3 months (near-daily use). The ink has barely moved.
- Setup was pretty easy, as was filling the tanks with ink. (Again, So. Much. Ink. I can’t get over how much was included and how long it’s lasting. With my Kodak, I was going through ink cartridges every month or two.)
CONS:
- The wireless connection is slow & takes about a minute to send from the computer to the printer. It’s much faster to hook it up to the USB, which is kind of a pain given that it’s got the wireless feature and I need my USB ports for other hardware I’m usually running simultaneously. Not a dealbreaker but worth mentioning.
- I use the rear feed more than I expected due to the fact that I print on thicker paper or photo paper quite frequently. Again, this is slow. You have to select rear feed, then it takes a bit to prepare (whatever that means), then you have to load and print one sheet at a time. I can live with it, but the one star was knocked off mainly due to the pain/slowness of using the rear feed.
(This may be personal preference, but I much prefer a rear-feed printer that doesn’t flip the paper as it’s pulled through. I would have gladly given up the closed paper tray for fully rear feed, but I couldn’t find any other models that would offer printing of this quality and with the refillable ink.)
- Speaking of the closed paper trays, I spent a good 30 minutes trying to figure that out. It is definitely cheap plastic like other reviews have mentioned. I couldn’t figure out how to get the tray to slide out to allow paper to be filled. I was scared I was going to break it, and the instructions were not helpful. FYI: There’s a place where you have to push down while sliding outward (to release the bottom tray from the top).
- This might be hard to explain, but it often prints on 2 pages at once using the paper tray. It’ll start printing on the first, then it also accidentally grabs a second sheet of paper about halfway through. Half of my document is printed on each page, resulting in 2 wasted pieces of paper. To avoid waste, this requires me to print one single sheet at a time - which again, is slow and frustrating, regardless of whether I’m using the front or the rear feed. I’ve figured out that slowing the printing speed down minimizes this, but it’s still frustrating that it’s an issue at all.
I realize that there are more cons than pros. HOWEVER, the print quality makes the smaller inconveniences worth it - at least so far. It is time consuming to print and, for my small business and how often I print, it does slow my work day down a bit. That being said, I’ve thoroughly impressed with the quality of the prints and the efficiency of the ink. Despite the cons, I would definitely recommend this printer as of now.
(I will also note that I DID pay full price for this printer and received no compensation at all. I was nervous with how many paid reviews I saw but decided to take a chance. Overall, I’m glad I did.)
**UPDATE, Jan. 2019: Still extremely happy with this printer. I’ve had it 9 months, use it every day for multiple high-quality prints, and have yet to refill the ink. (Over 2000 full-color sheets and over 1000 black-and-white the last time I checked.) The maintenance box finally had to be replaced about a week ago. It was SUPER easy. The replacement came with the printer in the first place, and the software on the computer walked me through it in a few simple steps; it took maybe 3 minutes. (I was nervous based on some other negative reviews about the maintenance box specifically, but it truly was too easy. Don’t let those sway you!)
Overall, I’ve had no major issues with the printer and have been extremely impressed with the prints and, especially, the ink efficiency. It has been well worth the price, in my case.
*UPDATE #2, August 2019: I refilled the ink tank somewhere around May (a year after getting the printer). An extra set of bottles came with the printer, so I still haven’t had to buy ink 1-1/2 years in. I used the original replacement maintenance box back in January, and it does need to be replaced again (8 months later - still daily use of full-color pages). All I’ve spent in the past 1-1/2 years (besides the up front cost) is $10 for a 2nd maintenance box. (I ordered it directly from Epson.)
*UPDATE #3, October 2020: Finally loaded the last of our original ink into the printer. I’m confident this will still last another year or so. I’m still extremely happy with this printer and would buy another in a heartbeat, should this one go out for any reason. Well worth the investment and I’ve upped it to 5 stars!
Opened box @ 1:45 PM.
1. Frustration free packaging, but box is huge and clearly marked, so no incognito if the package is sitting on your doorstep. All is packaged intelligently. No spilt ink. All those bits of tape that are used to hold a printer in place were easy to remove.
2. First things first-fill up the ink tank. I was nervous Nelly! Light grey carpet & a dog with more white fur, than red fur, who was very curious about my new printer. Thanks to a smart design, pouring the ink is easy. I didn't spill a drop.
3. Fairly bright & decent sized LCD screen made the set up even easier. Once you start the process, it guides you through the rest. Ink was initialized flawlessly.
4. Next came paper settings & loading paper--easy!
5. Next, I went to my Mac and simply typed into a Google search, "Epson ET-7700". First page that came up was for Epson's site. Clicked on it and didn't have to go to any other pages. The entire print & scan installation package listed. Only had to click on it. Works with Mac 10.6-10.12, so even if you have an older Mac, or if your Mac was just bought; you are in good shape.
6. Downloaded & opened installer--took all of about three minutes. Installation was quick. Driver installed & then asked me about WIFI set up. Gave simple instructions on what to do on my printer.
7. WIFI is listed right on the Home screen, so no searching through "Settings". Clicked on WIFI. Two options-wizard or manual. Choose wizard. It detected my home wifi asap. Promoted me for a password. 30 seconds later, I am connected.
8. Returned to computer. Asked about registering. DO THIS! once I finished, my new printer spit out a page giving me all Network settings, including my IP address.
9. Typed IP address into a web browser on my computer (don't type "www" or "http", just the address, which will be a series of numbers and periods, such as 123.22.333.1.123. Super easy interface. Clicking on the first option, "Epson Cloud services" walks you right through setting up your cloud services to play nice with your printer. Supports Dropbox, Evernote, One Note, Google Drive, Box. You can also list your personal email address.
10. Go to printer, click on "Scanning" on home screen. Now all of your accounts are listed. You can scan directly into any of those services, or have it go straight to your email address. I tested all of my mine and everything worked QUICKLY! Yeah, yeah, yeah!!!!
11. Made a quick copy of my Network Services page. Now I have copied, printed, & scanned on my new device. Printed & copied text & color is amazing. No smudging. Scans are crisp and clear too.
12. Went to App store on my iPhone. As soon as I opened the app, I was prompted to agree to terms. Then I was done. It searched for my printer, found it & was printing.
13. iPad went just as well. Printed from Ulysses app, pdf attachment in email, Evernote jpg, picture, etc.
4:00 PM, I am done.
When setting up your device, for cloud services; Epson gives you an email address for your printer. If you don't remember it, just scan to email to yourself and the "From" email will be the address to your printer. You can email your own printer, from anywhere in the world. It will print the email and the attachment, as well as send you confirmation emails that your email was "received" and the print was "completed".
You receive enough toner to fill up your machine + another full set of bottles to have as spares. All in all, the ink you receive is equivalent to about 30 of those tiny Canon cartridges, or about 20 of the larger HP /Lexmark/Epson standard cartridges. It will take you forever to go through all of that ink, but when you do; you can buy another set of bottles for about $100. That set will be the equivalent of 10-15 sets of inkjet toner cartridges. I have owned and used many, many types of printers (inkjet & laser); Xerox, HP, Epson, Lexmark, & Canon. The prints are some of the best quality prints I've seen. Definitely in the upper 5% for quality. So, you are getting top quality prints for what must be the lowest cost-per-page ratio in the industry.
This device has two paper trays; one for more standard sized pages, such as Letter, A4, etc. The other one for less standard sizes, such as envelopes. The standard paper tray doesn't hold much paper (maybe 50 sheets). That is my only complaint. If you print a lot of documents that are more than 50 pages; this could be a problem.
There is also a USB port, as well as a SD card port, for printing directly from either. You can print from cloud drives too, so if you set up your Dropbox, Evernote, Onedrive, Google Drive, Box, etc; you can open them and choose a file to print. You can do this on the App too, on your phone. Tested my Dropbox & Evernote--no problems finding files and printing them.
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On one hand we finally have a photo capable printer with bulk sized tanks that drastically lower printing costs, but on the other hand even on sale the printer is literally double the price of a dedicated Epson photo printer. You really need to be into the bulk ink for the long haul to offset the "ink surcharge" the company is clearly adding to these Eco Tank printers.
Images print out really nice and rival my 6 and 8 colour Canon printers which is fantastic!
The tray system lets you keep two sizes of paper handy and ready to go without much hassle, and the scanner is fast and very high quality.
The copy function also works fast and effortlessly.
Now here's the confusing part, the software is a massive amount of bloat, it will be configured to use every transfer protocol under the sun and installs several print management applications when you might really only need 1 or 2. If you know what you are doing you can easily scale this back and only install ( or keep installed ) the few things you need for it to fully function.
There's also a huge identity crisis, it has so many excellent wireless options, but at the same time has every plug and connection you could imagine, for select usage cases they might make sense but generally we want less wires not more and it's more than capable as a strict wireless only printer ( heck it doesn't even come with a usb cable ). It's default installed able to connect to cloud printing /wifi /wifidirect /usb /ethernet /direct camera /android /apple /google /smartphone heck the SD as a shared windows folder lol... I narrowed it down to wireless only thanks >.<
The next problem is the screen, it's functionally useless since you can do everything wirelessly via PC and to be frank for the price, I doubt it's being bought by people with a limited PC/Photography skillset, there's also a CD printing button and tray and full feature set included for this function, which again is something maybe once in a blue moon a wedding photographer might print direct on a disk instead of using an adhesive printable label? It felt like they tried to make the printer a jack of all but master of none, and no doubt these extra features added to the final costs.
Finally the 2 things not many reviews speak about, the exit tray and the maintenance tank.
The paper exit tray is pretty small and on the tricky side to pull out, it also has a fully geared system, why it's not powered and comes out as needed is questionable and I think again too much emphasis was placed on the CD printing Tray having to fit up in there above it.
The maintenance tank... so when you first buy the printer and fill the tanks the first time the printer head will need to be filled with ink, no doubt during this procedure ink is being flushed through to make sure it's flowing properly and is filling the lines and head. You will have to then top up the tanks but it's ok you are still on the first set of bottles (comes with 2x of everything). Then you realize that there's a maintenance tank which holds the excess ink that spits out during maintenance and the initial setup, now after this first routine it was already showing the tank was halfway full. The printer comes with 1 extra, but I have no idea how long or often this will need to be replaced.
Do not buy the maintenance tanks on Amazon, they are being upsold! Get them directly from Epson Canada/USA they are only $13 Canadian, and they have very fair and fast shipping charges.
So in the end, the printer is functionally excellent aside from exit tray usage. Filling ink is easy and clean not to mention cheap vs. cartridge tanks but the original cost of ownership might kill any savings you make if you aren't a constant printer. There is the unknown usage of the maintenance tank lifetime, will it need to be replaced every time you add ink? It could massively end up inflating costs down the line, especially since the only reliable place to buy them is from Epson directly.
Coming from larger photo printers myself, I used to fill them with bulk inks and it was very cost effective but also time consuming and an overall pain, getting comparable value without the hassle for me made this printer a great choice and it does print really well and the scanner is also excellent. I just think the price "not on sale" is on the absurd side and no doubt the inclusion of so many protocols and connections as well as odd things like so much emphasis on the CD printer aspect really hit the price point.
It's a printer geared/priced for high end amateur or professional users but lugging along all the extra bulk and connections that someone just looking for a $50 printer to plug their phone into would want lol.
Maybe the next iteration will be a simple focused function printer xD but for now it's just really expensive and has enough options and random connections to pretty much satisfy anyone right down to corporate security and encryption.
The inks are dye based though, not pigment. In-depth information about the longevity of the ink is a bit hard to find, but from what I could find, it seems like these inks are more prone to fade. Which is fine if all you want are prints for checking colors, showing client a mockup etc; however they may not make great art prints if people are expecting to buy something that will last for years and years. They may still make for good 'budget' art prints if people are ok with buying something that won't last (I haven't tried selling any yet so I don't know what buyers may think of such a print).
The printer's rear feed takes up to 11x17in paper, and is easy to load (unlike my old art printer which required a manual bypass feed for large paper). It can only take relatively thin paper though, so you can't feed something like 300gsm watercolor paper into it.
The unit has a scanner function as well though I have not tried it (I already have a dedicated scanner).
Pros
- Nice bright colors
- Pretty fast printing (though LAN cable)
- Inks seem to go a long way
- Comes with 2 sets of ink in the box
- Refill inks are comparatively cheap
- Easy to feed larger paper through rear tray
- Built in scanner
- Nice compact design when not in use (see Cons below)
Cons
- Inks are dye based; supposedly will fade much faster than pigment ink
- Can't take a wide range of papers/ heavy papers
- Doesn't do full-bleed printing
- Trays have to be pulled out in order to slot paper in, receive the paper on output. Construction is a bit unintuitive and some of the bits seem fragile and prone to break if one is not careful.
- Price is ok for a work printer but may not be worthwhile if you do not intend to print often, esp. if you don't intend to print larger than letter size.
One expects to fight with printers, that is why they were created, but it's the battle with tech support that rankles. This is not a driver, cable, paper, etc. etc. ad nauseam issue. Sigh. It is $700 of lesson learned. Your experience may vary, but you've been warned.
EDIT: There was an ink buildup where the printhead parks. To fix, pull the plug on the printer when the printhead is out (start a nozzle check print, for instance), then use distilled water and paper towel to remove the gobby ink. Fold the wet towel, place it on the spot with some weight on the towel, and wait for ten minutes. You might need to do this more than once. If the printhead is affected, fold a strip of paper towel about four folds thick, wet with distilled water, lay it in the printhead channel and move the printhead over the towel (still unplugged, natch). Wait fifteen minutes then remove the towel. It took me five times, but I removed the goop and the printer is running again. Upped my rating to three stars.
Reviewed in Canada on March 11, 2019
One expects to fight with printers, that is why they were created, but it's the battle with tech support that rankles. This is not a driver, cable, paper, etc. etc. ad nauseam issue. Sigh. It is $700 of lesson learned. Your experience may vary, but you've been warned.
EDIT: There was an ink buildup where the printhead parks. To fix, pull the plug on the printer when the printhead is out (start a nozzle check print, for instance), then use distilled water and paper towel to remove the gobby ink. Fold the wet towel, place it on the spot with some weight on the towel, and wait for ten minutes. You might need to do this more than once. If the printhead is affected, fold a strip of paper towel about four folds thick, wet with distilled water, lay it in the printhead channel and move the printhead over the towel (still unplugged, natch). Wait fifteen minutes then remove the towel. It took me five times, but I removed the goop and the printer is running again. Upped my rating to three stars.
Scanner is also good.
Linux support is passable I would like better compatibility but I'm satisfied with it.
TL;DR Would buy again.
Reviewed in Canada on October 31, 2022
Scanner is also good.
Linux support is passable I would like better compatibility but I'm satisfied with it.
TL;DR Would buy again.
Issues; the output tray has to be manually pulled out to print. If this was automatic it would have been so much better. As it is, I have had to stick a white label on it as its a black bar in a rectangular black slot with another tray beneath it that is easily pushed in too far if you misjudge your attempt.
The ink system is excellent - why, oh why don't Epson do their continuous roll printer using these inks ? Not really having to be concerned about the cost of ink is just lovely.
I'm not getting greens printed quite as they should but this is likely to be more a case of getting my Spider Monkey out to correct than anything amiss with the printer.
Overall; a really good buy for A3 photo printing.