The ink costs are more than three times that of the EcoTank, but are in line with traditional photo printers. Pigment printers do have a slight advantage with fine art and matte media types, and viewers were a bit more discerning, picking the pigment printers as generally better than those on the ET-8500. Looking at the horizontal lines across the entire print, the first thing I would do is a nozzle check.

To my eye, the wider gamut of the eight- to 10-ink printers is an advantage, but it’s slight, and I honestly don’t think most amateur photographers would notice the difference in prints from one printer to another. It's a bit odd because with the output tray in the extended position, it's hard to load additional paper in the front paper trays. Overall, while the list of "dislikes" is almost as long as the list of "likes," I really like the Epson EcoTank ET-8550. There's also an accompanying smartphone app that walks you through the setup process and allows you to make prints wirelessly.

The improved greyscale can make your arty prints look professional, especially when blown up onto A3 paper.

You can print quite a bit faster at lesser quality, but I don't want to sacrifice quality when making a print that size. Cons: None significant for its target audience; some small interface issues; setting up straight paper path is confusing at first. Comparing screen image side by side with the printed one is always difficult because the screen is backlit, and the printed image reflects the light. Even with those approximate calculations, however, the lower ink costs will save considerable money (and waste) in the long run. The Epson EcoTank ET-8550 supports media sizes up to and incuding A3+, which is slightly larger than standard A3.The Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8550 and the Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-300 are both excellent photo printers. If you’re using a phone or a tablet, Epson gives you nearly all of the functionality of the desktop with the Epson Smart Panel app for iOS and Android. The gray ink is the one that gets used the most — it helps with tonality when printing photos (and graphics, to a lesser degree). During the review process, I produced more than 600 prints on the ET-8500—of various sizes from 4×6 to 8.

I expected colour printing to cost more than the four-colour systems because there’s simply more ink involved. This also beats Canon’s G650 and G7050 A4 ink-tank printers and beats the speeds achieved by Epson’s four-colour ET-2750. We've been using a full production version of this 120 fps sports camera, to see what you gain (and, perhaps, lose).The Epson ET-8550 is great for printing black-and-white documents as it produces high-quality prints at a decent pace, and its ink tank yields thousands of pages, making it very cost-effective for high-volume printing.

People like bright colors because they attract attention and generally look how we remember things looking. You have to pull the paper feed unit from the back of the printer, and then remove a small plastic guide and snap that piece inside the printer. It can handle up to 100-sheets of A4 via the standard input tray and up to 50-sheets of A4 via the rear feed. If you want a compact camera that produces great quality photos without the hassle of changing lenses, there are plenty of choices available for every budget.The rear feed is capable of handling up to 50 sheets of A3 paper and the photo tray can handle up to 20 sheets of A3 media. I know I've done it right in the past, cause the proof is hanging on the wall, but I always rely on my memory, and that's getting to be catch as catch can. which used “Light” inks to help with subtle gradations of tones throughout the color spectrum, the Gray ink in the EcoTank Photo printers seems to handle most of this work with regards to improving print quality. In addition to quality, the other primary reason to consider the EcoTank Photo twins is the ludicrously low ink costs, and the expansive tank capacities for the six inks.