Epson EcoTank ET-8550 A3 Print/Scan/Copy Wi-Fi Photo Ink Tank Printer, With Up To 2 Years Worth Of Ink Included

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The SD/HC/XC card slot and PictBridge port are conveniently placed at the front left of the printer. No parts of the printer left me feeling I was likely to break them, although I come across a vocal subset of printer users who seem to feel that if there are not steel girders in its construction somewhere it’s not worth using. The scanner has a rated 1,200 x 4,800 dpi resolution – what you choose to use it at though will depend a lot on what you are scanning and why. It’s not a perfect inverse relationship, but the very best text printers tend to be lousy photo printers, and most good photo printers give up some text quality.

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The balance of the finance agreement is payable directly to Novuna Consumer Finance in equal monthly instalments by monthly direct debit. It’s actually quite a neat solution because this rear tray provides a much flatter paper path which means your A3 photos won’t curl up.The fact that it comes with a profile for Epson Velvet suggests that other lighter-weight matte art papers might be compatible with a bit of profile hacking. If they can really achieve the print quality of an eight-ink printer with six inks, and the two eliminated inks are light colors, that’s a significant cost savings. The first one uses Epson Hot Press Bright, a good cotton rag paper with a modest amount of brightener. I can't print from my Mac with a wireless connection since I received an exchange product from Epson. If it has gone to sleep sending it a document to print does not wake it up, you have to walk to the printer wake it up then send the document!

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Paper can be fed through the back of the printer, where the print path is direct and unbent through to the front. No major paper manufacturer other than Epson is supplying any profiles yet… What might eventually arrive? Each bottle has a unique key-shaped pattern moulded into the nozzle, so you can’t put it onto the wrong tank. This is easy to use and provides a choice of printing and scanning possibilities, from photo printing to document capture.

If you don’t want to connect with Wi-Fi, there’s an Ethernet port, or you can hook it straight up to a PC via USB.