Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8550 All-in-One Supertank Printer

Didn't encounter this criticism in my product research, but the resolution of the LCD Screen is very low, and very much lower than the screens of other Epson printers I've owned. This is inexcusable for such an expensive printer and a significant problem for visually challenged users. A good example is the password entry screen - the characters are difficult to see, and data entry is laborious, particularly if you have neuromuscular problems affecting the fingers. I don't think my idol Shaq ever used this printer. Other than that, setup, including Wi-Fi connection (iMac, MacBook Air, iPhones), was relatively straightforward, and printing/copying was excellent after 1 day of use. Haven't tried photo paper yet.

This has to be the slowest inkjet printer I have ever owned. Even when setting is at standard print quality. It took over 90 minutes to print a 23 page design presentation after it randomly cancelled the print job twice during the process. The print quality on matte presentation paper is also subpar. I wish I could get my $750 back. Garbage bound.

This printer prints amazing. I will say though, and the reason for my 4 star instead of 5 star, is there is a learning curve. Perhaps it is just me. I use an ipad. On my old Epson ET 2800 (i think) I could just send whatever to printer. When i use that technique for this printer the printed page is not formatted properly. The only way i could get the page to look like the picture i was printing was to use the Epson app. So then I had to learn how to use that. And this printer is a little fussy about its paper. I had to learn to change paper settings when I print on different types of paper. With my old printer it didn’t matter. Everything printed the same whether it was photo paper or plain copy paper. Of course the vibrance was different, but the ink going on the paper seemed to be the same. And with this printer you need to do routine maintenance. I did not know that until i ran into printer issues. First, the black ink was smearing. Next the paper kept getting stuck in the printer. There is a menu for maintenance. I am sure all this is online somewhere but who looks for that? It the ‘olden days’ printers and pretty much everything else came with manuals that you could thumb through. Fortunately I have ChatGPT and use it daily so Chat told me how to do the maintenance and now my printer is once again printing beautifully. I do a lot of printing. I had this for probably a month and my ink is already half gone. That is not a complaint. I do a lot of printing. I use the printer for craft projects. You will not be disappointed in the quality of prints you get from this printer but you may get a small headache or frustrated like I did.

I love the prints that come out of the 8550. DOESNT WORK WITH WIFI SO NOW I JUST HARD WIRE IT.

I love this as a basic printer... but one FATAL flaw for those hoping to use it as a photography printer (which you could be mistaken for given its calle dthe Eco Tank PHOTO printer. If you print on any sort of glossy paper (and much if not all luster) there are visible vertical "pizza wheel" marks that will show in reflections for all prints. That with the (attractively more economical) non pigmet based inks (ignoring black) mean all the draws to use this as a photo printer are moot if not behind significant asterisks. It's a great printer I'll use for documents and printing material for me DND game but if you are interested in selling prints from a printer... this isn't it. I really wanted it to be becasuse the Cannon 1100 costs as much as this printer just to refill the ink, but it's not it. If they fixed this ONE issue with the feeder wheels it would be the reigning champ printer, undisputed... but this brings it down from 5 star to a generous 3. A photo printer should not damage photo prints... full stop. (I did adjust many settings per google searches such as thick paper settings, slow print... etc. There is not a fix for most if not all paper with any gloss to them... This makes me a sad man. To touch on missing review topics. Connectivity is amazing and functionality would be great if it did not damage your prints.

This device is absolutely AWESOME! I just bought it, and after owning many printers over the years, I can say the print quality and performance of this inkjet are truly astonishing. The borderless printing results depend somewhat on the media you use, but overall the quality at this price point is outstanding. On top of that, the ink costs are very reasonable compared to what you’d expect for this level of output. I really love this printer—it’s exceeded my expectations. Japanese brands like Epson remind me of Toyota: reliable, durable, and built with exceptional attention to detail. Highly recommended!

Piece of junk never stays connected to our wifi and several days of trying to connect-it will sometimes finally connect. Nothing else we have has this problem

I purchase my ET-8550 about a year ago. The problems seem to be around the paper feeding into the printer. The help file tells me to load paper in tray 2 - this printer has no trays!!! Is there a fix for this problem. I had to print a proposal today and could not do it. So I went to the library and printed it - it was not free!!! Please send me information on a fix for this printer. It was too expense to be a door stop!

An absolute nightmare. Nothing works properly. It constantly says there is no paper, even when there is paper. Because its 1mm from the feeder. The paper constantly get stuck. The larger posters, print out missing lines everywhere. They removed a print size that I was regularly using from the defualts on the upgrade. And it was the size I bought the printer from. Its like you bought a car and the manufacturer, comes into your car one day and just removes a random peice of the car and says you dont need that anyways. Even the forgot password on their website doesnt work, Its been an absolute horrible experience. The worst piece of hardware I have bought in the last 20 years.

Absolutely LOVE this printer! Took a bit to figure out some of it - like where exactly was tray 2 - but eventually figured it out. Since I print alot I really like the double sided printing as it saves on paper. It’s ot quiet but it’s not any louder than any other printer I’ve had. - I replaced my Brother laser with this one. The automatic openimg output tray was a surprise bonus but doesn’tclose unless you push the close button on the diplay which must be closed to load tray 2. Tray 2 doesn’t hold a lot of paper but it’s enough for me. I fill the tray every couple of weeks. Love the print quality too. Hope it stays working beautifully. Will only buy brand ink for this great printer to maintain it. Also like you can put larger paper in it too although I haven’t had an opportunity to try that out yet. Was well worth the investment!

Just WOW. Really quiet ,fantastic prints This is my 4th 13x19 printer and best yet. Easy to use and now no cartridges to worry about.

2 years and still happy. I had multiple printers throughout the years and this one is far the best. My last one was the ET-2850 which was decent but did not have the photo quality I was looking for but is good for the kids. This ET-8550 prints out beautiful 13" X 19" photos from my drone shots to close ups of my pets with amazing results. Exercise it regularly with nozzle checks to avoid ink drying up on print heads like most printers and you should get worry free usage for years. Avoid 3rd party inks as I had to learn the hard way. Old non Epson 4" X 6" paper will only work threw the top feeder. The maintenance box has a chip which tracks its usage which makes cleaning it out a waste of time requiring new ones. If you are thinking of upgrading from smaller units, this is a excellent choice.

I know Epson describes this as wireless printer but that is only true about 87% of the time (Per page printed). I moved the printer where it is absurdly close my computer and it will still fail by seizing up (usually after you printed about 70% of the document). Epson's only solution, is to wire the printer, (while not admitting that their product is defective).

It was easy to set up. It's printing speed is a little slow compared what i replaced. The Photp Software wants me to purchase the Drivers so I can run that software. It should be free.

Main board gone .do not buy

Bought this hoping to use it in my craft room for a variety of projects including iron on, photos, etc. I had issues right away printing wallet photos on 4x6 photo paper. It was frustrating to get it to print straight and borderless. Flash forward and I needed to print on some printable iron-on paper. It jammed, black ink now gets on the edges of any new sheets. I wouldn't print borderless. Photoshop wouldn't even print directly to the machine. I had to save as a jpg and even then getting the colors right on faces was difficult. It does sit idle for a long period (weeks/months) and it will run through a system check to keep it from clogging. The output tray is weird and very flimsy. I'm not even sure it works the way it was intended and I can see it getting broken off very easily. The machine is in no way a tank compared to the R2000 I used to have. But that took cartridges and clogged to the point where I couldn't use it anymore.

Perfect printing. Ink is fantastic and cheap. It seems to be extremely durable even scrubbing doesn’t harm it. I tested it with acetone, no running! It’s a very high resolution imagery printer. But I only buy Epson branded products.

I have been using the ET-8550 for roughly a month now and I have been very impressed with the quality of photo prints that it makes.

App sucks

A technical marvel of automation from setup to printing. The image quality is astounding considering how so few ink colours can produce client-grade output on not only Epson papers, but also on 3rd party stock for which those companies produce ICC profiles. Whether a document or an image, the printing speed is more than satisfactory considering it's not a high volume production unit. Running a print job from an iPad/iPhone is seamless and the desktop photo printing app is easy to use and offers professional level features. One feature that sold us is the replaceable purge tank: so many printers in this category without this feature simply stop working when the tank is full - nothing can be done to fix them and the only option is to toss them into landfill! Ink tank levels rarely show any usage which is amazing which brings me to the biggest selling point for us - ink costs. NOW WE CAN AFFORD TO PRINT OUR IMAGES, THANK YOU, EPSON!!