The Epson EcoTank ET-8550 is a pleasure to use thanks to the large intuitive touchscreen interface and smooth, quiet operation. Our online Virtual Assistant, EVA, can help you solve the most common problems with your Epson product. I’ll come back to just what this means in practice when considering paper choices, but above all it means that your favourite papers from a previous dye or pigment ink printer may OR may not be good with the ET-8550. Typing in your Wi-Fi password to get the printer online is quite easy whichever you choose and filling the ink reservoirs is easy.

ET-8550 A3+ Colour Multifunction Inkjet Printer Epson EcoTank ET-8550 A3+ Colour Multifunction Inkjet Printer

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 Epson installer places a range of Epson ICC profiles for different Epson media onto your computer. A typical eight-ink printer would have had this type of inkset with a different matte black, plus light cyan and light magenta. Thin photo paper will work as well but I don’t generally want photo paper going through the duplexer unit at the back.The other piece of LuLa review news is that there is a permanent GFX 100S in the review fleet, and it is in the overhead compartment right now as I set off for the High Sierra of California on the Pacific Crest Trail. The rear tray allows you to print on A3+ paper as well as media such as craft papers and card, whilst the A3+ straight paper feed means you can print on media up to 1. I tried thin card and thick photo paper, with similarly unsuccessful results as with double sided printing. color touchscreen with an intuitive interface and, for remote operation via a smartphone or tablet, there’s the ‘Epson Smart Panel’ app. So, if someone on a forum tells you a paper is ‘great’ and hasn’t tried it with the 8550, take the advice with a suitable pinch of salt.

Epson EcoTank ET-8550 A4/3 All-In-One WiFi Photo Printer

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. To take advantage of AirPrint, your compatible printer must be connected to the same wireless network as your iOS device or Mac computer.It was on the strength of this material and your comparisons against other printers that has now led me to purchasing this printer. That’s still not bad, however, and significantly it’s hugely cheaper than the A3-capable Canon Pixma PRO-200, which has per-page costs of around 13p for mono and 13.