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Eschew ink cartridges forever with this Epson Expression EcoTank printer. It uses bottled ink to produce gorgeous images and crisp, clear text, and built-in wireless capability makes it easy to print directly from your computer, tablet or smartphone. The all-in-one Epson Expression EcoTank printer also scans and copies for extra versatility in the office.
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I'd give it a 4.5 if I could. It's better than just "Good" it's very good, but it's not perfect. Since I can't give it a 4.5 I rounded up.
I’ve put this printer through several tests over the last several days and I think it’s a solid printer. I’ve spent more on ink-jet printers before and can’t say the more expensive ones were much better. I’ve been trying to find some indication that this was a lower quality printer, but, as far as ink-jet printers go, I can only find one reason you might want to buy a different printer. That one reason is that the Epson Expression ET-2650 printer does not have an automatic document feeder (ADF) for scanning; you have to manually scan one page at a time. If you plan to scan many loose pages at once, many times, you might prefer something else.
Set up was pretty quick and easy. Unpacking was pretty easy – there were just enough packing materials to keep it safe and everything in place, but it was still easy to get out of the box. This printer is nice and light so that just about anyone can unbox, set it up, and move it. Just be careful when adding the ink. It’s not hard and doesn’t take very long, just be sure you have the nozzle fully inserted into the tank and give a couple squeezes to empty the bottle. The longest part was waiting for the printer to charge the ink tanks – about 20 minutes. That’s a good time to install the software on your PC and phone.
Summary of some of my testing:
Summary of some of my testing:
Using the pre-built Magazine configuration to scan a full-page (8.5 x 11) recipe card produced a PDF of great quality - it looked as good as the original document; easily readable, colors looked true to the original image, the image of the finished meal looked delicious, even the small images of the ingredients were clear and easily identifiable.
Scanner software has lots of options including color management profiles. I haven't been able to thoroughly check them all out but I imagine you should be able to get great scans from just about anything that will fit on the scan bed.
My company uses a blue-to-black logo with gold lettering and therefore uses blue and black (to match logo) on table headings, borders and some text in dark-blue, light-blue, and even uses some gold lettering in our documents. With good ink-jet paper, the colors in my work documents were very well represented in printouts. The text was easily readable and clear even when gold on white paper. Very close to laser-jet output. I was really impressed with how well the printed documents looked.
Copying a photo to photo paper is pretty good - being a copy it won't ever be as good as the original, but it was not bad. It was probably as good as you're going to get. The output picture was a little dark and had lower contrast, but I think adjusting the settings could improve it. If not, it might be better to scan the photo to your PC, tweak it in a photo editor, and then print for better quality.
High-quality photos printed to glossy photo paper were very good too using default settings. Photos were a little darker than I'd like, but I think that could easily be adjusted too. Just make sure you’re using high-quality paper and use the highest quality setting.
Print times are very good and very reasonable - the higher the quality and size of the print job the longer it takes. A small one-page text document will print very quickly, a couple seconds at most, in draft mode (as you would expect). 4x6 photos in HQ mode take a few minutes (around 5) to print. I did try printing a 70-page magazine type document with graphics and images with the highest quality setting – just to test the printer – and it took many minutes (more than 20). However, it’s not a laser printer so I wasn’t expecting laser printer speeds.
Pros:
* Printing and scanning from phone or tablet as well as PC/Macs.
* Epson Connect - print & scan from anywhere with PC, phone or tablet.
* Email Print - just email a document to your printer to print it! Of course, you can control who can print to your printer this way with Approved Senders List.
* Scan to Cloud or email - you're not limited to scanning only to a PC.
* Dual image output – with a single scan you can output two images with different settings, for example, a color and a black & white version, or, if you’re going to use the image for a web page, output a thumbnail and full-size picture simultaneously.
* Scan using settings as low as 75 dpi to 2400 dpi
* Tiff CCITT Group 4 standard & searchable PDF output supported as well as others
* Printing and scanning from phone or tablet as well as PC/Macs.
* Epson Connect - print & scan from anywhere with PC, phone or tablet.
* Email Print - just email a document to your printer to print it! Of course, you can control who can print to your printer this way with Approved Senders List.
* Scan to Cloud or email - you're not limited to scanning only to a PC.
* Dual image output – with a single scan you can output two images with different settings, for example, a color and a black & white version, or, if you’re going to use the image for a web page, output a thumbnail and full-size picture simultaneously.
* Scan using settings as low as 75 dpi to 2400 dpi
* Tiff CCITT Group 4 standard & searchable PDF output supported as well as others
Cons:
* 1.44” display – this really should be bigger – even though it is very readable, many people will have an issue with how small it is.
* Installation CD failed to run correctly on my Win 10 laptop
* No double-sided print from phone option. Probably because the pages have to be manually flipped, but would still be nice to have as an option.
* Using Windows built-in Add Printer functionality you can find the printer, but drivers won't automatically download. You must download and install drivers and software manually or use the CD if it will work for you.
* When it comes to installing drivers & software on other PCs, there is not a Printer + scanner driver and utility package. You only have the option of downloading a package that contains everything including control software, or individual drivers & utilities. It would be nice to have a package of all drivers and software except the control software. I want my family to be able to print and scan, but don’t want them to be able to change the configuration of the printer. This makes setting up their laptops much more complicated.
* 1.44” display – this really should be bigger – even though it is very readable, many people will have an issue with how small it is.
* Installation CD failed to run correctly on my Win 10 laptop
* No double-sided print from phone option. Probably because the pages have to be manually flipped, but would still be nice to have as an option.
* Using Windows built-in Add Printer functionality you can find the printer, but drivers won't automatically download. You must download and install drivers and software manually or use the CD if it will work for you.
* When it comes to installing drivers & software on other PCs, there is not a Printer + scanner driver and utility package. You only have the option of downloading a package that contains everything including control software, or individual drivers & utilities. It would be nice to have a package of all drivers and software except the control software. I want my family to be able to print and scan, but don’t want them to be able to change the configuration of the printer. This makes setting up their laptops much more complicated.
All said I think this is a very good printer. Having owned a few inkjet printers and used ink-jet printers for years, I think this one is as good or nearly as good as all of them I’ve seen or used. I’ve only seen/used one or two that were better and the price was at least $100 more. I think anyone looking for a printer in this price range will be happy with the Epson Expression ET-2650.
This is a review for the Epson Expression ET-2650 EcoTank All-in-One Printer that I received free of charge to do a beta test and review.
My Best Buy number: 2507955524
I would recommend this to a friend!
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