Epson EcoTank ET-4850 vs Epson EcoTank ET-8550

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EcoTank ET-4850 compared with EcoTank ET-8550

	EpsonEcoTank ET-4850	EpsonEcoTank ET-8550
Overview
Released
Released	October 2021	April 2021
Printing
Type
Type	Ink tank	Ink tank
Colour
Colour	Yes	Yes
Speed, black
Speed, black	15.5 pages a minute	16 pages a minute (better)
Speed, colour
Speed, colour	8.5 pages a minute	12 pages a minute (better)
Resolution
Resolution	4800 × 1200 dpi	5760 × 1440 dpi
Prints both sides
Prints both sides	Yes	Yes
Printing detail
Printing detail	PrecisionCore print head, 400 black nozzles and 128 per colour; automatic 2-sided printing on A4 plain paper at 6.5 pages a minute black and 4.5 colour (ISO/IEC 24734); borderless printing; up to 33 pages a minute black and 20 colour in draft on 75 g/m² paper	Six-colour Micro Piezo printing; 360 black nozzles and 180 per colour; automatic 2-sided printing on A4 plain paper; borderless printing up to A3+; CD/DVD printing; 10 × 15 cm photo in 25 seconds on Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper; up to 32 pages a minute in draft on 75 g/m² paper
First page out
First page out	9 seconds black, 15 seconds colour	–
Ink or toner
Ink or toner	Pigment black and dye cyan, magenta and yellow in refillable tanks; 102 EcoTank ink bottles, 127 ml black and 70 ml colour	Claria ET Premium; pigment black plus dye photo black, cyan, magenta, yellow and grey in refillable tanks; 114 EcoTank bottles, 70 ml each
Page yield
Page yield	Ink in the box prints 14,000 pages black and 5,200 colour; a set of 102 bottles prints 7,500 pages black and 6,000 colour	Ink in the box prints 1,800 photos; a set of 114 bottles prints 2,300 photos (6,700 pages black, 6,200 pages colour)
Duty cycle
Duty cycle	Warranty 12 months or 50,000 pages	Warranty 12 months or 50,000 pages
Scanning and copying
Does
Does	Print, Scan, Copy and Fax	Print, Scan and Copy
Document feeder
Document feeder	Yes	No
Scanner
Scanner	Contact image sensor (CIS) with flatbed and 30-page document feeder; 1,200 × 2,400 dpi optical; feeder 5 ipm black or colour; flatbed A4 in 12 seconds black and 27 seconds colour; saves BMP, JPEG, PICT, TIFF, multi-TIFF, PDF and PNG	Flatbed contact image sensor (CIS); 1,200 × 4,800 dpi optical; documents up to 216 × 355.6 mm; saves BMP, JPEG, TIFF, multi-TIFF, PDF, searchable PDF and PNG
Fax
Fax	Fax at up to 33.6 kbps (about 3 seconds a page); 60 speed dials; 100-page memory; PC fax, broadcast, polling reception	–
Paper
Largest paper
Largest paper	A4	A3
Paper tray
Paper tray	250 sheets (better)	100 sheets
Paper sizes
Paper sizes	A4, A5, A6, B5, B6, 9 × 13 cm, 10 × 15 cm, 13 × 18 cm, 13 × 20 cm, 20 × 25 cm, envelopes (No. 10, DL, C6)	Trays - front tray 1, 20 sheets of photo paper up to 13 × 18 cm; front tray 2, 100 sheets of A4 plain paper; rear feeder, 50 sheets of plain paper or 5 of photo paper up to A3+; rear straight path, 1 sheet. Sizes - A3+, A3, B4, A4, A5, A6, B5, B6, Letter, Legal, Executive, 10 × 15 cm, 13 × 18 cm, envelopes (No. 10, DL, C6) and user-defined sizes up to 329 × 2,000 mm
Paper types
Paper types	64–300 g/m² (300 g/m² with Epson Ultra Glossy Photo Paper)	Plain paper 64–90 g/m²; photo, fine art and thick media up to 1.3 mm through the rear straight path
Output tray
Output tray	30 sheets	50 sheets of plain paper or 20 of premium glossy photo paper
Connections
Connects by
Connects by	Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Wi-Fi Direct and USB	Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Wi-Fi Direct and USB
Connection detail
Connection detail	USB; Ethernet; Wi-Fi; Wi-Fi Direct	Hi-Speed USB; Ethernet; Wi-Fi 5 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac); Wi-Fi Direct; USB host port and SD card slot for printing without a computer; PictBridge
Printing from phones
Printing from phones	Apple AirPrint, Mopria Print Service, Mopria Scan, Epson Connect (Email Print, Remote Print Driver, Scan-to-Cloud)	Apple AirPrint, Mopria Print Service, Mopria Scan, Epson Connect (Email Print, Remote Print Driver, Scan-to-Cloud)
App
App	Epson Smart Panel	Epson Smart Panel; Epson Photo+ and Epson ScanSmart on a computer
Control panel
Control panel	6.1 cm colour touchscreen	10.9 cm colour touchscreen
Design
Weight
Weight	6.7 kg	11.1 kg
Power use
Power use	12 W copying (ISO/IEC 24712), 5.4 W ready, 1 W sleep, 0.2 W off; TEC 0.16 kWh a week	17 W copying (ISO/IEC 24712), 7.5 W ready, 0.8 W sleep, 0.3 W off; TEC 0.16 kWh a week
Noise
Noise	–	37 dB(A) printing photos on Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper
Size
Size	375 × 347 × 231 mm (W × D × H)	523 × 379 × 169 mm (W × D × H)
In the box
In the box	–	Printer, ink set, power cable, driver and utilities CD, quick start guide, warranty document