Epson EcoTank ET-4850 vs HP Smart Tank 7305

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EcoTank ET-4850 compared with Smart Tank 7305

	EpsonEcoTank ET-4850	HPSmart Tank 7305
Overview
Released
Released	October 2021	September 2021
Printing
Type
Type	Ink tank	Ink tank
Colour
Colour	Yes	Yes
Speed, black
Speed, black	15.5 pages a minute (better)	15 pages a minute
Speed, colour
Speed, colour	8.5 pages a minute	9 pages a minute (better)
Resolution
Resolution	4800 × 1200 dpi	4800 × 1200 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	Automatic two-sided printing; borderless up to A4; draft speeds up to 23 ppm black, 22 ppm colour; print language HP PCL 3 GUI; 800 MHz processor, 256 MB memory
First page out
First page out	9 seconds black, 15 seconds colour	As fast as 14 sec black, 16 sec colour (A4, ready)
Resolution detail
Resolution detail	–	Up to 1200 x 1200 rendered dpi black; up to 4800 x 1200 optimised dpi colour (1200 input dpi)
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	Refillable tanks filled from HP 32XL black (135 ml) and HP 31 cyan, magenta and yellow (70 ml) bottles; replaceable black and tri-colour printheads
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	HP 32XL black bottle: ~6,000 pages; HP 31 colour bottles: ~8,000 pages each; bottles in the box (UK): ~15,200 pages black, ~9,600 pages colour in draft mode
Duty cycle
Duty cycle	Warranty 12 months or 50,000 pages	Up to 5,000 pages a month (A4); 400 to 800 pages recommended
Scanning and copying
Does
Does	Print, Scan, Copy and Fax	Print, Scan and Copy
Document feeder
Document feeder	Yes	Yes
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 (up to 216 x 297 mm) and 35-sheet automatic document feeder (up to 216 x 356 mm); up to 1200 dpi optical; up to 8 ipm black, 3.5 ipm colour (A4, 200 ppi); JPG, PDF, PNG, TIFF
Copying
Copying	–	Up to 13 cpm black, 6 cpm colour (ISO, A4); up to 99 copies; 25 to 400%; ID copy
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	A4
Paper tray
Paper tray	250 sheets	250 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)	A4, A5, A6, B5 (JIS), envelopes (DL, C5, C6), cards; custom 88.9 x 127 to 215.9 x 355.6 mm
Paper types
Paper types	64–300 g/m² (300 g/m² with Epson Ultra Glossy Photo Paper)	Plain, photo, matte and glossy brochure papers, envelopes, labels, cards; plain paper 60 to 105 g/m², photo paper up to 250 g/m²
Output tray
Output tray	30 sheets	100 sheets
Connections
Connects by
Connects by	Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Wi-Fi Direct and USB	Wi-Fi, Ethernet, USB and Wi-Fi Direct
Connection detail
Connection detail	USB; Ethernet; Wi-Fi; Wi-Fi Direct	Hi-Speed USB 2.0; Gigabit Ethernet; dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4 and 5 GHz); Wi-Fi Direct
Printing from phones
Printing from phones	Apple AirPrint, Mopria Print Service, Mopria Scan, Epson Connect (Email Print, Remote Print Driver, Scan-to-Cloud)	HP app, Apple AirPrint, Mopria, HP Print Service Plugin (Android), Wi-Fi Direct
App
App	Epson Smart Panel	HP app
Control panel
Control panel	6.1 cm colour touchscreen	2-line LCD (70 x 12 mm) with guided buttons
Design
Weight
Weight	6.7 kg	7.7 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	1.10 W sleep, 0.1 W off; TEC 0.20 kWh a week
Noise
Noise	–	6.5 B(A) sound power, 59.4 dB(A) sound pressure (printing at 10 ppm)
Size
Size	375 × 347 × 231 mm (W × D × H)	427.5 x 364 x 240.3 mm (W x D x H); up to 453.55 x 440.73 x 249.63 mm with trays extended
In the box
In the box	–	Printer, 2 HP 32XL black bottles, HP 31 cyan, magenta and yellow bottles, black and tri-colour printheads, setup guide, reference guide, power cord