Epson · EcoTank
EcoTank ET-3950
Epson's 2025 four-colour ink tank all-in-one for home offices, with a 30-page two-sided document feeder, a 250-sheet front tray and Ethernet, but no fax.
- Type
- Ink tank
- Colour
- Yes
- Does
- Print, Scan, Copy
- Pages a minute
- 18
- Both sides
- Yes
Specifications
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- Type
- Ink tank
- Colour
- Yes
- Speed, black
- 18 pages a minute
- Speed, colour
- 9 pages a minute
- Resolution
- 4800 × 1200 dpi
- Prints both sides
- Yes
- Printing detail
- PrecisionCore print head, 400 black nozzles and 128 per colour; 3.3 pl minimum droplet; automatic 2-sided printing on A4 plain paper at 7 pages a minute black and 5 colour (ISO/IEC 24734); borderless printing; up to 35 pages a minute black and 23 colour in draft on 75 g/m² paper
- First page out
- 8.5 seconds black, 13.5 seconds colour (ISO/IEC 17629)
- Ink or toner
- Pigment black and dye cyan, magenta and yellow in refillable tanks; 127 ml black and 70 ml colour bottles
- Page yield
- Ink in the box (a full set plus an extra black) prints 15,100 pages black and 5,500 colour
- Duty cycle
- Built for up to 100,000 pages over its life; warranty 12 months or 100,000 pages
Scanning and copying
- Does
- Print, Scan and Copy
- Document feeder
- Yes
- Scanner
- Contact image sensor (CIS) with flatbed and 30-page document feeder; 2-sided scanning from the feeder; 1,200 × 2,400 dpi optical; feeder 5 ipm 1-sided and 3.5 ipm 2-sided, black or colour; flatbed A4 in 9 seconds black and 21 seconds colour; saves BMP, JPEG, PICT, TIFF, multi-TIFF, PDF and PNG
- Copying
- 2-sided copying from the document feeder (A4 plain paper)
Paper
- Largest paper
- A4
- Paper tray
- 250 sheets
- Paper sizes
- A4, A5, A6, B5, B6, Letter, 10 × 15 cm, 13 × 18 cm, envelopes (No. 10, DL, C6)
- Paper types
- 64–300 g/m² (300 g/m² with Epson Ultra Glossy Photo Paper)
- Output tray
- 30 sheets; opens automatically when a job starts
Connections
- Connects by
- Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Wi-Fi Direct and USB
- Connection detail
- USB; Ethernet; Wi-Fi 5 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac) on 2.4 and 5 GHz; Wi-Fi Direct; WPA3
- Printing from phones
- Apple AirPrint, Mopria Print Service, Mopria Scan, Epson Connect (Email Print, Remote Print Driver, Scan-to-Cloud)
- App
- Epson Smart Panel
- Control panel
- 6.1 cm colour LCD
Design
- Weight
- 7.2 kg
- Power use
- 15 W copying (ISO/IEC 24712), 6.9 W ready, 0.6 W sleep, 0.1 W off; TEC 0.09 kWh a week
- Size
- 375 × 347 × 240 mm (W × D × H)
- In the box
- Printer, one set of ink bottles (127 ml black; 70 ml cyan, magenta and yellow) plus an extra black, power cable, quick setup guide, warranty document
Pros and cons
Pros
- Ink in the box for 15,100 black and 5,500 colour pages
- Scans and copies both sides from a 30-page document feeder
- 250-sheet front tray, Ethernet and dual-band Wi-Fi
Cons
- No fax
- Colour prints at 9 pages a minute
- Screen is not a touchscreen
Closest rivals
Model | Type | Colour | Does | Pages a minute | Both sides | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ink tank | Yes | Print, Scan, Copy | 16 | Yes | Jun 2025 | |
| Ink tank | Yes | Print, Scan, Copy, Fax | 18 | Yes | Sept 2025 | |
| Ink tank | Yes | Print, Scan, Copy | 15 | Yes | Sept 2025 |
Sources
- epson.co.uk/en_GB/products/printers/inkjet/consumer/ecotank-et-3950-a4-multifun…
- press.epson.eu/en_GB/news/epson-unveils-new-series-of-ecotank-printers-better-p…
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