Epson · EcoTank

EcoTank ET-4850

Released October 2021

Epson's 2021 four-colour ink tank all-in-one for home offices, with fax, a 30-page document feeder, a 250-sheet front tray and Ethernet.

Type: Ink tank
Colour: Yes
Does: Print, Scan, Copy, Fax
Pages a minute: 15.5
Both sides: Yes

What reviewers say

Reviewers agree it suits a small or home office, with high-quality documents, useful office features and very low running costs from bottled ink. TechRadar found photos weak and the purchase price high; RTINGS found colour printing slow, waking from idle sluggish and the document feeder unable to scan both sides.

From techradar.com and rtings.com

Specifications

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Printing

Type: Ink tank
Colour: Yes
Speed, black: 15.5 pages a minute
Speed, colour: 8.5 pages a minute
Resolution: 4800 × 1200 dpi
Prints both sides: Yes
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
First page out: 9 seconds black, 15 seconds colour
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
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
Duty cycle: Warranty 12 months or 50,000 pages

Scanning and copying

Does: Print, Scan, Copy and Fax
Document feeder: Yes
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
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: A4
Paper tray: 250 sheets
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)
Paper types: 64–300 g/m² (300 g/m² with Epson Ultra Glossy Photo Paper)
Output tray: 30 sheets

Connections

Connects by: Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Wi-Fi Direct and USB
Connection detail: USB; Ethernet; Wi-Fi; Wi-Fi Direct
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 touchscreen

Design

Weight: 6.7 kg
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
Size: 375 × 347 × 231 mm (W × D × H)

Pros and cons

Pros

Ink in the box for 14,000 black and 5,200 colour pages
30-page document feeder and 250-sheet paper tray
Ethernet as well as Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Direct

Cons

The document feeder scans at 5 ipm
Colour prints at 8.5 pages a minute

Closest rivals

Model	Type	Colour	Does	Pages a minute	Both sides	Released
HPSmart Tank 7305	Ink tank	Yes	Print, Scan, Copy	15	Yes	Sept 2021
EpsonEcoTank ET-8550	Ink tank	Yes	Print, Scan, Copy	16	Yes	Apr 2021
CanonMAXIFY GX3050	Ink tank	Yes	Print, Scan, Copy	18	Yes	Nov 2022

Newer model: EcoTank ET-4950.

Sources

Photo: mediaserver.goepson.com

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