Epson EcoTank ET-5150 print at a great price.
Great EcoTank printer at a good Price
Epson EcoTank Pro Multi-Function Printer ET-5150 $499 + Delivery ($0 C&C/In-Store) @ The Good Guys
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LKapilB on 22/11/2022 - 10:22 thegoodguys.com.au (529 clicks)
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I was going to get one to convert to sub print.
But I saw a few reviews on the 5150 having issues with colour accuracy.Can anyone confirm/deny if this is an issue?
I have the 2750 and it works great, have had it for a few years now.
yeah I've heard great things about the 2XXX and 4XXX series.
Just very mixed reviews for the 5150
Personally i think your mad buying an inkjet for what this printer is designed for.
Slower, crappier prints with all the disadvantages of inkjetIts necessary for some people.
Like I want to get an ET printer to convert it to sublimation printing.Slower, crappier prints with all the disadvantages of inkjet
Mine prints great photos and there aren't any disadvantages…
An ink bottle costs $17 and lasts 1 - 2 years and we print a lot…
I had a couple of them a few years ago for light printing… I found that having an idle cycle of possibly a couple of weeks will eventually kill them (at least the older models, unsure about current) with irreversible blocked head (tried all sorts of internet treatments to no avail).
Funny enough, getting a cheap 2nd hand laser printer for my limited workload has worked out very reliable and cheap. YMMV
getting a cheap 2nd hand laser printer
how good are the photos it prints?
@jv: pretty average, but yes, worse than an inkjet, but photos for most non-professional inkjets are not that great either.
Sure, if you print a lot of 'average' photos, buy one of these (4 colour inkjet) - sorry, they are not 'great photos'
Want better quality, buy a pro inkjet at high cost - upfront and runningOr just pay 15c for casual prints at officeworks/bigw etc…
I have had the 5170 for a year and a bit now. For me, it was a much better decision than a laser.
This has lower printing costs than laser - a full set of ink will run you back $100 for 5000+ pages. Colour toners run that much for just one colour and give you maybe half as many pages, and the upfront cost of colour multifunctions are not that different.
The 5150/5170 also uses pigment inks as opposed to dye ink, which does give better longevity. This is the lowest model that does use pigment inks that I could find.
Hows the colour/print quality?
I'm looking to get one to make a sublimation printer.
I've read mixed reviews on its printing quality.I don't have any complaints, but I also don't know what sublimation printers are used for so might not be that helpful.
Text quality and picture quality to me for documents are excellent, though I don't really print any photos (except for when I first got it to try it out) but given it only has the standard Black magenta yellow cyan inks it isn't going to give the best colour fidelity compared to the photo specific printers that run a photo black (and/or other colours).
It will print well on photo paper, but one of the thing that bugged me was that you cannot print borderless on A4, only up to 8" by 10". I have emailed them to bug them about it but so far, no response :p
@Fiximol: Sublimation printing uses sublimation ink+paper which basically allows you to heat transfer the printed image into certain surfaces.
E.g. Mugs, high % polyester shirts etc.Think I'll just stick with the 4800 for $419 as I know its very reputable in the sublimation world.
@Fiximol: The borderless print only support up to 8.5" x 11" (letter size) as per this
https://files.bbystatic.com/jO%2FlIWY4tMncU9Q8jy2qvw%3D%3D/S…
my mad?
Depends on what you're using for. Kids and occasional prints - tank inkjets are unbeatable ito cost/page. All concerns about wasting ink printing non essentials are gone! Kids go wild.
Depends on what you're using for. Kids and occasional prints
My kids kept getting jammed in the roller, so now I just use it for prints…
Okay you got a laugh :D
It says on the spec page no AirPrint or GooglePrint …WTF??
Can it do duplex scanning ? I am tempted
I wish, the specs on the printer say : Duplex scan not supported, but the printer will auto 2-side copy once the user flips the scan page manually
I have this printer. It doesn't support duplex scanning. However, auto-feed is supported. So in the first pass, we scan pages in 1,3,5,… order. Then we put all documents upside down and scan. Eventually, re-order in the app.
If you scan this forum, some chaps posted freeware software to mitigate this problem. I haven't tried it yet.So i have to manually reorder the documents? I often have to scan 100s documents pages without page numbers on them and it would be very hard to sort them out manually later
i own canon tr8560 and you can actually tell the printer to disable the ink level checking, so you can buy cheap bottled ink and use the syringe to refill.
i think my total cost of ownership for the past 2 years, have been less than $50 (bottled CYMK + $10 printer bought at FB marketplace)i live in an apartment and every other day i found printer in the dumpster room, nothing wrong with the printer but just because ink too expensive. also check out how many printers you see on the verge of council pickup. too many!
I have heaps of Canon printers in the past, all start playing around after 2 years, especially the alignment issue is non-fixable.
The black only print will come out all misaligned, with the same alignment settings you only need to print in color - Perfect print every time, that's their trick to urge you buy another Cannot printer or use it with color.
I have the Canon G6060 and it's great ito cost per page. Ink doesn't "magically" vanish between use. So ink tanks are great. The scanning and copying leaves much to be desired - doesn't scan edge to edge, which is awful, copies are lackluster. Anyone have experience with the Epson?
I posted a deal for another ecotank (ET8500) here if anyone is interested as well: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/739436
Nearest competition selling this for $599