Epson ET-2400 Low Cost Tank / EcoTank / Supertank Printer / Scanner / Copier Review

I have owned the ET-3700 for years. Just love it. It just, keeps on working.

This is the best review I've seen so far!! Ive been searching for print test and nothings been good until know, thank you so much

I nearly bought one of these until I learned a fatal flaw in its design: It purges its ink jet heads into an absorbing sponge. What can you do when this sponge fills up? They don’t sell replacements, and so you’d think you can just wash the ink out or buy an off brand sponge that works, right? Wrong. They have a software counter that corresponds with when the sponge should be full. Once you’ve flushed your print heads that number of times, the machine effectively bricks itself and no longer prints. This isn’t a problem in the short term, but the printer does have an artificially short lifespan. Long term ownership just isn’t really possible unless you never flush the print heads, which you will, given the nature of the technology. Other than this, it is a good printer.

Bought the Epson ET-2800 a couple of months ago so I don't have a point of reference for how long the ink will last. I print a lot of photos so I hope I get my money's worth. This model has a very, very small screen that is used to change settings such as paper size and quality, photo prints or not and such things but....I have to set these parameters on this tiny screen AND in the software. I would not have purchased this model had I known that. Never had to change settings in software and hardware with any other printer. A real pain. I thought when I did the set up that I missed something but Epson support confirmed this. I can't understand why the software wouldn't just over ride the hardware settings. The screen is only 1X1 inches!

Thanks for the thorough review. I appreciate the info on Mac compatibility and functions. I'd love to see a review of higher end bottle-refillable printer(s) for printing on larger format and heavy cardstock -- straight paper paths, 11" x 17" and larger, suitable for printing graphics and photos (but not necessarily archival quality art photos).

Thank you for the detailed review. I hate my cheap cannon printer, I was constantly running out of ink after one use. I print mostly colorful worksheets for my kids to do. I was looking for a new affordable printer, was deciding between this and the HP. I also wanted to print photographs as well as have it wireless for my laptop. I hope it works out! This video was helpful. Curious how long the ink will last with printing in color. My first project is about 50-80 pages in color.. we will see

...so professional...so simple...so honest...thank you for your effort...

My epson artisan is around 10 years old but is fully air print compatible and has both letter and photo trays. I recently had to empty out the waste tray/sponge and pay for a hack to bypass the automatic printer end-of-life obsolescence “feature”

You’ve convinced me to go with a laser printer. I do very little printing and I hate inkjet printers. Thanks for that.

This is awesome!! Thank you! Especially like your detailed report on setting it up!

Thanks for your input. I just bought one today.

I just saw an Epson commercial with Shaq & now this. I guess I have to make a purchase for a new one

Thank you :) I just ordered one. My old basic printer is about to die and I found this one at Staples still at 179.00...204.00 with an extra black bottle. I mainly use it to print shipping labels and packing slips for my Etsy shop. My old printer (with no scanner) has been costing me 466.00 per year in ink alone. I'll mainly use it in standard mode, so this should save me more than it cost, in one year :) I'm already thinking of much better things I could use the 400.00 ink savings for in the years to follow.

Does the printed sheet tray auto extend /open then the printer starts to print?

Ok then what format do I convert to so my iPhone, iPad and Mac air book can document will print from this printer?

Hey Lon! Just saw that Brother introduced a new "tank" printer inkjet lineup called INKvestment. We've had great luck with Brother in the past and these models are cheaper compared to similar Epsons in the ecoTank lineup... Would love to see a review before we pull the trigger on our next color printer!

I am with Lon on the laser printer. I seldom print any more, but my toner cartridge just lasts and lasts. I'm guessing mine is getting close to 10 years old.

Thanks so much! Lon …about no ability to air print…does that mean I couldn’t print a photo stored on my iPhone or iPad? Or a doc from my pages or numbers app on my iPhone? All the reviews say printing from an iPhone is simple so you’ve confused me.

Hello. i ve got the proble that the ink and paper led blinks up. There is no paper jam and ink is full its the 2811 one. tried to reset but it doesnt for . This morning the problem didnt exist. Could you help me out please? thx

I have an ET-2850 purchased a few years ago. No problems whatsoever printing natively via WiFi from an iPad using the built-in print function so I would assume an iPhone wouldn’t have any issues also. As such, I’m surprised that the printer in the review supposedly doesn’t support it.