It’s more competitive at a smaller scale, though, with six 6x4in photos printing in 8mins 47secs, only two seconds behind the Pixma PRO-200. This review has a lot of ground to cover, but it won't be as in-depth as my SureColor P800 review since the ET-8550 isn't a pro-level printer. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. A printer for the modern user, the EcoTank ET-8550 allows you to print, scan, and more directly from your phone or tablet using the Epson Smart Panel app*, or print from SD cards and USB flash drives through the 10. Graphics-heavy color documents (think presentations) did look slightly better in Best Quality mode, especially on high-quality inkjet paper, but it’s hard for me to justify the print time of the Best mode.

We've been using a full production version of this 120 fps sports camera, to see what you gain (and, perhaps, lose).Overall both printers seem to deliver excellent printing quality while also being more economical than their competitors with the Canon having the edge in print quality by using pigment-based ink and the Epson being cheaper and more convenient to maintain. I have been looking for a quality Photo Printer, ever since I became an avid amateur photographer in 2012.

It prints high-quality black-and-white documents at a decent speed, and its ink tank yields thousands of pages, meaning it requires very little maintenance. Regarding the cost per print, the ET-15000 yields more prints, and its replacement ink is cheaper, so it costs less to maintain over time than the ET-8550. EPSON SMART PANEL APP - This app enables you to control your printer from your smart device, Print photos, copy documents, set up and troubleshoot your printer, and let your creativity flow with a wide range of artistic templates. If I had one complaint, it would be that you can’t set the option for thick papers from the print driver, only from the touchscreen, and when you change that setting, it is reset once you power down the printer.That’s still not bad, however, and significantly it’s hugely cheaper than the A3-capable Canon Pixma PRO-200, which has per-page costs of around 13p for mono and 13. It is slightly disappointing that the scanner is only A4 sized, but it does make very accurate photocopies thanks to the high resolution of both printer and scanner. If you have a smartphone, Epson recommends you use that, which keeps things relatively straightforward. When comparing the ET-8500 output with glossy and luster pigment prints from the P900 and the Pro-300, many viewers sensed a difference, but generally picked the ET-8500 as their favorite; there was just something about the vibrancy of the photos from the ET-8500, especially on glossy media. I love being able to have one tray with 5×7 semigloss paper while loading the main tray with plain paper, and the top rear-feed slot works very well for printing on beefier papers.