Don't miss this Epson EcoTank deal — the Amazon Spring Sale ends at midnight and our best printer for the home office is still discounted
Our senior printer editor said, "I can’t find another mid-price printer so loaded with features and ink"
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The Amazon Big Spring Sale is ending at midnight tonight, but there's still a chance to grab this can't-miss Epson EcoTank deal. The Epson EcoTank ET-4950 is now $412.99 (was $500) at Amazon.
Based on comprehensive tests, this is the best printer for the home office we've reviewed, and our senior printer editor Jim Hill said, "I can’t find another mid-price printer so loaded with features and ink."
After putting this EcoTank printer through its pace, Jim called it "a pleasure to print with, thanks to a combination of good design, a responsive touchscreen, prompt print speed and some useful features." That includes a 30-sheet automatic document feeder, auto-duplex mode, and enough bottled ink in the box to last up to three years.
Check out the details below, alongside some alternative Epson EcoTank deals in the Amazon Sale. For more savings on tech, visit our Amazon Big Spring Sale live hub.
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March 31: The deal price for the Epson EcoTank ET-4950 remains at $412.99, but I've noticed stock is starting to run low now.
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The EcoTank ET-4950 is a superb printer that impressed during testing, with our senior printer editor saying, "I can’t find another mid-price printer so loaded with features and ink."
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The Epson EcoTank ET-4950 is one of those printers that immediately rocketed into our best home printer guide, it really is that good. Earning 4.5 stars out of a possible 5, alongside a TechRadar Pro Highly Recommended badge, it impressed our printer editor across a number of factors in his review.
First, the amount of ink you get is pretty much incomparable to similarly priced printers for the home office. It comes with five 464ml ink bottles, which is the equivalent of about 65 inkjet cartridges. That should, Epson estimates, last up to three years before you'll need to top up. And actually refilling the ink reservoirs proved a quick and clean process
Second, the features cover pretty much everything a home office printer needs. So, there's the standard print, scan, copy, and fax here, alongside a 30-sheet ADF, and an auto-duplex mode. During testing, the ET-4950 delivered faster-than-average speeds.
In the review, Jim explains: "It prints quickly for an inkjet with a claimed top speed of 35 pages per minute with simplex monochrome pages or 23 in color... Suffice to say, that it printed a little faster than its predecessor and compares well with other inkjets in its class. The quoted 8.5-second first page out time is accurate."
Print quality was another area where the Epson printer delivered the goods. It offered "strong all-round performance, printing quickly and cleanly," with minimal noise in simplex mode. Jim's review also noted, "dye-based C/M/Y inks are particularly bright and color documents look pleasingly vivid. It also does well with photography for the same reason. The Epson recognizes a range of coated photo paper types and given premium glossy photo paper, my test photos really popped."
All that's missing here are Bluetooth, NFC, a USB Host port for printing and scanning via USB, and a multi-purpose tray (and if we could only have one from the list, we'd want that second paper tray).
Overall, then, a printer deal well-worth snapping up. It does everything a modern ink tank printer needs to do, and beats rivals on features and supplied ink, too.
For more top-performing models, including the Epson EcoTank ET-4950, see our guide to the best ink tank printers.
More Epson EcoTank printer deals
This is identical to the main deal - but for some reason, the white model is slightly more expensive. Still a good saving on the printer, though.
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The EcoTank ET-4800 is a mid-range refillable ink tank printer with all the core features suitable for a home office, including print, scan, copy, fax, and an automatic document feeder. Print speeds are average for this type, at 5 pages per minute in color, 10 in monochrome.
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The EcoTank ET-2400 is a budget ink tank printer that's surprisingly feature-rich, with print, scan, and copy capabilities. Speeds are about average for an inkjet, topping out at 10 pages per minute in black and white.
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This is one of the best large format printers around, making it an ideal choice for those printing larger-than-tabloid projects like promotional materials, flyers, posters, and so on. It can print, scan, copy, and speeds hit 17 pages a minute in mono, 9ppm in color.
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Steve is B2B Editor for Creative & Hardware at TechRadar Pro, helping business professionals equip their workspace with the right tools. He tests and reviews the software, hardware, and office furniture that modern workspaces depend on, cutting through the hype to zero in on the real-world performance you won't find on a spec sheet. He is a relentless champion of the Oxford comma.
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