Eschew ink cartridges forever with this Epson Expression EcoTank printer. It uses bottled ink to produce gorgeous images and crisp, clear text, and built-in wireless capability makes it easy to print directly from your computer, tablet or smartphone. The all-in-one Epson Expression EcoTank printer also scans and copies for extra versatility in the office.
Out of box experience was really good, all items were logically placed and gave a feeling of really owning a very solid product. After taking the printer out i started to take the packing tape out since it did seem like trivial effort but i got stuck at one point to remove the tape that was going from the ink container to "inside" of the printer. I had to pause & go back to reading the instructions to get this out of the way.
The next step was to open the ink tanks & fill them with inks. This to me was the most time consuming part & took a while to empty out each bottle - also wanted to be doubly sure that i empty the correct color bottle to the respective tank. Once this step was out of the way it was time to plug in the adapter & start the printer. Following the prompts & instructions in quick guide came the most time consuming part of the setup which is "initializing" the cartridge - took about 20min. Instead of waiting 20 min i used this time to download the driver software on my mac from the website & started the steps to setup the wireless settings for printer until the very last step where it had to communicate to printer. I waited for the printer initialization before i synced the wifi settings with the printer.
And voila, it was now time to test print & it was fast & beautiful. I then went ahead to take photo copies - color & black by placing the source paper in the scanner bed. Both copies came out beautiful although the B/W resolution was slightly superior compared to the color copy. I really hope this review would help you to make good choice. I'm excited that the economics of the eco-tank will trump any initial hurdles of setup & would become a long time economical & irreplaceable companion in my office for the next 3-4 years. Note: This is a review for the Epson Expression ET-2650 EcoTank All-in-One Printer that I received free of charge to do a beta test and review.