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Published on November 4th, 2021 | by Andrew Bistak

Epson launches next generation EcoTank printers for the Home Office and becomes number 1 ink tank printer vendor worldwide1

It’s no coincidence that the explosion of people working from home, Epson becoming officially the number 1 ink tank printer vendor worldwide¹ having now sold over 60 million EcoTank units globally* and the launch of Epson’s new EcoTank printers for the Home Office are all being announced together. Critically, none of the new Home Office models use any ink cartridges at all, replacement ink bottles that provide thousands more printed pages start at just $14.99 and all models come with the new, intuitive and clever Epson Smart Panel™ app.


With two of the most challenging and unique years the world has ever witnessed and experienced, the home has become even more important for living and now working more than ever.

To help people in their new work from home environments, Epson has released four new models in its EcoTank printer range, designed for the Home Office – the ET-2811, ET-3800, ET-4800 and ET-4850.

As the way we work and live continues to evolve, people are seeking more advanced, but still easy-to-use, solutions that can keep up with the new demands of their homes which are now also their workspaces and home offices.

To that end, Epson has launched a new generation of their best-selling, award-winning and most popular EcoTank printers designed for Home Office use to continue meeting the day-to-day printing needs of working professionals whilst still reducing the ongoing worry of running out of ink and the high cost of replacement ink.

These efficient new printers for the Home Office are all high-yield, multi-function models, positioned at an attractive mid-level price point with additional productivity features that include a high-resolution flatbed scanner for crisp and professional scans, a colour display for easy navigation and wireless connectivity so users can easily print from smart devices with the intuitive Epson Smart Panel® App.

The Smart Panel app makes working and printing from home so much easier and more efficient as it transforms most mobile devices into intuitive control centres for select Epson printers and scanners.

To view the Epson Smart Panel app in action click here or go to:

https://youtu.be/Cnzn1NVInAw

Working from home can be hard but Smart Panel makes it incredibly easy to set up, monitor, print, scan and more using your Epson device from the palm of your hand. It enjoys a simple wireless setup, innovative action icons, a customisable interface and indeed everything you need to manage and use your printer in one convenient app. As it’s fully compatible with Android® and iOS® devices, all you have to do is download the app from the respective app stores and you’re ready to go.

Smart Panel is the perfect complement to EcoTank Home Office printer, a range designed with productivity, efficiency and ease of use in mind.

So why should you buy an EcoTank Home Office printer rather than a standard EcoTank Home printer?

Good question and one that really comes down to what you’re going to use it for.

EcoTank Home printers are ideal for just that, home printing use. A great daily drive that also satisfies school and particularly home school requirements.

The new EcoTank Home Office printers are different, more advanced, has more features, prints more and does a lot more of the things you would associate with a printer found in a typical office, but at a far lower cost per page.

Some things are the same across the EcoTank range such as the fact that they are powered by Heat-Free PrecisionCore® Technology which offers revolutionary cartridge-free printing with easy-to-fill, super-sized ink tanks.

The EcoTank Home Office models also include thousands of pages worth of ink straight out of the box² — enough to print up to 14,000² black and white pages with some models (see below) and equivalent to hundreds of individual cartridges².

 Plus, the Home Office models use Epson’s “clean and easy” EcoFit® auto-stop ink bottles with each colour uniquely keyed for easy filling of each tank, higher capacity paper trays, fax (yes, lots of people still use fax!), bigger colour touchscreens, auto document feeder (ADF), fast auto 2-sided printing and convenient wired and wireless networking.

In other words you can do more, using the ultimate wireless and networking technology and be powered by the latest Heat-Free PrecisionCore Printing Technology which delivers laser-quality black text using less power and fewer consumables so it’s far kinder to the environment.

For a Home Office printer that you don’t have to (or want to) worry about, the new Epson EcoTank for the Home Office range ticks a lot of boxes.

Okay, let’s have a look at some of those boxes that they tick …

EcoTank ET-2811

Main functions – Print, Copy and Scan

Connectivity – Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Direct

Print speed – 10 pages per minute black and white, 5 pages in colour

Number of printed pages out of the box – 8,100² Black / 6,500² Colour

RRP $399

EcoTank ET-3800

Main functions – Duplex Print, Copy, Scan and Ethernet

Connectivity – Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct and Apple AirPrint

Print speed – 15.5 pages per minute black and white, 8.5 pages in colour

Display screen – 2.4″ Colour LCD

Number of printed pages out of the box – 14,000² Black / 5,200² Colour

RRP $549

EcoTank ET-4800

Main functions – Print, Copy, Scan, Fax, ADF and Ethernet

Connectivity – Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct and Apple AirPrint

Print speed – 10 pages per minute black and white, 5 pages in colour

Display screen – 1.44″ Colour LCD

Number of printed pages out of the box – 3,600² Black / 6,500² Colour

RRP $499

EcoTank ET-4850

Main functions – Duplex Print, Copy, Scan, Fax, ADF and Ethernet

Connectivity – Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct and Apple AirPrint

Print speed – 15.5 pages per minute black and white, 8.5 pages in colour

Display screen – 2.4″ Colour LCD

Number of printed pages out of the box – 14,000² Black / 5,200² Colour

RRP $649

All four new models come with Epson’s world-class one-year warranty with a free bonus second year upon registration.

Epson’s new Smart Panel app is compatible with a wide range of Epson printers and scanners and to view the full list, go to https://support.epson.net/appinfo/smartpanel/guide/en/

The four new EcoTank Home Office printers are available now at www.epson.com.au and from all authorised Epson resellers and retailers.


About the Author

When he's not trying to save the world, Andrew enjoys travel (although loathes turbulence), going to the movies, reading and being a dad to his two dogs (and now twins) with his wife.



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