Epson - EcoTank Pro ET-5880 Wireless All-In-One Inkjet Printer with PCL Support - White

Unboxing and installation of the ET-5880 was pretty straight forward. It is a little tricky getting out of the box due to its weight, definitely a two-person job as indicated in the printed setup instructions. There is a TON of blue packing tape on the printer (for good reason) which took a thorough inspection to make sure I had removed all of it prior to proceeding to the initial setup. The unit is fairly large in size compared to standard home printers, so make sure you have a solid and large enough surface/table to set the printer on. Overall it is very sturdy and well built. Even though it is made of plastic, it does not feel flimsy or like something that would easily break. It really does feel like a good quality office product. Following the included instructions provided for an easy setup. There are two bottles of each color ink included (and it takes nearly all of it) and the process of filling and priming the printer is simple. The keyed color bottles prevent accidental mix-up of colors while filling and the priming process is automatic. I installed the printer via wired ethernet but the process seems easy whether wired or wi-fi. The eco-tanks are really nice as the ink supply seems almost unending and there is no print head alignment required like most other printers. I have owned other Epson EcoTank printers in the past and rarely need to buy replacement ink. The print quality of the ET-5880 is excellent. It prints out a full color document quickly and surprisingly quiet compared to other printers. The text and graphics are sharp and clear. With regard to printing photographs, I am actually pleasantly surprised. Having used various non-photo printers in the past, the ET-5880 printed a good quality full-page photo on plain paper and great quality photo on premium photo paper. The quality still does not equal a true photo-printer with special photo-specific ink colors, but for a three color printer, I am impressed. The 3 paper sources of the printer (2 trays and 1 rear feed) work well. The trays hold a decent supply of paper, including legal, and the rear feed is nice for quick use specialty paper (photo, card, envelope, etc..). Unlike past models, it is easy to change the paper size mid-print if the source setting was incorrect. This printer also features auto 2-sided printing, which is nice. Overall, the ET-5880 printer seems well built with great print quality. The EcoTanks will allow for extended printing without the need of replacement ink, and the paper trays are easy to change/configure. One CON of previous EcoTank printers I have owned are that the print head tends to clog if not used for an extended period and consumes large amount of ink to clean. Make sure to print using all colors semi-regularly to prevent this. Time will tell if this printer has similar issues. This is a review for the Epson EcoTank ET-5880 All-in-one Supertank Printer that I received free of charge to do a beta test and review.

This printer has come in handy with the recent mandatory quarantine due to Coronavirus. We were in need of printer to use at home, since we were unable to bring the printers home from our small business. I was also in need of a printer since I am now having to teach my children at home. Right out of the box, it was easy to set it up. It is a pretty large printer, but looks really neat with the sleek touchscreen in a corner of our room. Loading up the ink has been my favorite part of it all. It was a bit scary at first because I thought I would make a mess, but it just locks into the ink tray and unloads until it is full. There was no leaking at all and the ink was all loaded within a few minutes. The ink charging was the most time consuming, but I took that time to download the software to the laptops. In less than 20 minutes, I had the printer and 4 laptops set up to Wi-Fi and able to print. I do alot of bookkeeping and need a reliable, fast responding printer and this has been great after using for the past week. The dual paper tray is also very useful when I have to print my spreadsheets along with other paperwork and need to use 2 different sizes of paper. It prints very quickly and is able to handle printing tasks from multiple computers at once, especially since both of my kids are printing school work and assignments throughout the day. I am so happy with the ability to finally be able to have double sided printing without manually having to turn the paper over and replace like my last printer. This printer has so many more features as well, and copying has been a breeze. This is a review for the Epson EcoTank ET-5880 All-in-one Supertank Printer that I received free of charge to do a beta test and review.

With unboxing this printer, it’s defInitely a good idea to have 2 people available to pull it out of the box. Tape protecting all the important parts. Some of the tape was tricky to find but nothing stuck to the actual printer that required scraping. Instructions included pictures which made set up easy. More time consuming than a regular cartridge printer (filling ink tank and the priming took maybe 15 mins in itself.) Installed easily on windows 10. My laptop didn’t like the CD (stopped at 63%) but luckily can download the software online, as well. Mobile printing setup for an iPhone was a snap (using Epson iPrint). The firmware update seemed to take longer than the actual setup. Fast printing and the printing was spot on straight after install. Love all the different options. 2 sided printing and copying was easy. Colors are vibrant. Overall, easy to set up, great printing out of the box and another quality product from Epson. “This is a review for the Epson EcoTank ET-5880 All-in-one Supertank Printer that I received free of charge to do a beta test and review.”