Features:

  • Cartridge-free printing — comes with up to 2 years of ink in the box (1). The maximum print resolution is 5760 x 1440 optimized dpi and the minimum ink droplet size is 3 droplet sizes as small as 3 picoliters
  • Includes enough ink to print up to 4,000 pages black/6,500 color (2) — equivalent to about 20 ink cartridge sets (3)
  • Save up to 80 percent on ink with low-cost replacement bottles (4) — plus easy-to-fill, supersized ink tanks
  • Built-in wireless, plus Wi-Fi Direct (7) — easily print from iPad, iPhone, Android tablets and smartphones (5); print wirelessly without a network
  • Unbeatable combination of value and convenience — the freedom to print anything you want in color, without worry
  • Small Business printer - Compact but powerful printer can be used for daily printing
  • NOTE:Please refer to the user manual before use
It's not labeled as a photo printer-- but it's a great household wifi printer with tons of ink included

I ordered this printer a month or two ago for our family after our last wireless household printer (purchased in 2012) started having daily network problems. It was a little scary to set up properly for the first time (I actually had to read the directions), but definitely worth it. The printer is located in a corner of our basement, at the opposite end of the house from the wifi router, yet it remains connected to the network just fine even when our PCs down there have wifi spottiness. It also prints (finally) for my Chromebook and our Android phones-- not just for PCs! Our other wifi printer never managed that. I do not use this printer for quality photo printing, so I can't comment on photo quality but text looks crisp in both black and color. Reason: this is not labeled as a photo printer-- it's an "Eco" printer and it helps saves the environment, it stays connected, and it works across multiple devices. Follow the included directions (don't try to wing it) and you'll be happy.

The 2650 is a new and improved model

This is my second Epson printer, and the best. Epson has improved the ink capacity so that the 2650 will hold an entire bottle of ink where as my older designed model 2550 needed to be refiled more often. (Filling can be messy. Users should wear disposable gloves per instructions). The 2650 also has a better ink feed mechanism than the 2550. The on screen ink level monitor should be more reliable. Both the 2650 and the 2550 make very good prints, and at a fraction of the cost of cartridge printers. Replacement ink can be purchased on the inter net. A year supply costs about $70.00.

LOVE THIS PRINTER

I love this printer. I have had it for several months now and haven't had to add any ink. My black is about half full and the colors have barely dropped at all. I am a school teacher and print a lot of stuff for my classroom. I love the fact that I can refill yellow, if that is the color I have ran out of, without throwing away whats left of red and blue like I did with my previous printer.

Finally, an inexpensive solution that lasts

Using since Oct 2017. Full disclosure: I own a Epson 330, a Cannon 8350 duplex color laserjet, and the 2650. I've had Epson, HP Laser, Brother Laser, Epson dot matrix and more. I use the Cannon laserjet for single high quality documents (or when I need duplex print or scanning) and the 8350 as my main workhorse for printing flyers and invitations. Most of the latter is very thin paper, these gravity fed printers (not grabbing paper from a tray) do very well with thin paper. The printer is awesome. Is it perfect? No, but no printer has been. Print quality is on par with other ink jet printers, the difference here that prompted this review finally is the Eco tank. As many people do, I used to buy the aftermarket refill cartridges for other printers to save money as the OEM versions were EXPENSIVE. This of course led to endless cycle of cartridges and printers. I've found that the OEM versions are better, better for the printer heads on inkjet and better for the very expensive parts on a laser. I've gone back to OEM toner on my Cannon 8350 after nearly ruining it. Eco Tank to the rescue! The ink from Epson for Eco Tank is a great savings. Yes, you can get the ink cheaper, DON"T DO IT. For my needs, this printer has been near perfect, but please read on. You can have poor print quality. I've found, especially since full tanks in my 2650 will last a very long time with my print volume, that you need to clean the print heads regularly. I see reviews of spotty or poor quality, this is usually due to bad/wrong ink (non OEM) or dirty print heads. Yes, I've had poor print as well. Easy fix! I make it a regular practice to run a nozzle check. If any (ANY) segments are missing, run the print head cleaning. At times, I've had to do this 6-7 times to clear it up, typically a couple of times. Periodically I automatically start the cleaning when I have a big print job coming up. If I have not used the printer in awhile, I will start with a cleaning. Doing this, I no longer have poor quality print jobs. Eco Tank: 5 stars or more! Great idea, hope it stays. I recommend the printer and highly recommend using Eco tank solutions if you are tired of buying cartridges. If replacing cartridges is in your exercise routine, then you may want to look elsewhere.

Efficient Printer

The tanks are fabulous! Works well, although a bit slow making a copy from a scan. Quality is very good.Small and compact.

This printer is easy to setup, provides great prints, and is economic in its ink use.

I had an Epson CX7800 printer that I used for general text and photo printing plus the occasional photocopying. I was pleased with that printer except that it drank ink like a drunken sailor. After 10 years, it developed a serious smearing problem. It probably needed a new spittoon pad, but I figured it would cost more to repair than to replace it with a new printer. I looked at Epson, Canon, and HP; all of which offered good quality and good pricing, but Epson was the only line that offered the Eco(nomy)Tank design. I bought the ET-2650 as it was the lowest cost model, and it offers the most streamlined design (note the tank access for the other models). I bought this printer two weeks ago and, so far, I simply love it! Note that this printer is really aimed at the home market, it may not be suitable for use as a shared office printer. For instance, it can be simultaneously connected to one computer via a USB port and to any number of computers, smartphones, Kindles, etc. via WiFi. However, the printer lacks an Ethernet connection, so it cannot hang off a wired network. As well, the printer makes nice photocopies, producing hardcopy or PDF files, but it has no original feeder nor does it have a FAX capability. If these issues are important to you, you should look at the ET-3600 or higher. Printer setup is a breeze. A "Start Here Installation Guide" hardcopy is provided with the printer, amounting to 4 pages of very specific instructions on how to install the printer. The instructions take you up to software installation, then hand you off to the instructions provided by the program. The instructions are specific, complete, easy to understand, and correct (what a concept!). If you run into a problem, they even provide a web site for chatting and a telephone number, should you need them. Epson also provides a "Quick Guide and Warranty" (8 pages, hardcopy) and a "User's Guide" (204 pages, on disk). The User's Guide is interesting to read after you've setup the printer and want to learn all of its ins-and-outs. The only tricky part to setting up the printer is loading the ink for the first time. If you are used to snapping ink cartridges into place to ink a printer, you might find charging the ink to be unusual. If you have experience with charging toner to a photocopier, you will recognize the steps to charging the this printer's ink. Basically, you pop the cover off the top of the ink tank, open the ink bottle, pour the second into the first, recap the tank, repeat for all the other colors (4 total). Make sure to pour the correct color into the (plainly marked) correct tank! The printer comes with ink bottles containing enough to ink to fill all of the tanks. Pay attention, spilled ink will stain whatever it lands on. Once done filling the tanks, the printer moves onto "charging," basically it fills its plumbing with ink to get ready to print. The printer can be connected to multiple computers simultaneously (mine is connected to my desktop via USB and to two laptops and two Kindles via WiFi). The printer does not have an Ethernet connection. Connecting via a USB cable is mindlessly simple, though you will need to supply your own cable, be sure to get a printer USB cable, not a simple USB extension cable. Connecting to the WiFi is just a touch more tricky, I went through the procedure to install the printer on the WiFi network to connect the first device. After this initial setup, the software's automatic procedure worked for the second laptop. Connecting Kindles is fully automatic. Making a photocopy is as simple as placing the original on the glass and pushing one button. Scanning to a PDF file is a little more complicated, but easy to do once you read the instructions. So, how does the printer print? Great! It's a little noisier than my previous printer, because it prints faster. Text is clean and well formed. Colors on plain paper are true, photos on plain paper are just so-so. But, photos on glossy photo paper are just gorgeous. I expect that a true photo printer would be better than this printer's product, but true photo printers run to $1,000! And how about the ink consumption? Well, I don't actually know. After two weeks' worth of daily printing and printing of dozens of photos at high quality, the tanks have yet to show a dent in their ink levels. By now, I'd be looking at preordering new ink cartridges for my old printer. I am very happy with this printer, I would buy it again! Update - coming up on 1 full year of use of this printer, still loving it, absolutely no problems. I print a lot of photos (that's my hobby), in sizes up to 8" x 10", full color. So, far, the ink tanks are still half full from the original charging in June, 2017! If I had been buying cartridges, I figure I would have used 3 sets of 4 different colors (12 x $30) just so far, so the Eco Tank design has paid for itself.

Highly Recommend

This is easy to use and prints beautifully. I love the crisp print and quietness of the machine. Plus, the ink will last longer.

I should have switched to this sooner - it would have saved me so much money.

Prints high quality in both full color and greyscale, and ink is so much cheaper that it's a no brainer. I used an Epson XP-800 before this and switched because I was tired of paying $71 for a set of replacement cartridges that I would go through every 4-6 months. By my estimate, it will pay for itself in about a year and a half at my current printing volume.

Better than expected....I like it.

After trying an Epson 620 on which I installed a 3rd party continuous ink system and having nothing but trouble, I opted to buy the et-2650 for my wife and daughter to use for their school work. And they print a lot of stuff. I could have probably purchased another cheaper printer like the 620 and then another CIS and saved money, but was afraid I'd have the same troubles. (I've been using a CIS on my Epson 1430 for 2 years with no issues). Anyway, setup was breeze, for a change. It takes 25 minutes for the print heads to charge, but it all worked perfectly. I also set it up to be used wireless instead of connecting via USB. Very nice. No issues. Now I send all my regular letter sized stuff to this printer and save the 1430 for wide paper and photo prints. And my daughter connected right off the bat with her MacBook Pro. My wife and I have PCs. One running Win 7 and mine is running Win 10. We all connected and can print. I can even print from my tablet, phone or any phone, even when I'm not in the house. Cool! So far, printing has been fine. Fast enough (faster than the 620) and looked great without playing with setting. The best thing is that I no longer have to stop what I'm doing whenever on of the girls had to print something because that 620 either jammed or didn't recognize the cartridges. (yes...i refuse to pay those exorbitant prices for underfilled ink carts). Great printer so far.

Cost saving in the long run.

My color laser printer by Brother died. I called them and they said that the error message met I needed to take it to a service place and it would cost more to fix than buying a new one. By color laser printer did a terrible job with printing pictures (totally washed out) and I've heard good things about Epson Ink Jet printers. A little research shows that I could buy an ink jet printer for $60, but it would cost $0.27 per color page. This Eco Tank is expensive for an ink jet printer but is only a couple cents per color page and about one cent for black and white. Within a short time the savings in ink will make up the difference in price. I printed a couple pictures and was okay with the quality--a far cry better than I got with the Laser printer.

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