If you can open it on your apple device, chances are you can print it with AirPrint and an AirPrint compatible printer. Airprint works with Safari, Mail, Photos, iWork, PDF's in iBooks and many third-party AirPrint compatible apps available from the app store. months of standard limited warranty or 50,000 plain paper sheets (whichever happens first). For an additional 12-month extended service plan (total of 24 months or 50,000 plain paper sheets, whichever happens first), register your product and use Epson genuine ink bottles. See Limited Warranty for details. Usually, six ink-based printers, include an additional “Light Cyan” and “Light Magenta” ink. Epson has opted for a faster printhead to use a smaller droplet size, covering large areas in a light colour. Plus the blending of a new “Photo Grey” ink removes the need for a second Light Cyan/Magenta.

I am not convinced this printer is right for all professional photographers who wants the best quality while having full control over the printer. At the same time, amateur photographers might find the printer a bit too expensive. This way the Epson EcoTank ET 8500 falls somewhat between two markets. What I LikeIf you don’t mind me asking, what do you need the printer for ? The Epson ET-8500 and ET-2856 will both perform the basic print, copy and scan tasks, but are 2 very different printers because the ET-8500 is a specialty printer. Apart from the differences you already mentioned, here are a few more below. The option for 2-Sided Printing (Windows) or Two-sided Printing Settings (Mac) is gray or not available. What should I do? We reserve the right to verify or ask for written proof of a competitors offer before we beat the price. I tried to install the product on my Mac with a wireless connection, but the installation failed. What should I do? The Epson ET8500 is a photo printer so yes, photo print quality will be much better than the ET-2856.

Printing beautiful photos on a variety of media is an art in itself, and one that the Epson Ecotank ET-8500 masters admirably – from classic photo formats to printing on fine art paper. The versatility of this multi-functional tank printer is what sets it apart – and makes it fun to try out. And, thanks to the ink tanks, the photo costs remain low.

So-So Speeds, Splendid Photographs

Printerland cannot match the price where a manufacturer or distributor sells directly to the public For the next test, I timed the ET-8500 as it printed our colorful and complex Adobe Acrobat documents, Microsoft Excel spreadsheets with accompanying charts and graphs, and PowerPoint presentation handouts full of brightly colored, detailed graphics and text in varying weights and styles. Then, I combined these results with those from printing the text document in the previous test and came up with a score of 10.7ppm for printing our entire collection of business test documents. This time, the ET-8500 outpaced all the other AIOs discussed here so far—most of them by more than 5ppm. The ET-8550, at 7.9ppm, split the difference.