the 2850 is defintiely a great printer and i think for 90% of home users or students this is going to be a great printer, but if you need the extra features of the 4850 (like bigger paper tray, top loading scanner, front paper loader, and faster) than i think for the additional price its a great purchase. Please 👍🏻 Like 🎙 Comment ✅ Subscribe & hit the 🔔 Notification Bell if you're new to the channel, for more Tech Videos, Vlogs and Motorcycle related episodes coming in the next few days! Make sure to comment as well as we love hearing from you! Please make sure that your comments follow the TH-cam guidelines. All comments that are abusive or portray bullying will be immediately sent to TH-cam and removed from our channel.
hi there, I bought 2850 yesterday. Quick question , I can keep my machine close to window - It used to be colder temperature ranging 1 degree to 14 max. Is it okay to keep the machine in cold place or I need to consider keeping it in warm place. Please advise.
@@Brian-uy2tj Sorry to hear that. I bought Epson Eco tank after watching this and I could not be happier. Not a single connectivity issue, not a single paper jam or nonsensical empty ink cartridge error. The print quality is good for the household needs. Another HP ink cartridge would be dry as a bone by now.
What fantastic and great presentation. You were easy to understand and very thorough except showing how to feed the paper on the ET-2850. A BIG thank you 😊
The ET-4850 is currently on sale at Sam's Club for US$349.99. I like its paper tray capacity, but I don't truly need the automatic document feeder. (I currently own a Brother INKvestment MFC-J1215DW, which lacks a display screen, so the display screens on either of those Epson models would be a nice upgrade.) I used to own one of the Epson Workforce printers, but had to replace it with the Brother when I just couldn't get the printheads unclogged anymore.
Hello, Thank you for the review, I heard that the ET printers have ink absorb pad at the back of the printer to absorb recycling inks. when it saturated, it triggers a sensor and it cause the printer to stop working and we need to send it back to Epson repair facility to get it resets. is it true?
Mum is stroke Victim disabled. The front loading is handy for her to one handed change paper from 4x6 photo card to A4 settings and back again . I am having trouble getting any reviews on photo print of the 4810/4850. Then what do colour gloss paper looks like pritning a photo on ?
They both use dye inks so neither is meant for business printing. Dyes are cheap, have great color gamut on photo paper, and clog less. These are important advantages to home printing. Pigment inks are more expensive, you need more pigment colors to achieve the same results on photo paper, clog more but have two unbeatable advantages for business printing: they are water and sun resistant and they don't bleed on the other side on plain paper. When you see the yellow ink (in the bottle) as bright yellow, it's pigment ink. When it looks like transparent orange, it's dye ink.
so you're saying Epson 502 is dye? Epson official website says 502 set is blk pigment and CMY colors are dye the other similar ink bottles with diff number are all 1 type , they go with the ET printers with same size ink windows ie et-2720. probably all dye. great tip though. another tip dye is simply color liquid mixed into a liquid to make ink, pigment is solid which doesn't dissolve into the base liquid., that's why its darker and less see through.
@@kjaxky So, they now use pigment blacks. Bad choice. They still suffer the same drawbacks when the page contains dye colors and now they can't mix black in photos for glossy papers.
Pricing at Best Buy (Canada) is a bit lower than the Epson site. These are great looking printers though the initial pricing is on the higher side. Consumers would certainly need to do their homework to compare pricing over time compared to cartridge printers. On a personal level, my printer works in a home/office setting with routinely, about 20 pages printed per month. If I was to choose one it wold probably be the ET-2850.
we were very happy with the 2850. And im sure our daughter will love having it. The 4850 definitley has a few features that im now happy to have. It really depends on if you woul dneed those features and how much you actually print. I do a fair bit of printing and i definitely do a lot of scanning. so useful features for me.
I have this printer and in less than a year it stopped printing color and I had to switch to B&W. The same exact thing happened to my previous ET 4750. What am I doing wrong?
I need your assistance please. I know the ET 4850 can do 2 sided printing from the ADF….but can it *scan a 2 sided document automatically* from the ADF? I want to put in 2 sided docs & have it scan both sides without me having to manually flip & collate. I keeps seeing conflicting answers. So I would appreciate your input because I do a lot of scanning. I’m looking for a replacement from my good old 🇨🇦 Epson Workforce 3540, which is over 10yr+ old now, but had much better specs than most of the newer printers. I’m having a hard time trying to find a comparable replacement, now that it has died. 😫 I would have thought specs over the last 10yrs would have become better not worse & more $$$. Thank you in advance for your reply.
I loved my 2850, i use it9n average 3 times a week, then no yellow, tried to clean nozzles still no yellow, its around 1 1/2 years old, i was warrned not to do a deep clean, as it will shorten life of printhead, let me know yourthoughts on this please
Or, just get a Color Laser Printer and never worry about having to print or run maintenance cycles. Also, you don't have to worry about ink smearing if the paper gets wet. That said, if you want the ET-4850 badly enough, you can find them refurbished for $199 currently.
Hey I've been looking into the ET-4850, however I want to print on 300g/m² paper (Magic The Gathering card thickness). Do you have any experience on printing on this kind of paper ? They sometimes call it cardstock paper. According to the product details it can handle it but they do differantiate between normal paper and photo paper. So I'm a bit confused and wary because they make that difference. So if you ever printed on this kind of paper I would love your feedback on it
Neither, get a Brother Laser/toner printer which will put both of those to shame ! Will leave inkjet printers in the dust and pictures turn out just as great. Toner is cheaper in the long run ! Try the Brother printer and you will never go back to inkjet !
I got an Epson printer. Biggest turd ever. I'll never buy another Epson. I went to their web site to try to contact them & it was NOT user friendly and when I finally found the page to send feedback I entered my info and what I wanted to say...... when I hit the "Send" button it kept giving me a "there was a problem" message and wouldn't send it. That tells me they don't want feedback
You say "epson Gave me,........ epson decided to send me ......" please explain how or why Epson is giving you free printers. I can't see that they moved you up from 2850 , skipping the 3850 to 4850. The 4850 has a front enclosed paper feeder tray and a front output tray, the printer will not work without it, (good luck if it's damaged), this also means the paper does a C curl from start to finish. It doesn't take bigger paper , it simply has a tray below the output tray , vs 2850 is rear fed and only has a front output tray, which in some applications is BETTER, they both take the SAME size paper. The real differences are that it's more touchscreen, it's a Fax machine and has AUTO feeder scanning and copying , the 2850 does not have. It's buttons also hide when not in use and the build quality of the front panel is superior . We would all love free printers and upgrades tell us how .
What I am seeing in these comments are a bunch of phony AI generated complements. What a fraud. Epson makes crappy printers and I'll never buy another one ever.
the 2850 is defintiely a great printer and i think for 90% of home users or students this is going to be a great printer, but if you need the extra features of the 4850 (like bigger paper tray, top loading scanner, front paper loader, and faster) than i think for the additional price its a great purchase.
Please 👍🏻 Like 🎙 Comment ✅ Subscribe & hit the 🔔 Notification Bell if you're new to the channel, for more Tech Videos, Vlogs and Motorcycle related episodes coming in the next few days! Make sure to comment as well as we love hearing from you!
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hi there, I bought 2850 yesterday. Quick question , I can keep my machine close to window - It used to be colder temperature ranging 1 degree to 14 max. Is it okay to keep the machine in cold place or I need to consider keeping it in warm place.
Please advise.
Sir, your presentation was excellent, totally understandable and clear. You covered all differences and features. Kudos to you.
Thanks and welcome
Thanks for the update on the 2850! For my dollar, I'd go for the 4850 because of the doc feed and front load, plud the increased speed.
yeah those are features that i find valuable as well.
Besides being a good review, the only thing amiss is, showing the practical aspect of the printer.
Excellent reviewing! Just what I was looking for. Thank you!
No problem!
I got one of their printers and it was a piece of crap, I'll never buy another Epson product.
@@Brian-uy2tj Sorry to hear that. I bought Epson Eco tank after watching this and I could not be happier. Not a single connectivity issue, not a single paper jam or nonsensical empty ink cartridge error. The print quality is good for the household needs. Another HP ink cartridge would be dry as a bone by now.
@@Alivender1
@@Brian-uy2tj ha ha ha, sure, ok
What fantastic and great presentation. You were easy to understand and very thorough except showing how to feed the paper on the ET-2850. A BIG thank you 😊
Great Video! I just went out and bought the 4850 and love it!
Thanks so much for the review. Very useful in helping me decide which printer to purchase.
Glad it was helpful!
Just came across your channel. very underrated. 👍🏽
Thanks so much. Slow and steady.
hello nice review 👍👍👍
do you have any opinion between Epson L3280 and L6260 please?
This was very useful, thank you!
You're welcome!
The ET-4850 is currently on sale at Sam's Club for US$349.99. I like its paper tray capacity, but I don't truly need the automatic document feeder. (I currently own a Brother INKvestment MFC-J1215DW, which lacks a display screen, so the display screens on either of those Epson models would be a nice upgrade.) I used to own one of the Epson Workforce printers, but had to replace it with the Brother when I just couldn't get the printheads unclogged anymore.
Hello, Thank you for the review, I heard that the ET printers have ink absorb pad at the back of the printer to absorb recycling inks. when it saturated, it triggers a sensor and it cause the printer to stop working and we need to send it back to Epson repair facility to get it resets. is it true?
Yup0
This is super helpful as im purchasing my first epson et, i was tossed up between a 2850 or 4850 😅
Glad the video was helpful.
I just purchased the ET 4850 and purchased it for $399.99 CAD. Happy so far.
Have you tried printing photos?
@@kavoadakunimata20 Yes, I have and they worked better than my Work Force Epson.
Mum is stroke Victim disabled. The front loading is handy for her to one handed change paper from 4x6 photo card to A4 settings and back again . I am having trouble getting any reviews on photo print of the 4810/4850. Then what do colour gloss paper looks like pritning a photo on ?
Greg, just came across your video, nicely done. Any problem hooking up an imac?
Not at all. I connect all my Mac’s to it. Works great.
They both use dye inks so neither is meant for business printing. Dyes are cheap, have great color gamut on photo paper, and clog less. These are important advantages to home printing. Pigment inks are more expensive, you need more pigment colors to achieve the same results on photo paper, clog more but have two unbeatable advantages for business printing: they are water and sun resistant and they don't bleed on the other side on plain paper.
When you see the yellow ink (in the bottle) as bright yellow, it's pigment ink. When it looks like transparent orange, it's dye ink.
so you're saying Epson 502 is dye? Epson official website says 502 set is blk pigment and CMY colors are dye the other similar ink bottles with diff number are all 1 type , they go with the ET printers with same size ink windows ie et-2720. probably all dye. great tip though. another tip dye is simply color liquid mixed into a liquid to make ink, pigment is solid which doesn't dissolve into the base liquid., that's why its darker and less see through.
Where can one buy great pigment ink please?
Octopus inkjet Germany
@@kjaxky So, they now use pigment blacks. Bad choice. They still suffer the same drawbacks when the page contains dye colors and now they can't mix black in photos for glossy papers.
ET2800 serie has ink pads/sponges and will stop working when they are full.
The 4800 serie has a maintenance cartridge.
Thank you, was wondering about that.
Just bought the 3830 on Amazon for $399. Gets a 4.4 rating. Looking forward to it.
Pricing at Best Buy (Canada) is a bit lower than the Epson site.
These are great looking printers though the initial pricing is on the higher side. Consumers would certainly need to do their homework to compare pricing over time compared to cartridge printers.
On a personal level, my printer works in a home/office setting with routinely, about 20 pages printed per month.
If I was to choose one it wold probably be the ET-2850.
we were very happy with the 2850. And im sure our daughter will love having it. The 4850 definitley has a few features that im now happy to have. It really depends on if you woul dneed those features and how much you actually print. I do a fair bit of printing and i definitely do a lot of scanning. so useful features for me.
I have this printer and in less than a year it stopped printing color and I had to switch to B&W. The same exact thing happened to my previous ET 4750. What am I doing wrong?
How do I print 2 sided on the 2850 with heavy paper? (i.g. 85lb to 100lb). Thanks
I just spent 30 minutes on the phone with Epson. The 2850 will not print card stock. It continually jams.
I need your assistance please. I know the ET 4850 can do 2 sided printing from the ADF….but can it *scan a 2 sided document automatically* from the ADF? I want to put in 2 sided docs & have it scan both sides without me having to manually flip & collate. I keeps seeing conflicting answers. So I would appreciate your input because I do a lot of scanning.
I’m looking for a replacement from my good old 🇨🇦 Epson Workforce 3540, which is over 10yr+ old now, but had much better specs than most of the newer printers. I’m having a hard time trying to find a comparable replacement, now that it has died. 😫 I would have thought specs over the last 10yrs would have become better not worse & more $$$.
Thank you in advance for your reply.
I loved my 2850, i use it9n average 3 times a week, then no yellow, tried to clean nozzles still no yellow, its around 1 1/2 years old, i was warrned not to do a deep clean, as it will shorten life of printhead, let me know yourthoughts on this please
Have any idea how good is the PHOTO print quality?
its fine, but neither of these are "photo" printers. They are home and small business printers.
@@gregtoopecan you recommend me the best photo printer
Does your EP 2850 print on card stock?
Having researched these two printers, both take cardstock up to 300gsm.
How's the borderless printing?
Or, just get a Color Laser Printer and never worry about having to print or run maintenance cycles. Also, you don't have to worry about ink smearing if the paper gets wet. That said, if you want the ET-4850 badly enough, you can find them refurbished for $199 currently.
Can you print envelopes on the The ET-2850?
Hey I've been looking into the ET-4850, however I want to print on 300g/m² paper (Magic The Gathering card thickness). Do you have any experience on printing on this kind of paper ? They sometimes call it cardstock paper. According to the product details it can handle it but they do differantiate between normal paper and photo paper. So I'm a bit confused and wary because they make that difference. So if you ever printed on this kind of paper I would love your feedback on it
What did you find out I'd like to know for the same reason 😁
@@nimaidj108 i bought an ET-8500 and was able to print the cardstock by means of the backfeeder of the printer. I didn't get this model
The 4850 is a pain to print Envelopes.
Neither, get a Brother Laser/toner printer which will put both of those to shame ! Will leave inkjet printers in the dust and pictures turn out just as great. Toner is cheaper in the long run ! Try the Brother printer and you will never go back to inkjet !
I honestly feel they need to be able to still accept thumb drives...Epson get it together
I hate it that these new printers don't take thumb drives
I got an Epson printer. Biggest turd ever. I'll never buy another Epson. I went to their web site to try to contact them & it was NOT user friendly and when I finally found the page to send feedback I entered my info and what I wanted to say...... when I hit the "Send" button it kept giving me a "there was a problem" message and wouldn't send it. That tells me they don't want feedback
So for $70 more on the ET-2850, you get .5 ppm for black more than the ET-2800. What a joke !!
You say "epson Gave me,........ epson decided to send me ......" please explain how or why Epson is giving you free printers. I can't see that they moved you up from 2850 , skipping the 3850 to 4850. The 4850 has a front enclosed paper feeder tray and a front output tray, the printer will not work without it, (good luck if it's damaged), this also means the paper does a C curl from start to finish. It doesn't take bigger paper , it simply has a tray below the output tray , vs 2850 is rear fed and only has a front output tray, which in some applications is BETTER, they both take the SAME size paper. The real differences are that it's more touchscreen, it's a Fax machine and has AUTO feeder scanning and copying , the 2850 does not have. It's buttons also hide when not in use and the build quality of the front panel is superior . We would all love free printers and upgrades tell us how .
im a review channel. so we get gear to test. just like most review channels.
😂
Think it was pretty obvious why he was given them to test out, he reviews them.not rocket science
What I am seeing in these comments are a bunch of phony AI generated complements.
What a fraud.
Epson makes crappy printers and I'll never buy another one ever.
I’ve always used Epson printers and would never buy any other brand.