Epson EcoTank ET-4760 review

Who wouldn’t want to save 90% on printer ink costs? And who wouldn’t be thrilled about being able to go two years without having the hassle of replacing ink? I know lots of families, students, parents of students and home office owners that would jump at this. Ink is the big draw of the Epson EcoTank ET-4760 wireless all-in-one printer. As in it comes with a two-year supply of ink (the equivalent of 80 standard individual inkjet cartridges) and with super-sized refill tanks you won’t ever have to swap out cartridges. Simply insert an ink bottle every few years and be done with it.

The appeal of a supertank printer

The Epson EcoTank ET-4760 is part of an increasingly popular category of printers known as “supertank” printers. 

A supertank printer offers all the advantage of inkjet printers, including high-resolution, brilliant colour printing and support for special media like treated photo paper that makes the colours of printed images absolutely pop. But a supertank printer eliminates the two (related) disadvantages of inkjet printers: the frequency of ink cartridge refills required, and the cost of consumables.

Epson EcoTank ET-4760 review

Instead of an ink cartridge that must be replaced every time one of the colours runs out, the Epson EcoTank ET-4760 uses four big ink tanks. Each has a clear window so ink levels can be seen at a glance without needing to open the printer, check the display, or run a supply diagnostic on a computer. You can see exactly how much ink is remaining, so there are no “out of ink” surprises. Epson includes four EcoTank ink bottles in the box (Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow) and you use these to fill up the tanks. Once done that’s it. With an estimated 7,000 pages of black and 6,000 pages of colour printing, you won’t need to worry about refilling for a long time—an estimated two years.

When you do need to fill up a tank, just buy the colour that’s run out—you don’t waste ink or money by having to replace them all at the same time. Speaking of saving money, the EcoTank ET-4760 also supports two-sided printing.

Epson EcoTank ET-4760 key specs:

  • 4-colour (CMYK), drop-on demand MicroPiezo® inkjet technology with maximum 4800 x 1200 dpi
  • Single-sided printing speeds 15 ppm black, 8 ppm colour
  • 2.4-inch colour touchscreen
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, USB, Ethernet connectivity
  • Flatbed scanner with 30 sheet document feeder, 1200 x 2400 dpi resolution and maximum document size 8.5” x 14”
  • 25% to 400% reduction and enlargement
  • Supports double-sided printing
  • Paper sizes 3.5″ x 5″, 4″ x 6″, 5″ x 7″, 8″ x 10″,8.5″ x 11″, 8.5″ x 14″, A4, A6, half letter, executive, user definable (3.5″ x 5″ to maximum paper size 8.5″ x 47”), No. 10 envelopes
  • Paper tray capacity 250 pages
  • Fax 33.6 Kbps speed with 100 page memory
  • Includes Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow EcoTank ink bottles
  • Rated at 7,500 pages of black and 6,000 pages of colour ink printing between refills
  • Compatible with Windows 7,8 and 10, macOS 10.6 and up, Apple AirPrint, Google Cloud Print and other services
  • Voice-activated printing compatible with Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri
  • 37.5 x 34.8 cm footprint, weighs 6.8 kg

This all-in-one printer does everything

Unless you have a home office, you probably won’t use the fax functionality, but this all-in-one printer is packed with other features. It includes a built-in flatbed scanner, and uses that capability to also act as a photocopier. Load up to 30 pages in the feeder and copy in colour or black and white. The paper tray holds up to 250 pages of letter or legal-size paper and it supports printing on a huge range of paper sizes and types. you can even manually feed paper up to 8.5-inches by 47-inches for printing banners.  

Epson EcoTank ET-4760 review

Print quality is excellent. Epson’s MicroPiezo and PrecisionCore technology offers print resolution of up to 4800 x 1200 dpi (dots per inch). Colour pages print at up to 8 ppm (pages per minute) while black can print at up to 15 ppm. In testing, text was black and crisp. I didn’t have any photo paper handy, but I printed several high-resolution photos on letter-sized copy paper. The images came out sharp, colour-accurate and despite the fact that I was using porous paper and printing over a large area, there was no sign of banding. The ink also dried very quickly with minimal rippling of the paper. 

Lots of connectivity options and even voice control

Wireless printers are very popular (especially for home and small office use) because there’s no need for cables and they can be placed anywhere there’s room. Once connected to your Wi-Fi network, the Epson EcoTank ET-4760 offers all the advantage of wireless including the ability to easily print from not just a PC, but also your mobile devices. While I did print some documents from a Mac (no installation required, by the way, just pick the new printer from a dropdown), for the most part during testing I printed from my iPhone.

Epson takes the wireless connectivity to the next level with support for voice assistants. With a supported smart speaker or similar device and a little extra setup (including an Epson Connect account), you can tell Alexa, Siri or Google Assistant to print on the Epson printer.

Epson EcoTank ET-4760 review

Perfect for students and home office use

If your household prints a few pages here and there then you aren’t really the target demographic for a printer like the Epson EcoTank ET-4760. 

Epson EcoTank ET-4760 review

However, if you are a student or have students in your home, chances are you print a lot. Essays, assignments, images for projects, photos of family and pets. This is where the Epson EcoTank ET-4760 shines. It’s not only flexible and able to cover scanning and photocopying as well as printing, it’s going to save money on consumables and eliminate scenarios where you discover the printer is out of ink just before a school assignment is due. The same qualities make it ideal in a home office. It’s compact, wireless, incorporates all the functions you need (including fax capability), it offers flexible printing options, low printing costs, and it won’t leave you stranded without ink right before an important deadline.

Check out the Epson EcoTank ET-4760 and all the other all-in-one and supertank printers at Best Buy.

Brad Moon
Brad Moon
Editor Computing solutions
I’m a long-time electronics and gadget geek who’s been fortunate enough to enjoy a career that lets me indulge this interest. I have been writing about technology for several decades for a wide range of outlets including Wired, Gizmodo, Lifehacker, MSN, About.com, Kiplinger, and GeekDad. I’m in my 10th year as a senior contributor for Forbes with a focus on reviewing music-related tech, Apple gear, battery power stations and other consumer electronics. My day job is with the Malware Research Center at AI-native cybersecurity pioneer CrowdStrike.
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524 COMMENTS

  2. I love the large ink reservoir and that it supports double sided printing and Apple AirPrint!

  5. Definitely the huge print reservoir, as a design student under quarantine affordable colour printing is extremely important.

  8. The ink reservoir is of course the most attractive, but the max print size of 8.5″ x 47″ is intriguing

  9. Wow, what a great printer. I love the idea of a color printer with refillable tanks. Scanner, double-sided, wireless — perfect for a busy household.

  12. I really like the large ink reservoir. I seem to run out of ink so often with my current printer.

  26. I like to print pictures for my little boy, so the great printing quality of this printer would be amazing!

  35. I like that it has four big ink tanks. each with a clear window so there’s no need to open the printer etc to
    see your ink levels. And it prints for an an estimated two years without refills

  36. Sounds like a great printer, sure would be handy for all the school work we now have to do

  37. There are so many pluses to this system but I have to say my favorite is saving 90% on printer ink costs.

  48. Definitely love that there are no more ink cartridges to deal with as well that I can print through Siri and Google Assistant.

  49. So many things to love about this, but definitely the best part is no more ink cartridges to deal with. Also love that I can print through Siri and Google Assistant.

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