These types of controls are somewhat last-century and not as convenient as larger, full-blown graphical touch screens, but they get the job done. You configure and perform walk-up tasks, such as printing to the cloud or making copies, via the ET-4700's somewhat busy multi-button control panel, which contains not only an array of navigation and command keys but a number pad and a 1.44-inch color display.
All feature manual instead of automatic duplexing. The HP's feeder also holds 30 pages, and the Brother and Canon machines only 20. Like those competitors, the ET-4700 comes with an automatic document feeder (ADF)-in this case, a 30-sheet manual-duplexing feeder, meaning that to scan or copy two-sided originals you must flip them yourself for the second half of the job.
While it's similar in size to rivals such as the Canon Pixma G4210 MegaTank Wireless, the HP Smart Tank Plus 651 Wireless, and the Brother MFC-J805DW INKvestment Tank, the Epson is several pounds lighter. A Small Footprint, and the Bare NecessitiesĪt 10 by 14 by 22 inches (HWD) and weighing a meager 11 pounds, the stripped-down ET-4700 should fit easily on most desktops. But then, the ET-4700 costs much less than that and several other competing models. However, you also give up a lot, such as print speed and automatic two-sided printing, compared to its PCMag Editors' Choice sibling, the flagship EcoTank ET-4760 ($499.99).
This results in some of the lowest running costs per page in the consumer printer market. By "bulk ink," I mean that this machine-like other Epson EcoTank, Canon MegaTank, and HP Smart Tank Plus printers and AIOs-gets its ink from reservoirs that you fill from bottles instead of cartridges.
Best Hosted Endpoint Protection and Security SoftwareĮpson's EcoTank ET-4700 All-in-One Supertank Printer ($279) is an entry-level bulk-ink color all-in-one printer designed for small and home offices with monthly print and copy requirements ranging from about 400 to 800 pages.