Purchased the 8500 about a year ago and so far, I have printer count of 884. 58 B&W, 826 Color. Approx. 30-8.5 x11 photo art prints, 40 photo prints 8.5x11 and 60 5x7 art prints for my granddaughter to sell at fairs. Rest is general everyday prints. Used Scanner to Digitize art drawings with On1 PR to resize for best print. Ink level is at 1st mark at top of tank. So still have 3/4 tank full available. At 87 years on this planet, I have been through many printers and none of the printers holds a candle to this Epson 8500. Thanks for this video. I agree completely on your analysis.

Just got one, so happy with it! Results are just amazing, really! Easy to use, very reduced operation cost, I love this printer! Ink tanks are the way to go when you think about the HP printer cartridges scam! I prefer paying more up front and have some peace of mind.

Hey Hudson, LOVE my Epson 8500. I've had it about three weeks. Watched Keith Cooper's multiple video review for this and the 8550 and that enabled an informed choice. I recycled my old Canon 9600 MkII. For the type of photography I do the 8.5 x 11 limitation is fine. I have a huge inventory of Red River Paper and they provided ICC profiles for the 8500/8550. Each ink refill is 70ml for about $20 each as opposed to the 14ml inks for the recycled Canon for the same price. Now I can print with abandon. Images are beautiful! Be safe my friend.

Hi, i loved your video, explained so much of the features. Really good for me as I'm not a pro when it comes to setting printers etc. I will print lots of labels and hope they will be as cool as the photos. Thank you, it was really awesome !!!! Jitka

Thank you so much for such an amazing review. I found so helpful in my pursuit for a new printer

Thanks for introducing this one Hudson, I ended up going for the bigger ET-8550 as my first photo printer and for the family. Maybe one day will upgrade to pigment ink printers if I see it justifies the extra ink costs.

Thank you so much for this review .... this printer is amazing and just what i was looking for ! :)

More videos about printing pleaseeee!!! Iwill love to see other bigger printers.

I love my P900, but if I had a family with kids, this would be the one to get.

I think the 8500 does landscape off sheet paper ( not rolled) as well. Been thinking of buying one for some time.

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Hudson having problems finding the option to turn off printer profiles when using Mac thanks for all your videos so helpful

Hi Hudson, thank you very much for this enthusiastic video of this printer. Good to hear from your perspective that this little printer is doing a fantastic job. I am thinking about to buy his big brother the ET-8550. But I am not yet sure about. Specially in regards to the WAF (wife acceptance factor) and on the cost per picture as I am only printing for family and myself. But nevertheless it looks like there is a option to do kind of fine art prints with this printer family. I found out that there are ICC profiles around for some fine art papers like ILFORD, Canson and Hahnemühle etc. On german youtube photography channels some guys order their ink (for EPSON surecolor printers) from a third party producer of inks, which are quite good in quality and much cheaper. By the way they also sell pigment based inks for the ET8500 (with ICC Profiles). The company is called farbenwerk. So this is an option I am thinking about…well, hopefully I will come to a decision….Thank you very much for your content…much appreciated….Greetings from Switzerland…Oli

Wow!

Hi Hudson, nice video. Any comments on the scanner quality/performance? We do a bit of old family print scanning, my guess is it would be fine for this.

Hi, love your video! I have just purchased this printer, how many 4x6 photos would approx be able to print before the ink runs out?

Hi. Great I formative vid! I'm a crafter who sometimes uses printable transfer paper which I cut and iron on tshirts. My question: will this printer accept/work well with this paper type? Looking for great color spectrum for this type project. Tks!!

Another Great Video, I currently have the Eason XP-830 which is just ok, but not too reliable when it comes to printing images, I’ll definitely look at the Epsons, in particular if any of their all in one’s can do Fax. BTW, after thinking about it, I have a ton of SD Cards, so looks like the Nikon Z8 is still in the running, thanks again for your Z8 review 😊

Hey Hudson, I love my Ecotank printer. I never attempted printing from my phone until this video. Outstanding . . . thanks! On another note, since you mentions PureRaw, I'm interested in your thoughts om Light rooms new "Denoise" vs PureRaw. It looks pretty competitive to me. Cheers!

Do you know if this printer can print labels and this type of paper. I want to dedicate myself to playing cards, what is the highest grammage that you have tried, my idea is 300gr at most or even a little more, thank you very much, kind regards.

Does it fax? And print from direct USB memory stick?

One of the issues that I faced wwith similar cosumer printer from Canon was that no drivers exist for MAC platform. Does this one have drivers for mac and is it without hickups?

Hey, thanks for a great review. Would you recommend this printer for creating cake toppers? Like printed cartoon characters for example

I have a Canon ink tank printer (G6020) and it’s pretty useless now. The ink doesn’t stay in the tubes that deliver it to the printer heads. I’m having to do many ink flush/head cleanings and it still can’t print as well as it did when new. I think the trick to keeping them working, is to print often. Do the Epson printers suffer this issue? I’m looking to replace my Canon but don’t want to go with another Canon.

I am struggling to get descent prints have Apple Ventura and help

Regarding photo output, how do inkjet printers compare to laserjet printers? I've read ink-based printers render better photo quality but I've not seen a direct comparison where each is adjusted using color management profiles.

Has anyone used this printer and pushed the output tray in manually, as seen in this video, long term? Any mechanical issues from doing so? It is fully motorised with a button on the touchscreen to withdraw the tray and I always use that and it never occurred to me to force it in by hand and I’m a bit nervous about doing so.

Stupid question but can you print from an iPad? Thank you.

i have watched the whole video just to see how long it will take you to print A4 photo…..and you speed up that part :D So, how long does it take to print an A4 photo from a SD card on highest quality?

How deep is the printer? TY

They use dye inks, so not archival.

How is this printer just printing text? Thank you!

Hello... Did you ever try the print on Disc yet?

This or 8550?

Ciao, Ma alcuni c'è supporto "Fine Art" su Epson questa ET8500 o 8550 no?

Does this use pigment or dye inks?

Do you think a new model will come out soon? How about this vs 8550 that prints bigger?

Has it malfunctioned yet? My Canon ink-tank printer stopped working a couple of years after purchase. Ink clogged. Ink-tank printers are notorious for this. Is the pad that collects excess ink from print head cleaning, user replaceable? Canon allows only so many ink flushes or head cleanings until the pad is full, then the printer is no longer useable.

Was this Epson ET 8550 one of the things that gave you trouble in the Print Workshop because of MacOS Ventura?

I loved my Costco Epson eco tank until the heads clogged and the unit used about 15% of the nearly full tanks to clear the heads. I returned it to Costco for a refund.

Can this printer print 8x12?