I have the 3850, I think it's a sweet spot for homeschoolers: >Faster than most of the others. I'm not exactly rushed on time but it's relatively nice to be able to pick up a couple pages in the time it takes you to walk over to your printer, and if you give it 40 pages of worksheets or want something on best it's nice to not have to wait around for an hour >2 sided printing is great for worksheets >250 page tray is nice and really what you want for printing a decent amount- it's nice not to have to load the paper tray every time you want to do a substantial job. >I like the direct ethernet port connected to my router (in a closet) for a reliable and fast connection not subject to the whims of Wifi or the printer sleeping or whatever. >ADF feeder is handy when you want it Vs. the 3850: 2850- Lose paper capacity, speed, ethernet, ADF tray 4850- Gain only fax 15000- Wider and just slightly faster with a big price bump The business "Pro" models are a bit faster, but the entry level ones are only just a little faster for a huge price increase and size increase. The higher end ones are much faster and offer 500 sheet trays but then are a huge price bump. I was initially contemplating a black and white one that'd be faster and about the same price as the 3850, but I've ended up printing a little bit of color (different fonts, a colorful certificate of achievement, some charts) etc with a higher frequency than I thought to the point I'm glad I didn't pass on color. Downsides- Scanning is slow, quality is adequate but not super professional. Standard quality is acceptable but not incredibly crisp, draft really feels like a draft. I've discovered a quality setting buried in the menus that's beyond "best" that actually looks pretty good, but does take a pretty absurd amount of print time, but that's fine. I wouldn't bother printing photos on this with any great aspirations, but it's fine for worksheet graphics and the like. I've heard print nozzles can clog if they're not used regularly and this destroys the entire unit, so contemplate buying from Costco for a limitless warranty. The printer can get it's own email address through Epson and then print anything that is sent to that email, so I added that email to a number of utility bills and other notifications so it will automatically print somewhat colorful things at least twice a month and hopefully stop that from happening. More on reddit.com

Belated Merry Christmas every one. I am looking for a new printer, I remember some one here bought themself a new Epson EcoTank Printer, I am wondering if they are happy with it? More on penturners.co.uk

I'm considering one of these and reaching out here to see if anyone has any feedback with this particular printer. The good and bad. I believe they are 6 color ink printers versus 8 colors, and to that point, would that mean that quality is compromise? More on dpreview.com

Epson Ecotank ET-8500 More on reddit.com