Key Features:

• A4 max print size
• A4 max scan size (@ 1200 dpi optical resolution)
• Wi-Fi b/g/n/a/ac and Wi-Fi Direct
• Ethernet
• 6 ink system (Claria ET Premium Ink)
• Pigment Black + photo dyes (CMYK + Grey)
• Grey ink for superior B&W photo printing
• 10.9cm touchscreen
• 2x front cassette (A4 and photo)
• 1x rear feed
• 1x A4+ straight pass feed (thick media up to 1.3mm)
• CD/DVD print
• A4 auto duplex
• SD card slot
• Front USB stick printing
• Motorised output tray
• Epson Smart Panel app compatible
• AirPrint
• Wi-Fi Direct
• Maintenance box (now double the capacity)
• Size: 403 x 369 x 162mm

New Epson Claria ET Premium Ink

The New 6-colour ink set produces superb, high-quality photos. Photos last up to 300 years when stored in an album. Photo black and new photo grey ink for stunning B&W photos. And the pigment black ink for sharp text documents on plain paper.

Why no Light Cyan and Light Magenta inks?

Traditional 6-colour models don’t use the smallest Cyan/Magenta droplet sizes to print the lightest shades. Instead, the printer uses large droplets of the lighter inks. This enhances quality without causing the printer to become annoyingly slow when printing areas of light colours.

The new ET-8500 and ET-8550 have a faster print head

(fast enough to use the smallest Cyan/Magenta droplet sizes for printing large areas of light colour), and combined with blending the new Photo Grey ink, means the lighter inks are no longer necessary.

By removing the Light Cyan & Light Magenta inks we can now include:

• Pigment Black: for office-quality A4 text printing on plain paper
• Photo Grey: for greatly enhanced B&W photo printing

Wide Colour Gamut

The wide colour gamut of Epson Claria ET Premium Ink delivers:

• Better colour reproduction
• Especially in the red, magenta and purple ranges
• The new photo grey ink helps create more neutral colours
• Smoother gradations

New Photo Grey ink for amazing B&W Photos

• Print exquisitely detailed, high-contrast black & white photos with the new Photo Grey ink
• Combined with the Photo Black ink, you’ll get dramatic images with beautiful toning
• No colour casts

Five paper feeds for unleashing your creativity

Whether storing A4 and photo paper at the same, printing onto special craft papers, or feeding thick card up to 2 metres long with the new
Straight Pass – the ET-8500 & ET-8550 have the media handling for all your creative projects.

Two front cassettes

Store plain and photo paper at the same time and out of sight.

• Tray 1 up to A4 size
• Tray 2 up to 13x18cm size

CD & DVD Printing

Print directly onto suitable CD/DVDs with the included software.

Rear tray

Ideal for craft papers and other creative media.

• ET-8500: up to A4 size
• Holds up to 100 sheets

Rear Straight Pass

For media up to 1.3mm thick (800g/m2) and a maximum length of 200cm!

• ET-8500: up to A4 width

Large 10.9cm Touchscreen

• Replaces the previous 6.8cm LCD and its manual buttons
• Tilt-adjustable
• Offset - does not obstruct the paper path
• Means tilt stays the same whether printing or not
• Easy to read the localised text and help guides

Epson Smart Panel app

Smart Panel consolidates all Epson consumer apps into a single smart app.

The new design makes it even easier to:

print photos, make copies, scan, be creative with a selection of artistic templates, set-up your printer, troubleshoot, watch instruction videos, perform maintenance, and lots more.

Overview

• Apple and Android
• Single app including all features from current consumer apps
• Contemporary new design
• Easier to use e.g. entering Wi-Fi passwords, making copies, etc