The Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5180 is a color inkjet all-in-one designed for office use. As it's a supertank model, it has an ink tank that you can refill as you go instead of traditional ink cartridges. It has a high-resolution scanner with a 35-sheet automatic feeder and extendable lid hinges. Its connectivity options include Wi-Fi, USB, and Ethernet, and it supports Apple AirPrint and Mopria Print Service. It's part of the Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5100 series, which includes the ET-5150 and ET-5170 variants.
Our Verdict
The Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5180 is great for family use. It has a refillable ink tank that yields thousands of pages, which helps keep your running costs low. It prints good-quality photos that look detailed, albeit with some graininess present. The scanner has an ADF so that you can quickly process long, multi-page documents.
- Superb page yield.
- Exceptionally low cost per print.
- Prints good photos.
- Low maintenance.
- Scanner limits the amount of space to access paper jams.
- Can't print from USB storage drive.
The Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5180 is excellent for small or home offices. Its ink tank yields thousands of pages before needing a refill, which is great for high-volume printing. It has a scanner with an automatic feeder, can perform automatic double-sided printing, and doesn't require much maintenance. It prints black text documents reasonably quickly, but it's a little slow with color prints.
- Superb page yield.
- Exceptionally low cost per print.
- Low maintenance.
- Scanner has ADF.
- Scanner limits the amount of space to access paper jams.
The Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5180 is excellent for student use. It has a refillable ink tank that yields thousands of prints, which means you won't have to refill it often, and the ink bottles are cheap, resulting in an exceptionally low cost per print. It has Wi-Fi and USB connectivity, supports Apple AirPrint and Mopria Print Service, and it's compatible with Epson's mobile companion app, which you can use to print, scan, and copy right from your smartphone. The scanner has extendable lid hinges so that you can scan thick items like textbooks and an automatic feeder to process multi-page documents quickly.
- Superb page yield.
- Exceptionally low cost per print.
- Low maintenance.
- Doesn't take long to initialize.
- Scanner limits the amount of space to access paper jams.
- Can't print from USB storage drive.
The Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5180 is great for black and white printing. Its refillable ink tank yields around 7600 black prints, which means you won't have to refill the tank often, and the ink bottles are cheap, resulting in an exceptionally low cost per print. It has a scanner with an automatic feeder, although it isn't particularly fast as it can only process seven pages per minute.
- Superb page yield.
- Exceptionally low cost per print.
- Automatic double-sided printing.
- Low maintenance.
- Scanner has ADF.
- Scanner limits the amount of space to access paper jams.
The Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5180 is good for photo printing. Printed pictures look detailed, and the colors are reasonably accurate; however, there's some grain present, especially in areas with a uniform color or gradients. Its page yield is superb, so you don't have to worry about spending too much on replacement ink. Unfortunately, it doesn't support borderless printing, but the ET-5170 variant does.
- Superb page yield.
- Exceptionally low cost per print.
- Prints good photos.
- Low maintenance.
- Can't print 2" x 3" photos.
- Scanner limits the amount of space to access paper jams.
- Doesn't support borderless printing.
- Superb page yield.
- Exceptionally low cost per print.
- Low maintenance.
- Scanner limits the amount of space to access paper jams.
- Superb page yield.
- Exceptionally low cost per print.
- Low maintenance.
- Scanner limits the amount of space to access paper jams.
- Superb page yield.
- Exceptionally low cost per print.
- Low maintenance.
- Scanner limits the amount of space to access paper jams.
- Superb page yield.
- Exceptionally low cost per print.
- Low maintenance.
- Scanner limits the amount of space to access paper jams.
- Superb page yield.
- Exceptionally low cost per print.
- Low maintenance.
- Scanner limits the amount of space to access paper jams.
Performance Usages
Changelog
- Updated Nov 10, 2022: We've changed the Duplex Scanning from 'Automatic Dual-Pass' to Manual, as you need to scan both sides of double-sided sheets manually and rearrange the pages through the Epson Scan 2 software. We've adjusted the score accordingly.
- Updated Sep 23, 2022: Converted to Test Bench 1.2.
- Updated Sep 20, 2022: Converted to Test Bench 1.1.
- Updated Aug 03, 2022: Review published.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We tested the Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5180. It's part of the Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5100 series of printers, which includes the Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5150 and ET-5170. The variants are similar in performance but have slightly different features; you can see the differences in the table below.
| Model | Notes |
|---|---|
| ET-5150 | No fax functionality |
| ET-5170 | - |
| ET-5180 | Supports PCL and PostScript printing |
If you come across a variant not listed above, or you have a similar Epson Eco Tank Pro ET-5180 that doesn't correspond to our review, let us know, and we'll update it.
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The Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5180 is an excellent office printer and among the best options for high-volume printing due to its exceptional page yields.
For other options, see our recommendations for the best printers, the best home printers, and the best all-in-one printers.
The Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5180 and the Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5850 are both supertank inkjet printers with similar features. Choosing between these two models depends on what you care about more. The ET-5850 prints faster and has a larger input tray, but the ET-5180 yields significantly more pages, resulting in a lower cost per print. The ET-5850 has automatic duplex scanning, while the ET-5180's is manual, meaning you need to rearrange the pages through software.
The Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5180 is better than the Epson EcoTank ET-4800 for most uses. The ET-5180 is a more premium model with significantly better page yields and faster printing speed. The ET-5180 can perform duplex scanning, albeit only manually through software. The ET-4800 doesn't support duplex scanning at all.
The Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5180 and the Epson EcoTank ET-3850 are both all-in-one supertank inkjet printers. The main difference is that the ET-5180 is a higher-end model with slightly more features, like duplex scanning and fax functionality. Also, its scanner can process more pages per minute through the automatic feeder.
The Epson EcoTank Pro ET-5180 is better than the Canon PIXMA G7020 for most uses. The Epson has better page yields, duplex scanning capability (manual), and faster printing speed. However, the Canon's build feels sturdier, and it prints higher-quality photos.
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