★★★★★ 5
Excellent Epson, worth the investment!
Style: ET-5800, Set: FAX/Print/Copy/Scan
First, this is a big printer so double check the measurement specs before purchasing if space is an issue.
First impressions: very well built, especially comparing to ET versions such as the ET-4800 ( see my review on that one for details).
This is a sturdy printer, you can feel it when you lift the scanning bed, pull out the paper trays, etc.
Printing quality: excellent right out of the box. I didn’t need to do an extensive alignment or cleaning during setup, everything printed perfectly and was photo quality.
Setup was easy. Although it has a fax feature, I don’t use that so I didn’t need to set it up.
Printing: using the rear paper trays, it prints on 100lb card stock very easily. I recommend only loading a few pages at a time to avoid any issues. I loaded 5 pages and made prints without any issues.
65 lb card stock was also easy to print on using the back paper feed tray and I loaded 8 sheets without an issue but know it could probably handle a few more. Just remember that the thicker the paper the more chance of having it jam with multiple sheets in the rear paper try. AND, only use the rear tray feed for cardstock or other thick paper.
The actual paper tray drawers, there are two and you can set them up for different sizes and types of paper, very convenient.
Now the cool detail: most printers have a flimsy plastic slide tray to catch the prints as they come out of the printer. Not this one. This has a really amazing tray catch that comes out of the printer automatically (it is motorized), and when you are done there is a little illuminated icon on the screen that looks like the printer, you press it and the tray retracts. Pretty cool detail.
The screen: very easy to use and you can actually see it, unlike the postage stamp size screen they used in the ET-4800. All features are very easy to find and select and the icons are illuminated. Using this screen, setup was very easy.
Ink: again a very good feature and very well thought out. The bottles are keyed so they fit in the receptacle. Simply unscrew the cap, tip them over (they won’t spill or leak) and place them in the correct color, the bottles automatically fill the tank. When done filling, remove the bottle and put the cap back on, again they won’t spill or leak because they have a mechanism that prevents it from doing so.
Overall: excellent printer, expensive but over time the ink savings alone help ease the sticker price. It is heavy and sturdy, has wireless capability so you can put it anywhere and print with ease connected to your wireless network, has the ability to print from android and IPhone with an app, and it has amazing prints.
This is one printer I highly recommend.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2026
