Top 5 InkJet Printers with Refillable Ink Tanks – no more expensive ink cartridges

The printer business is a lucrative one, inkjet printers are well known to be affordable but costly to maintain when it comes to replacing the cartridges.

Even the first set of cartridges are typically low capacity ones.

Buying and replacing the cartridges are uneconomical and often consumers resort to refill kits or refilled and recycled cartridges from third party to help keep the cost down until now.

In the face of losing sales of consumables, major printer manufacturers bite back with a clause in their user agreement that voids the warranty should the consumers use refilling kits or recycled cartridges. Manufacturers also keep introducing new printer models and cartridges to make third party’s job harder.

But things are changing. Manufacturers are beginning to listen to consumers who want low maintenance cost and high capacity printers. New consumer level inkjet printers now come with tanks and refills apart from the printer cartridges and print heads itself.

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The manufacturers themselves are entering the market created by third parties, duplicating the entire process created by them from refill bottles to external ink tank systems, reservoirs that feed ink to the print head and capable of holding large quantities of ink.

The external ink tank system is not something new, third party manufacturers have been modifying original equipment inkjet printers to use their ink tank system and selling this on to the consumers.

Now it seems the original equipment manufacturers are making these legit. The complete inkjet printer with ink feed system allow consumers to produce huge amounts of prints without the need to replace the cartridges.

When the refillable ink tanks are low, simply refilled it with supplied ink from convenient bottles. Typically these ink tanks can churn out up 6000 to 7000 pages from a single refill. High volume ink tank printers can produce over 10,000 pages in black and white and again over 10,000 pages in colour. That’s a total of over 20,000 pages. Compare this to conventional cartridges, which are only good for 300 to 1000 pages if you are lucky.

Looking for wide format A3+ printer with ink tank

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Benefits at a Glance

• No Ink Cartridge Required: Ink is supplied continuously to the printer from integrated high-capacity ink tanks. This means that you don’t have to replace cartridges – simply top up the tanks with ink from ink bottles supplied or ready off the shelves and keep on printing. It’s much more convenient and much better value too.
• High Volume Printing at Low Cost: When you need more ink, it’s available in convenient high-volume bottles that have a drip-free nozzle and resealable cap for easy storage. The bottles hold enough ink for a large amount of printing; 7500 pages in black and 6,500 pages in colour at an ultra-low cost per page.
• WiFi and Mobile Printing: New inkjet printers have integrated WiFi with auto-setup, so it’s really easy to connect all your computers and laptops to the printer. You can also print from your Android and iOS phones and tablets using free app downloadable from the printer manufacturer or relevant app store.
• Heat-free printing: unlike laser printers, inkjet printers consume less energy when printing. Even before a laser printer starts to print, it needs to preheat the fuser. It then uses heat again to fuse the toner to the paper. On the flip side, the inkjet printer only has three stages, receive print job, ink ejection and spit out the print.

Best All-in-One Wireless Inkjet Printers with Ink Tanks

Here are five of our favourite inkjet printers with built-in refillable ink tanks, all of which are multifunction printer with scanner, copier, fax (business models) and WiFi connectivity with App support on some models.

1. Epson EcoTank ET-4760 – HIGH VOLUME, BUSINESS CLASS

This small business printer is suitable for both office and home office use with up to 2 years worth of ink. Each replacement ink bottle set has enough ink to print up to 7500 black and 6000 colour pages. It comes with a high capacity paper tray, automatic document feeder, WiFi and Ethernet connectivity as well as support for double sided printing. To navigate the settings and options, use the 2.4-inch colour touchscreen control panel. The printer also support voice-activated printing and wireless and ethernet connectivity.

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• Print, scan, copy and fax with automatic document feeder
• Wi-Fi, Ethernet and smart device printing
• Fast print speeds of 15ppm in black and 8ppm in colour
• Purpose-built, refillable ink tank for ultra-low cost per page
• Auto 2-sided printing
• 2.4-inch colour touch screen control panel
• Big 250-sheet paper tray capacity
• Voice activated printing support (Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant)

Search on Amazon: Epson EcoTank ET-4760

Some markets still have the earlier Epson EcoTank ET-4750 (image below) with exactly the same specification and design as above, just no voice activated printing support.

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For the EU and UK market, the Epson EcoTank ET-4500 (4,700 black, 7500 colour) above is still knocking around and is available at bargain basement price.

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2. Epson Expression ET-2760 EcoTank – BALANCED PERFORMER, HOME OFFICE

Don’t need a high volume business class printer, the Epson ET-2750 is your home and small office wireless printer. You also get two years worth of ink with the included replacement ink set. Each bottle has enough ink for up to 7500 black and 6000 colour pages. It’s a good printer with the ability to scan, copy and print over WiFi or from mobile devices with AirPrint support. It even lets you print directly from the SD card without using a PC. The only thing missing is the Ethernet network connectivity.

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• Print, Scan, Copy: 3-in-1 inkjet with cartridge free printing
• Consistent and reliable result with advanced 4 colour (CMYK) Micro Piezo printhead
• 7500 pages in black, 6000 pages in colour
• WiFi Direct with mobile printing support via Epson iPrint app
• Print via email using Epson Email Print (mobile printing)
• Auto 2-sided printing, borderless 4″ x 6″ photo
• 1.44-inch LCD screen and SD card slot, printing without PC
• Small 100 sheets tray, 10.5 ppm black, 5 ppm colour.
• Voice activated printing support (Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant)

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It’s predecessor, the Epson Expression ET-2750 EcoTank (below) is the same printer with exactly the same specification and design minus the voice activated printing.

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3. Epson EcoTank ET-3760 – HIGH VOLUME, BUSINESS CLASS

Another business class printer with refillable ink tank, the Epson ET-3760 is just as capable as the flagship ET4760. It also comes with enough ink for two years printing with each replacment ink bottle carrying enough ink to print up to 7500 pages in black and 6000 pages in colour. It even has a 30 sheet automatic document feeder, the same printing speed and connectivity options. The only differences are the smaller 150 sheet paper tray capacity and the 2.4-inch colour control panel. The later is a non-touch variety so you will have to navigate the settings with the soft touch buttons to its right.

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• Print, scan, copy and fax with automatic document feeder
• Wi-Fi, Ethernet and smart device printing
• Fast print speeds of 15ppm in black and 8ppm in colour
• Purpose-built, refillable ink tank for ultra-low cost per page
• Auto 2-sided printing
• 2.4-inch colour touch screen control panel
• Medium 150-sheet paper tray capacity
• Voice activated printing support (Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant)

Search on Amazon: Epson EcoTank ET-3760

Other markets such as the UK still carries an earlier version of the same printer, the Epson EcoTank ET-3750 (below) with no voice-activated printing support.

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If you want the same level of performance but don’t need the automatic document feeder, consider the Epson EcoTank ET-3700 below and save yourself some money.

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4. Canon Pixma G7020 – HOME OFFICE

The Canon Pixma G7020 MegaTank all-in-one printer is Canon’s top of the line inkjet printer with ink tank for high volume printing at home. It comes with a full set of refill ink plus two extra blank ink bottles allowing it to print up to 18000 pages in black and up to 7700 pages in colour. In fact, it can easily pass for a small business printer for use in the office or shop.

Print quality is amazing as you would expect from Canon, especially when reproducing photos. It also comes with auto-duplex printing and Auto Document Feeder which pretty much have you covered for easy copying and double-sided printing. Our only grip If you have no need for document feeder, check out the cheaper G6020.

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• conveniently view and easily refill ink with see through tanks
• up to 6000 Black / 7700 Color pages per ink bottle set, 18000 Black / 7700 Colour included.
• Appox. 13 ipm Black, 6.8 ipm Colour
• 350 sheet plain paper capacity tray
• Auto Document Feeder (ADF) and auto 2-sided document printing
• Fax, Wireless and Mobile Printing with AirPrint support
• Print borderless photos 3 5” x 3 5” square to 8 5” x 11” Letter 2

5. Canon Pixma G3260 – HOME OFFICE

If you don’t need all the bells and whistles, this refillable Ink Tank Wireless All-In-One, the Canon Pixma G3260 will work just as well for. It won’t print as fast as Canon’s flasgship ink tank printer above but will print just the same. It comes with 135ml refill bottles. Compare this to normal cartridges that only holds around 15ml to 20ml. It print optical resolution is 600 x 1200 dpi and the scanner is capable of capturing 4800 x 1200 dpi. It takes about 20 seconds to complete a full page scan. It prints sharp documents to high resolution photos using the right paper/photo paper. Here is your everyday home and small office printer.

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• Print, Scan, Copy and WiFi for wireless printing
• ISO Standard print speed (A4): up to 10.0 ipm (mono) / 6.0 ipm (colour)
• Large Ink Bottles: Up to 6,000 pages (B&W)/ 7,700 pages (Colour)
• Compact Design: Integrated ink tank system
• Borderless photo printing up to 8.5″ x 11″ size
• 100 sheet plain paper tray
• Supports Apple AirPrint, Mopria and Canon PRINT app.

Search on Amazon: Canon Pixma G3260 or Canon PIXMA G4210 (Apple AirPrint support) below

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BONUS:

We look at two more printers at either end of the price spectrum, one for heavy printing and the other, an ultra affordable unit both with refillable ink tank.

Epson Expression EcoTank ET-2720 – SUPER AFFORDABLE

This entry level home printer includes enough ink to print 4500 black pages and 7500 colour pages. Apart from the lower volume of printing, this model is not very different from the ET-2760 in our Top 5 line-up above. It is a little slower in terms of printing speed and lacks support for automatic double sided printing but you do get a lot for the price you pay.

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• Print, Scan and Copy
• Speed 10.5 ppm black / 5 ppm colour
• 100 sheets of paper handling tray
• no auto double sided printing
• 1.44-inch colour screen with soft touch controls
• USB, WiFi and WiFi Direct connectivity with AirPrint support

Search on Amazon: Epson EcoTank ET-2720 All-in-One Ink Tank Printer

A close alternative to the ET-2720 is the Epson Expression ET-2650 EcoTank.

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Epson WorkForce Pro ET-8700 – BUSINESS POWERHOUSE, HEAVY DUTY PRINTING

The printer includes enough ink to print 16,000 black pages and 11,000 colour pages.

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• Print, Scan, Copy, Fax with auto feeder.
• Super Fast printing — 24 ISO ppm (black), 25 ISO ppm (colour)
• PrecisionCore delivers laser-quality black text and color graphics.
• Low cost replacement ink packs
• 250-sheet capacity paper tray with 80 sheet rear tray and optional 500 sheet tray
• Auto 2-sided printing, copying, scanning and faxing
• Auto Document Feeder with fast scanning speed up to 24 ppm

Search on Amazon: Epson WorkForce Pro ET-8700

ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD

HP Ink Tank 410 and 310 series from the HP Ink Tank family

Elsewhere in the world, in India you might find that HP too, offers printers with ink tank. These are simply known as HP Ink Tank family. The 310 series lack WiFi Direct and Wireless networking ability while the higher 410 series supports this. With WiFi Direct and Wireless connectivity, users can use the HP Smart App to print from mobile devices.

In terms of print capacity, both 310 and 410 has the same colour pages output, up to 8000. The difference is when printing in black only. The lower of the 310 and 410 models print up to 4000 black pages. The mid-range 315 and 415 models print up to 6000 black pages. The highest of the series, 319 and 419 models print up to 15000 black pages. To summarise, see print capacity table below.

The printers are pretty much the same with spill-free refill system, support for borderless printing, copy and scan features and USB connectivity as standard.

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Search on Amazon: HP Ink Tank 310 or HP Ink Tank 410

HP Ink Tank 310 and 410 series Print Capacity Compared

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Brother Refill Tank Printer Series

Not wanting to be left out, Brother too offers their version of inkjet printers with refill tank. Again, availability is subject to geographical region. We found information about their Refill Tank Printer Series Brother’s Thailand website. For the series, two lines are offered, the MFC and DCP. These printers will only print up to A4 but is pack with plenty of features. The differences between them are listed below:

• MFC-T910DW: support for fax, wired, double sided with extra tray, and wireless printing
• MFC-T810W: support for fax, wired network and wireless printing
• DCP-T710W: support for wired, copy multiple pages at once and wireless printing
• DCP-T510W: support for wireless and WiFi Direct from mobile devices
• DCP-T310: wired printing

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Search on Amazon: Brother Refill Tank Printer

All printers support Print, Copy and Scan function with on-board scanner. Only DCP-T710W, MFC-T810W and MFC-T910DW supports auto document feeder for speedy multi page copying.

The printers are capable of speeds up to 12 ppm (blank) and 10 ppm (colour). 12/6 for T310 and T510W.

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