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Epson EcoTank ET-5850

Ink tank (refillable) · Colour · Up to 3,300 pages/month

£1,060Captured purchase
£1,5815-year total
£26Monthly equivalent
Price snapshot reviewed 2 August 2026. Check the retailer before buying.
2. Visual cost breakdown

Where your £1,581 goes over 5 years

Example usage: 1,500 mono + 500 colour pages/month.

£1,060£521
Purchase £1,060Ink / toner £521Energy Excluded
3. Quick buyer specifications

What buyers usually check first

Manufacturer-backed essentials for deciding whether this printer fits your work and setup.

FunctionsPrint, scan, copy and fax
ISO print speed25 ppm mono / 25 ppm colour
Automatic duplexYes — A4 printing, copying, scanning and fax
Automatic document feeder50 sheets, two-sided scanning
ConnectivityWi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, Ethernet and USB
Paper capacity550 sheets across three trays
Recommended workloadUp to 3,300 pages per month
Warranty12 months carry-in / 200,000 pages

Verified from Epson UK EcoTank ET-5850 technical specifications. Reviewed 3 August 2026.

4. Personal calculator

Recalculate for your usage

Replacement ink or toner is calculated proportionally from the stored price and yield.

Your estimate£1,581£26/month equivalent
Purchase £1,060Supplies £521Cost per page £0.01

Based on 120,000 pages. Energy, paper, starter supplies, maintenance and repairs remain excluded.

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6. Retailer and alert strip

Check the captured price

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Purchase source£1,059.99Field-level source migration pending
Price history1 observationA trend appears only after comparable dated prices are stored
Smart price alertComing nextNo email address is collected on this page yet
7. Methodology and trust

How we calculated this

Purchase price comes from a dated UK observation where a field-level source is available. Ink and toner costs use the stored replacement price and page-yield model. Energy, paper, starter supplies, drums, printheads, maintenance and repairs remain excluded until consistent source-backed data is available.

8. Buyer guidance

Who is this printer for?

The Epson EcoTank ET-5850 is positioned as a ink tank (refillable) model. Its recorded recommended ceiling is 3,300 pages per month, so the page’s 1,500 mono + 500 colour pages/month example sits within that limit.

The refillable-tank format shifts more of the cost into the initial purchase and less into replacement ink, which can suit regular printing over several years.

A useful comparison is the Canon MAXIFY GX4050, calculated with the same usage assumptions. Choose by total ownership cost and workload fit—not purchase price alone.

View the complete evidence record and exclusions
Evidence record

Every input behind the estimate

Evidence complete
Methodology: printer-tco-v1Reviewed 3 Aug 2026Reviewer: Real Receipt researchRecommendation evidence: eligible
Captured printer priceReviewed 3 Aug 2026
£1,059.99
Verifiedhigh confidence
Epson UK EcoTank ET-5850 product pagemanufacturer · captured 3 Aug 2026 · Dated UK manufacturer price snapshot; verify the current price before buying.
Complete colour-supply priceReviewed 3 Aug 2026
£44.97
Verifiedhigh confidence
Epson UK 113 ink seriesmanufacturer · captured 3 Aug 2026 · Stored colour price is the complete cyan, magenta and yellow replacement set.
Colour supply yieldReviewed 3 Aug 2026
6000 pages
Verifiedhigh confidence
Epson UK 113 ink seriesmanufacturer · captured 3 Aug 2026 · Stored colour price is the complete cyan, magenta and yellow replacement set.
Excluded from this estimate

Electricity: No consistent workload and time-in-state model is applied across every printer.

Paper: Paper choice is user-specific and common across the compared models.

Starter supplies: Inbox yields are excluded until they are captured consistently for every model.

Drums and printheads: These require an exact part, price and replacement interval before inclusion.

Maintenance and repairs: Reliable exact-model failure and repair evidence is not available consistently.

Finance and resale: These vary by buyer, seller and future market conditions.

Ownership journey

Future consumable reminders start with this usage profile.

Once reminders are enabled, saved page volume can estimate when black and colour supplies may need replacing. No reminder or account is created in this release.

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