The ET-2800 swaps cartridges for refillable tanks filled from ink bottles, which removes the mechanism that makes most home inkjets expensive to run. The listing highlights cartridge-free printing and a generous starter supply, and the tank design means cost per page falls sharply once you buy bottles instead of cartridges.
It prints, scans and copies, with a flatbed scanner rather than a document feeder, so it suits single pages and photos instead of stacks. AirPrint support lets an iPhone find it over the network without a driver, which is the whole point of this guide, and the setup is a matter of joining the printer to your Wi-Fi.
Compared with the Canon TS5320, the ET-2800 costs more to buy and runs far cheaper per page, which pays off for a household that prints weekly. Keep it powered and run a page now and then, because any inkjet can clog a nozzle when left idle for months, and fill each tank carefully from the matching bottle, which is keyed to avoid mix-ups.
What works
- Refillable tanks cut ink cost per page
- Generous starter ink supply
- AirPrint works without a driver
- Simple flatbed scanning
Watch out for
- No automatic document feeder
- Higher purchase price than cartridge models
- Nozzles can clog if left unused for months
Spec sheet
- Ink system
- Refillable EcoTank bottles
- Functions
- Print, scan, copy
- Connectivity
- Wi-Fi with AirPrint
- Scanner
- Flatbed
- Best use
- Weekly home printing






