The Epson ET-8550 model has six color cartridges, including black, cyan, magenta, yellow, and pigment yellow. It is also compatible with the ESC/P-R print language while producing a maximum print resolution of 5760 x 1440 dpi. On the other hand, printing with this device has a rate of 16.0 pages per minute (ppm) at the ISO mode. In contrast, color printing runs at the speed of 12 ISO ppm. This Epson ET-8550 also has an internal driver for best performance.
Epson ET-8550 Driver for Windows
combo package contains the following items:
- Printer Driver
- Scanner Driver and Epson Scan 2 Utility
- Epson Photo+
- Scan OCR Component
- ScanSmart
- Epson Software Updater
Driver and Software for Mac OS
combo package contains the following items:
- Printer Driver
- Scanner Driver and Epson Scan 2 Utility
- Epson Photo+
- ScanSmart
- Software Updater
Specifications
Furthermore, when this printer carries out duplex printing, the print speed is 6.0 ISO ppm for black documents. However, color printing at the ISO mode at the double-sided mode is about 5.0 ISO ppm. Borderless photo printing speed is about 15 seconds when using 4 x 6 inches in draft mode and premium glossy photo paper. Under mobile and voice-activated printing, the machine is compatible with modern print features.
Some of the peculiar features of the machine model include the Epson Connect Solutions for email printing, remote printing, and scan to the cloud. The supported applications also have the Epson Smart panel app, Epson print layout app (iOS), and Epson Creative Print app. Others are the Apple AirPrint, Android printing, Mopria Print Service. Meanwhile, the voice activation options such as Siri, Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, and Epson Connect.
In copying, this machine can produce 256 gradations, about 16.7 mil colors, but the maximum number of copies is 99 pages. At the same time, the ultimate copy resolution requires an input of 600 x 600 dpi. In contrast, the copy features include an automatic selection of 1-sided or 2-sided copying. Also, it can enlarge or reduce the output size within 25 and 400% with 1% gradual increments. The scanning of the device works through a CIS photoelectric device through a flatbed color image scanner. Download Epson ET-8550 driver from Epson Website