Epson EcoTank L18050 inkjet printer, colour, A3, Wi-Fi

An A3 sheet is the size of two A4 sheets side by side. It fits posters, construction and technical drawings, spreadsheets whose text would be too small on A4, and large photographs. If you used to send larger prints out to a print house, you can now produce them on the spot and straight away.

EcoTank is the Epson inkjet series in which the ink is held in tanks built onto the printer and refilled from bottles. Large formats and colour prints use more ink, and the tank system means there is no small cartridge to replace all the time. The supplier data does not give the matching ink bottle codes or the number of colours.

Over Wi-Fi the printer joins the home or office network, and the computers on that network can print to it. An A3 printer is bigger than a standard A4 model, and a wireless connection lets you place it wherever there is room, not necessarily next to a computer. No other interfaces are listed in the supplier data.

The supplier classifies the L18050 as a printer, not a multifunction device: the data lists neither scanning nor fax. It is a machine for people who first and foremost need large colour prints. If you also need to scan, a separate scanner or an all-in-one printer is required.

Designers, architects and engineering offices printing A3 drawings and layout proofs; photo enthusiasts who want larger colour prints; schools and advertising agencies making posters and presentation material. It also suits offices where large spreadsheets are easier to read on an A3 sheet.