Canon G7020 All-in-One Printer Home Office | Wireless Supertank (Megatank) Printer | Copier | Scan, | Fax and ADF with Mobile Printing, Black, Works with Alexa

I needed to replace an old Canon PIXMA printer that had failed with a cryptic error. My criteria for a new printer were:”mega” tanks — even though my ink cost wasn’t terrible high, but the individual price of cartridges was irritatingBoth a front cassette and a rear feed for paper. It is a mistake to assume that a printer has both. Suggestions that envelopes and photo paper would be put in the cassette seemed ridiculous for my needs.A flatbed scanner. I own a separate autofeed scanner.WIFI connections, and compatability with Apple AirPrint, and Chromebook printing.The Canon G6020 had all of those items plus:Two sided printing, auto “off” with network wake up, a 250 sheet cassette, and USB and LAN cable connectors. It also seems to have sensors for everything; for example, when either the cassette is inserted, or paper is added to the rear feed, the printer prompts for paper size verification. (Fortunately, the prompt for paper size and type can be turned off.) The printer also comes with what must be an almost a lifetime’s supply of black ink. Photo printing is very good, though slow on “best” photo mode. The printer has can present a net “home page” for many setup and status functions; the default password is its serial number.Cons:The LCD screen is tiny and dark. At the very least, it should have a back light. I found the LCD Menus are confusing.Setup can be a little confusing. I ended up using the manual mode for configuring the WIFI connection. (Thank goodness for WPS, entering a password on the LCD would have been problematic)There is a cautionary notice warning to transport the printer upright lest some ink were to spill. The tanks seem well capped, and probably wouldn’t leak, but I am not about to test it.Summary,Once setup and connect, the printer is great. It is definitely fast enough for home use and all of the printing that I have done has been sharp and unbanded. The black ink is pigment based and seems to be waterproof; the color, dye based, and will bleed slightly when water is applied. A major consumer magazine down-rated this model compared to others costing significantly more, and oft times having fewer features; most of the magazine’s quibbles seem simply wrong in this case. Replacement ink from Canon on Amazon seems extremely reasonably priced ($17 for 170ml / 5.75oz of black ink, $11 for the 70ml of color ink.)Added Note:Others had complained, and I encountered…I had an issues with the printer’s wifi connection, which I believe that I have resolved. My router was set to use a “smart” choice between 2.4 & 5Ghz (both using the same SSID) for device communication. I suspect that this was causing problems with the printer’s 2.4Ghz only network chip. The problem seemed to clear up when I disabled the “smart” feature on the router; nonetheless, I decided to run a cable from the router to the printer and change the printer’s LAN setting to use that. I have had no problems since. Though I am not using a mesh router, I could see this being a problem with some of those too.

#1 I’ve read some reviews complaining about wifi connectivity issues. This doesn’t bother me because mine is hooked up via usb directly to my PC. Disregard any reviews claiming you can’t.#2 I bought this 3 years ago because I do a lot of printing and I didn’t want to spend $50-75 every time I need ink. The printer count says I’ve printed 42,000+ pages. The paper costs more than the ink. You can find original Canon ink dirt cheap. You might spend a penny a page for color. Maybe.#3 Occasionally it prints a bit streaky. Running the deep cleaning cycle usually takes care of that. Once I had to run an ink flush to clear a cartridge, but that was after many thousands of pages. Even if one of the two print heads becomes permanently clogged, they can be replaced for a little more than the cost of a regular printer cartridge. Be sure to find the printer assistant tool that comes with the software, it’s much easier to use than the tiny unlit display screen.#4 Double sided printing is slow. If you’re printing many duplicate pages it’s easier to print all one side then reinsert the pages to print the other side. For really large volumes the rear tray comes in handy so that you don’t have to continuously pull out and refill the lower paper tray. You just need to remember to switch from the bottom to the rear feed in the printer settings.#5 The lid paper feed scanner works okay. The pages don’t stick together in the paper feed. It does scan the image slightly crooked. If you’re not looking for a perfect image it’s okay for a quick scan job of multiple pages.#6 Buy a dust cover. Printers can run many happy years without dust, lint and cat hair.https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B083S4WKRR#7 Overall, this has been great for my printing needs.

packs a punch!. Outstanding home/small business printer. Exceptional quality color and black/white printing. Easy to use and set up. Connects with your laptop and phone with just a couple of clicks. If there is one thing to note, the pop-up screen at the front of the printer can be hard to read in certain lighting. It would be nice if this screen were brighter. It may have a brightness setting but I was not able to find it. But I’m being super picky now. This printer has ALL THE QUALITIES I expect which is clear printing, easy scanning, user-friendly use instructions and tons of online resources should you run into a question about setup. ABSOLUTELY recommend this printer. Canon outperforms the competition, once again! Thank you Canon!

azing printer, some common complaints addressed in my review. First and foremost, Wi-Fi issues. My computer is connected to my router by ethernet cable, so using Wi-Fi to connect the printer was not an option as I wasn’t going to dig up a cord and connect it directly. So the answer was to tell the printer *not* to connect during set-up and then have the printer manually search for available Wi-Fi networks and then enter in the password. A quick Google search will reveal the Canon support links to do this, it was quite easy even if using the little LCD screen made it a bit of a pain (hint: for upper-case and numbers you have to hit the “Tone” button to change from lower-case letters).Once I manually connected the printer to my Wi-Fi, the set up software (also on Canon’s support site, I chose not to use the included disc) easily found the printer and every other device (2 laptops and multiple iOS devices) did as well.Second, the LCD screen. Yep, it’s as lame as people say. Tiny, and not back-lit. I had to use a flashlight even in the daylight to adequately read and use it. Fortunately, I will probably never have to use it again after getting the Wi-Fi set up (or at least use it very infrequently) so I really don’t care given the printer’s almost entirely positive attributes on everything else.I chose the 7020 over the rest for the ADF (hey, once you need it you’ll miss not having it lol) and ability to fax on the ever-so-occasional times that might be needed. Hey, why not spend a little bit more and cover all the bases, right? I plan on having this a long time, I won’t care in 3 years if I spent a little more for the 7020 over the other models.Speaking of the little LCD screen, yeah… one other time you need to use it. Go to ECO settings and make sure to set “Turn on printer automatically” to ON. It’s set to OFF, for some dopey reason, so once the printer goes to sleep (also adjustable in ECO settings) sending something to print results in an error until you manually turn it on. Why they don’t have “Turn on printer automatically” defaulted to ON I don’t know… but once I did that, it’s worked like a charm.Filling the ink tanks was beyond easy, though I had to shake the bottles a little bit to eek out every last bit until the windows were completely full. After a few days of miscellaneous printing, I noticed the colored ones seemed to have drained almost halfway down between the top and 2nd line (still like 90% full looking)… and the black about a third of the way.I was like “how did I use this much ink already, aren’t these supposed to last for thousands of pages??” and so I did some research. Upon first using the printer, ink drains into the print heads and so it appears you’ve used a lot of ink, but apparently that’s not the case. It’s just now inside the printer. So when you see this, don’t panic like I did. lolNo, this probably wouldn’t be the ideal printer for a busy office where huge amounts of printing are done and speed is of the essence, but it’s plenty fast enough for the typical home user / home office environment I would guess. I certainly have no complaints, and I’m not the patient sort. But yeah, if I regularly printed 500 page documents I’d probably look at a more expensive business model printer.I stubbornly stuck with HP for years, but always seemed to have problems with them and grew increasingly more frustrated with how dang expensive the ink cartridges got over time, and how fast they seemed to get empty. Unless something drastically changes with this Canon 7020, I’m super happy to say goodbye to HP printers forever and even the ridiculously useless LCD screen can’t dampen my enthusiasm to have made the switch.

So after having Canon printers from way back in 2003 for a few years and getting excellent results and pictures (using the Canon high gloss photo paper back then) i switched to Epson when it died a few years ago. The Epson WF 4730 and most recently when that died the WF4740 (which also just died) I decided to go back to Canon again. I REALLY like the Megatank system. This printer has a pretty small footprint too as far as it’s size compared to the Epson we just replaced. It seems like it will be a lot more efficient on ink and the replacement bottles are really reasonable (on Amazon colors are only $11/each and slightly more for the black ink which is a larger bottle). The text prints fast and the colors are spot on. Haven’t tried pictures yet but will update my review when I do try printing them. The only gripe I have with this printer are a couple of things. First, the LCD screen is small and doesn’t light up making it basically useless. But, I have learned after having a few printers over the years I never use the bloatware by the printer company anymore. I use the print application on my Imac or Windows computer. Much faster to access and works better with less headaches. And, second, the operating panel which folds out HAS to be open when printing. This is good and bad at the same time. Annoying if you are in another room and want to print and forget to fold out the panel first (panel can be left forward position to print always or just pop it out when you want to print something. The good thing about the panel having to be open is if I leave the printer cover on the printer and someone wants to print from another room (and they haven’t opened the control panel first) the printer won’t print and jam up papers because the printer cover is on. Scanning so far works great on this All In One. Haven’t tried faxing yet and basically….who needs to fax anymore anyway. I scan and email any document. I can tell you even though Epson has their own tank version of printers (Ecotank) I am done with Epson for awhile. Best thing about Epson was the speed of print….that was it as far as superiority. The Canon so far has been a great machine. By the way, using the computer to print rather than the bloatware supplied by either Canon or Epson is not only fast to use but a lot easier when setting the printer up. So, after only owning this printer for less than 2 weeks (but we have used it quite a bit as my wife and I are both working at home during the Coronavirus quarantine) I can say that I would highly recommend this AIO to anyone looking for a great, fast and do all printer that is efficient on ink as well. I used to HATE running out and having to run to Office Depot or ordering online for ink only to have to spend about $38 for a small color ink cartridge for the Epson. The whole kit of 3 colors with black was about $125…crazy expensive. This computer comes with 3 colored ink bottles (enough to fill each of the 3 colors once) and 3 slightly larger black bottles (one fills it up and 2 extra bottles are included). I read all the reviews on Consumer Reports online as I subscribe and a lot of them pointed to the lower priced models by Brother or HP. The problem with the Brother printer they recommend (while easy on using the ink) was that the reviews stated that color printed papers came out very dull and light on color. Thus the “efficiency” of using ink on a Brother. Not like that with this Canon at all. Colors are superb on regular bright white paper. You definitely get what you pay for here. A top of the line refillable tank AIO printer that does everything very well….including saving money on ink (and the convenience of storing extra bottles to refill when needed). Spend a little more now on a great Canon G7020 but save in the long run. Hope this helps anyone who is on the fence about which printer to buy. I know even with having the Consumer Reports information online to view I spent a few hours doing research on the all around best printer. Oh, and also the print heads (2…one for colors and one for B&W) pop in easy when setting up and that means replacing if ever needed should be easy. Hopefully I won’t have to for a very long time though. Just buy this printer…..I can’t imagine you’ll regret it. I also purchased a NON Canon product that I would recommend as well. The semi-clear printer cover by Comp Bind is great. Made for this printer it keeps dust and anything else out of the printer when not in use. I truly believe using a cover extends the life of your printer too.