Customer Ratings & Reviews

Inkjets gave me nightmares. I can still remember the days when they had puny amounts of ink needing expensive replacements or clogged heads. The “unofficial” refill process was messy at best, and disastrous at its worst. Fortunately those days are mostly over with the recent advent of ink tank based printers, like the Canon GX3020. These printers use separate printheads and ink reservoirs unlike the all-in-one ink cartridges, and not only contains a huge amount of ink, but also enables cheaper fillup since the printhead is permanent. This particular GX3020 has enough capacity to enable 14000 pages of printing (according to Canon). Being a wireless printer, setting up was not that difficult. I opted to use my laptop to do the initial setup, and even though the setup wizard could use some improvements, it completed without any hiccup. After all the “initialization” steps are done and I was happy with the customary printer test page, I installed the Canon Print app from the Play store into my Android smartphone, can could easily scan/print with a few taps. As for the Windows software, a number of different utilities/programs were installed which took some time to get familiar with. The Canon support documents are not the best out there and often were confusing. I played around with all the small programs to finally find the most important commands for my day-to-day use. I wish this was more streamlined. As for physical controls, the printer has some buttons on the front panel along with a tiny monochrome display. Again, deciphering all the icons took some digging, but I was happy to see that a lot of tasks can be performed from the control panel without using a PC. The GX3020 has 3 paper sources: a cassette style paper holder that I use as the main source, another on the top, and special single paper input at the back. This allows multiple types of paper to be loaded at the same time for easy printing. The only issue I faced was when I was using “automatic” as the paper source in the printer settings, I saw that the empty trays were the first to be selected as the source resulting in errors - it was not intelligent enough to switch to a source with loaded papers. A simple settings change to a specific source fixed this annoyance. Printing performance is on par at this price range. Black and white texts were crisp enough for my home-office needs, and the color images looked good as well. I have not printed any photo quality images yet, so that’s still unknown for me. Scanning documents and images can be done in a number of ways, but I preferred the Canon scanning utility. Even though the interface was not the most intuitive, I was able to scan IDs, documents and pictures in good quality and in a quite fast manner in no time. The scanner does not have an automatic document feeder, but for my occasional scanning needs this was not a big deal. Things will be different for people who scan a huge amount of documents everyday. In summary, the Canon Maxify GX3020 is a solid entry level all in one inkjet printer that provides good features and a large amount of print yields in a small convenient package.

The Canon GX3020 MAXIFY MegaTank ink jet all-in-one printer features the ability to fill ink which is stored in a tank inside the printer and can be refilled, which should be both a more convenient and more economical way to manage ink. For example, you won't have to wait for the ink to run out mid print job, you can see it getting low and refill it in advance. The ink seems to load very easy and did not spill out at all, thanks to a well designed loading mechanism. Once you initially load the ink, the printer will offer to do a paper alignment, then proceed with an 'about 9 minute' initialization procedure which seems common for these types of printers (actual time may vary by model/manufacturer). It's a small time to wait relatively. I opted to set up the WiFi settings using the printer's on-screen menu and virtual keyboard, which is never a great experience on any printer, but gets the job done for something you often only have to do once. I like that the printer let me set up a WiFi connection without using WPS Push Button Setup, because my router did not support that When I inserted a small stack of plain printer paper (non-inkjet-specific), the printer prompted for the paper size and paper type and confirmed that with me. It printed in high quality for plain paper, compared to the last (other brand) inkjet I tried which didn't print well on non-inkjet-paper. This Canon printer prints color photos "fast" when compared with other recent model Inkjet printers I've tried. I printed a multipage document using 2-sided printing, and it worked well (it was able to pull in the pages for the reverse side quick, compared to similarly featured printers I've tried recently). I usually select "Flip long edge" when I print two-sided, but depending on your project there is usually a short-edge option when printing. I also used the scanner to copy one of the color documents (instructions) that came with the printer, and printed on similar stock (glossy) paper, and the quality of the copied output was excellent, the colors match and the edge of curves was well defined. One word of caution, at least with glossy paper, is to give the ink some time to dry before handling it, as I wound up smudging the wet ink the first time I tried. Overall, for an inkjet printer, I would say this is an excellent choice.

I received the Canon MAXIFY MegaTank GX3020 Wireless All-In-One Inkjet Printer in White, this is a very nice printer, compact in size at around 16 x 16 x 9", you can't go wrong with a Canon! It is designed for small office/home office environments and offers print, copy, and scan capabilities. It features a print resolution of 600 x 1200 dpi and allows automatic dual-sided printing. It has three paper trays supporting different size paper and allowing you to print standard documents as well as. It has a 250-sheet main paper cassette supports up to letter size paper. A rear tray holds 100 sheets of up to legal size paper, custom sizes up to 8.5 x 47", or up to 20 sheets of 4 x 6" photo paper. And a manual feed, single-sheet rear flat tray also supports up to 8.5 x 47" custom paper. and for scanning and copying, the flatbed accommodates up to letter size paper. It has a built-in Wi-Fi for a wireless printing and USB-B for a direct to computer connection. The Wi-Fi allows you to send wireless print commands from your phone or tablet using the Canon Print App, Easy PhotoPrint Editor app, Canon Print Service, PIXMA Cloud Link, Creative Park app, Apple AirPrint, and Mopria. Also has features such as, auto power on/off, quiet mode, auto paper width detection, user replaceable print head and maintenance cartridge and easy to clean paper feed roller. Overall, this is a very nice printer with good output. I would recommend.

Very low print resolution. 600 x 1200 for printing, B/W. Color. Makes for very lousy, poor photo printing. If it’s just for basics, then it’s really only for mediocre work. And for just that, it’s way over-priced. Such low resolution makes it ancient compared to orher models and other brands. It’s all about its looks: Seems efficient. Smart design. Ease of use is really secondary. Others in this regard are alike. Then, the cost of the bottle ink, it’s some fifty percent higher than, say, Epson bottle ink. And less ink, too. It was compared. Fact. Very un-transparent, too: Does not show how much ink is in it. Any other product, even food, it shows the ounce, the ml contained in the item package. How is one supposed to know how much is being bought?? Every online photo, even the item seen on a store shelf, where is the ml content??? It’s not on the box. That is really fraudulent advertising. Hiding things. Canon has become very unrevealing about its products. No longer being straightforward, honest. Very very deceptive. Caveat emptor: BUYER BEWARE. Do the homework. Research the product. Rely less on what people post, because most people really don’t pay attention to what they buy, what the product really can or does not do. And they are not really being helpful.