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

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.

Here's My Current Review:It continues to print in black and white. Except where it feels that it ought to print in any other color for whatever reason. Why does it do this? I have no idea. One day it started showing lines on printed images. This happened with a Canon travel printer as well. Text it can print. Images it cannot. Especially color images.So far I have a Canon travel scanner die, a travel printer die, and now this. Canon appears to be selling junk. At this point I'm just going to say stop buying things from Canon. There is clearly something deeply wrong with their production and quality evaluations. This time around the issue is that the printer has just decided to stop printing in yellow. It's new. There should be no reason for this. Further, it prints black images in another color like red. This is very puzzling. The reason I can imagine this is occurring is that text being printed is some off-black color causing the print to use ink from all three color bands. It also is printing blue as red.The beginning of the print is always worse than the end of the print. This is where the color bands are the most pre-dominant. Initially solid dividing lines would appear in the images. Later these turns into off color areas. And now no color at all of one type or several.In general this has been a consistent theme with my Canon experiences over the last few years. The color and print quality is excellent. Then within several uses the printer fades to a rapidly unusable state within several printings.I have arrived at the near-unusable state where only text documents are still reliable so long as they are black. In a few weeks the printer should cease function altogether if my previous purchases are any guide.Here's My Original Review:Well, Canon has always been fairly easy to setup. Of late, I've had a lot of problems with Canon products. So, we'll see how this goes.Setup: EasyGetting the Wireless setup was easy. Directions were straight forward.Wireless Distance - Limited:Getting it to Print was difficult. Short story, it can't be far from the printer. Even if you have a strong wireless router. This might be the fault of thick walls though rather than Canon.Picture quality:This is something that Canon has had problems with for well past a decade. I remember around 2011 the problem started. Canon images appear faded when printing. To fix the issue open up Microsoft Paint for the image you want to print. Then hit Print. This will produce a much brighter, crisper, image. Photoshop is also reliable in producing this.- Why is this a thing? The problem isn't necessarily Canon. It seems like Microsoft changed something and ever since then Canon hasn't wised up or doesn't know what to do about it.Good News:I have a TR150 which I love, but it doesn't do back to front easily. Also, it produces bands of color in the image. This doesn't (so far) appear to be an issue with the G7020. I was rather dreading it would.All in all, 4/5 Stars. I like it. I'm not sure I trust it yet, but it seems like a decent printer.