CanonMegaTank G3270 All-in-One Wireless Inkjet Printer. for Home Use, Print, Scan and Copy, Black

WOW!!! just plain wow! After years of replacing low-end home printers and their related cartridges from various reputable companies, finally invested in the Canon G3270. What a difference!From the start, the tank-filled printer states the ink could last up to two years. Substantial savings from buying expensive cartridges or ink subscriptions for inexpensive printers then being stuck with them when the printer dies and the new printer uses a different cartridge. My printer is generally used for printing recipes, any required documents, interesting articles, or home dyi projects.The set-up and wifi connection was the easiest experienced and remains consistent. No more waiting between print jobs for wifi reconnection, false paper jams, and having to restart the printer. While some have commented the window is small, it is still quite visible...minor inconvenience for overall reliability. Print jobs are a bit slower, nonetheless, they are clear without the occasional smudges and lack of definition from other printers.Grandma was right, " Penny wise and pound foolish" will not save money. Should have made the upgrade long ago.

10/10 would recommend this thing to anyone! I teach art so I am CONSTANTLY printing and scanning work. This thing works fast, prints clearly, it's easy to use, and I have not had to replace the ink at all since I bought it In August 24. It's now May 25 and it's STILL half full. I have printed images for all 200 of my students and paperwork for them without having to go to the copy machine. I also used it to print on different materials good on: paper, card stock, shirt vinyls, printable fabric webbing, post-its (print with the sticky side pointed down), and a few more. I have it hardwired so I don't know about how good it is wirelessly but I cannot recommend this more! It's paid for itself multiple times over with ink alone!

I needed this printer to do some very specific things: print borderless 8.5x11 graphics on plain paper and 2.25x3.5 cards. And it wasn't until I did a lot of research and jumped through a very specific set of hoops and that I got it to partly work for some of the things.So here are some things to know:1) Borderless only works for very specific sizes of paper. There are ink overspill sponges that pickup the excess ink from borderless overprinting, and they are not full width.2) Using plain paper, borderless prints will be faded. The printer has a black ink tank that it uses on plain paper for text. It also uses this black ink when printing on plain paper to enhance the color and make it more saturated. When you choose 'borderless' printing the printer disables the use of this tank. For some dumb reason, borderless and the use of this black ink tank are mutually exclusive (maybe this is printer software, windows 11 drivers, or some physical limitation beyond me). The best I can tell is that 'borderless' assumes photo. And photo assumes you are using a higher grade photo paper. NOT PLAIN PAPAER. So therefore it uses only the CMY tanks which results in faded photos on plain paper.3) In order to print borderless with acceptable colors, you must use better quality paper. I bought and used some [Canon 7981A004 Photo Paper Plus, Matte] and colors came out as expected.4) You can still print color photos that look great on plain paper, however, you must be sure that you are not printing borderless, and are using 'document' settings. Which leads to...5) Printing exact dimensions is a circus. Between canon and windows 11, the software and driver inconsistency is totally retarded. Each program prints differently and has different settings, including canon's proprietary app which lacks some basic functionality (such as printing pictures or graphics at actual size on plain paper). My workaround was to take my PNG files that I needed printed with exact dimensions and open them in microsoft 'Edge' of all apps (yuck). In the print dialogue for edge I can then choose 'More settings' > set 'Scale' to 'Actual Size' > 'Margins' to 'None' > and then Print. And then they will come out as expected.6) I strongly recommend ticking the 'preview before printing' option box in 'Printing Preferences'. A dialogue will now pop up before you actually print anything. And in my experience, this popup shows most accurately what your page layout will actually look like, including borders, sizes, etc... It has saved me many misprints. Just be careful that you set your chosen paper quality each time, as it doesn't seem to remember your previously chosen setting (or maybe it's based on 'Printer Preferences', I don't know).7) Figuring out which print settings are actually being used is as clear as mud. Between the 'Printing Preferences' dialogue, the settings on the printer screen itself, each app having or lacking certain print options, override options such as 'let the app change my printing preferences'; it is a game of trial and error, a-la Odysseus shooting the arrow through multiple axe heads. So budget for trial and error and be ready to waste some ink.8) I strongly suggest keeping track of what works and what doesn't for your specific system. And if you print something how you want it, record the EXACT steps you took so you can do the same in the future.9) Regarding printing on bridge size cards (2.25" x 3.5"), it can do it. However, not in borderless (see point 1). And there are certain minimum margins (white space) around each edge that you will not be able to print on. To get these dimensions though, you will have to dig thru the manual.10) I have read elsewhere that you should print frequently with your ink tanks, in order to keep the ink flowing properly and avoid stagnation and clogging. Once a week full color is suggested. Otherwise, the printer will just end up purging that ink anyway the next time you print because it automatically flushes the system if you haven't printed in a while. Might as well get a print out of it. I've only had it for a couple months, but so far I have done this and haven't had any issues.11) I have printed ~200 full page color prints so far and ink levels are still over 75% for all. Waste cartridge is ~ 10% full. So the ink usage seems to be in line with or better than what I was expecting.

My previous printer was awful. I changed brands to Canon based on a friend recommendation and I am glad I did. This printer was half the cost of getting one from the official website, and it is amazing. I love the long term ink storage it has. I love the quality of printing and the speed over the previous one. Also it has a small foot print on the end of my desk, and it has a great scanner as well. The app for my PC is easy to install and use.