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

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!

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.

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.

Since 1995 I've used many printers starting off with a Canon bubble jet. Since then I've used Brother, Canon, Lexmark and Epson. Admittedly for print quality Epson's sub lim dye is the best printing you're going to get. Their ink also lasts longer in regards to photo-life. As far as cost and availability of their ink at stores though is another question. Cost-wise they're all pretty much on par with each other for all brands these days.You can improve the print quality on Canon printers but you'll have to fool with the settings to get there which I don't mind doing. You'll also use a little more ink but that's the cost of quality.The Windows App made setting this printer very easy and kudo's to Microsoft and Canon for that. This is my first tank printer which I'm looking forward to using but you have to keep in mind that if you don't use the printer at least some what regularly, the ink to the printhead WILL dry out if you leave it idle for too long. Keep that in mind for EVERY printer unless you're using a laser jet.After adding the ink and updating the software I printed out my test page, simply scanned it and the printer itself set the print alignment to it's best settings. Super easy!Print outs aren't the fastest which is fine I'm not looking for speed to be honest. Print quality is very good on standard settings but I'll probably set it for best print quality later. Canon printers inherently have a sequence of sounds that hasn't changed in 28 years lol. Same for most other brands too. Not annoying but not silent either so don't expect that. It's no louder than the other brands.Canon has always done good black and white printing well before the other printer brands and their color quality has improved significantly as well.Having tanked ink versus having to buy cartridges is VERY cost effective! You essentially pay double for the printer but save long-term in the amount of printing (the REAL cost). We used to have a Cartridge World store that would sell refurbed ink tanks that worked 100% of the time but that location closed recently and sadly. If you have one near you I highly recommend them!I had recently bought an Epson XP4200 AOI printer but finding the cartridges took some time and forget locating them in your local store unless you get lucky, then came the cost. The XL cartridges range $30-$50 which is about what I paid for the printer new. Even off brand ones aren't that cheap.Having a tankless printer saves me time in finding ink and saves me a ton of money over having to buy overly expensive cartridges. Many of the 3rd party ones don't always work either so it's iffy in regards to cost savings.If at some point I have to do the printhead bath to clean them I don't mind, it's well worth it for not having to buy outrageously expensive cartridges. I'm done with them!I definitely recommend this printer even if you're only doing average home use. Just remember to use it every week even if just once.