Canon PIXMA G620 Wireless MegaTank Photo All-in-One Printer [Print, Copy, Scan], Black,Works with Alexa

This All-in-One printer/copier/scanner is simply amazing. I use this printer to print photos, at the highest quality possible, both in color and black and white. The quality is stunning--as good as my Pixma Pro 9000 mark II, which has an 8-color system as opposed the G620's 6-ink system (Yellow, Cyan, Magenta, Red, Black, and Grey). But don't let the fewer ink colors fool you; this printer does absolutely fantastic when printing photos. And it does so economically! The ink tanks are just huge and the ink is very affordable. I've printed well over 150 8-1/2 x 11" prints and barely begun to use the ink. There's no way I could have done that on a cartridge printer without a lot of cartridges and a lot of expense.Installing the ink is easy, since the bottles (and I'm still on my original set) are keyed to each specific tank. There's no way to put the wrong ink into the wrong tank by accident. Each tank refills in seconds. Set up was easy--basically rip the tape off, load ink, load software and do a calibration. The software was quickly downloaded from Canon. A quick test print determined that I had to adjust the default density of the prints, because it was too dense/dark. Moving it one setting lighter in the Canon software made it ideal, and that's using Canon approved paper with the Canon driver and Canon paper choice.I would highly recommend Canon's pro-luster paper with this printer, BTW. It's a great default paper.Experimenting with other papers, I found that Hahnemuele Glossy Photo Rag Baryta makes absolutely stunning images with very deep blacks and great color depth. The setting I would recommend is to 1) Set the printer options in your driver to semi-gloss,and use Hahnemuele's ICC profile for the Canon i6400 printer. In the Advanced printer settings, select Paper Abrasion Prevention. I use Qimage Pro for printing, as it makes it easy to use paper profiles.This All-in-One isn't perfect. It's fairly slow in printing, so don't expect instant print results. But the results are worth the wait. There's no automated paper feed for the copier or scanning features of this All-in-One. Sheets have to be laid down by hand over the glass for scanning or copying But these complaints are very minor IMHO, unless you're scanning a lot of documents. Print size is limited to 8-1/2" wide, so unfortunately, you can't print 13"x19" prints.The printer is very economical because the ink lasts a long time. In fact, the costs are competitive with color laser prints, but with much higher quality results. This printer is very highly recommended; you won't be disappointed with it. I've ordered the gear to set up my own paper profiles, because I really like how this all-in-one printer/scanner/copier prints color images.

I took my time looking for a mid priced photo printer I had a long wishlist, this printer was worth the wait. 6 colors of ink make photos come out crisp and accurate, great detail. I used Canon glossy II and HP glossy papers.I printed 9 8x10, 20 5x7, 7 4x6 maybe used a 1/8 of the ink. This printer with large ink tanks, replaceable print head and maintenance cartridge will be a great money saver.It was quick to setup, wireless also connected quickly, it has a relatively small footprint that makes it easy to find a place for it.Haven’t used the scanner yet but I’ll bet it’s a good one.

This thing really rocks at printing photos. I thought the edge to edge printing might be kind of dodgy but it works great. Love the large ink storage tanks. Set up was really “old school” relative to the newer electronic equipment on the market. The “DISPLAY” is a total JOKE - it is extremely small! Printing full 8 1/2x11 is definitely slow. Based on what was available on tyhe market I’m still very glad I bought it. Super quality and a small footprint compared to to alternatives.

My Canon PIXMA MX492, which I used for general document printing, died three days ago after more than 7 years of problem-free service, so I had to get a replacement. Since I'm an avid photographer, and haven't owned a good photo printer in many years (I have had two Epsons, which eventually developed serious problems), and had good results with this last Canon, I decided on a G620, which is designed for both document printing and making excellent photo prints, according to reviews.I ordered the G620 on the day the old printer died and received it the next day. Setup with my Windows 11 PC was easy and I had no issues, installing the printer on my Wi-FI network so that I could locate the unit without a cable in a convenient spot several feet from my PC. At the end of the setup process, the G620 printed two test prints on the regular paper I had loaded in the rear tray. They looked perfect. It was ready for use.I decided to first make a color photo print on letter size Epson glossy paper. The only adjustment I made was some sharpening before sending it to the printer. I used the High quality setting in the driver. The print was terrific, as beautiful as any print I've made from a home printer. Detailed with accurate colors. I was impressed and pleased. But this euphoria was short lived.I loaded a second sheet of glossy paper and opened a monochrome photo in PS. I sent this image to the printer and waited patiently for it to print, hoping that the grayscale print quality (using the High quality setting again) would be as pleasing as the color print I'd just made. Indeed, the print quality was excellent, highly detailed with good tonal transitions---BUT, there was a 0.5" horizontal mark near top center of the image that appeared to be created by a roller, and to the left of this mark were several vertical, wavy scratches extending about another 2.5 inches below it. A disaster! I was appalled that a brand new printer would make one good print to tantalize and then ruin the second one.I went on the Canon Community forum to see if anyone else had reported this issue, and sure enough I found another G620 user whose prints had the same marks (he had posted photos of them). His printer was not I think brand new, and he had cleaned the rollers and performed another maintenance task, but the marks continued to appear on his prints. The moderator responded by recommending he have it repaired by Canon.I decided to sleep on the problem and make a decision in the morning. This morning I turned on the printer and fired up the PC to see what would happen if I made another photo print. No changes of any kind were made to the printer or Wi-Fi network since the day before. I opened a black and white photo in PS and sent it to the printer, and got an error message in the driver: "Printer not responding". Overnight, it apparently had given up any pretense of working.I had no desire to exchange it for another G620, since I had no confidence that another unit would not have similar issues. So I packed it up and returned it to Amazon this afternoon for a full refund.I don't know what I'm going to buy now, but it's unlikely to be a Canon printer. It seems the manufacturing quality control might not be as rigorous as in the past, or perhaps my luck with their printers has simply run out. At a minimum I need another basic printer for documents, but I had also wanted to make high quality photo prints again, so a printer that can do both is desirable. Unfortunately, from the research I've done so far it appears that all models of home photo printers tend to have or quickly develop mechanical issues. Perhaps the wisest solution is to get an inexpensive document printer and continue to use labs to produce high-quality photo prints (and leave the printer problems to them). I will figure out what to do while waiting for the refund!