Best Canon printers in 2024: top ten inkjet and laser printers for home and office

Canon Pixma Pro-100
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Welcome to our guide to the best Canon printers around today.

Canon has been one of the best-known names in the industry over the past few decades, building up an enviable reputation for making some of the best printers on the market today.

So, if you are looking for a new device, then the best Canon printers are great choices, and in this guide we list the top offerings from the company, along with our price comparison tool, which scours the internet to ensure you get the very best deals as well.

We have compared these printers on numerous points, from their printing speed and quality to their design and size. We check the kind of interface they feature and how convenient it is to input commands. We look at their connectivity options and whether they have companion apps to make it easier to operate them. We also check their prices, and calculate their ink and running costs. Make sure you check out our best laser printers and best home printers buying guides as well.

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Canon MAXIFY GX6050

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This Canon printer offers maximum performance at minimal running cost

Specifications

Category: All-in-one color inkjet printer
Print speed: 24ipm (mono)
Paper capacity: 250 + 100 sheets
Paper size: up to A4
Weight: 11.6kg

Reasons to buy

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Very low running cost 
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Lots of features

Reasons to avoid

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Slow print speeds   
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High purchase price     

This visually appealing 3-in-1 printer is Canon’s latest refillable supertanker and it comes with all the bells and whistles (except for a fax). In addition to duplex printing, it can duplex scan, and it has both a touchscreen and a front USB Host port. 

There’s plenty of room for paper and ink on board, which will suit a heavy workload, and plenty of bottled ink in the box – enough for 6,000 mono and 14,000 color pages. 

It comes with a responsive touchscreen interface, a 100-sheet ADF (automatic document feed), and dual scanning. It can handle a quoted maximum monthly duty cycle of 45,000 pages and print on a very wide variety of media, including glossy photo paper. 

If the initial cost seems a little steep at around US$650 (about £460, AU$ 859) the ongoing running cost is one of the lowest in the business, thanks to Canon’s inexpensive ink refills.  

Read our full Canon MAXIFY GX6020 review.

Canon Pixma TR8550

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Business-like features and fine prints in a compact multi-function Canon printer

Specifications

Print speed: 15ppm
Paper sizes: up to A4
Paper capacity: 100 sheets
Weight: 8kg

Reasons to buy

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Generous touchscreen 
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Vivid 5-ink photos

Reasons to avoid

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Costly cartridges
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No front USB port

Canon has managed to shrink all of the features a small business might need into a multifunction device that could fit inside a filing cabinet. The five-ink system gives great quality photo prints and the large touchscreen makes it especially easy to use.

 The print speed is a little slow, even for an inkjet, but it is well featured with both Bluetooth and Wi-fi connectivity and a handy SD-Card slot at the front. (Note: this model is sold as the TR8560 in the Asia-Pacific region.)

The printer has a large 4.3-inch touchscreen interface, Bluetooth connectivity, in-built Wi-Fi, and a fifth ink cartridge for enhanced print quality. It's main paper tray can hold 100 sheets, while the rear tray for photo paper and envelopes can hold 20 sheets. There's also a 20-sheet automatic document feeder at the top. 

Read our full Canon Pixma TR8550 review.

Canon PIXMA G7050

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3. Canon PIXMA G7050

Top-end MegaTank with superbly low running costs

Specifications

Category: All-in-one color inkjet printer
Print speed: 13ppm (mono)
Paper sizes: up to A4
Paper capacity: 250 + 100 sheets
Weight: 9.6kg

Reasons to buy

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Very low running cost
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Very well equipped

Reasons to avoid

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Slow print speeds
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High purchase price

Positioned at the expensive end of Canon’s MegaTank product line, the Canon PIXMA G7050 comes kitted out with every feature you can think of. There’s auto duplex, a 35-sheet automatic document feed, Wi-Fi with Wi-Fi Direct and universal wireless compatibility with AirPrint et al. 

There’s even an old-fashioned fax on board. The device has a two-line LCD display at the front along with a number pad and other buttons.

With room for 250 pages in the main paper tray, another 100 in the rear tray, and enough ink in the tank to print 6,000 pages, it can work hard without needing much attention. 

Yes, it is a little expensive for an inkjet, but the running cost is very low, and it ships with six bottles of ink in the box. That’s enough for 7,700 color documents and 18,000 black and white.

Canon PIXMA TS5120

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4. Canon PIXMA TS5120 (TS5150 in UK)

Budget Canon printer with a smooth design and simple operation

Specifications

Category: All-in-one color inkjet printer
Print speed: 13ipm
Paper capacity: 100 + 100 sheets
Paper size: up to A4
Weight: 6.5kg

Reasons to buy

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Compact design
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Low purchase cost

Reasons to avoid

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Combined color cartridge
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No Ethernet port

The Canon PIXMA TS5120 is an all-in-one inkjet that's ideal for home use. It weighs 14.3 pounds (6.5kg), and has a capacity of 100 sheets in the main input tray and 100 sheets in the rear tray. It has a flatbed scanner at the top, but it lacks an automatic document feeder (ADF). 

In terms of the print quality, text printouts are quite good, but the photo prints are lacking and that's because the printer has just two ink tanks (unlike the high-end models in this line that come with six ink tanks). 

Features like auto duplex, a 2.5-inch color LCD (non-touch), in-built Wi-Fi, and other connectivity options like Bluetooth 4.0, AirPrint, Canon Print app, and Google Cloud Print make it pretty convenient to operate the printer. 

The TS5120 doesn't print too fast (around 8.3ppm for text prints), but it's a great budget option for users with light printing needs. 

Canon PIXMA TR7020

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5. Canon PIXMA TR7020 (TS7451 in UK)

Simple AIO Canon printer for the home office

Specifications

Category: All-in-one color inkjet printer
Print Speed: 15
Paper size: A4
Paper capacity: 100 + 100
Weight: 6.3kg

Reasons to buy

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5-inks image quality    
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Compact design       

Reasons to avoid

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No ADF or front USB port     
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Small display     

The Canon PIXMA TR7020, known in the UK as the Canon PIXMA TS7451, is a budget four-in-one with wide appeal. It’s aimed at the home office with a fax facility and 35-sheet ADF (automatic document feed) built in, but it also serves well as a family photo printer. 

It prints slowly (15 pages per minute in mono, or 6 in color) but it does so at high resolution on photo paper as well as envelopes and card. There are two paper trays for your convenience and both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless connectivity. 

A crisp OLED display and simple button layout make this an easy device to operate. The TR7020 prints high-quality photos, but its running costs are a bit steep. If you plan on printing several hundred pages every month, your costs will shoot up. Users with heavy printing needs will want to assess other options. 

Canon Pixma TS8050

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6. Canon PIXMA TS8250

Stylish AIO Canon printer uses six inkjet carts to full effect

Specifications

Category: 3-in-1 colour inkjet printer
Print speed: 15ppm
Paper sizes: up to A4
Paper capacity: 100
Weight: 6.5kg

Reasons to buy

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Broad connectivity 
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Strong 6-ink system

Reasons to avoid

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Costly cartridges
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Slow print speed

Canon’s slick three-in-one printer is particularly user-friendly with its huge touchscreen display and one-touch NFC connectivity for your smartphone. There are convenient slots for an SD card and USB flash drive too. 

The printer's main tray holds 100 sheets of paper, and the rear tray can hold either 100 sheets of plain paper or 20 sheets of photo paper. There's also a multi-purpose tray that can print on CDs and on Canon's printable fingernail stickers. 

It prints and scans at high resolution, and instead of four, it uses six separate ink cartridges to achieve superior fidelity when printing colour photos. If you purchase the six ink cartridges separately, the printing cost will rack up, but purchasing them as a bundle will be more cost effective. It’s a somewhat expensive system, but worth it for the more professional finish. (Note: in APAC this model is sold as the TS8260.)

Canon PIXMA GM4050

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Excellent Canon printer for text printing with low running costs

Specifications

Category: All-in-one mono inkjet printer
Print speed: 13ppm
Paper capacity: 250 + 100 sheets
Paper size: up to A4
Weight: 9.2kg

Reasons to buy

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Lots of ink in box
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Low running cost

Reasons to avoid

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Slow to print
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Not Mac compatible

The Canon PIXMA GM4050 is one of the first monochrome printers to be added to Canon’s cartridge-free MegaTank range, and it’s one of the cheapest ways to print around. It’s a 3-in-1 device with a scanner, 35-sheet ADF (automatic document feeder), and room for 250 sheets of paper in its main paper tray. 

It can duplex print, and Wi-Fi with Wi-Fi Direct is built in. The sluggish print speed cannot compete with a laser printer, but with three bottles of black ink in the box, it can beat any laser on cost per page and total cost of ownership. What's impressive is that you can expect to print 18,000 pages with the included bottles of black ink. If you print frequently and never in color, this capable machine will keep your print costs right down.

Read the full review: Canon PIXMA GM4050

Canon PIXMA G620

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8. Canon PIXMA G620 (G650 in UK)

Canon printer for the home office with six inks for decent photo prints

Specifications

Category: All-in-one color inkjet printer
Print Speed: 3.9ppm
Paper size: A4
Paper capacity: 100
Weight: 6.6kg

Reasons to buy

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Superior color fidelity
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Low ink costs        

Reasons to avoid

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Few features
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Slow print speed

By using six inks instead of the usual four, this all-in-one inkjet printer can achieve more lifelike colors and a premium print quality that is ideal for photos. And that does not mean you have to buy six expensive cartridges because this belongs to Canon’s MegaTank line, which uses far more affordable bottled ink. 

There is enough ink in the box for 3,700 mono A4 pages or 8,000 color, so you are already getting great value for money. It also has a scanner bed and Wi-Fi built in, but there is no fax facility or ADF (automatic document feed). 

The control panel isn't convenient because it's a dated two-line monochrome display with a bunch of buttons to input commands. The printer's also considerably slow, making it better suited to the home than to the office.

Canon PIXMA TS6350

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9. Canon PIXMA TS6350

Simple AIO Canon printer for the home office

Specifications

Category: All-in-one color inkjet printer
Print speed: 15ppm
Paper sizes: A4
Paper capacity: 100 + 100 sheets
Weight: 6.3kg

Reasons to buy

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5-inks image quality
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Compact design

Reasons to avoid

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No ADF or front USB port
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Small display

The asymmetric design is unusual and allows for a very compact small-in-one that nonetheless manages to make way for a scanner bed, five ink cartridges instead of four, and 100 sheets of A4 in the main paper tray. 

The Canon PIXMA TS6350 can auto duplex and print on a wide variety of blank media, including labels, stickers, and glossy photo paper. By using pigment black ink in addition to the usual dye-based black, cyan, magenta, and yellow, this printer can deliver vibrant photos and monochrome text documents with a more bold and robust black. 

The printer doesn't have a touchscreen control panel. Instead, there's a tiny 1.44-inch OLED display with a bunch of command buttons, which isn't the most convenient to use. However, the printer is compatible with AirPrint, Google Cloud Print, Mopria, and the Canon Print app. 

Canon imageClass LBP622Cdw

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Mid-range print-only Canon printer for the medium office

Specifications

Category: Mono laser printer
Print speed: 27ppm
Paper sizes: A4
Paper capacity: 250 + 50 sheets
Weight: 20.7kg

Reasons to buy

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Rapid duplex printing
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Expandable design

Reasons to avoid

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Muted color prints
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Basic 5-line display

The Canon imageClass LBP622Cdw (known as the Canon i-SENSYS LBP663Cdw in UK) is print-only color laser device aimed at the medium-sized office. It’s a step up from Canon’s entry-level model and includes a color display, Wi-Fi with Wi-Fi Direct, auto duplex, and a fairly fast print rate. 

It's plastic build feels rugged but it weighs over 20kg and you'll find it easier to move around with an extra pair of hands. The printer lacks a touchscreen interface and has a fixed five-line LCD display.

Unlike many printers, the rate for dual-side printing (auto duplex mode) is not much slower. It’s a handsome and compact unit that manages to find space for 250 sheets in its main paper tray, and the modular design means you can add paper trays when you need to expand. 

Read the full review: Canon imageClass LBP622Cdw

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How to choose the best Canon printers for you?

When considering the best Canon printers for yourself, you'll want to start with evaluating whether you'll be using the machine at your office or home. If you have intensive printing needs, you'll need a heavy-duty printer that's capable of churning out thousands of prints every month. 

Next, you'll want to assess whether your printing is text or image oriented. Your running costs will be a lot lower if you're primarily printing black and white text. But if you need plenty of high-quality images/graphics, a color printer with low ink costs will be suitable.

Then, you'll want to assess whether you'll be doing text-heavy printing or something that's more image and graphic-oriented. If it's the latter, you'll want to pick a high-quality image printer with relatively low ink costs. 

Also, make sure to check the printer's speed, multi-function capabilities, connectivity options, control panel, and pricing.

The best Canon printers: How we test

We evaluate all our printers on our test bench and compare the findings against the other printer we've reviewed. 

To assess the printer performance, we rely on a standard ten-page document. We print the same documents across different printers to analyze their speed, quality, color fidelity, vibrance, sharpness, and contrast. These test pages have fonts of different sizes and colors, mixed texts and images, and just photos. 

We consider the printer's design, build quality, connectivity, interface, and importantly, the running costs and pricing. 

Jim Hill

Jim is a seasoned expert when it comes to testing tech. From playing a prototype PlayStation One to meeting a man called Steve about a new kind of phone in 2007, he’s always hunting the next big thing at the bleeding edge of the electronics industry. After editing the tech section of Wired UK magazine, he is currently specialising in IT and voyaging in his VW camper van.