Canon PIXMA G5020 Wireless MegaTank Single Function SuperTank Printer | Mobile & Auto 2-Sided PrintingEPEAT

**Review of the Canon PIXMA G5020 MegaTank Printer**I've been using the Canon PIXMA G5020 MegaTank Printer for a bit now, and I’m really impressed! The MegaTank system is a game-changer—no more running out of ink every few weeks. The refillable tanks hold a ton of ink, so I don’t have to worry about replacing them constantly. The printer’s fast and the print quality is great, with sharp text and vibrant colors.It’s also super easy to set up and connect wirelessly to my devices. The only thing to note is that it’s a single-function printer, so it doesn’t do scanning or copying. But if you just need a reliable, cost-effective printer, this one’s a winner. Highly recommend if you’re tired of the hassle of ink cartridges!

I am a high school teacher and print a lot at home, and this printer seems to have done the job well. It's not terribly fast, but it makes up for this with large ink capacity and quality prints. It only took about 25 minutes to set up and was easy to connect. The ink and printheads were not too challenging to set up, and there are videos and a manual which show step-by-step how to install them.I'd recommend this over any inkjet printer if you don't want to burn a hole in your pocket. The ink is cheap, and even after hundreds of printed worksheets, I still don't need to even think about replacing the ink.

Setting this up was difficult - there was inadequate customer support. I was very polite because I hoped someone along the way could fix my issue - the power cord plug did not fit at the printer connection.I first ordered a replacement cord, thinking I had a defective cord. When the second cord also did not fit, I called customer support to make sure I'd ordered the correct cord. That was a trip into despair.Finally, since I had 2 power cords, and neither would fit into the space provided (but the connection part looked like a fit), I got a knife and shaved the sides off the plug until I'd shaved enough plastic off that i could push the plug into place.That worked. A simple fix that not one of the 11 different tech support people with whom I spoke even thought of. None of them believed me when I said the plug did not fit into the space in the back of hte printer - they all thought it was my personal error. It wasn't. The outside part of the plug actually literally genuinely was too big to fit into the space provided.After I fixed the plug all on my own (well, my pocket knife was very useful here, so shout out to Opinel!), the rest of the set-up was easy enough. Everything worked fine. I was happy with the device. It printed lovely pages. The error messages were clear and easily fixed (out of paper, paper jam were the 2 most common messages).Canon also spams you with "join this group" and "be a good customer, buy this thing" emails. i've opted out of the email multiple times, and still get spammed by them. This behavior tells me they know their products have become inferior. I didn't know just how inferior.I ran the suggested maintenance to keep the ink nozzles clear and unclogged.I purchased this printer in August of 2023. In July 2024, the color ink nozzles started clogging despite the suggested maintenance. calls to tech support resulted in no help. Two of them said the printer was out of warranty, even though it was not. One of them finally, reluctantly, told me I could purchase replacement nozzles - not ideal, but workable except - Canon no longer SELLS the nozzles for this printer.Finding replacement nozzles was a journey but I managed to find some.I have been procrastinating putting the new nozzles in. If these off-brand nozzles work, I will update this review.UPDATE (9/29/24) I installed the off-brand printer head nozzles. The color now works, but the black printer head stopped working. I finally located and installed the black printer head nozzle, and the color printer head nozzles stopped working.I'm now out over $100 trying to get this device to print.I just want to say, if Canon is still selling this printer (and they are), then they should provide authentic replacement parts. If I had genuine Canon parts instead of having to hunt for and buy off-brand parts, maybe I wouldn't be having these issues.If you're not techie minded, this is not the printer for you. It requires a lot of maintenance and a lot of tinkering to keep it functioning on the hardware side. A lot of rigging and McGyvering goes into using it.Pick a different printer.Canon used to be a name one could rely on for quality. I don't know what changed, but from manufacturing to tech support, they've lost that edge of well-made they once had. The Canon name now means "inferior".Pick a different brand. Pick a different printer. Don't buy Canon.

I was impressed with the quality of this printer design and no mess setup despite having to fill the big tanks. Some engineers at Canon did a great job on the details of the tank and fill bottle system. Watch their videos on setup and you will have it ready to go in 10 minutes. The most time waiting is right after power up as it must prime the tubes and print heads.It has very low fresh ink odor - better than some dye inks and to me, way better than most pigment inks. Print quality looks good.I hope the paper feed system will hold up well with age.

I purchased this single-function printer because I have a super high end scanner that is fast as blazes. So I was looking for an economical printer for color prints that also included an automatic duplexing feature. This fit the bill and was reasonably priced. Installation was pretty simple, I followed the internet-suggested method of installing from my Android phone. That went pretty well. But the results were less than great.The printer connected wirelessly through a 2-g connection and was painfully slow in printing. I purchased a repeater for the internet to get to higher transmission speeds (hopefully) but ultimately gave up and went with a direct-to-computer USB install. That seemed to help a lot but also makes it less convenient for others to link wirelessly to the printer. I am testing out network availability for others in our small company but will likely just purchase more machines for both convenience and speed.Ink use has seemingly been great! We print most everything in color and with automatic duplexing, this seems to be the most economical approach available. Print quality is pretty good though color saturation seems less than with the HP 8620 this unit replaces. Plus the HP would knock out prints super fast, much faster than this new Canon, and I miss that production capability from the prior machine.I will up date this report as time bears out how fast this Canon G5020 spits out copies and also how the printhead holds up. My HP glided through 50,000 copies without a hitch, then "went on vacation". I'm hoping the printhead on this Canon does as well or better. Let's see how it works out!