Canon MAXIFY GX7020 vs Brother MFC-L3780CDW
The Canon MAXIFY GX7020 is a ink tank using bottles; the Brother MFC-L3780CDW is a color laser using toner. A black page costs 0.52¢ on one and 3.2¢ on the other. Over 5,000 pages the Canon MAXIFY GX7020 works out about $158 cheaper to have owned, despite costing more to buy.
- Canon MAXIFY GX7020~$733~$699 printer + ~$34 supplies
- Brother MFC-L3780CDW~$891~$569 printer + ~$322 supplies
purchase priceink or toner. An estimate: purchase price plus 5,000 pages at each printer’s computed cost per page, assuming 4 mono pages for every colour page. Printers whose consumable price we could not source are left out.
- Canon MAXIFY GX7020
- ~$699 to buy · ~$733 after 5,000 pages
- Brother MFC-L3780CDW
- ~$569 to buy · ~$891 after 5,000 pages
Estimates computed from published ISO page yields and consumable list prices.
| Spec | CanonCanon MAXIFY GX7020 | BrotherBrother MFC-L3780CDW |
|---|---|---|
| Approx. price | ~$699 | ~$569 |
| Cost per mono page | 0.52¢ | 3.2¢ |
| Cost per colour page | 1.3¢ | 19¢ |
| Cost to own, 5,000 pages | ~$733 | ~$891 |
| Technology | Thermal inkjet | LED |
| Ink system | Bottles | Toner |
| Black consumable | Canon GI-26 black bottle · 6,000 pages | Brother TN229XL high-yield black toner · 3,000 pages |
| Colour consumable | Canon GI-26 colour bottles · 14,000 pages | Brother TN229XL high-yield colour toners · 2,300 pages |
| Third-party ink lock | No | No |
| Print speed, mono | 24 ISO ppm | 31 ISO ppm |
| Print speed, colour | 15.5 ISO ppm | 31 ISO ppm |
| Functions | Print · Copy · Scan · Fax | Print · Copy · Scan · Fax |
| Two-sided printing | Auto | Auto |
| Document feeder | 50 sheets | 50 sheets |
| Two-sided scanning | Single pass | Single pass |
| Paper capacity | 350 sheets | 250 sheets |
| Max paper size | Legal | Legal |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi · Ethernet · Front USB | Wi-Fi · Ethernet |
| Display | 2.7" colour touchscreen | 3.5" colour touchscreen |
| Weight | 34.2 lb | 47.8 lb |
Tinted rows are where these two differ.
A paper-heavy home office that scans double-sided documents often enough for a single-pass feeder to change the day.
A small office that prints and scans colour paperwork in volume and wants one machine to do all of it.