Canon PIXMA G7020 vs Canon MAXIFY GX6020
The Canon PIXMA G7020 is a ink tank using bottles; the Canon MAXIFY GX6020 is a ink tank using bottles. A black page costs 0.38¢ on one and 0.52¢ on the other. Over 5,000 pages the Canon PIXMA G7020 works out about $129 cheaper to have owned.
- Canon PIXMA G7020~$454~$429 printer + ~$25 supplies
- Canon MAXIFY GX6020~$583~$549 printer + ~$34 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 PIXMA G7020
- ~$429 to buy · ~$454 after 5,000 pages
- Canon MAXIFY GX6020
- ~$549 to buy · ~$583 after 5,000 pages
Estimates computed from published ISO page yields and consumable list prices.
| Spec | CanonCanon PIXMA G7020 | CanonCanon MAXIFY GX6020 |
|---|---|---|
| Approx. price | ~$429 | ~$549 |
| Cost per mono page | 0.38¢ | 0.52¢ |
| Cost per colour page | 0.95¢ | 1.3¢ |
| Cost to own, 5,000 pages | ~$454 | ~$583 |
| Technology | Thermal inkjet | Thermal inkjet |
| Ink system | Bottles | Bottles |
| Black consumable | Canon GI-20 pigment black bottle · 6,000 pages | Canon GI-26 black bottle · 6,000 pages |
| Colour consumable | Canon GI-20 colour bottle three-pack · 7,700 pages | Canon GI-26 colour bottles · 14,000 pages |
| Third-party ink lock | No | No |
| Print speed, mono | 13 ISO ppm | 24 ISO ppm |
| Print speed, colour | 6.8 ISO ppm | 15.5 ISO ppm |
| Functions | Print · Copy · Scan · Fax | Print · Copy · Scan |
| Two-sided printing | Auto | Auto |
| Document feeder | 35 sheets | None |
| Two-sided scanning | No | — |
| Paper capacity | 350 sheets | 350 sheets |
| Max paper size | Legal | Legal |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi · Ethernet | Wi-Fi · Ethernet |
| Display | 1.35" mono OLED | 2.7" colour touchscreen |
| Weight | 23.4 lb | 27.6 lb |
Tinted rows are where these two differ.
A small office wanting cassette, duplex, feeder and fax from a tank printer, and willing to live with a small screen.
Colour documents in volume, at laser speed and without laser toner prices.