Canon PIXMA TS3520 vs Canon PIXMA TR4720
The Canon PIXMA TS3520 is a inkjet all-in-one using tricolor cartridge; the Canon PIXMA TR4720 is a inkjet all-in-one using tricolor cartridge. A black page costs 13¢ on one and 13¢ on the other. Over 5,000 pages the Canon PIXMA TS3520 works out about $20 cheaper to have owned.
- Canon PIXMA TS3520~$872~$79 printer + ~$793 supplies
- Canon PIXMA TR4720~$892~$99 printer + ~$793 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 TS3520
- ~$79 to buy · ~$872 after 5,000 pages
- Canon PIXMA TR4720
- ~$99 to buy · ~$892 after 5,000 pages
Estimates computed from published ISO page yields and consumable list prices.
| Spec | CanonCanon PIXMA TS3520 | CanonCanon PIXMA TR4720 |
|---|---|---|
| Approx. price | ~$79 | ~$99 |
| Cost per mono page | 13¢ | 13¢ |
| Cost per colour page | 27¢ | 27¢ |
| Cost to own, 5,000 pages | ~$872 | ~$892 |
| Technology | Thermal inkjet | Thermal inkjet |
| Ink system | Tricolor cartridge | Tricolor cartridge |
| Black consumable | Canon PG-275XL pigment black cartridge · 300 pages | Canon PG-275XL pigment black cartridge · 300 pages |
| Colour consumable | Canon CL-276XL tri-colour cartridge · 300 pages | Canon CL-276XL tri-colour cartridge · 300 pages |
| Third-party ink lock | No | No |
| Print speed, mono | 7.7 ISO ppm | 8.8 ISO ppm |
| Print speed, colour | 4 ISO ppm | 4.4 ISO ppm |
| Functions | Print · Copy · Scan | Print · Copy · Scan · Fax |
| Two-sided printing | Manual | Auto |
| Document feeder | None | 20 sheets |
| Two-sided scanning | — | No |
| Paper capacity | 60 sheets | 100 sheets |
| Max paper size | Legal | Legal |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Display | Mono LCD | 1.44" mono LCD |
| Weight | 5.7 lb | 12.1 lb |
Tinted rows are where these two differ.
A dorm room, a spare room, or anyone who genuinely prints a handful of pages a year.
The cheapest possible route to a fax modem and a document feeder in a house that barely prints.