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Epson EcoTank ET-3850 vs Canon PIXMA G6020

The Epson EcoTank ET-3850 is a ink tank using bottles; the Canon PIXMA G6020 is a ink tank using bottles. A black page costs 0.33¢ on one and 0.38¢ on the other. Over 5,000 pages the Canon PIXMA G6020 works out about $20 cheaper to have owned.

Cost to own · 5,000 pages
  • Epson EcoTank ET-3850~$424
    ~$399 printer + ~$25 supplies
  • Canon PIXMA G6020~$404
    ~$379 printer + ~$25 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.

Where the money goes
Epson EcoTank ET-3850
~$399 to buy · ~$424 after 5,000 pages
Canon PIXMA G6020
~$379 to buy · ~$404 after 5,000 pages

Estimates computed from published ISO page yields and consumable list prices.

SpecEpsonEpson EcoTank ET-3850CanonCanon PIXMA G6020
Approx. price~$399~$379
Cost per mono page0.33¢0.38¢
Cost per colour page1.2¢0.95¢
Cost to own, 5,000 pages~$424~$404
TechnologyPiezo inkjetThermal inkjet
Ink systemBottlesBottles
Black consumableEpson 502 black bottle · 7,500 pagesCanon GI-20 pigment black bottle · 6,000 pages
Colour consumableEpson 502 colour bottles · 6,000 pagesCanon GI-20 colour bottle three-pack · 7,700 pages
Third-party ink lockNoNo
Print speed, mono15.5 ISO ppm13 ISO ppm
Print speed, colour8.5 ISO ppm6.8 ISO ppm
FunctionsPrint · Copy · ScanPrint · Copy · Scan
Two-sided printingAutoAuto
Document feederNoneNone
Paper capacity250 sheets350 sheets
Max paper sizeLegalLegal
ConnectivityWi-Fi · EthernetWi-Fi · Ethernet
Display2.4" colour touchscreen1.35" mono OLED
Weight14.6 lb20.7 lb

Tinted rows are where these two differ.

Best for
Epson EcoTank ET-3850

Daily printing, from a machine that keeps its paper in a cassette instead of fanned out of a rear tray.

Best for
Canon PIXMA G6020

Anyone tired of swapping stacks: plain paper and photo paper stay loaded at the same time.