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★★★★☆
So far this is an amazing printer, some common complaints addressed in my review
First and foremost, Wi-Fi issues. My computer is connected to my router by ethernet cable, so using Wi-Fi to connect the printer was not an option as I wasn't going to dig up a cord and connect it directly. So the answer was to tell the printer *not* to connect during set-up and then have the printer manually search for available Wi-Fi networks and then enter in the password. A quick Google search will reveal the Canon support links to do this, it was quite easy even if using the little LCD screen made it a bit of a pain (hint: for upper-case and numbers you have to hit the "Tone" button to change from lower-case letters). Once I manually connected the printer to my Wi-Fi, the set up software (also on Canon's support site, I chose not to use the included disc) easily found the printer and every other device (2 laptops and multiple iOS devices) did as well. Second, the LCD screen. Yep, it's as lame as people say. Tiny, and not back-lit. I had to use a flashlight even in the daylight to adequately read and use it. Fortunately, I will probably never have to use it again after getting the Wi-Fi set up (or at least use it very infrequently) so I really don't care given the printer's almost entirely positive attributes on everything else. I chose the 7020 over the rest for the ADF (hey, once you need it you'll miss not having it lol) and ability to fax on the ever-so-occasional times that might be needed. Hey, why not spend a little bit more and cover all the bases, right? I plan on having this a long time, I won't care in 3 years if I spent a little more for the 7020 over the other models. Speaking of the little LCD screen, yeah... one other time you need to use it. Go to ECO settings and make sure to set "Turn on printer automatically" to ON. It's set to OFF, for some dopey reason, so once the printer goes to sleep (also adjustable in ECO settings) sending something to print results in an error until you manually turn it on. Why they don't have "Turn on printer automatically" defaulted to ON I don't know... but once I did that, it's worked like a charm. Filling the ink tanks was beyond easy, though I had to shake the bottles a little bit to eek out every last bit until the windows were completely full. After a few days of miscellaneous printing, I noticed the colored ones seemed to have drained almost halfway down between the top and 2nd line (still like 90% full looking)... and the black about a third of the way. I was like "how did I use this much ink already, aren't these supposed to last for thousands of pages??" and so I did some research. Upon first using the printer, ink drains into the print heads and so it appears you've used a lot of ink, but apparently that's not the case. It's just now inside the printer. So when you see this, don't panic like I did. lol No, this probably wouldn't be the ideal printer for a busy office where huge amounts of printing are done and speed is of the essence, but it's plenty fast enough for the typical home user / home office environment I would guess. I certainly have no complaints, and I'm not the patient sort. But yeah, if I regularly printed 500 page documents I'd probably look at a more expensive business model printer. I stubbornly stuck with HP for years, but always seemed to have problems with them and grew increasingly more frustrated with how dang expensive the ink cartridges got over time, and how fast they seemed to get empty. Unless something drastically changes with this Canon 7020, I'm super happy to say goodbye to HP printers forever and even the ridiculously useless LCD screen can't dampen my enthusiasm to have made the switch.
June 2022 · Office Products · verified purchase
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