Canon - PIXMA G3570 (G3270 in US)

I also am a very heavy user of my printer. So this year I got a [Canon Mega Tank](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=canon+mega+tank&crid=1XXHXJ7W6L9LO&sprefix=canon+mega+tank%2Caps%2C118). I love it!!! The ink tanks to the printer are refilled with squeeze bottles. I got my Mega Tank early this year and have yet to have to refill. When I think of all the money I have spent of replacing ink jet cartridges, I am horrified.

The print quality is excellent and it was very easy to set up and to use. I have fought printers for 20 years until I got this one.

I have a Canon Mega Tank G3270. Not a bother at all :)

The best mixture of the bunch is the Canon G3270. With black pigment ink for documents and dye colour ink for graphs/photos. Also has modular quick replaceable printheads if they clog beyond what the cleaning cycle can do. If you use it at least once every 2 weeks. It could be a good option

Just get the G3570. The G650 is kinda the ultra for photographers/artists, but else the G3570 will do still pretty great. You as an average person won't see much significant difference. G3570 also has black pigment ink which is great for text and is water resistant. Just print at least once a week to not let the printheads dry out.

The newest canon pixma megatank models like G3270 or G4270 are good for its price. The G3270 is a very popular one. It can handle a lot of different papers (You can check that on their website if you want to make sure). It also has user replaceable print heads which many Epson Ecotank models lack. The waste ink cartridge is also chipped. Meaning a once full you can do a quick swap and move on. No need for an online software key anymore just to reset the waste counter. It also has decently fast wi-fi 5 and a screen which is very nice. If you hate the tiny screen tho, there is also the G4280/G3290 which has a much bigger full colour screen. The black ink tank is bigger than colour. It's also Pigment ink which is great for documents. A good all-rounder (EU version is GX4XX/GX5XX, Asia Version is GX7XX) You also don't need to squeeze the bottle anymore. That was for very early inktank models. Now they just use gravity only. Meaning once the bottle has been injected into the tank the ink will flow by itself. My parents use a G4570 (EU version) for example. They print bills and photos almost daily and they are very happy so far. The OEM ink is also very cheap and saved us hundreds of euros we'd normally spend on ink cartridges already

The newest canon pixma megatank models like G3270 or G4270 are good for its price. The G3270 is a very popular one. It can handle a lot of different papers (You can check that on their website if you want to make sure). It also has user replaceable print heads which many Epson Ecotank models lack. The waste ink cartridge is also chipped. Meaning a once full you can do a quick swap and move on. No need for an online software key anymore just to reset the waste counter. It also has decently fast wi-fi 5 and a screen which is very nice. If you hate the tiny screen tho, there is also the G4280/G3290 which has a much bigger full colour screen. The black ink tank is bigger than colour. It's also Pigment ink which is great for documents. A good all-rounder (EU version is GX4XX/GX5XX, Asia Version is GX7XX) You also don't need to squeeze the bottle anymore. That was for very early inktank models. Now they just use gravity only. Meaning once the bottle has been injected into the tank the ink will flow by itself. My parents use a G4570 (EU version) for example. They print bills and photos almost daily and they are very happy so far. The OEM ink is also very cheap and saved us hundreds of euros we'd normally spend on ink cartridges already

Laser is bad for photos. Big no no. Just great in documents and graphs Before we go inkjet I've gotta tell you there are two main types of liquid ink: dye and pigment Pigment is water-resistant, won't fade away during constant light exposure, and pretty much top tier for documents. It's downside are an only a "good" picture output if you try to print photos with this type of ink. It's also more expensive to produce. You also can only store it up to 2 years before it goes bad Dye on the other hand has great vibrant colours, it´s cheap to produce and has a shelf life of up to 3 years. Downsides are it´ll fade away eventually from constant light exposure (heck, I even think storing it in a dark spot will fade it away, it´ll just take much longer) and wash away when it gets the slightest contact of water or any liquid. So not great for printing documents, which you have to store for idk 10 years. You could either get a pure Pigment, mix of both or dye inkjet printer. Also, probably ink tanks are better economically, since with cartridges you'll get pretty much scammed for how little is inside. Pure dye printers are mostly Epson Ecotanks like the popular ET 4/3800 series. Although I´m not a fan of them since they use fixed parts (printheads) and a slow Wi-Fi 4 chip. It's also just 4 colour printer unless you go for like an ET 8500 which is a 6 colour but the fixed parts design is still there. My fav in pure dye would be the Canon Pixma G620 which has both modular printheads in case they fail and have a faster Wi-Fi 5 chip About the mixed ones. Epson and I think Brother both use full dye ink in their 4 coloured ink tanks. No going around. But Canon does mainly pigment black and colour dye like for example the Pixma G3270 or the G4270. They also still have modular printheads and Wi-Fi 5 so they're a great all-rounder Now full Pigment is like real Office type ish printers like Canon Maxify GX 4020 or 7020. Absolutely great for docs and graphs, but for photos and art it´s just a "meh". They also can't print borderless so that's probably a huge downer for you. Tbh. If you make lots of photos, go for a G620. Or if you want the ultimate balanced middle child, the G4270/G3270 (there is also the G4280/G3290 if you hate the tiny mono screen. They use bigger coloured touchpad screens)

Canon Pixma G3270 or G4270. Especially G3270 is a very popular one. You probably print via Browser or with Windows itself. They use generic drivers which are ok at most. Try to use the Canon PRINT App in the Microsoft Store. Also make sure your photos use the .png format not .jpg or .jpeg

The printheads inside the G3270, which can be easily replaced by urself once they malfunction. It also has faster WiFi 5 The Epson's printheads are not replaceable and it relies on an old WiFi 4 chip which is a much older, slower standard

I’d say the canon. I’ve seen so many refurbs in my shop for EcoTanks recently especially the 28XX with head errors. Canon G3270 actually produces immense photos, I’ve got a Megatank as well and it’s on 8,000 prints, only replaced the black and blue ink so far. Thing is bulletproof. Go with the Canon all day long, easier to replace bits when they do go wrong. I wouldn’t have anything else these days.

I've been working at a print shop the past couple months, I may have some useful insights. Its a small family business and the guys that run it don't really know about making good photo prints, they just do drugstore quality for photo printing (they mostly print documents, blueprints, posters etc.). They got super stoked when I showed them the Canon Pro-4100s we have can do much better than the G3270 they've been using. We may end up getting a Pro-1100 because I was able to show them the difference between drugstore quality and legit good quality prints. Anyways in my process of experimentation, I learned there are a ton of settings to play with that impact color accuracy and overall print quality. Its fun to experiment with different papers and settings to get a print you're happy with. You can also use soft-proofing which shows you a preview of how your print will turn out on the paper you selected, with the settings you selected. There's a lot of artistry and technical know-how that goes into making great prints. I'm thinking about getting a colorimeter to measure printer performance and develop ICC profiles to maximize color accuracy. Based on the fact that you develop/scan all your own film, you might really enjoy the creative and technical aspects of printing your own photos. A decent photo printer could be a really fun addition to your process, and it would let you control every detail yourself from the click of the shutter to the final product. IMO, thats the real reason to own your own photo printer. Its not about cost, although if you print a lot it could be cheaper. Its about creative control.

I couldn't really tell you about the longevity of dye inks. In the shop, the three printers we have that can do photos are the Canon Pro-4100s (8 channel pigment ink), an HP DesignJet T520 (4 channel dye) and a Canon G3270 (4 channel dye). The photos out of the 4100s look significantly better, especially when there are deep blacks or saturated colors. And that's before even messing with ICC profiles or other advanced settings. If I were you, I'd go with a printer that uses pigment based inks if your budget allows. As far as I know, dye inks are not used for any professional gallery-quality photo printing. Its more than just being archival quality. Pigments have better properties than dyes when it comes to color reproduction.

You can get what you need, but you're going to have to increase your budget a bit. Believe me, it will be worth it. Cheap printers are just that--and you more than make up for it in the cost of ink cartridges. A few months ago I had a need to print and display a number of my digital photos. I had a big pack of 4x6 photo paper, so decided on that size for most of them. After researching, I bought a Canon G3270 MegaTank printer. It was practically effortless to set up on my WiFi network and soon I was cranking out beautiful 4x6 borderless prints. After printing about 75 of them, plus a few 8x8 prints, the line showing the amount of ink remaining had barely moved from the "full" position. So it looks like a bottle of ink will go a long way. A full set is 4 bottles, and the printer will handle 3rd-party ink just fine. That means that I can get a full set of ink bottles PLUS an extra black one for about $20 USD from Amazon. I did decide to purchase Canon-brand bottles for the next time I need ink, and that cost me about $80 USD. I liked this printer so much that I bought one for a friend, who had finally had it with his HP printer. He loves it as much as I do. The current price for this printer on Amazon's US site is $186. Your price is likely to be a bit higher, but the amount you will save in ink over time will be well worth it.

I try to print a test page every week or so. Definitely worth doing. To reply to the OP: I have a Canon G3270 tank printer that I love. I bought it to print out and display stuff from my picture collection. I printed close to 100 4x6 prints and the ink level barely dropped. It will handle all kinds of sizes, up to 11x14 I believe (I’ve done a few 8.5x11 prints on letter-sized photo paper). Replacing the ink is super cheap, as it doesn’t require Canon-brand ink. You can get a full set of ink bottles PLUS an extra black one for about $30 on Amazon.

Canon G3270. I bought one just for photos and it has been awesome. It prints lots of photos (at least 4x6 ones) with very minimal ink usage. And it’s an ink tank printer, so refills are cheap. Under $200 on Amazon.

I agree completely. My G3270 has been perfect.

I recently decided I wanted to actually display some of my large photo collection as framed artwork. After bad experiences with both HP and Epson, and good ones with my Canon color laser printer, I decided to go with Canon for an inkjet. I bought the G3270 from Amazon. This is one of the “ink tank” types of printers and I have been super happy with it. Not only does it do great photo prints, it does it using ink pretty sparingly. I did around 100 4x6 prints and the bars showing remaining ink levels barely moved. When I do run out, the Canon-brand ink is far cheaper than HP or Epson cartridges, and I’m told that 3rd-party ink is not a problem with this printer. You can get a complete set of ink bottles PLUS an extra black one for about $30 on Amazon. I liked this model so much I bought one for a friend a few weeks ago and he loves it, too.

Very wrong. Tank inkjet printer + inkjet photo paper + a cable for your computer. Especially Epson ecotanks, canon mega tanks. Print a lot, 3rd party refills are cheap and no issue with chips. Sure there are a lot of predatory printers out there, but there are still plenty of other options. Don’t touch anything HP.