Canon 2986C002 PIXMA TS6220 Wireless All In One Photo Printer with Copier, Scanner and Mobile Printing, Black with CLI-281 Black, Cyan, Magenta & Yellow 4 Ink Pack

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Last year I purchased a Pixma TS6120. Nice little printer. Does everything most anyone could want. The problem? To this day, there are NO sources of 3rd party ink refill cartridges for this Pixma printer. If you check most any other Pixma printer, you can find 3rd party (read economical) ink refill cartridges. But not for the TS6*20 line. If you dont mind paying outrageous prices for Canon ink, go ahead. If you care about how you spend your money, look at other Canon printers that have 3rd party ink available.

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This is an all-in-one printer/scanner device for home use/light duty. The printer has a footprint of 14.5”x12”, and stands 6” high; scanning glass is 9”x12”. Controls are with a 3” touch screen. Inks come in 5 individual ink tanks, all available in XL and XXL. It has both front and rear paper feed, each of which has a capacity of 100 sheets of regular paper or 20 sheets of photo paper. It can print on 3.5x3.5” 4x4”, 4x6”, 5x5”, 5x7”, 8 x 10”, 8.5x11”, 8.5x14” paper and US No 10 (4.1x 9.5”) envelopes. It will print on cards, glossy photo paper, high resolution paper, iron-on transfers, luster paper, matte photo paper, plain paper, and semi-gloss photo paper. It is completely wireless, and will print with Apple AirPrint, Canon Print, Google Cloud Print, Mopria Print Service, and Wireless PictBridge. It will work with Windows (Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 SP1), Mac: (Mac OS X v10.10.5 - macOS v10.13, iOS, Android, Windows 10 Mobile, and Amazon Fire, but not Windows XP. It is rated for 15 pages per minute black and white, 10 color, and 26 seconds per image for photos. It has a resolution of 1200 x 2400 dpi with 8 bit color. It ships with a set of 5 ink tanks, a sample pack of 3 sheets of glossy photo paper, a CD with drivers and My Image Garden software, a power cord, and a paper quickstart manual with 8 pages of instructions in English and Spanish. I was impressed with how easy this printer was to set up. From my Windows 7 desktop computer, I just inserted the included CD ROM, and the setup utility came on and guided the process from there. On the other computers in my house, I was able to download the drivers from the Canon website. I was also able to connect my Android phone and print using the Canon Print Inkjet/SELPHY app. Unlike many printers that I have installed, the setup process was simple and straightforward, and after setup I could actually print from all devices. Like the other PIXMA printers that I have used, this printer makes excellent photo prints. What I really like about this one is that it also does square prints natively. Before, in order to make square prints, I had to cut the paper after the prints, which wasted paper and didn’t always come out looking professional. The ink costs are about average for similar inkjet printers, about 12.7 cents per color print. Compared to the costs of sending photo prints out, that’s pretty good, considering that you get the prints immediately and don’t have to pay for shipping. I’ve tried this printer with both 8x10” glossy photo paper and T-shirt transfers, and I have been very pleased with the print quality. The printer also performs well as a black-and-white printer or photocopier. Ink costs for black-and-white printing are about 4.1 cents/page, which is quite a bit more than the costs on my laser printer. So I mostly use this printer for photo prints, which it excels at. Still, the instant copy button on this printer is extremely handy for making quick photocopies, color or black and white, even when there is no computer around. Just lay your original on the glass, press copy, and bingo—there’s your copy. You can choose to enlarge or reduce the prints using the touchscreen commands. Built-in copy functions include auto exposure, borderless copy, frame erase copy, ID Card, and fit to page. One feature that this printer lacks is SD card reading, so you can’t print or scan direct to/from SD cards—too bad since I use that feature a lot on my laser printer. All in all, this is a quick printer that prints great photos at a very reasonable price.

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I got this printer to use in my home office because the last one I had eats two sheets at a time. I’ve had Canon Pixma printers before, so this wasn’t too hard to set up. For the life of me, I can’t ever get these things to work wirelessly. I’ve been through a couple of different service providers and routers at this point, so I’m pretty sure the problem is me, but just know that I didn’t get to test that part. I ended up connecting it with a printer cable I had on hand. I didn’t use the enclosed CD Rom to install the software, mostly because I didn’t realize it was included in the box. I just figured I would be directed to the company website to download it directly. When that didn’t happen, I went there and did it manually. We print a lot and have gone through a few printers at the office, so this wasn’t hard. I think I would just get it from the website anyway because these things are almost always updated by the time you get them. The only frustrating aspect of getting the printer up and running is that all the flaps and trays have to be in position before it will print. If something is in the wrong place, it will stop and it won’t move until you figure out which thing to move. Sometimes it will show you a picture of what’s wrong on the front LCD screen and sometimes it won’t. A couple of these didn’t seem essential to the moving parts inside, and after the tenth time of getting up from the computer, moving an outer flap and clicking OK, hitting this thing with the hammer of justice was seeming like a viable option. In the end I did manage to get that first test print out. Note that no matter how far out you pull the bottom tray, it will spit the paper onto the floor. It comes with a sample pack of photo paper, so you can try out some photo printing right away. The Pixma printers in general have printed some gorgeous photos and this one is no different. I was able to scan, copy and print documents with no trouble, either. Have a multi-functional printer like this is kind of important because I don’t just do photos, and my mom likes to have me print tax documents for her to save her trips to the library. You can print things from your phone, and this is compatible with Alexa as well as some other apps, but most of this stuff is not really useful to me. I edit images in Photoshop on a big screen before I print them, and I would never print something directly from a phone. If you do stuff without a computer this may be a great feature for you. I didnt find any instructions for doing this, but I wasnt exactly looking, either. It also seemed that the phone app may have only been for Android devices. Again, if this is important to you, you should research this for yourself. There is also some idiot software that gets installed with the printer drivers that I didn’t get any choice about and will never use. I got to say no on some of it, but the rest of the bloatware is there now. This printer uses Canon CL-281 cartridges and a PG-280 black, which are available in XL and XXL, and cost as much or more than the printer itself. There are no third party cartridges at this time, and I don’t know if these are refillable yet. There are no bargains on this stuff. I don’t think I would buy the XXLs unless I knew I was going to do a lot of printing. Overall, this printer has most of the perks and annoyances of most printers on the market right now. You’ll get great quality photo and color documents, but you won’t get any bargains on ink for now. Once you get past any quirks of initial set-up, you’ll have all your printing needs met. If you’re not doing a lot of photos and ink cost is a concern, I would probably go with an older model that has third party ink available. Otherwise this is a good choice if you need a lot of good quality color prints.

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This printer is AWFUL! Constantly gives message that paper is jammed-when it not-or that there is no paper! Also new ink cartriges read as half full, when color has not even been used. Set-up was also unnecessarly finicky. Over all Id give zero stars if Icould. This pig is going back asap...Terrible unit.

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I am fairly tech savvy, but I followed the directions and have spent 2-3 hours trying to connect both to my computer as well as my phone with no luck with either. Technical support online only directs you to the same brochures that come with the printer. Could not find someone to talk to. Finally called corporate which did give me an option for support and apparently they arent open on Sundays. Ive always had HP printers. I bought a Canon to try it. I wont again. Very disappointed in lack of support.

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Does what it is supposed to do. Easy setup. At a price I like. Perfect for my home media needs.

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I have had several prints, ones that say they print photos and this is by far the best for photos!!

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I only have one complaint and it is the ONLY reason I am not giving it 5 stars... the control panel has to be open while printing. Yep, thats it! It prints great. I have not printed any photos as of yet but all of the paperwork I have pushed out of it so far has been better than any printer I have EVER purchased. I cant believe I only paid $70 for this.

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Ive been buying Canon printers for years, and theyve all been great - until this one. The paper tray is pathetically thin, and I couldnt get it to load paper without jamming - if it recognized the presence of paper at all. Even if Id managed to get it to print a single page, it still wouldve been too much trouble. As is, its completely useless.

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I bought this Canon TS6220 to replace a Canon 6800 printer that lasted just past its one year warranty. The main reason I ordered this one was because I had a couple of complete sets of ink cartridges for the 6800 and I wanted something they would fit. Well I looked at something wrong. When I received this it had a new style cartridge, a 280 series verses the 270 series. I can buy a complete set of 270 series for under $10. The cheapest I could find the 280 series was $45 a set and some were listed at more that the printer cost. I will use this printer until the ink runs out and if the ink prices have not come down throw it away and buy something else. As for the printer, the setup program didnt work and I had to set it up manually. I still cant get it to work with my smart phone. It does print with my computer as long as I have my hotspot turned on. I dont print a lot. The 6220 seems to print adequately. If you want to spend $69 for a printer and then $55 every time you need ink then go for it. Otherwise find something else. Summary: Ink ridiculously expensive, hard to install, prints ok.

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