Brother MFC-J1205W vs Canon PIXMA G7020

If you're in the market for a standard inkjet printer but don't want to spend a fortune, the best cheap printer we've tested is the Brother MFC-J1205W. It uses Brother's INKvestment Tank, a hybrid tank–cartridge system, which produces over 1,000 black-only pages, and over 700 color pages before needing replacing. Thanks to its high page yields, its cost-per-print is extremely low, saving you money in the long run.

.if you just can't afford a laser printer and the insane prices they are charging for toner cartridges.

The biggest selling point with this pick is that you can print thousands of pages before the ink runs out. It's a plus when you already need to pay for tuition and books. The cartridges are a bit on the expensive side, though, but at least you won’t have to spend money on ink replacements like you would on some other models.

A step up from the Editors' Choice-winning Pixma G6020 MegaTank, Canon's Pixma G7020 Wireless MegaTank All-in-One ($329.99) is a cartridge-less (bulk-ink) multifunction inkjet designed for printing and copying a few hundred pages per month in a home or small office. Like most lower-end bulk-ink models (Including Canon's MegaTank, Epson's EcoTank, and HP's Smart Tank Plus brands), this one prints well, if a little slowly. And it churns out both black and color pages for under 1 cent each, making it a terrific value for those with moderate print and copy needs (say, between 300 and 500 pages a month)

Printed photos look decent, and the accuracy of colors is acceptable for casual use. The connectivity options are satisfactory, including Apple AirPrint and Mopria Print Service, and you can use the refreshed Brother Mobile Connect app to print, scan, copy, and perform maintenance tasks.

The Canon PIXMA G6020 is a very printer and it is replacing a cartridge-based HP printer for which I have not been able to buy ink cartridges for several months now. The amount of ink that is in the “Supertank” ink reservoirs is impressive and I have read that it contains about the same amount of ink as 84 ink cartridges! Even if it is a small fraction of that, the economics of buying a big bottle of ink for $12 vs paying twice that much or more for a much lower capacity ink cartridge is obvious. In fact, just two complete ink cartridge replacements on my previous HP printer would pay for this new Canon printer and all the ink that came with it (one of each color and three bottles of black)! I am so glad to get out of the paying big $ for ink cartridges, assuming you can even get them. Print quality seems fine, but it is a bit slower than the HP I am replacing

I am distinctly Unhappy with the wireless printing. I was unable to get the mobile app on my cell connected, which is disappointing. Any documents or photos have to be uploaded to print from my computer. Additionally, each time I needed to print from my laptop, I had to reboot the printer and/or router

I did receive the replacement printer. It took slightly longer, but it did arrive, so here is the update review. I was able to set the replacement printer up as with the first one and connect to my laptop and phone just fine. This time I had no problems printing with it

I'll be talking about five entry-level AIOs ranging from about $80 to $150 here, including Brother's MFC-J491DW, HP's Envy Pro 6452 All-in-One, Epson's WorkForce Pro WF-3820 Wireless All-in-One, and Canon's Pixma TS6420 Wireless Inkjet All-in-One and Pixma TR4520 Wireless Printer.

Scanning works with simple scan as installed in bullseye (I expected a major fight here). All of this wirelessly.. which is awesome

The printer produces good output but with the limited selections during printer setup this thing drinks the ink more than I drink beer. My wife wanted a printer at our vacation place to create her projects, one where she could print beyond traditional boundaries but the borderless selection that allows this automatically puts the printer in high quality photo mode and kills your ink cartridges fast. Wouldn't be so bad but Brother only makes the cartridges with a tiny amount of ink and charges a ridiculous price. In the eight days we've had the printer I've already ordered ink in excess of the cost of the printer itself

I wish companies would be responsible and quit producing garbage that winds up in the land fill with minimal use. This will weigh HEAVILY in my mind before I EVER purchase another product by Canon. The thought of not replacing ink looks attractive, but I never would have had to. This product wasn't even made to last through a set of cartridges maybe two