Canon MAXIFY GX6020  Printer Review

Reviewed Jun 16, 2021 at 10:27am
Retest May 07, 2024 at 08:43am
Tested using Methodology v1.2 
Canon MAXIFY GX6020

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The Canon MAXIFY GX6020 is an excellent all-in-one color inkjet printer that uses a supertank ink system for exceptionally high page yields and an incredible low cost-per-print. Its body and components feel excellently well-built, paper jams are easy to access, and the display screen is great. It also has a flatbed scanner and automatic document feeder. Unfortunately, the ADF can't duplex scan, and it doesn't have faxing capabilities. However, the higher-end model, the Canon MAXIFY GX7020, supports duplex scanning and faxing.

Our Verdict

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Family 

The Canon GX6020 is a great family printer with an incredibly low cost-per-print for both black-only and color documents. While the photos it produces have a lot of graininess, they're still decently detailed. Its flatbed scanner's scan resolution and color depth should be good for digitizing old photos, and you can print directly from USB flash drives.

Pros
  • Exceptionally high page yield and low cost-per-print.
  • Solid, sturdy, well-built feel.
  • Flatbed scanner and automatic document feeder.
Cons
  • Grainy photos.
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Small/Home Office 

The Canon GX6020 is an impressive printer for small or home office use, with incredibly high black-only and color page yields and a good black-only text document print speed. It feels amazingly well built and sturdy, has a great display screen, and has an Ethernet port and Wi-Fi via router for networking capabilities. It has an automatic document feeder, but it can't duplex scan, so double-sided, multi-page documents might be inconvenient to process.

Pros
  • Exceptionally high page yield and low cost-per-print.
  • Solid, sturdy, well-built feel.
  • Flatbed scanner and automatic document feeder.
  • Great display.
Cons
  • No duplex scanning.
  • No faxing capabilities.
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Student 

The Canon GX6020 is an outstanding printer for students. Its cost-per-print for both black-only and color documents is exceptionally low, so running costs stay cheap even if you print very often. It warms up quickly to print the first page, has a flatbed scanner with good scan resolution and color depth, and can print directly from USB flash drives. While it can't print via Bluetooth, it has various other wireless printing options like Wi-Fi Direct, Apple AirPrint, and Mopria Print Service.

Pros
  • Exceptionally high page yield and low cost-per-print.
  • Solid, sturdy, well-built feel.
  • Flatbed scanner and automatic document feeder.
Cons
  • No Bluetooth printing.
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The Canon GX6020 is an excellent black-and-white printer with a superb cost-per-print, a high page yield, and a good printing speed. It automatically prints double-sided documents, and it has an automatic document feeder, direct USB computer input, and an Ethernet port. Unfortunately, its ADF doesn't support duplex scanning.

Pros
  • Exceptionally high page yield and low cost-per-print.
  • Solid, sturdy, well-built feel.
  • Flatbed scanner and automatic document feeder.
Cons
  • No duplex scanning.
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The Canon GX6020 is good for casual photos. It accepts most glossy photo paper sizes, and its color accuracy is okay enough for everyday use. While the photos it prints are grainy, they're still satisfactorily detailed, but there are other models that do much better for photos.

Pros
  • Exceptionally high page yield and low cost-per-print.
  • Solid, sturdy, well-built feel.
  • Accepts 4" x 6" and 5" x 7" glossy photo paper.
Cons
  • Grainy photos.
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Pros
  • Exceptionally high page yield and low cost-per-print.
  • Solid, sturdy, well-built feel.
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Pros
  • Exceptionally high page yield and low cost-per-print.
  • Solid, sturdy, well-built feel.
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Scanner 

Pros
  • Exceptionally high page yield and low cost-per-print.
  • Solid, sturdy, well-built feel.
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Speed 

Pros
  • Exceptionally high page yield and low cost-per-print.
  • Solid, sturdy, well-built feel.
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  • Exceptionally high page yield and low cost-per-print.
  • Solid, sturdy, well-built feel.
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  • Changelog

    1.  Updated May 07, 2024: The Max Paper Weight was incorrectly reported. We have corrected this to the proper 670 g/m².
    2.  Updated Sep 23, 2022: Converted to Test Bench 1.2.
    3.  Updated Sep 09, 2022: Converted to Test Bench 1.1.
    4.  Updated Jun 29, 2022: We updated this printer to the new test bench, so we adjusted the review's text to match the new Color Accuracy score.

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    Differences Between Sizes And Variants

    We tested the Canon MAXIFY GX6020, which comes only in white and has no variants. It's a business-oriented redesign of the Canon PIXMA G6020 but performs better for all uses. You can see our unit's label here.

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