The Canon MegaTank MAXIFY GX2020 is an all-in-one inkjet printer with a refillable super tank system. It uses Canon GI-25 Pigment Ink for Black, Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow tanks. It features an ADF-equipped scanner and a 2.7-inch touchscreen with additional physical buttons. Its connectivity includes Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, USB, Ethernet, Apple AirPrint and Mopria Print Service support, and mobile functionality with the Canon Print app. This printer has one variant, the Canon MAXIFY GX1020, which lacks an ADF.
Our Verdict
The Canon MAXIFY GX2020 is a great family printer. This printer has an incredibly low cost per print thanks to its ink tank reservoirs that yield thousands of pages before needing a refill. There are also many built-in maintenance tasks to keep the printer running at its best. Print quality is also good for black and color documents, although some alignment issues exist. You can greatly improve the alignment by changing the print quality settings. While this printer has decent color accuracy, it produces photos whose tint skews too much towards magenta; there's also a strange line pattern on photos that makes them look poor overall by obscuring small details. The scan quality is okay out of the box; you can greatly improve it by changing a single setting in the Canon Scan Utility.
- Low cost per print.
- Ink bottles are keyed for easy refilling.
- Extendable hinges on flatbed scanner are great for scanning larger items.
- Very good black and color document print quality.
- Printing pattern results in lines on photos.
- Photos have an overly magenta tint to them.
As a small or home office printer, the Canon MAXIFY GX2020 is a great choice. This printer features ink tank reservoirs, so you can print thousands of pages worth of documents before needing new ink. Refilling tanks is a breeze thanks to keyed ink bottles, so you won't accidentally use the wrong ink. Printing speeds are decent, as this printer pushes out 13 black and nine color pages per minute. There's also an ADF scanner that can scan up to 6 pages per minute, but the printer lacks automatic duplex scanning. The default scan settings remove background details on documents like the lines of a graph. Finally, black & white documents look great: the text is clear, and fine details appear legibly. Although there are some alignment issues, they are greatly improved by changing the printing settings.
- Low cost per print.
- Ink bottles are keyed for easy refilling.
- Very good black and color document print quality.
- Sturdy build overall.
- Default scan settings remove background details.
- Alignment issues cause visual artifacts on documents.
The Canon MAXIFY GX2020 is an excellent printer for students. It has extremely cheap running costs, thanks to its ink tank reservoirs and cheap replacement ink; you can print thousands of pages before refilling. It also features a wide range of connectivity options, making it convenient to use. As this printer pushes out 13 black and nine color pages per minute, you don't need to worry about planning to print your assignment too far ahead of time. The scanner includes an ADF, which is great if you need to digitize class notes, and the flatbed scanner has an extendable hinge in case you need to scan larger items like textbooks. Finally, color documents look great, so adding a splash of color to your report is a viable option with this printer.
- Low cost per print.
- Ink bottles are keyed for easy refilling.
- Extendable hinges on flatbed scanner are great for scanning larger items.
- Very good black and color document print quality.
- Default scan settings remove background details.
- Alignment issues cause visual artifacts on documents.
The Canon MAXIFY GX2020 is very good for printing black-and-white documents. Printing costs are extraordinarily low, thanks to its ink tank reservoir and cheap replacement ink. Documents look great from this printer, as the text is clear and legible; however, there are some persistent alignment issues. Selecting high-quality print mode remedies these issues. It does take a while to get the first page out, but once it does, it has a decent print speed of up to 13 pages per minute.
- Low cost per print.
- Very good black print quality.
- Alignment issues cause visual artifacts on documents.
The Canon MAXIFY GX2020 is adequate for printing photos. While it has above-average color accuracy for its price class, in practice, photos suffer from a tint issue where magenta predominates, resulting in unnatural-looking skin tones, for example. Perhaps more importantly, the way this printer uses halftones results in a distracting line pattern appearing on photos that doesn't make them look great. That said, because of the ink tank reservoirs, you can print many pictures before needing a refill. This printer is fine for personal use but has too many quirks for professional photo applications.
- Low cost per print.
- Above average color accuracy for its price class.
- Printing pattern results in lines on photos.
- Photos have an overly magenta tint to them.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We tested the Canon MAXIFY GX2020; there is one other variant, the Canon GX1020, which doesn't include an ADF. We expect these printers to perform equivalently otherwise.
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The Canon MAXIFY GX2020 is an all-in-one supertank inkjet printer designed as a one-stop shop for home offices. The GX2020 has a high page yield, low running costs, and produces good-looking black and color documents. It also features an ADF, although it lacks duplex scanning. While it has an above-average color accuracy for its price class, this doesn't come across in how it prints photos; photos suffer from a tinting issue where magenta predominates, and images have a strange line pattern obscuring objects and small details.
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The Canon MegaTank MAXIFY GX2020 is a better printer than the Epson EcoTank ET-2800/ET-2803. Although the Epson's ink tanks grant it a higher page yield than the GX2020, the Canon has a much faster print speed, pushing out up to 13 black and nine color pages per minute. Print quality for black and color documents is also better on the Canon; however, if you plan on printing many photos, then the Epson may be a better choice. Photos look much better than those from the Canon, which appear overly warm and have a line pattern throughout that obscures small details.
The Epson EcoTank ET-4950 edges out the Canon MegaTank MAXIFY GX2020 overall. Their document printing is similarly great, but the Epson pulls ahead in photos with a wider color gamut and much better fine detail. Its scanner also supports duplex scanning, which the Canon printer's doesn't.
The Epson EcoTank ET-3950 is slightly better overall than the Canon MegaTank MAXIFY GX2020. While their documents are similarly great, the Epson takes the edge in photo printing, thanks to its wider color gamut and much better reproduction of fine detail. Its scanner also supports duplex scanning, a feature that the Canon printer doesn't include.
If you want a supertank printer for high print loads, the Epson EcoTank ET-3850 and Canon MegaTank MAXIFY GX2020 are good choices as they offer an identical feature set. These two models are all-in-one supertank inkjet printers with ADF-equipped scanners, so the choice comes down to your printing needs. To this end, the Epson printer produces better scans and has a higher page yield, but the Canon produces sharper and more vibrant color documents. The Epson also produces nicer-looking photos; despite having a decent color gamut and color accuracy, the Canon produces an obvious line pattern in photos that gives them a blurry look.
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