The Canon PIXMA TR7520 is an all-in-one printer that's suitable for a wide range of uses. Its compact size fits into tight spaces and its wide connectivity options make it easy to set up. Although the black ink runs out fairly quickly, the color cartridges can yield many more pages, so you can add a bit of color to your reports or print the occasional photo without much worry. The cost-per-print for both black and color printing is great, which means that the overall cost remains low in the long run. Unfortunately, it prints rather slowly for black and color documents, but for photos, it's surprisingly fast and they look good. While the scanner has an automatic document feeder, it can't perform duplex scanning, which can be frustrating for offices that need to scan double-sided documents regularly.
Our Verdict
The Canon PIXMA TR7520 is a good family printer. Printed photos look great and the cost of printing in color doesn't rise significantly over time. Printing in black-only is also inexpensive; however, it takes a long time to print. It's not the most color-accurate printer, but on the bright side, it has great scanning features and connectivity options.
- Great overall cost-per-print.
- Great photo printing quality.
- Outstanding mobile app.
- Bad black page yield.
The Canon PIXMA TR7520 is an inadequate printer for home and small offices. The black ink cartridge runs out pretty quickly, so it needs to be replaced often, and it's also slow at printing black only documents. The automatic document feeder is a big plus, but the lack of duplex scanning can be an issue if you need to process long, double-sided documents.
- Automatic document feeder.
- Bad black page yield.
- Slow printing speed for black and color documents.
- No duplex scanning.
The Canon PIXMA TR7520 is a great printer for students. Printing in black only is relatively inexpensive and it's even better for color printing. It's able to push out the first page of a black document fairly quickly, but subsequent pages aren't much faster. You can connect to the printer easily via your existing Wi-Fi network, and Canon's outstanding app lets you access most functions using just your smartphone.
- Great overall cost-per-print.
- Outstanding mobile app.
- Bad black page yield.
- Slow printing speed for black and color documents.
The Canon PIXMA TR7520 is a mediocre printer for printing black and white documents. Although it's relatively inexpensive to print in large numbers, you still have to change the ink cartridge a lot due to the printer's low black page yield. The overall printing speed is rather slow, but on the upside, the two input trays can hold a lot of sheets, so you won't have to reload as often.
- Great overall cost-per-print.
- Bad black page yield.
- Slow printing speed for black and color documents.
The Canon PIXMA TR7520 is a good printer for printing photos. It can print on glossy photo paper, it supports most photo paper formats, and printed photos look great. Its color accuracy is adequate and should be good enough for most people. It has good color page yield and the color ink cartridges are relatively inexpensive, resulting in a low cost-per-print.
- Great overall cost-per-print.
- Great photo printing quality.
- Can't print on 2" x 3" photo paper.
Changelog
- Updated Jun 08, 2020: Converted to Test Bench 0.8.1.
- Updated Jun 03, 2020: Review published.
- Updated Jun 01, 2020: Early access published.
- Updated May 27, 2020: Our testers have started testing this product.
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The Canon PIXMA TR7520 is a good printer for home use. Compared to a similarly-priced printer such as the HP ENVY Photo 7155, the PIXMA TR7520 performs significantly better, as it has a better cartridge system, a sheetfed scanner, and it has better photo printing quality. For other options, see our recommendations for the best photo printers, the best home printers, and the best printers for small businesses.
The Canon PIXMA TR7520 is much better than the Epson Expression Home XP-4100. The Canon has an automatic document feeder, which the Epson lacks, and it yields more prints, which leads to a lower cost-per-print. It also produces higher-quality photos and prints faster.
The Brother MFC-J995DW and the Canon PIXMA TR7520 are all-in-one color inkjet printers with flatbed scanners, automatic document feeders, and faxing capabilities. They also have similar photo printing quality and color accuracy. However, the Brother uses the proprietary INKvestment Tank ink system for a vastly superior page yield and cost-per-print. It also produces color documents more quickly, has an Ethernet port, and can print directly from USB flash drives and SD cards.
The Canon PIXMA TR4520 and the Canon PIXMA TR7520 are both all-in-one color inkjet printers, but the TR7520 is a better printer overall. The TR7520 has better page yields and a much better cost-per-print, and it prints much faster and has an Ethernet port. On the other hand, the TR4520 produces somewhat better-looking photos with more accurate-looking colors.
The Canon PIXMA TR7520 and the Canon PIXMA TR8520 are very similar in terms of design and features, but the TR8520 performs significantly better for most uses. The TR8520 has a better display screen, it yields more black and color pages, and it prints higher quality photos. The TR8520 also has more connectivity options, but the TR7520 prints faster, especially when printing photos.
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