Canon PIXMA TR8620 Printer Review

The Canon PIXMA TR8620 has a decent build and design quality. It's made entirely of plastic, with some parts, such as the output tray and scanner lid, feeling flimsy and wobbly. The scanner lid does raise slightly to accommodate average size books and stays up on its own. Also, potential paper jams are easy to get to from the rear access point. The printer itself needs to be on to change the cartridges, which is an otherwise easy task to accomplish.

This is a relatively compact printer, making it an ideal choice for small offices or dorms as it won't take up a lot of space on a desk or shelf.

The Canon PIXMA TR8620 has an excellent display screen. It's easy to navigate the menus on its large LCD touchscreen, and it's easy to view at most angles. It has quick access to copy, scan, fax, and print options from the menu and there are even instructional tutorial videos for tasks like fixing paper jams. Unfortunately, the screen is prone to double clicks and is unresponsive to touch at times.

• Power cord
• User manual
• Setup CD-ROM
• Modular cable
• Canon starter cartridges
• 1x PGI-280 Black
• 1x CLI-281 Cyan
• 1x CLI-281 Magenta
• 1x CLI-281 Yellow
• 1x CLI-281 Black

The Canon TR8620 has an okay cartridge system. It has two black cartridges and three color ones. While the yield of the black ink is quite low and often needs replacing, the color cartridges offer a better value. That said, there are higher-yielding cartridges available should you need them. If you want a printer with much higher page yield, then look into the HP OfficeJet Pro 9015e.

You can also use third-party cartridges in this printer, although it might void your warranty.

This printer has great scanner features. It has a flatbed for scanning average-sized books or manuals, and there's an automatic document feeder. Unfortunately, it lacks duplex scanning, so you have to manually flip double-sided documents yourself. Also, the scanner lid has a bit of wobble to it when it's open. There's integrated fax, which may be beneficial for those in an office environment. The scan resolution defaults at 600 DPI, but you can boost this to 1200 DPI from the 'Scan Gear' option by accessing the Canon IJ Scan Utility app from your computer.

The Canon PIXMA TR8620's cost-per-print is great. Printing is fairly affordable due to the low cost of the ink cartridges, which is great as the black cartridge has a low yield. Printing photos is also quite affordable and even cheaper than the Canon PIXMA TR8520.

Keep in mind that even if you print only in black, most inkjet printers continue using the color cartridge for servicing tasks, so you'll likely still need to replace it eventually.

This printer has mediocre printing speeds. The first page of a black-only document prints fairly slowly, and subsequent pages aren't much faster. Printing in color is even slower.

Note: Our test results are nearly twice as slow as the advertised speed. We recently retested this over Wi-Fi and with a USB cable to verify if our numbers were accurate. Our retest results were approximately the same as the first time we tested it, although speeds were marginally faster over a USB connection.

The Canon TR8620 has mediocre color accuracy. While it's likely not a dealbreaker for those who want to add a splash of color to documents or print a few photos for the family scrapbook, those who need more accurate color accuracy for their profession may want to consider a different printer.

The Canon TR8620 has excellent photo printing quality. Photos have good detail and vibrant colors, with yellow, in particular, looking great. There's no banding present, but there's some slight coloring on the grayscale.

These results are based on the actual physical photo, not the scanned image provided for reference above, which may not be representative of the printer's photo print quality.

The Canon PIXMA TR8620 has two adjustable paper trays, one in the front and one in the rear that each holds 100 pages. It supports most common paper sizes, but can't print 2" x 3" photo size or the 11" x 17" tabloid size.

The Canon TR8620 has outstanding connectivity options, including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and USB. It's compatible with AirPrint and Mopria and there's support for printing from SD cards, but not for USB flash drives.

The Canon TR8620 is compatible with the outstanding Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY companion app.