The Canon PIXMA TR8620a is an all-in-one inkjet printer. It uses a five-cartridge system with a dedicated photo black cartridge that's compatible with Canon PGI-280 Black and CLI-281 Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black ink cartridges. It features a large touchscreen and includes an ADF-equipped scanner, although it lacks duplex scanning capabilities. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, Ethernet, and support for external storage devices in the form of SD, microSD, and miniSD cards, when using adapters. It supports mobile printing with Apple AirPrint and Mopria Print Service, and is compatible with Canon's PRINT app. This allows you to perform tasks such as printing, scanning, and maintenance, as well as ordering ink and consumables.
Our Verdict
The Canon PIXMA TR8620a is decent for home use. It produces excellent-looking photos with rich detail and vibrant colors. While some colors are slightly off, they don't look bad enough to ruin your pictures. Otherwise, it has everything else you'd need for home use: a flatbed scanner, an automatic document feeder, and double-sided printing. While it doesn't offer an especially high page yield, the cost per print remains low.
- Great photo printing quality.
- Decent color accuracy.
- Supports many connectivity and mobile print options.
- Low cost-per-print.
- Page yield is quite low.
- Sheet rollers cause markings on photos.
The Canon PIXMA TR8620a is okay for small offices. This printer has a low page yield, so you'll frequently need to buy and install new ink cartridges if your office needs include high printing volumes. However, high-yield cartridges are available and will last longer. Printing speeds are mediocre, but black and color documents look great and detailed. This printer also has a wide range of connectivity options, making it convenient to use.
- High-yield cartridges are available.
- Supports many connectivity and mobile print options.
- Black-and-white documents look clear.
- Low cost-per-print.
- Printing is quite slow.
- Page yield is quite low.
The Canon PIXMA TR8620a is not a good option if you want a printer that remains dependable with infrequent use. As an inkjet printer, it can clog when left idle for extended periods. Its cartridges do include the printheads, which makes fixing more severe clogs easier. The cartridges have reasonable page yields, though high-yield options help bring the number of prints per cartridge. The printer is also not the quickest, producing roughly 12 black-and-white pages per minute. That said, it does offer a wide range of connectivity options and includes support for SD cards.
- High-yield cartridges are available.
- Supports many connectivity and mobile print options.
Printheads are included in the cartridges.
- Printing is quite slow.
- Page yield is quite low.
Can clog if it's left unused.
The Canon PIXMA TR8620a is good for printing casual photos. Most colors look accurate, and photos have excellent detail. It prints a 4x6 photo in under a minute and prints on various paper types, including heat-transfer sheets, glossy photo paper, and magnetic photo paper. The sheet rollers within the printer cause some markings on the photos, though.
- Great photo printing quality.
- Decent color accuracy.
- Dedicated photo black cartridge.
- Page yield is quite low.
- Sheet rollers cause markings on photos.
The Canon PIXMA TR8620a has an okay page yield. It can only print around 200 black document pages, which is not a lot, but this can be improved by using high-yield cartridges. Color printing delivers better results at around 300 pages per cartridge.
- High-yield cartridges are available.
- Page yield is quite low.
The Canon PIXMA TR8620a's scan quality is alright. Black and color text is clear and legible for the most part. However, colors are oversaturated, blocks of color appear overly grainy, and the image processing is overly aggressive, removing some finer details, such as the lines in a graph. As for features, there's an ADF, but it can't perform duplex scanning and is quite slow.
ADF-equipped scanner.
Aggressive image processing culls background elements.
Performance Usages
Changelog
- Updated Jul 02, 2026: We've updated this review to Test Bench 1.4, which adds new usages and performance usages, as well as reorganizes several other tests throughout the review. You can read more about the changes in detail in the Changelog.
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Updated Jan 08, 2026:
We've updated text throughout the review after converting to Test Bench 1.3.
- Updated Jan 05, 2026: We've updated the review to Test Bench 1.3, which adds a number of test boxes including Risk of Clogging and Ease of Unclogging. We also updated the Usage and Performance boxes at the top of the review to better integrate the new aspects covered. See the changelog.
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Updated Feb 14, 2025:
We've rewritten the Introduction, verdict boxes, and the 'Compared To Other Printers' box to bring them in line with our current standards for printer reviews.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The Canon PIXMA TR8620a doesn't have any variants. See our unit's label.
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The Canon PIXMA TR8620a is a good all-in-one inkjet printer. While it's designed for home office use, it features a dedicated photo black cartridge in addition to its regular black cartridge, making it a great choice for printing photos at home. It prints pictures with an excellent amount of detail. The one downside is its page yield isn't very high, but it's similar to other all-in-ones that use ink cartridges in its price range.
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The Brother MFC-J4335DW and the Canon PIXMA TR8620a are both all-in-one family printers. The Brother produces higher-quality documents, prints faster, and yields significantly more prints, so it's a better choice if you need to print a lot of documents for work, school, or your hobbies. For photo printing, the Brother produces more fine details, but the Canon produces a wider range of colors with better accuracy.
The Canon PIXMA TR8620a is better than the Epson WorkForce WF-2850. You'll get a good 100-200 more pages out of the Canon, which helps you save money on ink costs, even though the Canon's color cartridges cost more. Photos look much nicer, too, which may be important to you.
The Canon PIXMA TR8620a is the newer version of the Canon PIXMA TR8620, and they are nearly identical in performance and appearance; you'll be happy if you buy either one. The only differences are their cost-per-print and print speed. The TR8620a prints black-and-white documents faster, but its running cost is a little higher because the cartridges are more expensive.
The Canon PIXMA TR8620a and the Epson Expression Premium XP-7100 are both all-in-one family printers. The Canon is a better choice if you want to print photos, since details look much clearer, colors look more accurate, and you can print more photos thanks to its higher color page yield. On the other hand, the Epson is a better choice for office use since it prints faster and yields more black ink pages. Its ADF can scan double-sided sheets, whereas the Canon can't.
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