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Product Comparison: Canon PIXMA G5050 vs Canon PIXMA G6050

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Canon PIXMA G5050 Inkjet Printer

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General Specifications

Brand

Canon

Model

PIXMA G5050

PIXMA G6050

Origin

Japan

About the Product

Avoid downtime with a high-volume printer with 350-sheet plain paper capacity. Simplify refills with mess-free bottles and enjoy cost-effective productivity and uncompromised quality with high yields of up to 18,000 pages from 3 black ink bottles or 7,700 pages from a colour set.

Print, scan, copy and connect to the cloud via the Canon PRINT app. Refill ink tanks with enhanced mess-free bottles, boost uptime with a 350-sheet plain paper capacity and print up to 18,000 pages from 3 black bottles or 7,700 pages from a colour set, keeping the quality with a low cost-per-page.

Key Specs

Printer Type

All-in-One

Printing Technology

Inkjet

Print Speed (Monochrome)

13 pages per minute

Print Speed (Color)

6.8 pages per minute

What customers say about "Key Specs"

Canon PIXMA G5050 Inkjet Printer

It's reasonably fast, though not like a laser printer.
Print quality has been excellent. And the printing speed is pretty fast.
The print quality is good and seems fast enough.
Easy setup and prints fast. Huge ink wells that you fill with bottles of color included.
It's quick. Printing speeds are fast.

Canon PIXMA G6050 Inkjet Printer

The printing speed is enough and the quality on the corresponding paper also fits.
Very fast and easy commissioning and WiFi setup.
Printing speed is fast, and color images on plain paper are almost unbelievably good.
The print quality is excellent for plain paper and absolutely superb for photo prints. Also great speed of printing.
Business printing is fast and easy. On my third ream of paper, printing mostly two sided, and zero problems.

Size & Weight

Height

6.53 in.

7.67 in.

Width

15.87 in.

15.86 in.

Depth

14.53 in.

14.52 in.

Weight

14.33 lbs.

17.85 lbs.

Printing / Scanning

Tray Capacity

350 sheets

Printer Resolution (Black)

4800 x 1200

Printer Resolution (Color)

4800 x 1200

Scanner Resolution

1200 x 2400

Tray Capacity

What customers say about "Printing / Scanning"

Canon PIXMA G5050 Inkjet Printer

The printing is clear and crisp -- when using good photography paper, it's simply gorgeous printing.
The color is bright and the prints are very clear.
The printer does well printing both documents and photos.
The print quality on this printer is exceptional.
Great printer, print quality is excellent, even does automatic two sided printing.

Canon PIXMA G6050 Inkjet Printer

This printer has even exceeded my expectations, very good print image, extremely economical in consumption.
The quality of the documents is impeccable.
The scanner is fast and picks up fine detail, and its recognized by other applications - like Photoshop.
Super easy to print and copy. Great prints.
I have had no paper jams and the copies are excellent.

Cartridges

Number of Cartridges

Color Support

Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow

Cartridge Capacity (Black)

6000 pages

Cartridges Capacity (Color)

7700 pages

What customers say about "Cartridges"

Canon PIXMA G5050 Inkjet Printer

Fast and economical printer. Great cartridges.
No expensive ink cartridges to replace.
Ink levels are easy to determine. Great colors.
The colors are a bit on the dull and lusterless side.
Every 20 or so pages the ink gets clogged and stops printing.

Canon PIXMA G6050 Inkjet Printer

At the moment the ink levels remain stable.
Impressive quantity of ink delivered.
Easy to use, print quality is solid. Great colors.
Print is crisp and clean. Vivid colors of cartridges.
Great print quality in both BW and color.

Features

Printer Connectivity

USB Type-B, Wi-Fi, Ethernet

Double-Sided Printing

Yes

Photo Printer

Yes

Integrated Fax

Supported Paper Sizes

A4, A5, B5, LTR, LGL, 4"x6", 5"x7", 7"x10", 8"x10", Envelopes (DL, COM10)

Extras

Easy-PhotoPrint Editor, IJ Printer Assistant Tool, AirPrint, Smartphone and tablet ready, Automatic Two-Sided Printing

What customers say about "Features"

Canon PIXMA G5050 Inkjet Printer

Built-in AirPrint support. Can print directly from compatible iOS device. No drivers necessary.
Compatible with MacOS and Windows.
Can print borderless photos on Mac and Windows.
Installing the software was very simple and quick.
LCD screen is small and not as user-friendly as a color touch screen.

Canon PIXMA G6050 Inkjet Printer