Canon PIXMA TR4720 All-in-One Wireless Printer, Home Use with Auto Document Feeder, Mobile Printing and Built-in Fax, BlackEPEAT

Basic but gets the job done. For those with little patience of using the number pad like an old school phone for letters, it might be a deal breaker. But since it’s dirt cheap, I think it’s excellent

I’ve had this printer since 2023 and it’s been reliable so far (I’m hoping I don’t jinx myself in writing this review). Easy to set up, scanner works great- both the feeder and flatbed. Scans and prints quickly (scan not as fast as print). No issues at all with print quality or paper jams. Copy feature works well, too. Ink cartridges are easy to replace. I don’t need to replace them often, maybe 2-3 a year but I use the scanner a lot more often than printer. Ink cartridges are around $20-$30. I can’t speak on how efficient this machine would work for frequent use, but knowing how reliable it’s been so far for my moderate home office use I have good expectations that it would hold up well. Overall I’m very happy with this purchase, especially at the price point.

EDIT AUG 15 - Printer broke after printing approximately 50 pages - one day after the 30-day return notice. Something guiding the ink and paper feeder snapped and was hanging out of the mechanism. Complete junk. Run far away.I made an impulse buy on Prime Day. I just needed an all-in-one printer to replace the HP that was giving me fits and the price was right. My mistake for not looking more closely at it. The form factor is a complete throwback to the 90s - it's big compared to modern printers, and the loading/printing is from the front, which isn't great. The screen is hard to read, and everything is as flimsy as it could get without breaking immediately.The setup was a pain, and you are directed to a subdomain to download the software, which of course, isn't approved by Apple. The download page, itself was built in the 90's and the search function doesn't work, the printer doesn't come up as an option but if you mess around long enough, the list of printers completely changes and it appears. Network connection takes several minutes. There is no set-up walk-through and the desktop app is not installed with the initial download, so the rest of this review is based on best guesses and user error until I went hunting for a desktop app out of sheer frustration.The downloadable manual, like everything else, was a complete flashback to the 90's technical writing style. It's 434 pages and written with no thought to workflow - Set up isn't even mentioned. Four hundred thirty-four pages and no Quick Start Guide. Cool cool. Each section has drop-downs for the steps with links inside the drop-down. Be sure to note which page you are on because if you click one of those links, there's no going back. You won't find the user manual. (After I found the desktop app, it does have a link to an online version of the manual that is easier to navigate, but it's still really old-school.) The colors are not sharp or saturated. All colors are faded and pastel. After figuring out troubleshooting on the printer menu because I had given up on the manual, I ran all the usual tests and cleaning, hoping for better print quality. Nope. It'll do for printing out text-based material, but you wouldn't dare to try to print an image or photo. I'll keep messing with it.Desktop app - again, it's not included in the original download and it's outdated and most things link to the horrible website. Mac users - you will need to download all the functions software individually, as well.Be sure to buy ink!!! The starter pack of ink will not get you very far. Two test pages, a nozzle clean, and a one-page text document has already made a noticeable dent in the ink levels.

Does not have automatic double sided printing. You have to do double sided printing manually with this printer. And the ink supply runs out pretty quickly. But it is a cheap laser printer. And most cheap laser printers have a limited ink supply. So it is pretty normal for a cheap laser printer.The photos are pretty good for a cheap laser printer. But again, do not expect to get a lot of prints off the limited ink supply.If you want a lot of printed projects that use a lot of ink, get a large capacity printer. They are more expensive than laser printers. But they can give you more printouts before you need to put in more ink. Unfortunately, with some large capacity printers you have to refill the ink yourself because they do not have easy to replace cartridges like the laser printers. And avoid recyclable or reusable ink cartridges. They can leak and ruin your printer.This printer is a good quality laser printer, despite the manual double sided printing. It will function as well as any other laser printer brand and print nice quality pictures. Just remember, is a laser printer. They will mess up your prints at times due to ink clogs, human error, and occasionally internet connection problems. It is something that they will all do. But this printer will scan and print very clear pictures and documents. Canon also sells cameras. They know good quality photos when they see them. Try out their cameras sometime too. They are wonderful once you learn about them and are not too complicated to use.

Quite easy to install if one follows instructions. The print looks good for normal applications. I have just installed it and it works, I will update the review if the printer fails in the next months. Perfect size for home use. Seems to be good quality for the price, my only concern is that the cartridge holder may eventually break. It is a bit hard to displace and it is made of thin plastic. I bought the printer during Prime Day because I was tired of paying a fortune for HP cartridges that sometime expired before I could use them, so the printer refused them.