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Canon Pixma G5050

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Pros

  • relative cheapness of printing makes it easy to experiment
  • it feels amazingly well built
  • overall build quality is great

Cons

  • slow printing speeds
  • The plug-in does not work as a standalone app
  • lack of colour management in such a system

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Canon Pixma G5050 - Pros & Cons

Canon Pixma G5050

Pros

  • relative cheapness of printing makes it easy to experiment
  • it feels amazingly well built
  • overall build quality is great
  • print excellent-looking photos with plenty of fine details and vibrant colors
  • toner cartridges are good for around 3000 black and 2000 color prints
  • it offers a good volume of work and good printing results
  • compact and elegant
  • reliable and durable
  • compact and elegant design
  • design and compact size
  • the on-line manual is pretty good

Cons

  • slow printing speeds
  • The plug-in does not work as a standalone app
  • lack of colour management in such a system
  • there is no driver
  • the black ink is relatively weak in some respects
  • the screen is unreadable for anyone with even mild visual impairment
  • printers tend to have a higher color page yield
  • as fast as the MF743dw
  • The cartridges are a little expensive
  • its printing speed is slow at eight black or three color pages per minute
  • It is not a multifunction printer

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Canon Pixma G5050 - Full Specifications

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General
Supports duplexyes
Wi-Fiyes
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Dimensions
Height6.54 in
Width17.91 in
Depth14.53 in
Weight14.33 lb
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Printing details
Colour printingyes
Maximum resolution4800 x 1200 dpi
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)13.0 ppm
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Paper handling
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)
  • A4
  • A5
Maximum ISO A-series paper sizeA5
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Power
AC input voltage100.0 V
AC input frequency50.0 Hz
Power consumption (printing)21.0 W
Power consumption (standby)1.6 W
Power consumption (off)0.3 W
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Design
Colour of productBlack
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Display
Displayyes
Display technologyLCD
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Technical details
Total output capacity100.0 sheets
Total input capacity250.0 sheets
Maximum duty cycle18000.0 ppm
Number of print cartridges4
Windows operating systems supported
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 8.1
Mac operating systems supported
  • Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite
  • Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan
  • Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra
  • Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave
Operating temperature (T-T)5 - 35
Operating relative humidity (H-H)10 - 90
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Connectivity
USByes
USB 2.0 ports quantity1
Ethernetyes
PictBridgeyes
Mobile printing technologies
  • Apple AirPrint
  • Canon Easy-PhotoPrint
  • Google Cloud Print
  • Mopria Print Service
  • PIXMA Cloud Link
Interfaces
  • Network
  • USB
  • Wireless LAN

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