CanonIP8720 Wireless Printer, AirPrint and Cloud Compatible, Black

I'm a professional graphic designer and specialize in print work. I've been using this printer in my design studio since 2018 and have printed 5,000+ sheets on it now, and I am still exceptionally happy with it.The print quality is excellent, as good as any of the lower Canon and Epson Pro models I've used. I print photos, posters, invitations, business cards, flyers, greeting cards, vinyl stickers, postcards, envelopes, and more with this for myself, clients, and retail products. I've used up to 140lb watercolor paper and printed branded tissue paper (on a carrier sheet of course) with no issue. I've maybe had 5 paper jams total throughout the life of this printer. I use Canon papers, HP papers, Red River papers (my favorite), and all sorts of off-brand paper, scrapbook paper, cardstock, and printable vinyl. Matte, satin, and glossy. This thing prints like a champ and takes whatever I've thrown at it. Keep in mind that higher-quality papers will always give you higher-quality results, no matter the printer.If you have a color-calibrated monitor and use Canon inks with the proper settings, the color accuracy is excellent. Far better than vista print in color accuracy and quality, in my experience. As with any photo printer, using off-brand inks can and often damages the print heads, in addition to causing color accuracy issues. I get amazingly vibrant, high-color artwork prints out of this machine, the ink quality is amazing.My cost with Canon XL carts for a one-sided, full-color 13x19 glossy highest-quality photo print (which uses the most ink) is roughly $0.009 per square inch or $2.21 per page. OfficeDepo has a great rewards program that includes giving you credit/points for recycling cartridges. I buy most of my tanks from Amazon unless OfficeDepo has a sale, but for every 10 cartridges you recycle, you can get a free XL tank.This isn't a plug-and-play consumer printer though. It takes a few minutes to set up and you have to understand how to use a higher-quality inkjet printer. You have to use the print utility and use the settings appropriately. Almost every bad review I've seen on here is because someone didn't take the time to learn how to use it correctly. If you are tech-illiterate, this isn't the printer for you, and the same will be true for nearly any higher-quality photo printer.Be sure you go to the Canon website and download the drivers offered there, the 8700 driver is great and has a ton of options. Make sure you are using the correct settings for the material you are printing on for the best results. If you think it's too loud, turn on the quiet mode found in the printer utility. You can also adjust the print speed through the utility as well. If you're printing documents, fast printing is fine. If you're printing photos, posters, printable vinyl, or anything ink-heavy (ESPECIALLY on glossy mediums), turn your speed down to the slowest speed for the best results.You CAN set it up without wifi, I set mine up wired at first without issue on my old MacBook Pro. When I replaced my hardware with an iMac, I set it up via the wifi without issue. I've used it over several versions of Mac OS and iOS without issue. I've set it up on two different models of HP laptops as well over wifi without issue. I've used it over several versions of Windows now as well without issue. As with any printer, when you upgrade your operating system to a new version, you may have to redownload the drivers or uninstall and reinstall them, but again that should be understood as that's true of any higher-quality printer. If you have an obstructed wifi signal you may have issues, but that's a given. If your router doesn't have the bandwidth for all the devices using it, you'll have issues, but that's also a given. If you have issues with the wifi, you absolutely can use this printer hardwired as well, and it will print faster. If you have a large print file, you may want to consider hardwiring for that job. When I print multiple copies or multiple pages of 13x19 prints I do this.Be sure to do proper maintenance, which means periodically running cleaning functions, running the print head alignment check, and realigning the print heads with the utility when required (the utility has an automatic function for this you just have to click run and evaluate the test result when complete). These things are true of ANY photo or art printer though. These things will greatly extend the life and quality of your equipment.I have been happier with this printer than I ever expected, especially for this price point!

Very good printer.Photos printing quality is outstanding especially for 6 inks "only" printer.Excellent color reproduction, smooth gradients and zero dotting, you can barely see the printing dots even with a large magnifier glass, the printing result feels and look a sublimation printer.I have printed color images coming from, pro cameras of over 40 megapixels and also iPhone images, and all were printed at the best level i could only hope for.I also printed cad files in 11 by 17 on plain copy paper and the result was excellent and very fast.It is also very fast and very quiet.Good built quality and beautiful design. Touch the feel of the 3 buttons in this printer feels better than a 100k BMW.I am really happy so far and hopefully over time the occasional clogs will be manageable and will not require printer head replacements.I had a bit of hard time setting the wireless connection up in Windows 11 on my system asking for a network password, that did not exist anywhere in the instructions, but it may just have been my system.

The print quality is above average and works well for documents and even promotional-level material. However, getting it to consistently connect and be available is just not happening most of the time. It will routinely lose the connection to the network or devices, and then just refuse to connect for what seems like hours. Then, all of a sudden, it will connect (*maybe*) and will allow you to print what you want. I lost count of the number of times I've rebooted the printer, deleted/added as a new printer, or tried to use the nearly useless Canon "official" connection app.Even when the printer is available, there are constant issue with printing that make this unit a nightmare. It will routinely spit out blank pages and then just refuse to print another set. This has nothing to do with ink levels or paper jams. Since there's no interface on the unit, and the printer utility never connects, and the utility says "see printer for error" - there's literally no way to know what's going on and you're left guessing, rebooting, and retrying print jobs until the cows come home.Ink life is kind of low, although at least you can replace single colors at a time. After market cartridges and OEM last about the same length of time and have similar quality.Ultimately this printer is not worth the price or hassle.