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Canon MAXIFY GX3050 vs Epson EcoTank ET-8550

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CanonMAXIFY GX3050EpsonEcoTank ET-8550
Overview
ReleasedNovember 2022April 2021
Printing
TypeInk tankInk tank
ColourYesYes
Speed, black18 pages a minute16 pages a minute
Speed, colour13 pages a minute12 pages a minute
Resolution600 × 1200 dpi5760 × 1440 dpi
Prints both sidesYesYes
Printing detailOne print head; refillable ink tanks; automatic 2-sided printing on A4 and Letter plain paper from the rear tray and cassetteSix-colour Micro Piezo printing; 360 black nozzles and 180 per colour; automatic 2-sided printing on A4 plain paper; borderless printing up to A3+; CD/DVD printing; 10 × 15 cm photo in 25 seconds on Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper; up to 32 pages a minute in draft on 75 g/m² paper
First page out8 seconds black, 9 seconds colour (from ready)–
Ink or tonerFour-colour pigment ink; GI-56 bottles (black, cyan, magenta, yellow); MC-G03 maintenance cartridge, user replaceableClaria ET Premium; pigment black plus dye photo black, cyan, magenta, yellow and grey in refillable tanks; 114 EcoTank bottles, 70 ml each
Page yieldBottles print 6,000 pages black and 14,000 colour (9,000 and 21,000 in economy mode)Ink in the box prints 1,800 photos; a set of 114 bottles prints 2,300 photos (6,700 pages black, 6,200 pages colour)
Duty cycleUp to 33,000 pagesWarranty 12 months or 50,000 pages
Scanning and copying
DoesPrint, Scan and CopyPrint, Scan and Copy
Document feederNoNo
ScannerFlatbed CIS colour scanner, A4/Letter; 1,200 × 2,400 dpi opticalFlatbed contact image sensor (CIS); 1,200 × 4,800 dpi optical; documents up to 216 × 355.6 mm; saves BMP, JPEG, TIFF, multi-TIFF, PDF, searchable PDF and PNG
CopyingFirst colour copy in 17 seconds; 11.1 ipm colour; 2-sided, 2-on-1 and 4-on-1, frame erase and ID copy–
Paper
Largest paperA4A3
Paper tray250 sheets100 sheets
Paper sizesRear tray A4, A5, A6, B5, Letter, Legal, 10 × 15 cm, 13 × 18 cm, 18 × 25 cm, 20 × 25 cm, 127 × 127 mm, envelopes (DL, COM10) and custom sizes 89–216 mm wide by 127–1,200 mm long; cassette A4, A5, B5, LetterTrays - front tray 1, 20 sheets of photo paper up to 13 × 18 cm; front tray 2, 100 sheets of A4 plain paper; rear feeder, 50 sheets of plain paper or 5 of photo paper up to A3+; rear straight path, 1 sheet. Sizes - A3+, A3, B4, A4, A5, A6, B5, B6, Letter, Legal, Executive, 10 × 15 cm, 13 × 18 cm, envelopes (No. 10, DL, C6) and user-defined sizes up to 329 × 2,000 mm
Paper typesPlain paper 64–105 g/m²; Canon photo papers up to about 265 g/m² from the rear tray; paperboard 0.1–0.7 mm from the rear flat trayPlain paper 64–90 g/m²; photo, fine art and thick media up to 1.3 mm through the rear straight path
Output tray–50 sheets of plain paper or 20 of premium glossy photo paper
Connections
Connects byWi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct and USBWi-Fi, Ethernet, Wi-Fi Direct and USB
Connection detailHi-Speed USB; Wi-Fi 5 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac) on 2.4 and 5 GHz; Wireless DirectHi-Speed USB; Ethernet; Wi-Fi 5 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac); Wi-Fi Direct; USB host port and SD card slot for printing without a computer; PictBridge
Printing from phonesApple AirPrint, Mopria, Canon Print Service plug-in (Android), PIXMA Cloud Link; Amazon AlexaApple AirPrint, Mopria Print Service, Mopria Scan, Epson Connect (Email Print, Remote Print Driver, Scan-to-Cloud)
AppCanon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY, Easy-PhotoPrint EditorEpson Smart Panel; Epson Photo+ and Epson ScanSmart on a computer
Control panel3.4 cm monochrome LCD10.9 cm colour touchscreen
Design
Weight8.3 kg11.1 kg
Power useAbout 18 W copying, 1.4 W standby (all ports connected), 0.1 W off; TEC 0.19 kWh17 W copying (ISO/IEC 24712), 7.5 W ready, 0.8 W sleep, 0.3 W off; TEC 0.16 kWh a week
NoiseAbout 49 dB(A)37 dB(A) printing photos on Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper
Size399 × 417 × 216 mm (W × D × H) with trays closed523 × 379 × 169 mm (W × D × H)
In the box–Printer, ink set, power cable, driver and utilities CD, quick start guide, warranty document

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