Canon MAXIFY GX3050 vs HP Smart Tank 5105

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MAXIFY GX3050 compared with Smart Tank 5105

	CanonMAXIFY GX3050	HPSmart Tank 5105
Overview
Released
Released	November 2022	January 2023
Printing
Type
Type	Ink tank	Ink tank
Colour
Colour	Yes	Yes
Speed, black
Speed, black	18 pages a minute (better)	12 pages a minute
Speed, colour
Speed, colour	13 pages a minute (better)	5 pages a minute
Resolution
Resolution	600 × 1200 dpi	4800 × 1200 dpi
Prints both sides
Prints both sides	Yes	No
Printing detail
Printing detail	One print head; refillable ink tanks; automatic 2-sided printing on A4 and Letter plain paper from the rear tray and cassette	Manual two-sided printing (driver support); borderless up to A4; draft speeds up to 22 ppm black, 16 ppm colour; print languages HP PCL 3 GUI, PCLm, URF; 980 MHz processor, 64 MB memory
First page out
First page out	8 seconds black, 9 seconds colour (from ready)	As fast as 14 sec black, 21 sec colour (A4, ready)
Resolution detail
Resolution detail	–	Up to 1200 x 1200 rendered dpi black; up to 4800 x 1200 optimised dpi colour (1200 input dpi)
Ink or toner
Ink or toner	Four-colour pigment ink; GI-56 bottles (black, cyan, magenta, yellow); MC-G03 maintenance cartridge, user replaceable	Refillable tanks filled from HP 32XL black (135 ml) and HP 31 cyan, magenta and yellow bottles; replaceable black and tri-colour printheads
Page yield
Page yield	Bottles print 6,000 pages black and 14,000 colour (9,000 and 21,000 in economy mode)	HP 31 70 ml colour bottles: ~8,000 pages each; bottles in the box (UK): ~8,000 pages black, ~9,200 pages colour in draft mode
Duty cycle
Duty cycle	Up to 33,000 pages	Up to 3,000 pages a month (A4); 400 to 800 pages recommended
Scanning and copying
Does
Does	Print, Scan and Copy	Print, Scan and Copy
Document feeder
Document feeder	No	No
Scanner
Scanner	Flatbed CIS colour scanner, A4/Letter; 1,200 × 2,400 dpi optical	Flatbed only, up to 216 x 297 mm; up to 1200 dpi optical; A4 at 200 ppi in about 10 sec black, 19 sec colour; JPG, PDF, PNG, TIFF, HEIF
Copying
Copying	First colour copy in 17 seconds; 11.1 ipm colour; 2-sided, 2-on-1 and 4-on-1, frame erase and ID copy	Up to 10 cpm black, 2 cpm colour (ISO, A4); up to 99 copies; ID copy
Paper
Largest paper
Largest paper	A4	A4
Paper tray
Paper tray	250 sheets (better)	100 sheets
Paper sizes
Paper sizes	Rear 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, Letter	A4, B5, A6, DL envelope; custom 88.9 x 127 to 215.9 x 355.6 mm
Paper types
Paper types	Plain 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 tray	Plain, matte and glossy brochure papers, photo papers, envelopes, cards; plain paper 60 to 90 g/m², photo paper up to 300 g/m²
Output tray
Output tray	–	30 sheets
Connections
Connects by
Connects by	Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct and USB	Wi-Fi, USB and Wi-Fi Direct
Connection detail
Connection detail	Hi-Speed USB; Wi-Fi 5 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac) on 2.4 and 5 GHz; Wireless Direct	Hi-Speed USB 2.0; Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n (2.4 GHz); Wi-Fi Direct
Printing from phones
Printing from phones	Apple AirPrint, Mopria, Canon Print Service plug-in (Android), PIXMA Cloud Link; Amazon Alexa	HP app, Apple AirPrint, Mopria, HP Print Service Plugin (Android), Wi-Fi Direct
App
App	Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY, Easy-PhotoPrint Editor	HP app
Control panel
Control panel	3.4 cm monochrome LCD	1.2-inch segment and icon LCD with buttons
Design
Weight
Weight	8.3 kg	5.03 kg
Power use
Power use	About 18 W copying, 1.4 W standby (all ports connected), 0.1 W off; TEC 0.19 kWh	3.023 W ready, 1.096 W sleep, 0.109 W off
Noise
Noise	About 49 dB(A)	6.4 B(A) sound power, 56.8 dB(A) sound pressure
Size
Size	399 × 417 × 216 mm (W × D × H) with trays closed	434.66 x 361.53 x 157.26 mm (W x D x H); up to 434.66 x 580.65 x 259.37 mm with trays extended
In the box
In the box	–	Printer, HP 32XL black bottle (135 ml), HP 31 cyan, magenta and yellow bottles (50 ml), black and tri-colour printheads, setup guide, reference guide, power cord