Canon MAXIFY GX4050 vs HP Smart Tank 5105
Better figure, where one is clearly better
| CanonMAXIFY GX4050 | HPSmart Tank 5105 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | November 2022 | January 2023 |
| Printing | ||
| Type | Ink tank | Ink tank |
| Colour | Yes | Yes |
| Speed, black | 18 pages a minute (better) | 12 pages a minute |
| Speed, colour | 13 pages a minute (better) | 5 pages a minute |
| Resolution | 600 × 1200 dpi | 4800 × 1200 dpi |
| Prints both sides | Yes | No |
| 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 | 8 seconds black, 9 seconds colour (from ready) | As fast as 14 sec black, 21 sec colour (A4, ready) |
| Resolution detail | – | Up to 1200 x 1200 rendered dpi black; up to 4800 x 1200 optimised dpi colour (1200 input dpi) |
| 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 | 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 | Up to 33,000 pages | Up to 3,000 pages a month (A4); 400 to 800 pages recommended |
| Scanning and copying | ||
| Does | Print, Scan, Copy and Fax | Print, Scan and Copy |
| Document feeder | Yes | No |
| Scanner | CIS colour scanner with flatbed (A4/Letter) and 35-sheet document feeder (A4/Letter/Legal); 1,200 × 2,400 dpi optical; 7.1 ipm colour from the feeder | 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 | First colour copy in about 17 seconds; 11.1 ipm colour from the glass; 15.2 ipm black and 7.4 ipm colour from the feeder; 2-sided copying; ID copy; 25–400% zoom | Up to 10 cpm black, 2 cpm colour (ISO, A4); up to 99 copies; ID copy |
| Fax | Super G3 colour fax at up to 33.6 kbps; about 3 seconds a page black; 250-page memory; 100 speed dials, 99 groups | – |
| Paper | ||
| Largest paper | A4 | A4 |
| Paper tray | 250 sheets (better) | 100 sheets |
| 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; document feeder A5, A4, Letter, Legal | A4, B5, A6, DL envelope; custom 88.9 x 127 to 215.9 x 355.6 mm |
| 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 | – | 30 sheets |
| Connections | ||
| Connects by | Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Wi-Fi Direct and USB | Wi-Fi, USB and Wi-Fi Direct |
| Connection detail | Hi-Speed USB; Ethernet (10/100); Wi-Fi 5 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac) on 2.4 and 5 GHz; Wireless Direct; WPA3 | Hi-Speed USB 2.0; Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n (2.4 GHz); Wi-Fi Direct |
| Printing from phones | Apple AirPrint, Mopria, Canon Print Service plug-in (Android), PIXMA Cloud Link; Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant | HP app, Apple AirPrint, Mopria, HP Print Service Plugin (Android), Wi-Fi Direct |
| App | Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY, Easy-PhotoPrint Editor | HP app |
| Control panel | 6.7 cm colour touchscreen | 1.2-inch segment and icon LCD with buttons |
| Design | ||
| Weight | 9.5 kg | 5.03 kg |
| Power use | About 20 W copying, 1.4 W standby (all ports connected), 0.1 W off; TEC 0.15 kWh | 3.023 W ready, 1.096 W sleep, 0.109 W off |
| Noise | About 49 dB(A) | 6.4 B(A) sound power, 56.8 dB(A) sound pressure |
| Size | 399 × 417 × 251 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 | – | 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 |
