Canon PIXMA G650 vs HP Smart Tank 7305
Better figure, where one is clearly better
| CanonPIXMA G650 | HPSmart Tank 7305 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | April 2021 | September 2021 |
| Printing | ||
| Type | Ink tank | Ink tank |
| Colour | Yes | Yes |
| Speed, black | 3.9 pages a minute | 15 pages a minute (better) |
| Speed, colour | 3.9 pages a minute | 9 pages a minute (better) |
| Resolution | 4800 × 1200 dpi | 4800 × 1200 dpi |
| Prints both sides | No | Yes |
| Printing detail | Two FINE print heads (black, red and grey; cyan, magenta and yellow); refillable ink tanks; borderless printing at A4, Letter and photo sizes; borderless 10 × 15 cm photo in about 47 seconds; manual 2-sided printing | Automatic two-sided printing; borderless up to A4; draft speeds up to 23 ppm black, 22 ppm colour; print language HP PCL 3 GUI; 800 MHz processor, 256 MB memory |
| First page out | – | As fast as 14 sec black, 16 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 | Six ChromaLife 100 dye inks in GI-53 bottles (black, cyan, magenta, yellow, red, grey); MC-G02 maintenance cartridge, user replaceable | Refillable tanks filled from HP 32XL black (135 ml) and HP 31 cyan, magenta and yellow (70 ml) bottles; replaceable black and tri-colour printheads |
| Page yield | A set of bottles prints about 3,700 pages black and 8,000 colour, or 3,800 10 × 15 cm photos | HP 32XL black bottle: ~6,000 pages; HP 31 colour bottles: ~8,000 pages each; bottles in the box (UK): ~15,200 pages black, ~9,600 pages colour in draft mode |
| Duty cycle | – | Up to 5,000 pages a month (A4); 400 to 800 pages recommended |
| Scanning and copying | ||
| Does | Print, Scan and Copy | Print, Scan and Copy |
| Document feeder | No | Yes |
| Scanner | Flatbed CIS scanner, A4/Letter; 600 × 1,200 dpi optical | Flatbed (up to 216 x 297 mm) and 35-sheet automatic document feeder (up to 216 x 356 mm); up to 1200 dpi optical; up to 8 ipm black, 3.5 ipm colour (A4, 200 ppi); JPG, PDF, PNG, TIFF |
| Copying | First copy in about 25 seconds, 2.9 ipm; borderless, 2-on-1 and 4-on-1, frame erase and ID copy; up to 99 copies; 25–400% zoom | Up to 13 cpm black, 6 cpm colour (ISO, A4); up to 99 copies; 25 to 400%; ID copy |
| Paper | ||
| Largest paper | A4 | A4 |
| Paper tray | 100 sheets | 250 sheets (better) |
| Paper sizes | A4, A5, A6, B5, Letter, Legal, 10 × 15 cm, 13 × 18 cm, 18 × 25 cm, 20 × 25 cm, 127 and 89 mm squares, 55 × 91 mm cards, envelopes (DL, COM10, C5, Monarch), custom 55–216 mm wide by 89–1,200 mm long | A4, A5, A6, B5 (JIS), envelopes (DL, C5, C6), cards; custom 88.9 x 127 to 215.9 x 355.6 mm |
| Paper types | Plain paper 64–105 g/m²; Canon photo, fine art, magnetic and restickable papers, iron-on transfers and cardstock; photo paper up to about 275 g/m² | Plain, photo, matte and glossy brochure papers, envelopes, labels, cards; plain paper 60 to 105 g/m², photo paper up to 250 g/m² |
| Output tray | – | 100 sheets |
| Connections | ||
| Connects by | Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct and USB | Wi-Fi, Ethernet, USB and Wi-Fi Direct |
| Connection detail | Hi-Speed USB; Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n, 2.4 GHz); Wireless Direct; PictBridge over Wi-Fi | Hi-Speed USB 2.0; Gigabit Ethernet; dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4 and 5 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, Creative Park | HP app |
| Control panel | 2-line monochrome LCD | 2-line LCD (70 x 12 mm) with guided buttons |
| Design | ||
| Weight | 6.6 kg | 7.7 kg |
| Power use | About 16 W copying, 1.2 W standby (all ports connected), 0.2 W off; TEC 0.18 kWh | 1.10 W sleep, 0.1 W off; TEC 0.20 kWh a week |
| Noise | About 50.5 dB(A) | 6.5 B(A) sound power, 59.4 dB(A) sound pressure (printing at 10 ppm) |
| Size | 445 × 340 × 167 mm (W × D × H) with trays closed | 427.5 x 364 x 240.3 mm (W x D x H); up to 453.55 x 440.73 x 249.63 mm with trays extended |
| In the box | – | Printer, 2 HP 32XL black bottles, HP 31 cyan, magenta and yellow bottles, black and tri-colour printheads, setup guide, reference guide, power cord |

