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Canon MAXIFY GX3050
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Canon MAXIFY GX3050 · Photo source

Canon · MAXIFY

MAXIFY GX3050

Released November 2022

Canon's four-colour pigment ink tank all-in-one for home offices, with a 250-sheet cassette plus 100-sheet rear tray and automatic two-sided printing, but no document feeder, fax or Ethernet.

Type
Ink tank
Colour
Yes
Does
Print, Scan, Copy
Pages a minute
18
Both sides
Yes

Printing

Type
Ink tank
Colour
Yes
Speed, black
18 pages a minute
Speed, colour
13 pages a minute
Resolution
600 × 1200 dpi
Prints both sides
Yes
Printing detail
One print head; refillable ink tanks; automatic 2-sided printing on A4 and Letter plain paper from the rear tray and cassette
First page out
8 seconds black, 9 seconds colour (from ready)
Ink or toner
Four-colour pigment ink; GI-56 bottles (black, cyan, magenta, yellow); MC-G03 maintenance cartridge, user replaceable
Page yield
Bottles print 6,000 pages black and 14,000 colour (9,000 and 21,000 in economy mode)
Duty cycle
Up to 33,000 pages

Scanning and copying

Does
Print, Scan and Copy
Document feeder
No
Scanner
Flatbed CIS colour scanner, A4/Letter; 1,200 × 2,400 dpi optical
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

Paper

Largest paper
A4
Paper tray
250 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
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

Connections

Connects by
Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct and USB
Connection detail
Hi-Speed USB; Wi-Fi 5 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac) on 2.4 and 5 GHz; Wireless Direct
Printing from phones
Apple AirPrint, Mopria, Canon Print Service plug-in (Android), PIXMA Cloud Link; Amazon Alexa
App
Canon PRINT Inkjet/SELPHY, Easy-PhotoPrint Editor
Control panel
3.4 cm monochrome LCD

Design

Weight
8.3 kg
Power use
About 18 W copying, 1.4 W standby (all ports connected), 0.1 W off; TEC 0.19 kWh
Noise
About 49 dB(A)
Size
399 × 417 × 216 mm (W × D × H) with trays closed

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Ink bottles print 6,000 black and 14,000 colour pages (9,000 and 21,000 in economy mode)
  • Pigment ink in all four colours
  • 250-sheet cassette, 100-sheet rear tray and a flat rear tray for board up to 0.7 mm

Cons

  • No document feeder, fax or Ethernet
  • Small monochrome display (3.4 cm)
  • Print resolution tops out at 600 × 1200 dpi

Closest rivals

Model
TypeColourDoesPages a minuteBoth sidesReleased
Ink tankYesPrint, Scan, Copy, Fax18YesNov 2022
Ink tankYesPrint, Scan, Copy16YesApr 2021
Ink tankYesPrint, Scan, Copy, Fax15.5YesOct 2021

Sources

  1. canon.co.uk/printers/maxify-gx3050/specifications
  2. web.archive.org/web/20260516113558/https://www.canon.co.uk/printers/maxify-gx30…
  3. canon-europe.com/press-centre/press-releases/2022/11/canon-expands-maxify-range…

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  • MAXIFY GX3050, front view with ink bottles and printed sheet: Canon
  • MAXIFY GX3050, front view with printed sheet and rear paper support raised: Canon
  • MAXIFY GX3050, front view with rear paper support lowered: Canon
  • MAXIFY GX3050, front view printing a document: Canon
  • MAXIFY GX3050, front three-quarter view printing a document with rear paper support raised: Canon
  • MAXIFY GX3050, front detail with paper tray open: Canon
  • MAXIFY GX3050, front three-quarter view with a hand retrieving a print: Canon
  • MAXIFY GX3050, control panel detail: Canon

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