Canon Pixma GM2050
Back to black
For printing needs that are black and white
PRINTER ❘ £212 from Printerland www.snipca.com/39030
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Pixma GM2050 is perfect e rfect for this requirement.. It’s an inkjet printer that onlynlyn takes black ink, but it usess Canon’s excellent Megatank system, which means s you refill the printer using bottles of ink insteadnsteadn of cartridges. This is betterttert value for money and better forr the environment.
Mono printer for documents and letters that prints flawlessly, and runs economically and ecologically
With only one ink, Canon has been able to reduce the size of the printer compared with its four- and six-colour stablemates. It measures a modest 166x403x369mm (HXWXD), slicing nearly 50mm off the width of the six-colour Canon Pixma G650 (see our review, Issue 610), though it is a little deeper.
It comes with three bottles of ink, which Canon claims can print an impressive 18,000 pages. Replacement bottles cost £12.99 and print 6,000 pages, which works out at 0.2p per print. The paper tray holds 250 sheets, with the option for a further 100 sheets via the rear input, and it can be set to print on both sides of a sheet automatically.
Setting up the GM2050 is incredibly easy, whether you’re using a PC, phone or
SPECIFICATIONS
600x1200-dpi maximum print resolution • 13ppm quoted print speed • Wi-fi 4 • Ethernet port • USB 2.0 port • 166x403x369mm (HXWXD) • 6kg • One-year warranty www.snipca.com/39030 tablettablet. The printer can be connected to Wi-fi or Ethernet, or connected directly to a PC via USB. There are physical buttons on the device but they’re mostly used for setting up - once it was up and running on our Wi-fi network, we controlled it entirely with the device we were printing from.
The printer uses Canon’s standard software and apps on Windows, macos and mobile devices, which means you may come across options that the printer is unable to use, because the software is the same whether the printer it’s controlling is mono like this one, or colour like most other models.
Print quality is excellent. We tested it by printing 200 copies of a pamphlet for a local charity and it produced every page effortlessly and without flaws.
A high-quality mono printer with enough ink to print 18,000 pages and uses affordable refills that work out at 0.2p per page
VERDICT ALTERNATIVE
Epson ET-M1100 £100 A cheaper, more basic mono printer that’s also refilled from bottles