The WorkForce ST-4000 EcoTank Color MFP Supertank Printer from Epson and the HP OfficeJet Pro 9015 All-in-One Printer from HP outperform the TR8620 in a number of crucial categories, including print speed, volume and capacity, feature sets, and running costs. The TR8620 still makes sense for low-volume print and copy scenarios, particularly for home offices that print a lot of photos. An all-in-one color printer featuring a flatbed scanner and an automatic document feeder is the Canon PIXMA TR8620. The color page yield is good, and the cost per print is excellent for photographs and wonderful for color documents.

The Canon PIXMA TR8620a is a printer that is discontinued and replaced by the Canon PIXMA TR8620a. It is a printer that prints stunning images and documents very slowly, but the black page yield is excellent and the cartridge is relatively inexpensive.

Design

The TR8620’s control panel features a large 4.3-inch color touchscreen that pivots upward 90 degrees. Only the power button serves as a physical control, but we found the touchscreen to be responsive and the menus to be easy to use. An SD card slot is located at the bottom left of the front panel, allowing for direct printing from a camera’s memory card. Up to 100 sheets of plain paper can be stored in the rear paper tray and primary paper cassette, respectively. Up to 20 sheets of photo paper can be stored in the back paper tray, which is where photo prints should be made. ..

The TR8620 ADF is a two-sided printing device that does not offer automated two-sided scanning. To use the ADF, open the cover and swing it outward to act as a support for paper input. The ADF can be used to print documents on one side only, or to scan documents and generate copies or scans on both sides.

To ensure that your paper is scanned correctly on the second side, the LCD provides a visual. The TR8620 contains an Ethernet port and a Hi-Speed USB port, and you can use Wi-Fi or Ethernet to connect it to a network (both 2.4GHz and 5GHz are supported). Additionally available is Bluetooth 4.0 wireless connectivity. The body is 17.3 inches wide, 13.8 inches deep, and 7.5 inches high (h).

The TR8620 has a 14.4-inch paper depth when the output tray is extended and the catch is folded front, but when the rear tray is leaned back and loaded with paper, the total depth rises to 26 inches. Additionally, the height is increased by an inch when the ADF is opened for usage. However, one of the most crucial things to note about this printer is that you have enough vertical clearance so you can lift the lid and place documents on the flatbed scanner glass. The TR8620’s 33.6 kbps modem allows it to send faxes, and its memory can hold up to 99 fax numbers and 250 pages at the most. ..

Canon Pixma TR8620 review: Display

The TR8620 LCD screen is quite good. The large LCD touch screen’s menus are very simple to navigate and are generally easy to see. The menu also provides quick access to copy, scan, fax, and print options, and there are even how-to videos for procedures like unclogging paper jams. Unfortunately, the screen is not touch-responsive and is extremely susceptible to double clicks.

Features

The ADF and duplexer are two features that set this printer apart as an office-grade printer, but still usable at home. With the ADF, this translates to the ability to have up to 20 sheets automatically fed in at once, enabling quick and simple document scanning and copying. The duplexer allows for two-sided printing, which can help you conserve paper and space in printed documents. Two different paper types can be readily available thanks to the 100 sheet cassette in the front and the additional 100 sheet feeder in the back. ..

The Canon PIXMA TR8620 is a free app that enables quick printing from a smartphone without turning on a computer. Printing and scanning are both supported by the app, which is especially useful if you want to print images straight from your smartphone. When using the WPS button option, the LCD screen can be used to quickly and easily set up other useful settings, such as WiFi. With two options for black—a document-focused pigment-based black and a glossy photo–specific dye-based black—ink is divided into cartridges for cyan, magenta, and yellow as well as cyan, magenta, and yellow.

Connectivity

The Canon Pixma TR8620 is a printer that has an exceptional level of connection. It has built-in WiFi and can be connected to your home network via a mobile app. Additionally, you can use it as an AirPrint-compatible printer to wirelessly print documents and photos directly from your iPhone or iPad.

Canon’s Cloud Print feature lets users print photos or text directly from the cloud onto their own inkjet printer, if they’re looking for something more specific than just wireless printing from a distance. Additionally, read our article on the Canon Pixma TR8620 review to learn more about this printer.

Canon Pixma TR8620 review: Print speed

Canon’s Pixma TR8620 is a printer that prints quickly and easily thanks to its automatic document feeder. Additionally, it has two different insertion methods: manual or using the additional trays that came with the printer. Manual insertion is more work than using the automatic method, but it’s possible if you have prior printer experience. If not, we advise using a tray-based system like those provided by HP, Samsung, and Epson models.

Copy speed

The Brother MFC-J995DW was the fastest printer in our tests to copy text (12.7 seconds), but the slowest printer to copy color documents (24.1 seconds). The HP Envy 7855 was slower in both tests, at 15.7 seconds and 24.1 seconds, respectively. ..

The Brother MFC-J995DW was faster than the TR8620 when copying a five-page document using its ADF. The TR8620 does not have duplex scanning and copying automatically, but provides manual duplex copying and scanning, which is easy to follow with on-screen LCD instructions. ..

The Brother MFC-J805DW copy machine was much faster than the Pixma TR8620, copying a 10-page text document (five double-sheets) in just 2 minutes, or 3 pages per minute.

The Canon PIXMA TR8620 is faster than the industry standard when printing documents. It prints at a rate of 9.2 pages per minute, or 3.2 pages per minute if you include mixed-color graphics. This glossy print service is one of the fastest available, finishing a letter-sized photo in just two minutes and four seconds, significantly faster than the industry standard of four minutes and three seconds. ..

The speed is great, but the print quality could be better. The text was perfectly clear, with well-defined margins and dark letters. With only a little banding on darker regions, colour graphics were likewise respectable, with true colours and discernible textures. Glossy images maintained great quality with clear detail, vibrant colour, and exceptionally smooth transitions yet being quick. ..

The ADF copies were excellent, accurately reproducing the original in both text and pictures. However, when making copies with the ADF, the text seemed slightly larger than when using the flatbed. Although there is a copying menu on the screen, it doesn’t offer enough control over cropping, so you might have to use an app or a computer connection to get the best controls in this case.

Scan speed

The TR8620 scanned color photos and documents more quickly than the industry standard. It took 59 seconds to scan an 8 by 10 photo and save it as a 600 dpi JPEG, which is quicker than the industry average of 65.8 seconds. In contrast, the Brother MFC-J995DW and Canon TS9120 completed the test in 37.8 and 38.5 seconds, respectively. The same was true with 300 dpi black-and-white scanning to PDF. The TR8620 completed a scan in 8.8 seconds as opposed to the industry standard of 11 seconds. The same scan was completed by the Canon TS9120 in 7.7 seconds ..

Canon Pixma TR8620 review: Software

The TR8620 was easy to set up: Install the ink cartridges and paper, take off some tape, and then turn the power on. You print a printhead alignment page, scan it, and then proceed as directed on the screen. To download and install the software, follow the instructions on the Canon website found in the printed quick start guide. The setup of the TR8620 for our wireless network was simple and quick. Er selected WPS (push-button method) after navigating to the Wi-Fi setup in the LAN settings on the TR8620’s LCD screen and pressing the corresponding button on our wireless router. ..

The TR8620 is a printer that uses Wi-Fi Direct to connect to your iPhone. You take a photo of the QR code on the LCD menu and the printer connects to your Wi-Fi. Starting up takes only 3.7 seconds and it only took 10 seconds longer than usual to make a black-and-white copy.

Price

The Canon PIXMA TR8620 printer has a reasonable MSRP of $179.99. It offers a range of functions, such as a touchscreen interface and a good appearance. The ink is more expensive to replace, however, and the cost of running the printer is higher than other printers. A four by six inch photo will cost 25 cents to print, which is more affordable than replacing the ink on this printer. ..

Conclusion

The Canon PIXMA TR8620 printer is an adequate printer for small businesses or at home. It prints papers in black and colour slowly, produces few black pages, and takes a little while to print the first page. The automatic document feeder can’t duplex scan, and the output tray and scanner lid feel flimsy. On the plus side, it produces a sizable number of colour documents and offers a remarkable selection of connectivity options.