Canon IP8720 Wireless Printer, AirPrint and Cloud Compatible, Black

I'm a 65-year veteran professional photographer and have been dealing with digital printers since the first bubble jets came out. I bought this printer for a backup because the Canon Pro-100 I have been using for over 10 years sustained some damage during a move and I'm not quite ready to purchase a 24" x 36 unit. I'm now a Canon devotee after years of HP and Epson disappointments (although HP has improved quite a bit. Epson, regrettably, is still way to expensive in terms of maintenance and its color balance leaves much to be desired, IMHO). EASE OF USE: I'm delighted with the Canon IP8720 for what it is. Fast, easy set-up. (Can't argue with the complaints about WiFi integration because I am strictly old-school "cable connect"). Print quality is excellent but remember this is a simple CMYK-K printer so don't expect super-fine gradients in lighter colors as with a printer that adds Photo Cyan and Photo Magenta. It uses pigment Black so certain "dye ink only" papers are not compatible as the black will not dry or be absorbed. GRAY SCALES: As with the Pro-100, I have found that "black and white" print settings will produce monochrome prints with a slight magenta cast. In general I have found that the paper selection settings have no relation to the absorption qualities of a particular paper. The settings alter the resident ICCs. For my uses, I have found that to print any image that requires a "neutral gray" tone (either B&W mixed with full color or B&W only) the solution is to set paper to "High Resolution Paper" or "Inkjet Paper" either of which seem to use an ICC that produces a near-perfect neutral gray, regardless of the surface qualities of the paper selection setting. SUMMARY: I found the Canon IP8720 to be an excellent value for 13x19 oversize printing and proofing purposes. Recommended for non-critical everyday use or art prints.

I'm a professional graphic designer and specialize in print work. I've been using this printer in my design studio since 2018 and have printed 5,000+ sheets on it now, and I am still exceptionally happy with it. The print quality is excellent, as good as any of the lower Canon and Epson Pro models I've used. I print photos, posters, invitations, business cards, flyers, greeting cards, vinyl stickers, postcards, envelopes, and more with this for myself, clients, and retail products. I've used up to 140lb watercolor paper and printed branded tissue paper (on a carrier sheet of course) with no issue. I've maybe had 5 paper jams total throughout the life of this printer. I use Canon papers, HP papers, Red River papers (my favorite), and all sorts of off-brand paper, scrapbook paper, cardstock, and printable vinyl. Matte, satin, and glossy. This thing prints like a champ and takes whatever I've thrown at it. Keep in mind that higher-quality papers will always give you higher-quality results, no matter the printer. If you have a color-calibrated monitor and use Canon inks with the proper settings, the color accuracy is excellent. Far better than vista print in color accuracy and quality, in my experience. As with any photo printer, using off-brand inks can and often damages the print heads, in addition to causing color accuracy issues. I get amazingly vibrant, high-color artwork prints out of this machine, the ink quality is amazing. My cost with Canon XL carts for a one-sided, full-color 13x19 glossy highest-quality photo print (which uses the most ink) is roughly $0.009 per square inch or $2.21 per page. OfficeDepo has a great rewards program that includes giving you credit/points for recycling cartridges. I buy most of my tanks from Amazon unless OfficeDepo has a sale, but for every 10 cartridges you recycle, you can get a free XL tank. This isn't a plug-and-play consumer printer though. It takes a few minutes to set up and you have to understand how to use a higher-quality inkjet printer. You have to use the print utility and use the settings appropriately. Almost every bad review I've seen on here is because someone didn't take the time to learn how to use it correctly. If you are tech-illiterate, this isn't the printer for you, and the same will be true for nearly any higher-quality photo printer. Be sure you go to the Canon website and download the drivers offered there, the 8700 driver is great and has a ton of options. Make sure you are using the correct settings for the material you are printing on for the best results. If you think it's too loud, turn on the quiet mode found in the printer utility. You can also adjust the print speed through the utility as well. If you're printing documents, fast printing is fine. If you're printing photos, posters, printable vinyl, or anything ink-heavy (ESPECIALLY on glossy mediums), turn your speed down to the slowest speed for the best results. You CAN set it up without wifi, I set mine up wired at first without issue on my old MacBook Pro. When I replaced my hardware with an iMac, I set it up via the wifi without issue. I've used it over several versions of Mac OS and iOS without issue. I've set it up on two different models of HP laptops as well over wifi without issue. I've used it over several versions of Windows now as well without issue. As with any printer, when you upgrade your operating system to a new version, you may have to redownload the drivers or uninstall and reinstall them, but again that should be understood as that's true of any higher-quality printer. If you have an obstructed wifi signal you may have issues, but that's a given. If your router doesn't have the bandwidth for all the devices using it, you'll have issues, but that's also a given. If you have issues with the wifi, you absolutely can use this printer hardwired as well, and it will print faster. If you have a large print file, you may want to consider hardwiring for that job. When I print multiple copies or multiple pages of 13x19 prints I do this. Be sure to do proper maintenance, which means periodically running cleaning functions, running the print head alignment check, and realigning the print heads with the utility when required (the utility has an automatic function for this you just have to click run and evaluate the test result when complete). These things are true of ANY photo or art printer though. These things will greatly extend the life and quality of your equipment. I have been happier with this printer than I ever expected, especially for this price point!

The print quality is above average and works well for documents and even promotional-level material. However, getting it to consistently connect and be available is just not happening most of the time. It will routinely lose the connection to the network or devices, and then just refuse to connect for what seems like hours. Then, all of a sudden, it will connect (*maybe*) and will allow you to print what you want. I lost count of the number of times I've rebooted the printer, deleted/added as a new printer, or tried to use the nearly useless Canon "official" connection app. Even when the printer is available, there are constant issue with printing that make this unit a nightmare. It will routinely spit out blank pages and then just refuse to print another set. This has nothing to do with ink levels or paper jams. Since there's no interface on the unit, and the printer utility never connects, and the utility says "see printer for error" - there's literally no way to know what's going on and you're left guessing, rebooting, and retrying print jobs until the cows come home. Ink life is kind of low, although at least you can replace single colors at a time. After market cartridges and OEM last about the same length of time and have similar quality. Ultimately this printer is not worth the price or hassle.

Agradable sorpresa encontrarla a este precio y que subiera al otro día y con una bonificación en mi tarjeta de c , tal como leí aún no pude conectar el wifi, es un poco complicado , con cable por ahora , viniendo de una canon de 6 años g1100 ya descontinuada el upgrade fue genial , tengo más opciones para imprimir y la calidad de impresión , casi de galería , casi , recuerda que es una impresora de entrada a las ligas mayores , la pro 200 sería la ideal , pero al final si vas a vender tu arte fotos I lo que hagas , les darás a tus clientes el factor WOw! Tenlo por seguro ! LA TUVE QUE REGRSEAR 😞PUESTO QUE NO HAY CARTUCHOS EN MEXICO Y EXPORTARLOS ELEVA DEMASIADO EL COSTO no quiero arriesgar con cartuchos genéricos

Perfect and fast for everyday printing or high quality photo printing. As for the vendor, I even received it before the expected date. Thank you!

First, this is not a wireless printer. WAP etc does not work on this, second of all don't even think of making large prints because you will see roller marks. Junk!

Compre esta impresora para empezar a imprimir mis fotos y la calidad es muy muy buena, el único pero podría ser lo caro de la tinta pero la impresora vale cada centavo

Not easy to install. Not user friendly. Only has the 2 buttons on the printer itself. Although the picture printing quality is great, it takes forever for the printer to actually recognize the size of paper you are trying to print! It’s ridiculous! The amount of ink we wasted for it to finally print the correct size is awful. Don’t understand why this is an issue. It was a pain in the butt to set up, to use, and then when we asked to return it shortly after the 90 days were up, they said no. Why won’t they stand by their product? Would not recommend.