Canon IP8720 Wireless Printer, AirPrint and Cloud Compatible, Black

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. You can even put rolls of canvas through it. 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!

After upgrading from a more generic printer, I've been blown away by the quality of prints I've been getting with the ip8720. I'm not much of a photographer, but I make digital/3D art and have been looking for a printer that could produce larger prints for smaller posters and presentation pieces.This printer produces exceptionally sharp images if you have the appropriate resolutions to feed it. For vector art on matte paper, you get clean, thin lines and smooth gradients. If you render 8K+ images to print on semi-gloss paper, you can get highly detailed prints, even on smaller A4 pages. I've printed a few full-sized photos that I've taken with my older 5D MK2, which looks outstanding on glossy paper.This printer can also handle a wide variety of mediums. Its relatively flat print path works well with thicker materials like an inkjet-compatible canvas; I've read it can handle material up to 24 mils thick. I once ordered Canon's 13X19 matte paper and accidentally put the thicker backing board through the printer, thinking it was just a couple of sheets of paper. The printer didn't blink an eye and spat out a printed board (it didn't absorb the ink correctly, so the quality was poor.)For larger prints, especially when printed directly out of Adobe Illustrator, you may notice some substantial banding with oranges, blues, and darker colors. I found that this was caused by the printer printing too fast. After exporting the image as a TIFF or PNG first, then using the Windows print dialogue to set the settings to Photo and high quality, the printer slows down enough to get smooth and clean colors without any banding or issues. I also ran into a problem when setting this printer up. It didn't want to connect to my desktop at all. I connected my laptop via USB to the printer, ran the driver software from Canon, and was able to set up my printer for wireless printing. After setting it up, all my devices can talk to the printer wirelessly without issues.Overall, I really enjoy using this printer, and it's helped me print out more of my pieces. If you are a photographer, graphic designer, or digital artist, this is an excellent deal for a high-quality consumer printer!