Phase out of some Canon Megatank Printers

[Ink stained Fingers]

There is a notice on the German Druckerchannel forum that Canon is phasing out a range of Megatank printers - the GM2050, GM 4050, G 5050, G6050 and G7050. Direct successor models are not known.

https://www.druckerchannel.de/artikel.php?ID=4868&t=abkuendigung_canon_pixma_megatank

You may read it with the Google translate function

 

[The Hat]

Canon is phasing out a range of Megatank printers -

Good, because I’ve never like those printers, I always taught they were a bit of a rip off and their cheap inks..

 

[wilko]

Not sold on the megatank printers but the G550 seems a little bit interesting. It's a standalone photo printer with 6 inks including a red and grey. Obviously not up to pro standards but AFAIK it's the only Canon A4 photo printer with 6 inks.
Still not sold on the megatank or ecotank printers but would be interested to know if the Canon ink bottles can be refilled with non OEM ink. You can buy non OEM bottles on Ebay but god knows what ink they contain. Can these botlles be drained of ink and reused with quality non OEM ink?

 

[Ink stained Fingers]

Yes, you can push a needle into the ink outlet of the GI53 ink bottles of the G550 printer to take out ink or fill up the bottles, I recommend rather thick blunt needles available here

https://www.octoink.co.uk/categories/Inkjet-Refilling/Tools,-Spares,-Parts/Needles/

 

[wilko]

Yes, you can push a needle into the ink outlet of the GI53 ink bottles of the G550 printer to take out ink or fill up the bottles, I recommend rather thick blunt needles available here

https://www.octoink.co.uk/categories/Inkjet-Refilling/Tools,-Spares,-Parts/Needles/

 

[wilko]

Many thanks for your reply. The G550 seems to a decent cheap alternative to the Canon Pro. Do you agree?

 

[aCuria]

Many thanks for your reply. The G550 seems to a decent cheap alternative to the Canon Pro. Do you agree?

Only if you are fine with A4 photo printing. With photos bigger is better.

Epson has dye inktanks that do A3+for not much more money than a G550 where I live.

Canon has the 4 ink pigment inktank! Canon TC20M which can do 24" rolls (!) but only with roll paper on 2" cores. Its limited to A3 sheets. Canon is trying very hard with market segmentation here, but maybe it will accept A1 photo paper by winding photo paper rolls onto a 2" core manually...


edit: typo, Canon TC20M not TA-20

 

[Ink stained Fingers]

You can get simple adapters for 3" rolls to use them on printers which normally take 2" rolls.

The Epson printers SC-T2100 or T33100 run as well with pigment inks like the TA-20, but have a better sheet feeder for A4 and A3. Single sheets in odd formats can be fed via the back of the printer.

 

[aCuria]

You can get simple adapters for 3" rolls to use them on printers which normally take 2" rolls.

The Epson printers SC-T2100 or T33100 run as well with pigment inks like the TA-20, but have a better sheet feeder for A4 and A3. Single sheets in odd formats can be fed via the back of the printer.

I made a mistake on the model name, I was referring to the TC20M which is an inktank printer.
However although it is an inktank printer, the ink costs $65 / 70ml while pro-1000 ink costs $59 / 80ml...

 

[Ink stained Fingers]

I was referring to the TC20M which is an inktank printer.

There is a TA-20 printer with cartridges - 5 colors - photo and matte black - and there is the TC-20 running with 4 inks like a Megatank printer - all models with pigment inks - the M suffix stands for an additional A4 document scanner, there are slight differences for max. roll diameters, the TA-20 runs with 'Lucia' pigment inks , the bottled pigment inks are not named Canon-specifically, it is nowhere specified what the differences are. So there are plenty model variations to choose from