Should You Buy a Canon Inkjet Printer?

Canon is one of the most popular inkjet printer brands as well as being well known for it's digital cameras, photo printers and camcorders.

We've collated all the key information on Canon inkjet printers in this handy guide. We've analysed over 6,200 user and expert reviews and 50+ awards from hundreds of different review sites on 420+ inkjet printers to impartially compare each inkjet printer brand.

Canon are recognised for their good selection of mid-range and award winning inkjet printers. Their inkjet printers start at $28 for the G1100 which has a print speed (colour) of 5ppm and is a 4800 x 1200 inkjet printer and go up to $1,125 for the PIXMA PRO-1 which has a print speed (colour) of 1ppm and is a 4800 x 2400 inkjet printer. The average price of a new Canon inkjet printer is $250.

Is Canon the Best Inkjet Printer Brand?

So are Canon inkjet printers any good? We give every inkjet printer a Kagoo Score by analysing its specs, reviews and prices and comparing this to its competitors. By aggregating this data across all inkjet printers we are able to impartially rank all the inkjet printer brands.

Our detailed analysis taking into account all of the above factors found that Canon is the 3rd best inkjet printer brand out there.

Let's look at how Canon inkjet printers compare to the other inkjet printer brands across each of the key facets that make up the Kagoo Score.

Canon have better reviews than the typical inkjet printer brand, with the average rating of a Canon inkjet printer being 79%.

There's a smaller selection of Canon inkjet printers available compared to other inkjet printer brands, with only 15 Canon inkjet printers currently on the market in the United States. Canon inkjet printers also tend to be cheaper than most other inkjet printer brands however they are still a less popular choice with consumers.

What Do the Canon Inkjet Printer Reviews Say?

We've added up all the reviews for every Canon inkjet printer to work out the average distribution of reviews for Canon and then compared this to the other inkjet printer brands.

Expert Reviews

5 stars		51
4 stars		104
3 stars		19
2 stars		1
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		2,204
4 stars		916
3 stars		261
2 stars		160
1 star		351

Over 89% of expert reviews and 80% of user reviews for Canon inkjet printers are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 89% and 81% respectively across all Inkjet Printer brands.

Purchasers of Canon inkjet printers frequently mentioned that the product produced good quality prints and was easy to use. Their inkjet printers have also won 30+ awards.

Looking at just the expert reviews, in the table below we compare the average review score given to Canon inkjet printers by some of the most popular technology review sites against their reviews for other inkjet printer brands. The best review score from each review source is highlighted in green.

Average Review Score	Canon	Epson	HP	Brother	Ricoh
	89% 14 reviews	80% 1 review	100% 1 review	80% 1 review
	81% 12 reviews	73% 3 reviews	80% 1 review	80% 1 review
	77% 6 reviews	77% 6 reviews	80% 2 reviews		70% 2 reviews
	82% 13 reviews	80% 1 review
	78% 12 reviews	85% 2 reviews
	82% 10 reviews	80% 2 reviews
	80% 8 reviews	76% 2 reviews
	72% 9 reviews
	74% 8 reviews
	72% 5 reviews	100% 1 review
	71% 4 reviews	89% 2 reviews
	85% 6 reviews
	84% 5 reviews
	75% 2 reviews	75% 2 reviews	80% 1 review
	67% 1 review	100% 3 reviews
	76% 3 reviews			79% 1 review
	83% 4 reviews
	73% 2 reviews	89% 2 reviews
	81% 3 reviews
	73% 3 reviews
Other Expert Sites	70% 46 reviews	75% 18 reviews	65% 2 reviews	80% 1 review	33% 1 review
Average	77% 176 reviews	83% 45 reviews	81% 7 reviews	80% 4 reviews	52% 3 reviews

How Many Industry Awards Have Canon Inkjet Printers Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 37 industry awards for Canon inkjet printers. This means that Canon has more awards for its inkjet printers than any other brand. The table below compares the number of awards given to Canon to other popular inkjet printer brands. The largest number of awards provided by each review source is highlighted in green.

Compare all award winning inkjet printers

Number of Awards	Canon	Epson	HP	Brother	Ricoh
	10	1	1	1
	2	2	1
	1	1	2		1
	4
		3
	3
	3
	1	1
	2
	2
	1
	1
		1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
			1
		1
Other Expert Sites	2	2
Total	37	12	5	1	1

How Reliable Are Canon Inkjet Printers?

We checked over 6,200 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Canon inkjet printers. 90+ of these reviews that mention reliability of which 74% were positive. Therefore the majority of Canon inkjet printer owners and reviewers thought the product was reliable.

So, most people think that Canon inkjet printers are good quality. Now let's take a look at some of the reviews for Canon inkjet printers that mention reliability:

RELIABLE

It seems to be a very robust machine

Excellent Build Quality

quite robust in contrast to consumer-grade printers made by the competion

NOT RELIABLE

Does feel plasticky on the external parts

I suspect that all of these TS models will succumb to this type of error because they are not built to last

the website they tell you to use is not trustworthy