Epson WorkForce WF-3620 WiFi Direct All-in-One Color Inkjet Printer, Copier, Scanner vs Canon Compact TS6020

This printer can print, copy, giving it more use-case scenarios.

Standard-capacity Black ink cartridge (T252120): About 350 pages
High-capacity Black ink cartridge (T252XL120): About 1100 pages

A 35 page ADF (auto document feeder) lets you insert a number of pages and automatically scan them all. It even can duplex these pages - scanning both sides of the pages for a total of 70 effective pages scanned at one.

Controls are inputted through a 3.5" color touch screen. You can create up to 12 pre-sets, making the most common tasks quicker and easier.

According to Tomsguide the TS6020 prints regular text documents at 9.8 pages per minute(ppm). This means it can print a five page document in around 30 seconds, while the average for its competitors is around 38 seconds.

It prints color-graphics at around 3 ppm(pages per minute). The competition averages at 2.4 ppm. This Canon is one of the fastest printers compared to its closest competition.

It can print a letter-sized high-resolution glossy photo in under 2 minutes, again beating most of the competition by several minutes.

The main cost for an inkjet printer is the dye - printing every page uses a few cents worth. For the Canon TS6020, regular text printing costs 6 cents per page, when the average for these inkjet all-in-one printers is around 8 cents. Color pages cost only 18 cents, compared to the average of around 23 cents, according to Tomsguide's tests.

Printing 4x6 inch glossy photos costs 32 cents per photo. You can use high-yield cartridges, which bring the cost down to just 22 cents per photo.

The TS6020 prints very sharp and goodlooking text. Color prints are also detailed with beautifully saturated colors. Glossy photos look detailed and natural.

The printer has and optical resolution of 1200 x 2400 dpi, which is higher than for most all-in-one printers under $100. This is what gives you great detail in your printed photos.

The Canon TS6020 costs just $69.00 and is one of the lowest priced printers on the market.

It's a compact printer and won't consume a lot of tablespace. It measures just 14.7 x 12.5 x 5.5 inches. If you fold it open for use, it adds 6.5 inches to the depth and 7 inches to the height.

It scans black-and-white documents at a regular speed of 10.4 seconds per page. Scanning a colored page at 600 dpi takes a little less than a minute, when other all-in-one inkjets average around 80 seconds. This Canon is a great scanner for colored graphical work.

Setting the printer up via USB is effortless and intuitive - anyone can do it. Same applies for Wi-Fi setup. Printer driver issues are not common for this Canon either.

This Canon boots up and turns on its touch-screen in just 4.5 seconds. Though the first print/scan will not start instantly, but takes about another 10 seconds, you can start adjusting the settings etc just seconds after pressing the power button.