Canon G550 printer review A4 6 ink MegaTank printer. Printing test for G620/G650

Keith Cooper looks at the Canon G550 printer in an in depth review of its print capabilities and print quality. The G650/G620 are the same printer but with a scanner on top - for printing, they are the same as the G550.

The A4 sized printer has six refillable ink tanks and uses Canon Chromalife 100 dye based inks with grey and red inks in addition to the normal CMYK set.

The printer supports borderless printing and custom print sizes up to 1200mm in length. Also tested are greeting cards and there is a look at how colour management and profiles can dramatically improve both colour and black and white printing.

00:00 Start
01:00 Printer features
01:25 Setting up
02:00 The grey and red inks
03:32 Why ink tanks
04:27 Connectivity
05:25 Loading
05:58 Printer drivers Mac and PC
07:28 Printing on thicker media/card
07:56 Cheap card won't work well
08:50 Available media types
09:58 Print times and print quality settings
12:15 Printing with the G550
13:20 Colour management and the AirPrint problem
16:20 Using colour profiles and optimising black and white
21:30 Making your own profiles?
21:50 Borderless
22:30 What are your pictures for
22:57 Custom paper sizes and panoramic
23:58 Settings for print quality
25:08 Who is the printer for?
26:10 Why did you bother with this printer?

There is a comprehensive written review on the Northlight Images web site at: https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/c...

This includes links to several other videos [7] about aspects of the G550

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