Canon PIXMA G1737 Single Function (Print Only) Color Ink Tank Printer

The Canon PIXMA G1737 is a single-function colour ink tank printer — it prints, and that is all it sets out to do — built around refillable ink bottles instead of cartridges. When the job is a steady flow of A4 pages at the lowest possible running cost, this is the shape of printer that does it, and the savings arrive every time the tanks are topped up rather than once at purchase. Print resolution reaches 4800 x 1200 dpi, with speeds of about 11 ipm in mono and 6 ipm in colour. One set of GI-71 series ink bottles is rated for up to 6,000 mono or 7,000 colour pages, and the MC-G04 maintenance cartridge is user-replaceable, so routine upkeep does not mean a trip to a service centre. It connects by USB 2.0 and works with Windows, macOS and Chrome OS. The body measures 416 x 330 x 146 mm and weighs about 4.6 kg, compact enough for a shelf or the corner of a desk. It carries a one-year brand warranty. That makes it a natural fit for a student printing assignments and thesis drafts, a small shop turning out invoices and challans, or a chamber working through forms all day. There is no wireless on this model: it is meant to sit beside one computer on a USB cable, which keeps setup simple and means there is nothing to reconnect or re-pair after a power cut.