MegaTank Printers

Canon MAXIFY GX3050

Print large volumes of high-quality business documents while making huge savings on CPP¹ and TCO² with this refillable and easy to use 3-in-1 MegaTank-equipped MAXIFY GX printer.

Brilliant productivity, best-in-class CPP and TCO³

Cost per page (CPP) is the amount of money that it takes to print a single page. This is determined by dividing the cost of the ink by the page yield.

The total cost of ownership (TCO) is a calculation of what a printer would cost you based on the initial purchase cost of hardware plus the costs of ink over a fixed period.

Low running costs, brilliant productivity

With a full set of ink bottles producing up to 14,000⁴ prints, this high-performance, high-volume MegaTank printer delivers huge savings on the total cost of ownership³ and cost per page. That’s a smart investment for any home office.

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MAXIFY GX Series

MAXIFY GX3050

MAXIFY GX4050

Functions

Print, Copy, Scan with Wi-Fi and Cloud

Print, Copy, Scan, Fax with ADF, Wi-Fi/Ethernet and Cloud

Print technology

Refillable ink tank printer

Refillable ink tank printer

Page yield (A4 colour document printing)

Black: 6,000 pages⁴ (Economy mode 9,000 pages)⁵

Colour: 14,000 pages⁴ (Economy mode 21,000 pages)⁵

Black: 6,000 pages⁴ (Economy mode 9,000 pages)⁵

Colour: 14,000 pages⁴ (Economy mode 21,000 pages)⁵

Display

1.35” / 3.4 cm LCD, Mono

2.7” / 6.7 cm Touch Screen, Colour

Fast print speeds⁶

Black 18 ipm
Colour 13 ipm

Black 18 ipm
Colour 13 ipm

First Print Out (FPOT) B/W

Approx. 8 sec

Approx. 8 sec

ADF

N/A

35-sheet ADF

Diverse media handling

Plain Paper, Red Label Superior, Canon Oce Office Colour Paper, Photo Paper Pro Luster, Photo Paper Plus Glossy II, Matte Photo Paper, Glossy Photo Paper, High Resolution Paper, Envelopes, Photo Paper Plus Semi-Gloss, Restickable Photo Paper, Magnetic Photo Paper, Light Fabric Iron on Transfers, 1200mm banners

Plain Paper, Red Label Superior, Canon Oce Office Colour Paper, Photo Paper Pro Luster, Photo Paper Plus Glossy II, Matte Photo Paper, Glossy Photo Paper, High Resolution Paper, Envelopes, Photo Paper Plus Semi-Gloss, Restickable Photo Paper, Magnetic Photo Paper, Light Fabric Iron on Transfers, 1200mm banners

Full connectivity

USB
Wi-Fi (2.4GHz & 5GHz)

USB
Wi-Fi (2.4GHz & 5GHz)
Ethernet

Scanning

Scan to email

Scan to email
Scan to folder

Plain paper capacity

Rear Tray: 100 sheets
Cassette: 250 sheets

Rear Tray: 100 sheets
Cassette: 250 sheets

Dimensions

Approx. 399 x 417 x 216mm

Approx. 399 x 417 x 251mm

Maintenance cartridge

Yes – User Replaceable

Yes – User Replaceable

Home office

With a compact footprint, simple connectivity and easy to access user-replaceable maintenance cartridge, the MAXIFY GX range is the ideal high-volume, high-efficiency printer for demanding home and hybrid workers.
Retail

Reduce costs by printing more media in-house. Create high-quality, durable point of sale materials, signage, promotional banners and tags using the rear flat tray, which supports thick paperboard.
Estate Agents

Quickly print colour flyers and brochures in large volumes while retaining superb quality. All-pigment ink means prints are bright, highly readable, smudge-resistant and blur-free.
Educational Institutions

Print high volumes of course materials, resilient full-colour handouts and administrative documents while saving money on ink costs. Supervise children in one room while printing in another using wireless connectivity.

Ultra-low running costs

Save over the printer’s lifetime thanks to cost effective refillable ink tanks that vastly reduce the total cost of ownership and cost per page. Boost page yield with Economy mode⁵ and print up to 1.5x more pages with the same amount of ink
Brilliant business-quality prints

Enjoy water-, friction- and marker-resistant, business-friendly prints with excellent readability, delivered quickly and in large volumes
Print more media in-house

Print flyers, banners and posters in-house thanks to compatibility with a wide variety of materials including magnetic and photo media, plus a new rear flat tray that supports thicker media and card
Print without pause

Print high volumes of documents without irritating paper reloads, thanks to a 100-sheet rear feed and a 250-sheet front cassette, windowed to make checking paper levels quick and easy
Small but mighty

Save vital space at home or in the office thanks to the printer’s compact footprint, whilst reducing the amount of plastic packaging means more of it can be easily recycled
Easy to use and maintain

Reduce downtime with the user-replaceable maintenance cartridge, easily accessible from the front of the printer. Colour-coded, spring-loaded ink caps mean refills are simple and mess-free

Compatible Apps and Software

Print documents, photos and more direct from your smart device with the free Canon PRINT app, or quickly design and print visually striking posters and flyers with PosterArtist. Use PIXMA Cloud Link to send scans to or print from popular cloud services including Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive.

Canon Easy-PhotoPrint Editor turns your favourite photos (from your device or cloud storage) into stylish, personalised gifts such as cards and calendars.

The simple to use Easy-Layout Editor allows you to freely arrange the layout of various documents before printing them. Ideal for printing images, posters, web pages and more.

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What's In The Box

Everything you need to get your high-efficiency business printing underway – just add paper.

MAXIFY GX3050 Refillable MegaTank Inkjet Printer
4 high-yield ink bottles (1 x Black and 1 x C/M/Y)
Power cord
Manuals and other documents

Canon MAXIFY GX3050
Ratings & Reviews

GI-56 BK

High capacity black pigment ink for high quality business documents.

GI-56 Y

High capacity yellow pigment ink for high quality business documents.

GI-56 M

High capacity magenta pigment ink for high quality business documents.

GI-56 C

High capacity cyan pigment ink for high quality business documents.

Ink

Maintenance cartridge: MC-G03

User-replaceable maintenance cartridge to minimise downtime.

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Cost per page (CPP) is the amount of money that it takes to print a single page. This is determined by dividing the cost of the ink by the page yield.
The total cost of ownership (TCO) is a calculation of what a printer would cost you based on the initial purchase cost of hardware plus the costs of ink over a fixed period.
Disclaimer: The total cost of ownership (TCO) is based on the initial purchase cost of hardware plus the costs of ink or toner over a fixed period (see below for conditions). Please note that additional variable costs may influence the total cost of ownership, including but not limited to other consumables, ink and toner bundles, high yield ink and toner packs, servicing, power consumption and replacement parts.

The percentage cost savings stated represent an estimation of the total cost savings for the specified print volume of 1000 pages a month (50% colour and 50% mono) over a period of 60 months (5 years).

The total cost of ownership (TCO) is based on the following calculation: [Average colour CPP x colour print volume - minus bundled ink/ toner pages] plus [Average mono CPP x mono print volume - minus bundled ink/ toner pages] plus [cost of hardware] plus [cost of maintenance cartridge for MAXIFY GX models only].

The comparison models in the total cost of ownership (TCO) savings include the comparable competitor models from Epson. The selling price of the printers in EUR (€) and price of consumables were obtained from manufacturer official website (https://www.epson.de/) on 12th September 2022.

Canon MAXIFY GX7000, GX6000, GX5000, GX4000 and GX3000 series hardware and consumables have been included and for the sole purpose of this TCO Calculator using the Recommended Retail Price (“RRP”) which includes VAT.

VAT is included but note that delivery charges are not included in the pricing calculations. Prices are subject to change due to market conditions.

Printing costs are based on use of the default settings being used on both the Canon printers and competitors’ printers. This is consistent with the test conditions employed in ISO/IEC yield test for the relevant category.

The cost per page was calculated from the consumable selling price as stated on manufacturer websites divided by the manufacturers’ published yield officially disclosed in publicly available information. The cost per page is based on the print simulation of Test Patterns provided in ISO/IEC24712 for inkjet printers.

All manufacturers’ specifications and performance data has been collated from publicly available information including but not limited to manufacturers’ own brochures and websites. Canon and competitors ink yields are taken from the manufacturers published specifications.

For the purpose of fair comparison and accurate data reporting, the consumables yield data was taken from the highest standard toner or ink yield consumables available at the time of publication which has been determined according to ISO standards. The comparison excludes combo packs, XL and multipacks. This data is publicly available.
Page Yield is the estimated value based on Canon individual test method using the ISO/IEC 24712 chart and continuous printing simulation with the replacement after initial setup.
The economy mode reduces the ink consumption by lowering the density, 50% more pages than the standard mode can be printed
A4 document print speed on plain paper is measured based on average of ESAT in Office Category Test of ISO/IEC 24734 standard.