Canon PIXMA TS702a Wireless Single Function Printer |Mobile Printing with AirPrint®, and Mopria®, Black

So far, so good!!! Update: better and better
I bought this printer mainly for printing ID cards using brainstorm’s MP tray. It works beautifully; see the video. The print is almost perfect, with the exception of a little Cyan ink spill on top of the reverse side (not shown). I also printed some 5×7 photos, and they are slightly better than my HP OfficeJet 3830. It appears that this printer prints with a higher resolution. To be fair, I was using the Canon Photo Paper Plus Glossy II on both printers.Here are the bad parts Canon can improve (if they care):1. The LED/LCD screen is almost NOT readable! I thought I had received a lemon and was about ready to return it. Now I can get by with a flashlight, hahaha!2. The WiFi setup instructions suck, big time! Canon video instruction also sucks! I ended up watching a video that shows how you can connect it with onscreen instructions to do it manually. P.S. the setup process does not work with dual-band WiFi. Just spend a minute to do it manually by entering the password for your WiFi, a minor hassle.Other than that, the printer is excellent (so far)!1. Good print quality2. Large input tray, plus top loading3. Multipurpose tray for CD (included) and ID badge from the third party4. Relatively fast5. Cheap (not sure about the ink yet)Update (02-08-23): I tested it with 120 lbs 325 GSM cardstock, and amazingly it works beautifully! Settings: 5×7, rear tray, cardstock, best quality. Another pleasant surprise – the printer prints 2-sided documents pretty fast. The draft quality looks fantastic. Lastly, the bundled ink lasts for a long time. I printed 10+ full-color 5×7 photos, and it is still 1/3 being used. Will see.If you are not 100% happy with any desktop inkjet printers that are 3 years or older, recycle them and get this one. 🙂 P.S. this may be true for any newer models, Epson, HP, Brother, etc. Technology is just making them so much better nowadays. I chose Canon because of its multipurpose tray.

Custom setup is a challenge
I picked this printer because it will used almost exclusively for color printing and it uses multiple color cartridges which can be purchased with higher capacity.Most people care about print quality and I haven’t had it long enough. However there is a lot to dislike with the setup.The LCD is almost impossible to read and is not backlit. The manual setting menu on the device is challenging at best. I tried resetting the IP address on the panel and it was so difficult as to be unusable. Both from a setting standpoint and being able to read the display. I had to turn on the flashlight on phone to even see the display.I finally tried to figure out the web interface, again much more complicated than it should be. First challenge was figuring out the admin password. After some google searching I tried the serial number on the back of the printer which is in really small print. It worked. The web interface is also not clear but I was manually able to reset the IP address. I am using it on the LAN (yes, it has ethernet) so I don’t know how difficult it will be set up WIFI. I can’t image trying to type in the WIFI password on the almost unusable LCD screen.I tried downloading the printer management software and it didn’t help with any of the more technical settings.I wanted to reset the printer admin password and I can’t figure out where that setting is.I think this could be a decent printer for the money if they can figure out how to manage the setup.It comes with a set of standard cartridges. After running the printer alignment it was already about 15% used.I had a TS9020 that lasted about 3 years then decided to stop working with an error code. We liked that printer which is why we purchased this one. We have a brother laser printer that scans so we didn’t need another all in one device.Follow up to my original review:My wife had done some printing. The quality is ok to good. She prints a lot from Cricket software. I can’t find a setting in cricket print function to pull from the back tray. I had to set the printer preferences in the computer setup to always pull from the back tray.Another update: We have had it almost a year. It is used exclusively for infrequent color printing. We have a brother multifunction laser for black and white. The picture quality is good and she frequently uses card stock from the back tray. My wife is happy with with the printer. I am increasing it 4 start. If the setup and LCD were not such a pain I would give 5 stars. It just dropped in price.