Canon PIXMA TS4320 Ink Cost Per Page: Outrun by Canon's Own Lineup
The Canon PIXMA TS4320 is an inkjet all-in-one that prints, copies and scans, with Wi-Fi and duplex printing, for $108. Running it costs $13.00 per 100 pages in black and $28.00 per 100 pages in color. The black figure traces to Canon's CN-PG295XL-BK cartridge, $52 for a 400-page yield.
The closest rival from outside Canon is the HP Envy Inspire 7955e, which costs $10.50 per 100 pages in black and $27.12 in color, against the TS4320's own $13.00 and $28.00. It adds a touchscreen the TS4320 doesn't have, and costs $250 up front, well above the TS4320's $108.
Within Canon's own lineup, the PIXMA TS3722 costs $60 up front and undercuts both running-cost figures too, at $8.88 in black and $23.21 in color per 100 pages. It drops auto-duplex printing and prints at 7.7 ppm, far slower than the TS4320's 14 ppm.
Canon's own MAXIFY MB2720 sits at the running-cost floor for inkjet printers InkTax tracks, at $4.17 per 100 pages in black and $13.16 in color. It costs $216, adds fax, Ethernet and a touchscreen, and prints at 24 ppm against the TS4320's 14 ppm. The TS4320 itself ties for 25th of 31 inkjet printers on black cost per page, a three-way tie, and for 23rd of 31 on color, another three-way tie.
For the lowest possible cost per page, the tank-based PIXMA G3270 runs on bottles rather than cartridges, at $0.38 per 100 pages in black and $0.97 in color. It costs $249 up front and drops auto-duplex printing.