CanonPIXMA G6020 All-in-One Supertank Wireless (Megatank) Printer, Copier and Scan with Mobile Printing, Black, Works with AlexaEPEAT

I am a landman so I travel extensively in the field and need to produce documents swiftly and efficiently. I chose this printer to try and find the best fit for size, print speed, scanning (no sheet-feed but size vs how often anyway?) and print quality. I rarely use the duplex function but it is handy if a bit slow. A 32 page 8 1/2 x 11 document double sided onto 16 sheets will take over 5 minutes but it is ready to staple. I typically produce legal documents, aerial maps, engineering drawings and other exhibits which tend to devour cartridges and make my misc. costs noticeable. This printer paid for itself in 3 months. However, it is a but too bulky for my Craftsman or Dewalt travel pack out systems. I left it in the camper all summer near the project and had no issues since it did not need to be moved much. Come fall I got an Epson Mega-tank and it was just slightly smaller (at a loss of duplex). It fit the Dewalt packout so I transferred the Canon back to my home office so it didn't freeze.I sent the Epson to the field and the next day I need to print an exhibit right as I am ready to head out the door for the week and I am behind schedule. I turn to the Canon and find that the color is mostly clogged. It had been a month or two since I last used it so I did the cleaning and deep cleaning and could not unclog the print head. Frustrated, and with no time to mess with it anymore, I flipped it off and left it under the desk upside down and took off to the field for the week. Upon returning and being much calmer... I righted the offending peripheral and it seemed good to go for the abuse. All the various trays withstood impact with the vinyl floor and after sitting a full 180 degrees upside down for 4 days there was no leaking or lost ink. This thing is a solid machine and I'm glad it doesn't leak.As to the clogged print head, I began delving in the forum on Canon and I find they sell replacement print heads but they were currently sold out. Hmmm... Not to be deterred, armed with a degree in Electrical Engineering more than a few years ago I dove in. It was actually pretty easy to follow the cave man drawings under the printer top and pop up the hinged upper seal and slip out the respective print head as you would a cartridge from before. Then I cleaned it using cleaning agents with que tips or dipping in a small reservoir, dried it well with a paper towel then replaced it and did a clean then deep clean with sketchy results but after several cycles it began printing fine once again. As with all printers, steady use is needed to avoid this. I guess it is good to know for a cost you can replace the print head. Now I'm thinking it might be good to have a back up.

UPDATE TWO YEARS LATER:Continues to work flawlessly. I still have not had to add ink after two years of frequent usage!One small problem was that the black ink quit printing three days ago. After doing two deep cleanings using the maintenance option, selecting the black ink only option, it finally printed perfectly in black again.I have only had it a day, so here are my immediate impressions:THE BAD STUFF#1-The manual they give you with this is so ridiculous you can just throw it away and go on Youtube. The teensy weensy pictographs are so impossible to see any details. I had to go on Youtube to see how those C&B printer heads snapped into place. Those universal wordless manuals are such a pain. Why not make them in printed English? And make the pictograph instructions bigger and more detailed for clarity for heaven's sake!#2- It's nowhere near as luxurious as my ten-year-old plus Canon Pixma MG5300 with the indispensable auto-flip-out print tray to catch my printouts when they are finished. The G6000 has a cheap manual pull-out tray not much wider than a horse's tongue. Because of the manually extended paper catcher, the printer takes up a lot of space, so I cannot leave it sticking out for fear of someone brushing against it as they pass by and breaking it. Since the printer sits across the room, I have to run to the printer to pull out the paper catcher, wait for it to finish, then close the paper catcher so it won't get bumped. With my (very old) MG5300, which still works perfectly by the way, all I had to do was close the front door which is the paper catcher, after retrieving the printout.#3- Tiny LCD screen that is not backlighted and very difficult to see.THE GOOD STUFF#1- It was easy connecting it wirelessly. I did it from the printer's control panel in less than 45 seconds.#2- The ink is so darn cheap in comparison. I just spent $95.00 for the color (CMY) and black ink cartridges for my MG5300, and that's every 5 months, and I don't do much printing.#3- It prints very nicely.For the price, it is well worth it. If it lasts as long as my old Canon MG5300 I bought in 2012 I will be happy. Eleven years of flawless work and still going in another office! Canon builds them strong.