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Comparison Canon PIXMA GM2040 vs HP OfficeJet 6230

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Printing over Wi-Fi. Two paper feed trays. Automatic two-sided printing.
Support for Google Home.
Print formatsA4A4
Print typeinkjetinkjet
Output type
monochrome /or color/
colour
Number of colors4
Print
Max. resolution1200x600 dpi1200x600 dpi
First page print time14 с
Mono print
13 ppm /according to ISO/
29 ppm /18 ppm ISO/
Colour print
6.8 ppm /according to ISO/
24 ppm /10 ppm ISO/
Duplex printing
Printing supplies
Monthly resource15 K pages
Mono cartridge resource6000 page400 page
Colour cartridge resource400 page
Built-in CISS
Ink typepigmented / water solublepigment
Cartridges14
Cartridge model
CL-441, CL-441XL /5221B001, 5220B001/
C2P19AE, C2P20AE, C2P21AE, C2P22AE
Larger capacity cartridge
Features
Data transfer
PC connection (USB)
network connection (LAN)
Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Wi-Fi Direct
 
PC connection (USB)
network connection (LAN)
Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Wi-Fi Direct /HP Wireless Direct/
AirPrint
Cloud printMopria, HP ePrint, HP Smart
Screenno displayno display
Voice assistantAmazon Alexa, Cortana
Hardware
Grammage (min)64 g/m²60 g/m²
Grammage (max)300 g/m²280 g/m²
RAM256 MB
Clock Speed500 MHz
General
Feed tray350 sheets225 sheets
Output tray60 sheets
Noise level52 dB63 dB
Power consumption13 W24 W
Dimensions (WxDxH)403x369x166 mm464x385x146 mm
Weight6 kg5.1 kg
Added to E-Catalogaugust 2019january 2015

Output type

The number of colours the printer produces when printing. To date, there are monochrome(black and white) and colour(providing full-colour printing) printers. The former are considered optimal for documents and other official materials that do not require colour; the latter allow you to create a full-fledged image, but such printing is much more expensive, so you should pay attention to them only if the colour format is critical.

Number of colors

The color palette that the printer can print. A large number of colors is required for high-quality photo printing and obtaining color prints with many shades. The standard is 4 colors.

First page print time

The time from the receipt of a print command to the exit from the printer of the first page printed in black and white, in other words, how long after pressing the "Print" button, the user will receive the first page. Most often indicated for draft (fastest) print mode, higher quality will take longer. You should pay attention to this parameter if you often need to print small documents (on one or several pages) on the printer.

Mono print

The black and white print speed provided by the printer. It should be noted that this parameter is often indicated for low quality when the device is running at maximum performance; at a higher quality (even at standard), the actual speed can be noticeably lower, so you should choose with a certain margin. Also note that high speed significantly affects the price, power consumption and noise level. Therefore, it does not always make sense to chase maximum performance — for simple applications (for example, at home or in a small office), a relatively slow and inexpensive device may be the best choice.

As for specific values, speeds up to 20 ppm are considered relatively low, 20 – 30 ppm — average, 31 – 40 ppm — decent, and the fastest models are capable of delivering more than 40 pages per minute.

Colour print

Colour print speed provided by the printer. Usually, the specifications give speed at low quality, when performance is highest; on standard and especially high settings, the print speed can be noticeably lower, so it’s worth choosing with a certain margin. It is also worth considering that high speed significantly affects the price, power consumption and noise level. Therefore, it does not always make sense to chase maximum performance — for simple applications and small print volumes, a relatively slow and inexpensive device may be the best choice.

The "slowest" colour printers today are capable of delivering less than 10 pages per minute. A more decent value is considered 10 – 20 ppm, a speed of more than 20 ppm can already be called quite good, and in the fastest models this figure exceeds 30 ppm.

Monthly resource

The maximum number of pages the printer can print in a month while still operating at full capacity.

Mono cartridge resource

The maximum number of pages that the printer's ink (toner) can print. The value is rather conditional, in reality the deviations from the norm are very large (up or down). In inkjet printers, the cartridge life is relatively small and amounts to several hundred prints. In laser and LED devices, the bill is already in the thousands.

Colour cartridge resource

The maximum number of pages that the printer's ink (toner) can print. The value is rather conditional, in reality the deviations from the norm are very large (up or down). In inkjet printers, the cartridge life is relatively small and amounts to several hundred prints. In laser and LED devices, the bill is already in the thousands.

Built-in CISS

The printer has a built-in CISS — a continuous ink supply system.

The essence of such a system is that the ink for printing is not in the cartridge, but in external containers, from where it is supplied to the print head as needed. This provides a number of advantages over traditional cartridges. Firstly, CISS containers hold much more ink and need to be refilled less frequently. Secondly, refilling the CISS in terms of one print is much cheaper than "recharging" and even more so replacing the cartridge. Thirdly, dyes of different colours are refilled into such a system separately, and when ink of one colour is exhausted, it is enough to replenish only their stock (whereas some colour cartridges need to be changed completely, even if only one of the colours has run out).

Note that CISS can be installed separately; however, the factory setting is more reliable, such devices are less likely to fail. At the same time, this feature significantly increases the cost and complicates the design of the printer. Therefore, it is worth paying attention to models with built-in CISS first of all if you plan to print often and in large quantities.
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