Canon PIXMA TS6420a Driver and Review

Download Canon PIXMA TS6420a Driver, Software, and Review– The Canon PIXMA TS6420a is your signature budget all-in-one printer. It has a small OLED display screen, and you can feed paper through the front or back, so it supports many different formats.

Like other traditional inkjet models in this price range, it uses two cartridges: one for black ink and one for color ink. It’s identical to the Canon PIXMA TS6420 it replaces, but there are some performance differences, such as the lack of Bluetooth 4.0 LE for setup.

The similar Canon TR7020 (and Canon PIXMA TR7020a) are identical but have an automatic document feeder because they are designed more for office use.

Canon PIXMA TS6420a Driver and Review

The Canon PIXMA TS6420a body is made entirely of plastic. Tastes okay, although a bit cheap. It has a smooth finish; however, fingerprints are highly visible due to their texture, so you may need to remove them frequently if this is something that bothers you.

The cartridges are easy to remove when the printer is on, but the B (black) and C (color) labels are on the clips, so they are not visible when the two clips are lifted. This means that you need to check the label before removing the cartridge to make sure you.

Like all inkjet printers, the Canon PIXMA TS6420a requires maintenance to prevent printhead clogging and dry ink.

Several built-in tasks help solve this problem, such as checking the printhead nozzles, cleaning the printheads, aligning the printheads, cleaning the sheet rollers, and cleaning the bottom plate.

The Canon TS6420a ink cartridges are easy to replace, even if the printer must be turned on. The only way to tell which cartridge went away is to look at the cartridge clip before removing the cartridge, as you cannot see the label with both clips raised.

However, you may remember their placement because you often need to replace cartridges due to low page yield. The input tray and rear feeder hold 100 pages each, so you’ll likely refill it around the same time you replace the cartridges.

Paper jams are easily accessible by lifting the rear feeder and removing the rear panel and transport unit cover. You can also access the paper jam from the cartridge carrier, but you must ensure not to touch the white tape inside as this could damage the printer.

PIXMA TS6420a Scanner

The Canon PIXMA TS6420a only has a flatbed scanner, so it’s not ideal if you need an automatic document feeder to scan multiple pages in succession. However, it is perfect if you have simple needs.

The lid hinges are long enough to fit over thicker items, such as textbooks and workbooks. In addition, the Canon IJ Scan Utility software has OCR (optical character recognition) capabilities.

This means you can scan your document as a TXT file, allowing you to copy and edit text easily. There are some transcription errors; it’s mostly just with special characters.

Screen Display

Canon PIXMA TS6420a has a small screen display with responsive buttons. White text on a black background is easy to read thanks to good contrast and resolution; however, small text can be difficult to read, especially since you have to wait for long phrases to scroll through.

You can tilt the display panel to help you see the screen better, but the tilt range is small. This menu is very simple but does not allow you to access the scanning features of the printer. If you want to scan, you need to use a computer or mobile device.

TS6420a Ink

The Canon PIXMA TS6420a does not produce many pages before the cartridge runs out of ink. It only has one color cartridge, so it is cheaper to replace all three colors, but it is more wasteful to have to replace the entire cartridge even if only one color is empty. The printer gives a low ink warning when it expects to run out of ink, but you can still get a few full pages after that. Also, it doesn’t stop printing when the cartridge is empty, so you might get a few blank pages if you continue printing after the warning.

IJ Start Canon TS6420a Setup Driver Support for:

• • Android
  • Linux x32 x64
  • Mac Os X/ Os X x32 x 64
  • Windows 10 x32 x 64
  • Windows 8.1 x32 x 64
  • Windows 7 x32 x 64
  • Windows XP x32 x 64

Manual Setup for Canon PIXMA TS6420a