CanonPixma G1530

Standard inkjet
Colour
Refillable tanks

£180Typical price

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If you print a lot and don’t need many added features, then the Canon Pixma G1530 might have caught your eye. We often unearth ink tank printers such as this one which are very efficient with ink, so we sent this model to our test lab to see how much it will cost to run a year and whether it can produce good quality prints. Read our full review to find out how it fared.

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KEY TEST RESULTS
Print quality and speed
Printing costs

May 2025Last checked by Which?
May 2023First reviewed by Which?
Dec 2022Released

The overall Which? test score is made up of the following star ratings, all determined by our rigorous lab tests.

How we test printers

7 May 2025

Print quality and speed

Overall
Black text quality
Black text speed
Office graphics quality
Office graphics speed
Photo quality
Photo speed
Images with text quality
Images with text speed

How we test print quality and speed

Quality and speed for different types of documents.

Ease of use

Overall
Low noise

How we test ease of use

Ease of use, including printing, copying and scanning where relevant.

Printing costs

How we test printing costs

How cheap or expensive the printer is for ink/toner costs per page. More stars means cheaper prints. Costs are based on our occasional printing test - printing black text and colour pages, leaving time between prints and turning the printer off between uses. Printers with no star rating were tested prior to our occasional printing test.

Power use

How we test power use

For energy, it's based on power use when the printer is turned off, in standby and when idle, just after printing.

General
Type of printer	Standard inkjet
Colour or Mono	Colour
Height	30cm
Width	41cm
Depth	58cm
Prints on A3	No
Individual Colour Cartridges	Yes
Claimed maximum page weight	265
Refillable tanks	Yes
Continuous printing cost
Occasional printing - text and graphics
One year printing cost
Two year printing cost
Three year printing cost
Photo
Ten black text prints
Page of office graphics
Black cartridge	GI-51 PGBK bottle
Cyan cartridge	GI-51 C bottle
Magenta cartridge	GI-51 M bottle
Yellow cartridge	GI-51 Y bottle
Colour of printer	Black

Features
Preview Screen	No
Fax	No
Automatic Document Feeder	No
Auto duplexing	No
Double sided scan and copy	No
Print via wi-fi direct	No

Connections
Ethernet	No
Wi-fi	No
Memory card support	No
Print from smartphone	No
AirPrint compatible	No
Windows 10 compatible	Yes
Mac OS full compatiblity	Yes
ChromeOS compatible	No

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