A color inkjet all-in-one printer from Canon, with scan and copy functions, WiFi networking, and wireless printing with Apple AirPrint and Google Cloud Print. Works with Windows and macOS. Detailed Test Results PRINTING. The Canon PIXMA TS8222 prints using inkjet technology, which sprays liquid ink onto the paper from a moving head. Its text printing is Good, though not as good as most inkjets. Text printing was very quick, 12.5 pages per minute, costing 7.3 cents per page. Its color graphics printing is Very Good for reports, newsletters and web pages, at 3.5 pages per minute, costing 13.2 cents per page. It prints photos on glossy paper that are fine for casual users, but not as good as most inkjet printers. It has auto-duplex printing to print both on sides of the page, with no loss of quality. If the black ink runs out, it stops printing—it can’t be set to just use the remaining color ink. The capacity of the main paper tray is 100 sheets, a typical size. There’s a second input tray that can hold another 100 sheets. SCANNING and COPYING. Scanning performance was Excellent, suitable for any task including archiving photos. It can scan or copy an area up to 11.7 x 8.5 inches (letter size). Copying performance was Very Good, suitable for most purposes. Includes OCR (optical character recognition) software, useful for making scanned documents editable in a word processor program. CONTROLS and DISPLAY. The printer has a large, 4.3-inch display screen with a touchscreen that can preview each photo in a 3.1-inch window. CONNECTIVITY and NETWORKING. The Canon PIXMA TS8222 has a memory-card reader for directly printing documents and images stored on an SD card. It has Wireless PictBridge for direct printing from portable devices that have this feature. You can connect directly to a PC with a USB cable, or to your network router wirelessly with WiFi. There’s a WiFi Auto-connect feature that makes it easy to link to your wireless router. Apple AirPrint and Google Cloud
