Built for advocates, accountants, and property agents who print daily without in-house IT support, the Canon PIXMA G3470 ends the cyber café run. Law clerks near Milimani Law Courts print pleadings and affidavits before filing deadlines. CPAs preparing KRA returns print ledgers and client statements without queueing at a bureau. Estate agents in Kilimani and Karen produce colour property flyers for weekend viewings. Consultants working from home on Safaricom Home Fibre send files straight from an iPhone. A practice paying a cyber café KSh 10 per page for 300 pages monthly recovers the Canon PIXMA G3470's price in under ten months.

Unlike other electronics retailers in Kenya, Mascom International lets you pay only after the Canon PIXMA G3470 reaches you, in any of the 47 counties. At Mascom International, we're seeing small firms move up from older G-series units because this model adds a maintenance cartridge you swap at your desk. Users consistently report that the pigment black keeps figures and rubber stamps sharp on client documents. Replacement GI-41 black bottles sell for around KSh 1,750 in Nairobi, so a black page costs roughly KSh 0.29. Walk in to Kimathi Street and watch the Canon PIXMA G3470 print, copy, and scan before you buy.

Yes, for any office that prints daily or cannot afford downtime. The Canon PIXMA G3470 adds a user-replaceable MC-G04 maintenance cartridge, while the KSh 22,500 Canon PIXMA G3410 stores waste ink on an internal pad that needs a technician once full. Black speed rises from 8.8 to 11 pages per minute, saving about 23 minutes on every 1,000 pages. Apple AirPrint, official Windows 11 support, and a quieter 48.5 dB motor come included. Spread over one year, the KSh 5,000 gap works out to roughly KSh 14 per day.

An office printing 500 black pages and 100 colour pages monthly spends roughly KSh 240 on genuine ink. A GI-41 black bottle costs around KSh 1,750 in Nairobi and yields 6,000 pages, so each black page uses about KSh 0.29. The three 70ml colour bottles together cover about 7,700 pages. Economy mode cuts black cost to about KSh 0.23 per page. Electricity barely registers, since Canon rates typical use at 0.15 kWh a week, roughly KSh 20 a month. 

It collects waste ink from cleaning cycles, and you replace it yourself in minutes instead of sending the printer away. Every inkjet flushes small amounts of ink while cleaning its print heads. Older tank printers soak that waste into a sealed internal pad, and a full pad halts printing until a technician opens the body. The Canon PIXMA G3470 routes it into the MC-G04 cartridge, and the screen shows a warning code as it nears capacity. Ask Mascom International about MC-G04 availability when you order.

Yes, iPhones print through Apple AirPrint with no app, and Android phones print through Mopria or the Canon Print Service plugin. Open any PDF, photo, or email, tap Share, then Print, and choose the Canon PIXMA G3470. The free Canon PRINT app adds scanning to your phone and ink level checks. Wireless Direct links a phone without any router, handy for site offices. The printer joins 2.4GHz networks only, so select that band on Safaricom Home Fibre or Zuku routers.

Choose the Canon PIXMA G3470 for colour-heavy work and the HP Smart Tank 580 if black speed matters most. HP rates its model at 12 pages per minute in black against Canon's 11, but Canon leads colour at 6.0 against 5. Canon's colour bottle set yields about 7,700 pages versus HP's 6,000, a 28% gain for flyers and reports. Canon's Economy mode also stretches each black bottle by 26%. Nairobi retailers list the HP Smart Tank 580 around KSh 28,500, close to our price.

A dedicated ID copy mode places both sides of a national ID or driving licence on one A4 page. The first colour copy arrives in about 23 seconds, and a single run produces up to 99 copies. The flatbed scanner captures originals up to A4 at 600 x 1200 dpi, sharp enough for land search results, signed contracts, and payslips. Zoom runs from 25% to 400% in 1% steps. Pages go on the glass one at a time, since no automatic document feeder is fitted.

Beyond A4 office paper, it handles photo paper, envelopes, magnetic sheets, and iron-on fabric transfers for T-shirt work. The rear tray takes plain paper from 64 to 105 g/m² and Canon photo paper up to about 265 g/m². Borderless output covers A4, 4x6, 5x7, 8x10, and business card sizes. Custom lengths reach 1,200 mm, enough for a narrow shop banner. A borderless 4x6 photo takes about 45 seconds. That range suits small branding businesses in Githurai, Kitengela, and Thika Road estates.

Yes. Canon lists Windows 11, Windows 11 ARM, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7 SP1, plus Chrome OS and macOS from 10.14.6 to macOS 12. Windows 11 ARM support covers the newer Snapdragon-powered laptops arriving in Nairobi offices. Macs on macOS 13 or later print through AirPrint without a driver.  Chromebooks in schools and offices print over Wi-Fi without extra software. Canon's IJ Network Device Setup Utility helps administrators locate the printer on a shared Windows network, and desktops without Wi-Fi connect through the Hi-Speed USB B port.

Canon rates it for 5 to 35°C and 10 to 90% humidity without condensation, covering offices in Nairobi, Nakuru, Kisumu, and air-conditioned rooms in Mombasa. Power draw sits near 16 watts while copying, so a basic 650VA UPS carries a job through a short KPLC outage. Cover the printer with a cloth during dusty dry months along Mombasa Road and Thika Road. Run a nozzle check through the IJ Printer Assistant Tool after long office closures to catch dried ink early.

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Every unit is backed by the 12-month warranty above, and our team talks you through ink filling and Wi-Fi setup on WhatsApp after delivery. Law firms, accounting practices, and property agencies across Kenya count on Mascom International for honest specifications, accurate pricing, and reliable after-sales backing on every printer we stock.