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 Price performance can't be beat, even if at MSRP May 3, 2010
L. Lim (CA United States)
85 out of 85 found this review helpful
Got this printer couple of weeks ago and it has been performing up to my expectation. I still cannot believe the price of this AIO printer. Even at the MSRP of $99 from Canon, it is still very well below a comparable unit from other brands. I like a good bargain, so originally I had 2nd thought on getting this because it was only $10 cheaper at Amazon than list price. However, after comparing other AIO printers with similar features like wireless, fax, auto-document feeder, this became a no-brainer.
Pros:
- AIO with fax.
- Mac friendly software
- Price point
- Sleek symmetric design vs. other brands (i.e. all trays are closable to create a neat look)
- Self opening output tray if tray is closed. I had other printers where if I forgot to open the output tray, the paper would just cumple up.
- Easy Wi-Fi setup
- reasonable replacement OEM ink cartridge prices.
- iPhone/iPod touch app for printing photos from your iPhone or iPod touch.
- USB cable included, useful and a must for initial setup
Cons:
- so far I have not been able to fax from my MacBook wirelessly, though faxing from PC wirelessly works.
- slow start-up like most other users have experienced
I have owned AIO printers from HP, Lexmark, and Epson before. This model by far has been the best price performance for me.
Works really well with my iMac and Snow Leopard May 30, 2010
Richard G. Russell (San Diego)
31 out of 31 found this review helpful
My ancient HP G5 All-In-One finally croaked, so I ordered one of these. I didn't really expect it would be any good considering how cheap it is, but I have been pleasantly surprised. The construction is really excellent, and it looks a lot better than most of the flimsy competition I looked at from HP and the rest. There aren't any floppy pieces dangling off it waiting to get broken. I am using it with an iMac 30" running OS X 10.6.3.
Setup was fairly straightforward using the wireless connection. The manual takes about 50 pages to get round to telling you that all you need to do is hit the menu button on the printer and find the LAN sub-menu, then choose the network and enter the password. The software for the iMac pretty much installs itself.
The included software is good. This is usually a problem with Macs and printers/scanners, but not this time. The scanner will scan straight into Mail, or into your Pictures folder, in jpg, tiff, or pdf. The scans are excellent, much better than the stand-alone HP Scanjet I paid $300 for not so long ago. Print quality is quite good, and reasonably fast, but I really got this for scanning and faxing, with just light duty printing when I don't want to walk over to the laser printer.
I am still laughing to myself over the insane value this represents. I honestly can't remember ever getting such a great piece of gear so cheap. It cost more to buy the Airport Express that hooks it to the LAN. I have never posted a review on Amazon before, but this machine is just so great that I had to.
Can't believe I got such a nice printer for such a low price May 13, 2010
R. Hewitt (San Diego, CA)
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
I was impressed as soon as I unpacked this printer. It feels solid and well made. I was also impressed that Canon included EVERYTHING I might need, including both ink cartridges, USB cable, and telephone cabling. They didn't skimp on cable length, either. These might seem like small things, but I notice when a company takes extra steps to make sure their customers' needs are met because that's the sort of company I want to do business with.
So far, this seems to be a very well designed machine. Even though it has so many features that I've barely begun to explore them all, the basics were simple to find and easy to use. It supports Wi-Fi Secured Setup and fortunately so does my AT&T U-verse router. If your router does too, you're in luck. From the printer side, just tell it to use WSP. That takes some menu scrolling, but the instructions are clear. Then go push a button on the router or (as in my case) on the router's web interface, and voila...the two find each other and get married. That's it. Now you have a networked printer!
I like that this has a document feed on top. That's a nice feature you don't always find in home printers.
Driver and software install via the CD was flawless. As a software developer, I'm critical of install software that doesn't quite work right or that wastes my time, but there was nothing to criticize here. I'm also impressed by the quality and quantity of useful software utilities delivered on the CD. The one niddling complaint I could make is that it would have been nice to have everything installed under one (Windows) StartMenu folder instead of 5(!), but that's no big deal and is easily changed.
I can't speak to ink usage or to longevity yet because I've only just started using this machine. If I have problems, I'll update this review, but for now at least I'm waaaay more than happy with this purchase.
I think I'm in love with this printer! June 5, 2010
Katielee (Billings, MT USA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I have a part time job that requires quite a bit of faxing and scanning, and I had an Epson, I hated that thing. So a few weeks ago I was faced with 2 sets of 27 pages (54 pages) that had to be faxed 2 different places and scanned, so I would be standing there faxing 2 sets to 2 different numbers--.....The Epson did not have group faxing, each destination had to be done separately. The ADF, which never worked well (see previous review) was more than I could face that day---it would take hours! So I started looking. I researched, checked other reviews, and finally decided to try this one & bonus (!) it was on sale. This is a great machine! And group fax---1 scan and it will then send to up to 20 numbers. The ADF requires no babysitting, no handfeeding. I'm amazed how quickly I'm done. Not to mention it does make nice pics and copies
The software was easy to load, although some of the programming was,for me, a little difficult. And I'm sure it can do more than I've figured out. However I'm not a techy person, so someone else may not have a problem. A bonus surprise, I have one line, 2 numbers--1 for phone and 1 for fax. I can have the fax on, and it will catch faxes coming in, and calls are not subject to the fax signal. On the Epson if the machine was on, anyone calling was treated to the fax squealing in their ears. Would I recommend this one? Absolutely!
Great Value June 20, 2010
M. J. Chapman (Miamisburg, OH United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought this printer mostly for the reasonable price. When I recieved it, I was amazed by the quality of the machine. Much nicer than most desk top printers. I was very nervous about setting it up, but the instructions are excellent and the Canon Pixma was operational in no time. It located my router right away.
The printing function is super easy. The copy function is very fast and the copies look like the original. I haven't tried the scanning or faxing.
This is a pretty big unit, so make sure to note the dimentions and make sure it will fit where you plan to place it.
I'm very glad I bought this printer!
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