Dr Gadget - Canon Pixma MX850 Office All-In-One Printer (2436B002)

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Binding: Electronics Brand: Canon Color: BLK/SLV EAN: 0013803087871 Feature: All-in-one device can fax, copy, scan, and print Is Autographed: 0 Is Memorabilia: 0 Label: Canon Manufacturer: Canon Model: 2436B002 Publisher: Canon Studio: Canon
Features All-in-one device can fax, copy, scan, and print Built-in Ethernet jack allows simple connection to a network Prints at a maximum of 9600 x 2400 dpi for great photos Built-in memory card reader and 2.5-inch display allows for photo prints directly form a memory card Automatic document feeder enables automatic duplexing
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Even prints well on 20 pound paper Comment: I had a Canon Multipass 750 for 5 years. It worked great as a scanner, printer, copier and fax machine. However, I was having problems when I got a box of 20 pound paper. The MX850 works great even with this light weight paper. There is a place to put the paper, in a slide out tray on the bottom, that keeps it fresh and from absorbing moisture. You can easily select the back feed to use a sheet or several of good paper when you want to print a "good" copy of something. Using the cheep paper for every day printing saves money. The printing and scanning are much quieter than the 750. I highly recommend this machine. Customer Rating: Summary: Worst printer I ever owned Comment: Constant ink cartridge problems, the printer message says there is no cartridge of a certain color when all are loaded or it says there is more than one color installed. You can not buy refilled cartridges for this machine and it is a heavy ink user with expensive little cartridges. My first Canon and my last Canon, I do not recommend this printer. Customer Rating: Summary: Fantastic printer. A bit bulky and heavy, but prints very well. Comment: Really nice printer. Works well wirelessly. Set-up was easy, but the Canon software does not work seamlessly with Iphoto and took a short while to figure. Customer Rating: Summary: A printer with issues Comment: I decided to replace my trusty Canon i960 and Epson Scanner with the nifty new Canon MX850 with thoughts of consolidation of space and getting newer, better technology. How wrong I was. First, the good news is that the built in duplex capability is great - my favourite feature actually even though it does slow down the printing considerably. The other great feature was simply the unified capabilities of what this machine can do with lots of features for a relatively low price. Now the not so great. The big disappointment for me was the scan quality and the included software. Both my documents and receipts that I scanned always required after-the-fact treatment to make them legible (possibly due to this not being a CCD based scanner) but the included software did not make it easy to crop and/or edit the images quickly before output. This really slowed down my workflow. Also, just getting to the scanner software is a convoluted series of clicks that should not be that difficult. The big show stopper was a "6A00" error that occured one day after 3 months of mild printing and after one successful 6 page print job. Based on a google search, it looked like the "purge unit" had a gooey buildup of ink and sure enough I looked and that was the case + a loose white pin that clearly belonged somewhere but was not in it's place. Apparently the gooey build-up caused the issue. Given that my other Canon was flawless for many years, I didn't have the time or patience to send my relatively new printer for servicing so this was really the final straw for me. I've gone back to my old trusty and reliable printer and scanner while this one will wait for repair and/or go to a charity. A disappointing experience. Customer Rating: Summary: Great Home Office All-in-One for Mac or PC Comment: Strengths: Outstanding text quality, built-in duplexing and automatic document feeder, two paper trays, Mac (Leopard) compatibility Weaknesses: Big and heavy, networking/sharing support could be improved, photo quality not fantastic I purchased the MX850 as a replacement for a similar HP Photosmart 3310 that I had been using for several years with my Mac and Windows PCs. I was generally satisfied with the HP; it included built-in wireless networking and had outstanding photo quality. After upgrading to OS X 10.5 Leopard, however, the HP model was rendered useless for anything other than basic printing on my iMac, even with drivers updated for Leopard. I was very happy, therefore, to find that Canon's MX850 works flawlessly with my iMac running Leopard. The first thing you notice about the MX850 is its size; it's considerably larger and heavier than my HP multifunction printer. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but you'll want to take note of the dimensions and make sure you have room for this device before purchasing. This is likely due to the added functionality Canon has squeezed into the device. It includes an auto duplexer, automatic document feeder, and two paper trays (one at bottom front and one on the back). If you frequently scan multi-page documents, print double-sided materials, or switch between two types/sources of paper, then this machine will undoubtedly prove very convenient. Printer output is very good, with a few caveats. Everyday printing is very speedy, and the text output of the MX850 is fantastic, giving some laser printers a run for their money. There is one caveat pertaining to duplex printing which causes duplex-printed text documents to appear dark gray instead of black. In order to reduce bleeding through on double-sided documents, the printer uses only colored inks (no black) for double-sided printing. If you prefer to print most of your documents using black ink only (which I would recommend in order to conserve the expensive colored inks), know that you won't be able to do so when printing in duplex mode. Unfortunately, the photo quality of the MX850 is not as outstanding as the text quality. It produces nice-looking (even frame-worthy) prints on photo paper, but you won't mistake them for professional prints. This is the one area where the Photosmart beats the MX850 hands-down. The other features of this device also work very well. Scan quality is very good, and the automatic document feeder makes it very easy to scan multiple-page documents. Fax capabilities are built in as well, and I was pleased to note the inclusion of speed dial and a standard telephone-style number pad for inputting numbers. The MX850 also includes network connectivity in the form of an ethernet port, but it would have been nice to see built-in WiFi networking included as well. Even though Canon includes fully-featured drivers for both Windows and Mac OS X, it's not possible to attach the device to a Mac and share it with Windows PCs (I was able to use Bonjour printer sharing and a generic driver to allow my Windows PCs to print to the device, but you don't have the ability to scan or to set or use any advanced device functions such as the duplexer or print quality settings). The MX850 is clearly designed with a home office environment in mind, as its advanced document-handling abilities and unexceptional photo quality suggest. If you're looking for a full-time photo printer, then you should look elsewhere; but if your scanning and printing needs routinely call for excellent text quality, convenient duplexing, scanning multipage documents, and the flexibility offered by two paper trays, then the MX850 will fit the bill perfectly. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: The Pixma MX850 Office All-in-One Inkjet Printer has a 5-color ink system to create spectacular photos with 9600 x 2400 color dpi resolution, and fast, photo lab quality 4x6 borderless prints take only about 21 seconds. The built-in Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) holds up to 35 originals and enables automatic duplex. This versatile machine can be networked via an Ethernet connection. Select and enhance images on the high-resolution 2.5" color TFT display or directly from a digital camera. You can also print photos right from memory cards. Reductions Enlargement - 25% - 400% Max Resolutions - Optical 4800 x 9600 dpi, ADF 600 x 600 dpi, and Interpolated 19,200 x 19,200 dpi Color Depth - 48-bit internal/24-bit external Max Document Size - Flatbed 8.5 x 11.7 and ADF 8.5 x 14 Fax Modem Speed - Up to 33.6 Kbps (Super G3 color FAX) Transmission Speed - Black 3 seconds per page and Color 1 minute per page Memory Capacity - up to 250 Pages Speed Dialing - 100 Locations Standard Interface - USB 2.0 High-Speed, Card Slots, PictBridge, and Bluetooth v2.0 +EDR Card Slot - SD Memory Card, SDHC Memory Card, MultiMediaCard, miniSD Card, RS-MMC, MicroSD Card, CompactFlash Card, MicroDrive, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, and xD-Picture Card OS Compatibility - Windows Vista, Windows XP, 2000 and Mac OS X v. 10.3.9 to 10.5.x Dimension - Width 19.0 x Depth 20.0 x Height 10.2 Weight - 30.7 pounds