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Canon PIXMA MX870 Wireless Office All-in-One Printer Reviews By Customer
Canon PIXMA MX870 Wireless Office All-in-One Printer Reviews
I have been looking at all-in-ones casually for the last couple of years. After considerable research, I purchased the MX870. My old printer, a HP I purchased in 2000, still works well. With that in mind, here is what I was looking for in this purchase:- Primarily, I was looking for a good scanner that could also replace my existing printer should it fail since it is so old.- Easy to use scanning software- Duplex scanning was desired- Duplex printing was desired- Separate ink for each color- The ability to print in B&W even if a color ink is out- Print speeds were not a concern - this is for home use- Print quality was not much of a concern either - I haven't had a color cartridge for my current printer for 4 yrs- I don't print photos, so printing on photo paper/borderless printing/etc. are not attributes I researched (in my opinion, it is just easier and cheaper to upload them to a service and have them sent to you. In the rare instances I need pictures sooner than that, I go to CVS, which I think is still cheaper than printing from home.)So far the MX870 has lived up to my expectations. - Set up was very easy. I would say it took 30 minutes, including unboxing and setting up the wireless (and I was taking my time).- Scanning has been great. It scans really well from the feeder, and there are very easy to access options for color, dpi, etc. Last night I scanned a 25 pg document, front and back, and had no issues. - The software does not seem to be a resource hog. You can select exactly what you want to install on the CD (just drivers, scanning software, photo software, etc). I think this is great. For my laptop and desktop, I needed the scanning software, but was able to opt out of installing the photo software for now. For my netbook, I can easily just install the drivers, and none of the other software. - The scanning software is light on resources and easy to use. You scan something in, a window pops up so you can review it, rename it, etc. Couldn't be easier.- Print quality is fine. I have it set to print fast duplex by default and this results in a product that works for me. In the 4 days I've had it, I haven't tried to print it on normal or best quality, so I cannot speak to those results, but judging by the quality of the fast, I would assume it would work for most home users.- Copy is easy - no complaints.- Print speed is a little slow. As I stated above, I've only printed on Fast, but this printer's fast is definitely not any faster than my old HP - even with duplex printing turned off. If speed is critical, this may not be your best bet. For most home users I would suspect it prints fast enough for general use.I'll quickly mentioned the competition. Based on the criteria above, I was very seriously considering three other printers:(1) The HP 6500 wired for $150 or wireless for $200(2) The HP 8500 Pro wired for $200 wireless for $260(3) The Brother MFC 6490CW - $200 on sale at Office Depot, regularly $300(1) I decided against the HP 6500 wired because for $50 more you got wireless and duplex printing/scanning. I decided against the 6500 wireless because for $200, I could get the 8500 - from HPs better printer line - which even though it was wired, had more features and a higher quality scanner.(2) I decided against the HP 8500 despite the fact that it is: (1) recommended by CNET, (2) discounted through my employer, (3) I have enjoyed my current HP for a decade. The reason I did this was simply because there are just too many bad reviews. I know there are a lot of reviews for it - almost double the amount there are for this printer - but they seem to be too recurring: bad printer heads, failing after a couple months, bad software, driver issues with Windows 7 and XP, and the list just went on. Before buying the HP, I would read not only the reviews on Amazon, but also the reviews on CNET and [...]. After an hour of reading "stay away" and "do not buy!" I imagine you'll be as scared as I was.(3) I chose the Canon over the Brother because quite simply because it was cheaper on Amazon ($146) than the Brother on sale ($199, currently back to $299 it looks like) and it is much smaller. Both have great reviews all over the web, so without any reason to pick the more expensive Brother, I chose the Canon.I hope this review helps and I'll update this review if I encounter issues (my expectation is a printer of this cost should last at least 5 years).--- UPDATE ---2 of the 3 color inks have now run out and it still prints black/grey with no problems. A definite feature in my book.After a few months, I am happy to report I still have no issues with this purchase. The trial black ink is just about gone (comes with a small and large black ink tank) but overall, I would say it seems to use black ink efficiently. My history/comparison with color ink is limited so it's harder for me to say there.
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I must preface this review by noting that I had a Pixma MX850 before this printer. I had no problems with it. I thought it was the best printer that I have ever owned. It printed beautifully from both PCs and from my IMAC. It excelled at photos and text.This printer is a better photo printer than plain paper printer. If you are going to print mostly letters, etc., this is not the best. Text is muted and as the customer service rep pointed out, that if you increase the ink on the page, which you have to do to make the text crisp, plain paper is going to be soggier. The text on standard print is rather muted. As a photo printer, it does an exceptional job with one caveat. You have to extensively adjust the settings. You can't just hit print and you can't even get away with just clicking high quality and then print. You will waste a lot of paper and ink to get the right setting. However, once that setting is found, it is an awesome result. I found the Pixma MX-850 much easier to set and you got good results. However, I have not found a way to set a default for the printing options which means for every print job, you have to adjust the settings. Every single time. The printer or its software, I don't know which, is not working correctly on duplex when using either OpenOffice or Iworks pages. The customer service rep blamed Openoffice when I called about this the first time. It also happened with Iworks pages and another reviewer on this board reported problems with MS Word and duplex. I think it is safe to say if you must use the duplex function, you shouldn't buy this printer. Since, I am presently doing brochures, I find it disappointing that a printer with duplex capability cannot be used for such.I was seriously considering returning this printer but I do like the photo work and the end result of my brochures. I have decided to buy another printer for text documents. I do know I can do much better than this for regular office printing.The printer is slow as molasses. It uses a lot of ink and the cartridges are expensive. It also hangs up occasionally or stalls mid-print and never resumes. This is not often but it does happen. This is my second Canon printer. I loved the MX 850 and had no problems with it. This printer lacks a lot, imo. If Canon could do what the MX 850 did well and what the Mx 870 does well, they would have an unbeatable printer. As it is, it doesn't make a great all-in-one printer.
- Fully integrated 35 page auto document feeder for rapid copying, scanning and faxing
- Paper saving and ecofriendly auto duplex printing
- Super G3 high speed fax with 100 coded speed dials storing up to 250 incoming pages when receiving ITU-T No. 1 chart
- Various security features including password protected PDFs
- Multifunction Devices: Printer, Scanner, Copier, Fax
Here's the short of it. Unless you plan on connecting this printer with a hard wire, I'd move on. The Wi-fi doesn't work well at all. We've had this printer 45 days and I'm ready to toss it off the balcony. It connects to the wi-fi, it takes the passcode, it gets an IP address, but it cannot be pinged from any other computer. Basically, you have to continue to reinstall the canon software over and over and over to get this printer to work. I'm not some average Joe user. I actually know a grreat deal about IT. The fact that this has ANY issues being pinged in today's technology market, makes it a piece of garbage. My son's hand held video game connect better than this cannon. Choose a printer manufacture and not a company that makes cameras.Does it print well? Well who the hell knows? I can't get it to setup with my network.
Canon PIXMA MX870 Wireless Office All-in-One Printer Real Reviews
I think I purchased best electric item from Amazon is this Canon printer.I purchased Epson Workforce615 at Sam's club few weeks ago. It was good printer in first but when I print phtos, I saw lines no matter what I change settings or papers. I used epson photo papers but it was keep failing when I printing photos.I also noticed Workforce doesn't print Vellum paper (see through paper, you see often for wedding invitaion and such). When you do scrapbooking we sometimes use Vellum paper for make page fancy, or save cost to buy die cut machine.Unfortunately Workforce not feed the Vellum paper and customer support said "You can't print Vellum paper". So I returned Epson printer and purchased Canon from Amazon. It was cost $20 up but it away better quality photo print, I cannot tell difference from 1hour photo(seriously!).Using wi-fi no problem, so quick, you don't have to wait your PC read ink level.It's also print Vellum paper like charm!! It's looks very professionla finish.I really love this printer, now I know why people said "Canon printer is the best".If you looking for all in one printer, this won't regret you.I'm so happy for my new Canon printer! No tax, Free shipping, thanks for listing such a great product Amazon.
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