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Canon Pixma MP530 Office All-In-One Inkjet Photo Printer | List Price: $179.99
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Brand: Canon
Binding: Electronics
Release Date: 2006-07-24
Features: - Compact, stylish unit saves on office space while giving you all the features your workgroup needs to thrive
- Features a productive 30-page Automatic Document Feeder; prints up to 29 pages per minute (ppm) in black and white, and 19 ppm in color
- 150-page fax memory safely stores all incoming faxes if paper or ink runs out; built-in scanner offers 1200 by 2400 dots per inch (dpi) optical resolution
- Dimensions: 18.4 x 10.4 x 18.4 inches (WxHxD); weighs 28.2 pounds
- All-In-One photo printer prints, copies, scans, and faxes
Disappointed with print quality and small ink cartridges. [Posted on 2008-05-04]
We bought this printer (about 9 months ago) looking for a reasonable quality all-in-one for home use. We mostly used it for email and web page print-outs.
The first problem I experienced was that the photos I printed came out unnaturally red. I contacted Canon, they tutored me on how to select exactly the right paper for the printout I was making (which helped slightly), but the prints still came out red. Finally, the representative told me that the error must lie with my monitor. Well...we never had these problems with our HP (on the same computer and monitor). However, while moving, the movers killed it.
Although we print something minor every other week, it seemed that we needed to replace the ink cartridges quarterly. Then I began to experience a strange ink cartridge error that stated I had more than one yellow ink cartridge within the printer--that's impossible since there is only enough space for each of the CMYK and 2 blacks. I had to pull the cartridge out repeatedly to get it to print--eventually it would not print at all. Additionally, the fax did not work after a short period of time. Also, it prints very slowly.
We finally purchased an HP in an equivalent price range, prints much faster, the documents are much superior in their quality. I would never buy another Canon printer again. Seriously disappointed.
Major Ink Cartridge Issue [Posted on 2008-05-05]
I purchased this the Canon PIXMA mp530 in December of 2007. The reviews were positive and I've known people with Canon printers who were happy with them. I have not used the fax feature, but have been using the print, copy, and scanning features. About 3 months into using the printer it kept saying that the magenta ink tank was empty, but when checked it was full. For about a month I was able to open up the printer, take the magenta ink tank out and put it back in temporarily solving the problem, but then that stopped working. If any of the ink tanks are empty or the machine thinks it is empty the printer is rendered useless... forget printing even in black only, copying in black, and even scanning. Had I been aware of this problem I would not have purchased this printer and would warn anyone who does to keep plenty of extra ink on hand, because even if the ink tanks are not empty they may malfuction which will put a stop to use of the printing, copying, and scanning functions. I verified that there is no way around this with Cannon, their response when asking about this was "Unfortunately, the MP530 will not print or copy when one of the ink tanks is empty or there is an ink error. Since copying uses the scanner, this also includes the scanning system." If you contact Canon regarding malfunctioning ink tanks they will replace it but it is a hassle.
Best value all in one for the home office [Posted on 2008-05-08]
I'm just really impressed with this unit for the price. The sheet feeder is great - with the one limitation that it doesn't automatically scan two sided originals. Duplex printing or copying works well - I wasn't finding the quality reduction mentioned in other reviews very noticeable (but your mileage may vary).
Scanning quality looks very good to me. It's just a very good combination of features and quality for the price.
It is large so check out the dimensions and measure your spot. Has a lot of options so it can take a little while to figure out all the bells and whistles.
I love it BUT [Posted on 2008-05-08]
Everything about this printer is wonderful. It's handsome on my desk and the print quality is outstanding. Ink use is about average, as is the scanning software. My problem with it is I'm using Leopard 10.5.2 on a Mac, and I cannot fax from a file on my computer as I used to do. Canon has confirmed that it's a problem with the printer driver supplied by Apple and there is no workaround, except printing the file and faxing it direct from the printer. Duh, isn't the why we want to fax, to save paper? Whatever... i don't need to do that very often and with so little else to complain about this printer, i would recommend it with that caveat.
Okay printer [Posted on 2008-05-09]
The main reason I purchased this printer was because of its batch feed capabilities for scannin and faxing. The feature works well but the software interface is not the best.
The ink cartridges need replacing alot faster then any of the previous HPs that I have owned.
Print quality is fine.
Overall I am satisfied but if I had the choice I would go back to HP.
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