Review of Canon PIXMA MP800R Office All-In-One
I recently purchased my Canon MP800R and so far I am quite happy with it. It took about 15 minutes to set up and configure my workstation and it was all very very simple.
The printing is what i’ve come to expect from Canon – perfect! No lines.. No paper jams like I enjoyed on a daily basis with my HP. Everything just works and works well. This thing is really fast. 30 PPM (2 seconds!) for Black and White photos and 24 PPM for color and they come out great. I haven’t seen it really advertised anywhere but the printer does have duplexing built in right out of the box. The borderless printing and 9600 x 2400 dpidetail make my photos look absolutely amazing.
My main motivation for purchasing this unit was the networking capabilities. I had an old HP all-in-one but it required that it be hooked up to a computer that had to always be on in order to act as the print host, and there was no way to share the scanning capabilities. All these problems are gone thanks to this unit. Now, since my computers are all networked, I just load the Canon software on each machine and I am printing and scanning in no time. No need for a dedicated machine, and no confusing mappings.The software searches the network and finds it for me, and hooks me up. While I haven’t tried it yet, it also supports wireless and bluetooth connectivity as well.
The scanning portion of the unit is really the only place where I can see a need for some improvement, but it still is very good. When it scans it automatically crops and aligns the photos for you. I can’t tell you how many times in the past I scanned something with my HP and I had to then crop it, and it was never straight so i’d have to rotate the photo in Photoshop or something and it just a big pain. With this I don’t have to do any of that. Where it can stand some improvement is with the speed. It takes quite a while to scan something, even at the low and medium resolutions as compared to other units I have tried. Perhaps it is slow because it is doing so much to improve the scan quality. It also doesn’t have a document feeder so you can’t scan multiple documents at once.
All in all I am very happy with this purchase. I’ve had many all-in-one systems over the years and Canon now has a new fan.
Product Description
Package Contents: PIXMAMP800R, power cord, USB cable, print head, ink tanks (PGI-5Bk Black, CLI-8 Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow), user guide, registration card, Printing 4″ x 6″ Sample Pack, Canon Photo Paper Pro
The Canon PIXMA MP800R Photo All-In-One improves your home or small office performance, by giving you the freedom of wireless printing and scanning. It produces amazing print resolution for smooth, virtually grain-free images — the Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) technology produces true-life photos and laser-quality text. High-resolution CCD technology enables you to produce exceptional 2400-dpi scans, with vibrant 48-bit color depth. The extra-large 3.5″ LCD color viewer lets you preview an image without connecting to a computer — then print them directly from memory cards or from a PictBridge ready device such as a digital camera. The PIXMA conforms to the IEEE 802.11b/g wireless (WiFi) standard, enabling it to receive 54 Mbps wireless transmissions from up to 164 feet away. You can print to it or scan from it using an individual WiFi-enabled computer, or integrate it into a full wireless home network – so the whole family can print and scan wirelessly.Print Resolution -600×600 dpi black; 9600×2400 color Print Speeds -Up to 30 ppm black; up to 24 ppm colorPaper Sizes -Letter, Legal, Credit Card, 4×6, 4×8, 5×7, 8×10 Copy Features -Borderless, AE, 4 on 1, 2 on 1, fit-to-page, Image RepeatReductions/Enlargement -25%-400% Supprted Media -CompactFlash, MicroDrive, SmartMedia, Memory Stick PRO, SD Card, MMC (supports miniSD, xD-Picture Card, Memory Stick Duo and Pro Duo with optional adapter) Interfaces -USB 2.0 Hi-Speed, Direct Print port (cables not included), IrDA (JPEG), Bluetooth v1.2Operating Systems -Windows XP, 2000, Me, 98; Mac OS X versions 10.2.4 to 10.4.xDimensions(WxHxD) -18.6 x 19.3 x 9.5Weight -27.3 lbs.
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