1,412 of 1,430 people found the following review helpful
Which Canon Multifunction is right for you?,
April 19, 2005 diljs - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon PIXMA MP780 All-In-One Photo Printer (Office Product)
First off, if you're in the market for a printer, you can't go wrong with a Canon. Canon printers consistently beat out the competition in independent tests for print quality. Their items are elegant, well designed, and most importantly, ink is affordable.
We all know the razor and blade scheme: sell the printer below cost and make it up with pricey cartridges. Canon, however, saves you a lot of money by including the print head with the printer and not on each cartridge. Because of this, genuine Canon cartridges can be had for around $12, while 3rd party cartridges, which many claim work just as well, can be found for as low as $2.
If you've already decided on a Canon multifunction, lets see which model is right for you. Canon's current market list is as follows:
MP130 - New model, and the most affordable yet.
Copy/Print/Scan
18ppm black, 13ppm color
2 ink tanks
No auto sheet feeder...Read more
194 of 204 people found the following review helpful
Canon MP780 Review,
January 31, 2005 Graham Passey (Berkeley, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Canon PIXMA MP780 All-In-One Photo Printer (Office Product)
We simply love this thing. We had been looking for a all-in-one for a long time. Late last year, we settled on the Canon MP730, only to find out that it had been taken out of production. Then we saw pictures and stats for the MP780 on Canon's website. Well, after several months of waiting (due to production issues I believe), we finally got ours a few weeks ago. It is amazing in every way. First, it really looks neat. Like another reviewer mentioned, the automatic door for the paper is kind of neat (I just wish it would close when the printer goes into sleep). Scanning and printing quality is fantastic. The document feeder is a godsend (nice for scanning stacks of documents). And to top it all off, the machine really feels solid. Not like some of those creaky models by other manufacturers. I really recommend this printer.
46 of 46 people found the following review helpful
probably the best Multi Function so far but its not perfect,
February 10, 2005 This review is from: Canon PIXMA MP780 All-In-One Photo Printer (Office Product)
After owning a Brother MFC (garbage) and a HP D145 (a work horse but mediocre print quality) I decided to upgrade to the Canon MP780. What caught my eyes was the double sided feature that until now was exclusive only to HP machines.
Print quality is excellent as the MP780 is basically a Pixma photo printer. The borderless feature is great. It accepts paper from two (2) sources. From the back, in almost a straight path which allows you to print on heavy card stock, and from a cassette. This is a rather big plus.
BUT the MP780 that is sold in North America is crippled because the ones that are sold in Europe and Asia can also print directly on CDs/DVDs. I looked inside the machine and I believe that mechanically the machine should be able to print on a CD (even though the special CD tray is not provided it would be easy to make one) but the driver does not come with this option (I tried using a UK driver but it recognized that I have a US machine). Maybe a creative...Read more
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