can a canon office all-in-one have photo lab quality pics? how is the quality of the photo pictures with this printer? Is it possible to have a machine that can fax, do two-sided copying, auto feed, etc --- and still have excellent printing of photos??? and...what about black and white photos? can a canon office all-in-one have photo lab quality pics? how is the quality of the photo pictures with this printer? Is it possible to have a machine that can fax, do two-sided copying, auto... » Read More can a canon office all-in-one have photo lab quality pics? how is the quality of the photo pictures with this printer? Is it possible to have a machine that can fax, do two-sided copying, auto feed, etc --- and still have excellent printing of photos??? and...what about black and white photos? « Show Less
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One of my criteria for cost is convenience and time wasted. Trust me, I've wasted enough time waiting to print pictures at Sam or Walmart. Printing at home in your shorts and getting the optimized crop and color balance makes this a fantastic value in a printer.
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Trust me, no matter what printer you have you can't beat Walmart for printing out pictures in both quality and price. If you knew how much those pictures are costing you in ink and wear and tear on your printer you wouldn't hesitate to go to Walmart. Remember that manufacturers make their money on the INK not the printer. That's why printers seem inexpensive. Once you buy one they have you purchasing their INK cartridges.
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I got this printer 3 weeks ago and have made incredible photo lab pictureswith the very easy to use canon software. This elimiinates errors saving photo paper.Canon Photo pro-II is advertised as a 100 year life with the new inks in this printer.
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The quality of the photos is very nice. Unfortunately, we haven't used it often as I thought we would. My husband likes printing images from our regular printer. I far as better options, I believe this is great for small pictures and would recommend it. If you like larger photos, use a regular printer.
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Most of what I scan is printed material, i.e., bills of lading, invoices, etc. I did feed a photo through the scanner and it fed easily and didn't damage the photo. The image is pretty good but I've seen better. That been said, this little Canon scanner has so many features I haven't begun to explore yet. It could just be I don't have the machine set for ultimate photo scanning results. Bottom line for me, it's ok for scanning photos to share online but I don't think I'd use it for reproducing prints. Hope this helps.
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This is the printer you need, I've had mine for a couple months now and I love it. However, you might want to check out the compatible ink cartridges for the printer instead of the Canon brand. Reason being, it does go through ink a little faster than the Epson Workforce all-in-ones, but with half-cost ink, the cost of printing is... half cost :) There are a lot of inks out there but this particular brand has built-in computer chips to show the ink levels just like the brand name cartridges. I just ordered a set and will make a review after I've used them. Also, with the auto duplex feature, have your kids print on both sides of one piece of paper if they can to save on paper cost. Try this link for the ink: http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PGI225-CLI226-Compatible-Cartridges/dp/B004WPXS9O/ref=sr_1_17?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1316424592&sr=1-17 Good luck!
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Thanks, Michele. I'm surprised, too by your comments about the colours. After being advised that the cartridges for the MX860 were very expensive and that the MX850 had problems connecting wirelessly, I ended up buying an Epson TX800FW. The few photos I've printed look ok to me. (I'm not a pro). It's been great to have a fax. One if its drawbacks is only one full-sized paper tray. I've yet to fully test out the machine.
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Hi L,I have never used it to print photos yet. But, from what I can tell, the color printing from websites is good! Black/white documents don't seem to be as clear as my old canon, but , honestly, have not used it very much since i bought it... sorry can't be much more help, but, let me know what you think?Chris
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Nope it's just color printer. Very good color, but black and white photos are a bit dark. That said I haven't found a better one.
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It prints documents as well as photos. I think it is one of the best printers. One of my most favorite things is you can load your photo paper and the document paper in another area.
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The quality is as good as any other printer. I find that the quality of my pictures is as good and sometimes better than the Kodak 5500 all-in-one printer I use at times.
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Yes, there is a setting to print in black only. When you click to print, the window on the printer will ask if you want it in color or black and white. That being said, you still have to have color ink s in the printer to get it to work at all. I have basically given up on printers and take most of my work to places like OfficeMax etc. the quality of these home printers seems to have gone down over the years. It costs a fortune for the ink and it seems to run out very fast. It is touchy too, always saying it is out of paper when it is not. Sorry to be negative, but this machine doesn't impress me at all. Yes, there is a setting to print in black only. When you click to print, the window on the printer will ask if you want it in color or black and white. That being said, you still have to have color ink s in the printer to get it to work at all. I have basically given up on printers and take most of my work to places like OfficeMax etc. the quality of these home printers seems to have gone down over the years. It costs a fortune for the ink and it seems to run out very fast. It is touchy too, always saying it is out of paper when it is not. Sorry to be negative, but this machine doesn't... » Read More Yes, there is a setting to print in black only. When you click to print, the window on the printer will ask if you want it in color or black and white. That being said, you still have to have color ink s in the printer to get it to work at all. I have basically given up on printers and take most of my work to places like OfficeMax etc. the quality of these home printers seems to have gone down over the years. It costs a fortune for the ink and it seems to run out very fast. It is touchy too, always saying it is out of paper when it is not. Sorry to be negative, but this machine doesn't impress me at all. « Show Less
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I was not as happy with the photo quality as I was with my previous Lanier. The Lanier gave acceptable photo quality for not being a photo printer, where the Zerox photos in my opinion was less than acceptable. I will add I am a power user of both Mac and PC using both mostly for photography and have dedicated photo printers so I may be comparing it unfairly. As a document printer with color graphics it's great but that's what I purchased this printer for.
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Yes - it is a regular printer with photo capability. Mine did not last very long before it died. Have to use Canon ink only, something about chips in the cartridges or something like that.
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I never found out as I could not get it to print at all. In addition to not printing, it would not scan or fax and the software/instructions were unintelligible. After fighting with it for three days, I returned it and replaced it with a Brother MFC-7860 DW. The Brother is more expensive, but it took only seven minutes to set up (wirelessly, too!) and it works perfectly. Maybe it was me and not the Canon, but the Brother was so easy......
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I don't think anyone can answer this for you. What do you intend to do with the printer. Do you want multifunction? Will you be printing a few sheets or a great many? Will you be printing a lot of photos?, etc. Decide what you want the printer to do, read the reviews of the many printers on Amazon. If you narrow your choices to a few, maybe someone can help you decide which of them is the best value.
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I haven't had that problem, but you need to check something. There is a check box in printer settings that asks if you want to let the printer process the print for you (not in those words, but you'll find it). It is checked by default, but you may have turned it off. Turn it back on and see if that helps. Every print I have made is exactly as I intended, but that may be your answer. If it isn't, email Canon's tech support. They are second to none, and you will get your answer. Hope that helps! I wouldn't get rid of my Pro 10 unless you shot me and took it! The black and white images are simply amazing. I haven't had that problem, but you need to check something. There is a check box in printer settings that asks if you want to let the printer process the print for you (not in those words, but you'll find it). It is checked by default, but you may have turned it off. Turn it back on and see if that helps. Every print I have made is exactly as I intended, but that may be your answer. If it isn't, email Canon's tech support. They are second to none, and you will get your answer. Hope that helps! I wouldn't get rid of my Pro 10 unless you shot me and took it! The black and white images are... » Read More I haven't had that problem, but you need to check something. There is a check box in printer settings that asks if you want to let the printer process the print for you (not in those words, but you'll find it). It is checked by default, but you may have turned it off. Turn it back on and see if that helps. Every print I have made is exactly as I intended, but that may be your answer. If it isn't, email Canon's tech support. They are second to none, and you will get your answer. Hope that helps! I wouldn't get rid of my Pro 10 unless you shot me and took it! The black and white images are simply amazing. « Show Less
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yes, it prints very nice photos. Using photo paper and photo settings improves their quality.
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Well after reading on the canon for the last hour my only question has to do with OCR; no real reviews on how well the Canon performs in this area. There is one fairly major drawback to the Canon from what I can tell: no export to MS Word. Again I haven't tried the thing, but I've read the manual, and there is no mention of the capability. To me this isn't a big deal, I'm more worried about archiving than reformatting. The big plus of course is the apparent scan rate of 15 ppm. With that, I think I'm sold. I have the 215 ready for checkout.