Canon Pixma MP520

I have had my new Canon Pixma MP520 about 3 weeks now and have used most of the facilities on it so feel able to do some kind of review of it. I did a lot of research before buying this printer and so far it has lived up to the expectations that I have of it.


'''The Basics'''

*The Canon Pixma MP520 is a printer / scanner / copier all-in-one.
*It has 4 ink cartridges - Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow - ...
...replace THAT colour - not like some printers where you have to replace the whole 'tricolor' cartridge.
*Dimensions are 445 x 378 x 172mm. It is not small - but NEAT - things store away nicely. I have it in my living room and it doesn't look out of place once all the 'flaps' are put away.
*There is a small crystal clear 5.0cm TFT screen which makes computer-free operation easy. Simply spin the Easy-Scroll Wheel to select options on the ... more

I have had my new Canon Pixma MP520 about 3 weeks now and have used most of the facilities on it so feel able to do some kind of review of it. I did a lot of research before buying this printer and so far it has lived up to the expectations that I have of it.

The Basics

• The Canon Pixma MP520 is a printer / scanner / copier all-in-one.
• It has 4 ink cartridges - Black, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow - so if one colour runs out you only need to replace THAT colour - not like some printers where you have to replace the whole 'tricolor' cartridge.
• Dimensions are 445 x 378 x 172mm. It is not small - but NEAT - things store away nicely. I have it in my living room and it doesn't look out of place once all the 'flaps' are put away.
• There is a small crystal clear 5.0cm TFT screen which makes computer-free operation easy. Simply spin the Easy-Scroll Wheel to select options on the screen. You can view, select, edit and print - all at a touch.
• There are 2 paper trays - one inside the front flip down flap that holds and one at the rear - a pull up flap.
• Windows and Mac OS X compatible.
• Setting up the printer was easy... although I was surprised that the software took 20 minutes to install!!

Photo Printing.

• You can print from your computer or straight from your memory card -the front RH flap hides memory card slots.
• It has a high 4800x1200dpi print resolution. - so photos look as good as out of a lab.
• You can print a 10x15cm borderless photo in approx. 46 seconds in Standard Mode.

Document printing
*Print documents at up to 30ppm in mono or 20ppm in colour.Copying

• Copying Spec is up to 30cpm in mono or 20cpm in colour.
• You can copy the exact area you want with frame erase, trimming and masking functions.

Scanning

• 2400dpi resolution delivers great colour scans.
• Scan straight to PC, email or PDF. MP Navigator EX software makes every stage of operation easier, from image search to PDF document editing.

*I did find the scanner quite noisy - especially the 'carriage return'*What impressed me a lot about the scanning was that I could put 4 photos on the scanner bed and it would recognise that it was 4 separate photos and save them as such! A real time saver!

Overall - I'm really pleased with my purchase. As yet I haven't got any real complaints - and the cartridges are still full!!

I bought this from Amazon.co.uk for about £80. 

...less