Canon PIXMA MX492, Wireless All-in-One Small Printer with Canon PG-245 Black Cartridge

Firstly, I would like to say that this printer has gotten a lot of poor ratings based upon the installation process alone. Having just installed it myself (on a laptop and phone), I can assure you that installation is fairly simple, so long as you READ the instructions and pay attention to the little arrows that help guide you to the pertinent steps based upon how you will be using the device. The first process is to physically set-up the printer, plug it in, turn it on and install the ink. The second step involves setting the printer up for either wireless or wired connectivity. When you reach the end of this step, the printer will be recognized by your computer, but will be unable to print because the drivers and software have not yet been installed on your device - the setup instructions at this point refer you to another instruction booklet which is found in the plastic bag of paperwork that came with your printer. This 2nd installation guide then takes you through the steps involved in installing the required software into your chosen devices. For a computer, this requires either going online and downloading the software or using the provided CD. For a phone, it requires downloading the app. Both downloads will then guide you through the remaining installation. Again, all you have to do is to take you time and read (and don’t get flustered by all the options you are given, just follow the arrows and read/follow the instructions YOU need to, based upon what device you are going to print from). I followed all the instructions and had the phone working in a couple minutes. The computer took a bit longer due to the lengthy download. Software and device seem fine. I have been using Canon printers for quite some time and have never had problems. This one seems to be a nice little printer for those who will not be doing a large amount of printing (If you plan to, buy a model that has separate color cartridges as you will save a bundle on ink in the long haul and will usually get better print quality). This was purchased as a replacement for a stand alone scanner that gave up the ghost and will not see much printing action (I use a laser printer for most of that). As with all reviews, feel free to take this one with a ‘grain of salt’; I have been messing with this kind of thing personally and professionally for some time and have installed a lot of printers. This was not hard to do and, I think, can be done by anyone who can both read and comprehend at the same time. I do not expect any problems with this printer, but will certainly update this review if some should arise. If this review is not updated, take that to mean that all is going well!

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This little printer works great! I looked at it at Best Buy and found it on Amazon for much less. This printer connects quickly to any computer, tablet, or smartphone or can be connected via a cable directly to any USB capable printer. Prints: Color or Black/White Photocopy/Scans: Multiple pages at once using the top feed tray or one page at a time using the glass scan screen Fax: Faxes using any established phone line. I would recommend this for an at home printer for moderate use. We print about 20-40 sheets a week and it holds up great! I would not recommend it for heavy printing or faxing. Hope this review was helpful, let me know if you have any questions!

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Just the perfect printer Ive ever used. Unfortunately, Ive always had HP printers in the past and for years Ive struggled to do simple basic printing, they all needed jumping through hoops. This experience continues from the $150 HPs to the $30 ones. This printer though is terrific. It doesnt come with a printer to USB cable but guess what I didnt need it, the set up is not fancy but totally works. The printer got up and running with my WiFi router and before I knew it I could start printing from my laptop or phone and the prints came churning out of the printer sitting on the other side of the room ! I might be too excited with this but admittedly Ive never had such a smooth printing experience. I always assumed the seamless printers cost an arm and a leg. This one is a steal at $50 for what it offers. The scanner is a flat bed and works perfectly, that too over wifi ! Ive not used the fax feature (duh) but its good to know it has it. The one thing thats missing is double sided printing. Overall this printer gets a 6 out of 5 stars from me.

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This is an update on my previous review. My printer started having paperfeed problems. As in paper would not feed. I called Amazon Customer Service, had a delightful chat w a youg lady there, she confirmed I was within warranty and gave me the number for Canon. I spoke to the technical department at Canon, and after exploring all the possible problems The technical department decided to send a replacement. Wow. I am so pleased by Canons & Amazons cusomer service. This is a fine printer for at home, where you might only print your kids homework, the occasional downloaded pattern or a form you need to fill out and mail, or if your kid did some artwork in a computer program that they want to print out and keep, or you want to print out some photos to share or scrapbook or what have you. It doesnt hold a lot of paper, so if you want a printer to print out all of your wedding invitations on, no, this is not for you. If youre going to print out all your Christmas cards, it depends on how many people are on your Christmas card list. More than 50, I would say probably not. It does a fine job with everything Ive given it to do, but I havent asked for more than 5 pages at a time, and that is plenty right now. Our kid is off at college, and my husband does his printing at the office, so it is just recipe cards, the occasional photo, and a letter or two. I plan to do some scanning, because theres stuff to share with the family that is only on paper right now. It will be nice once everybody has a digital copy. I was really annoyed about getting a new printer, because the last one cost me $200 and we had barely used it and the ink was so $%&^* expensive all the time. It was nice to pay less than $100 but I did check around and see who charged what for ink this time because I did not want to have to take money out of the grocery budget to buy ink every time lol. I did not buy the cheapest printer because the cheap one was highway robbery on ink, you check it out. I have a mac. I did not have too much difficulty with setting up my computer once I got all my software updates for my OS done. You just go to the Canon website and you can download whatever you need. Just remember to spell Canon right. I kept typing in Cannon and getting the wrong website. So there you go, learn from my mistakes!

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Good to use. Suitable for students and families.

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This is a great, small printer for a home office. Its hard to find a white printer and one that takes up little space. I wouldnt recommend it for huge printing jobs, but it works really well for scanning, faxing and copying needs in your home office.

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It took me awhile to get this going wirelessly, but I found a video that walked me through the set up and that helped. It is very nice to be able to print without all the wires. Good quality prints, too. I havent used the scanner or copier yet, but they will come in very handy. I expect I wont often use the fax feature. But it is nice to have. Glad I went for it and got an "all-in-one". The quality seems to be as good as my former HP printer and the cartridges arent any higher in price.

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Great printer, came with detailed instructions on how to set it up. Came with black and color ink cartridges, you just have to insert them in the printer (so make sure you dont throw them away, theyre inside the box, look for them). Quality of printing is great, no complaints here. I did have to use a wired connection (via USB cable that I had to purchase separately), but its because I was at school and couldnt connect to a school network (school network doesnt allow to add printers that easily, you need a tech person/administrator), so I dont know how wireless connection would work. For me it didnt. But Im ok using a USB cable to connect with my laptop. Scanning, copying works great too. Very happy with the purchase. For a price, this is a great deal for such a nice printer.

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