worldshutterbug
I spent a lot of time researching printers. I have had HP and currently have a 6+ year old Canon Pixma all in one, in another room connected via wifi. I wanted a faster printer (my old Canon took 2-5 minutes to warm up let alone process). I also needed something compact to fit inside my desk shelf (15” wide or so.) I wanted a front tray since it was going to be hard to access. Unboxing is easy and initially it does look a bit cheap, but I am happy with it overall. It comes with 6 inks, easy to install. I do not know if it will restrict use if one ink is out, I’ll have to find out. This printer is set up to our wifi network (the router is within 5 feet of it) which may help my printer process jobs faster! I tried to follow the paper instructions/cd-rom but it didn’t work so I just chose MANUAL SETUP on the actual printer screen, and just chose our WIFI network and entered our password. Easy and seamless! On each computer I then chose the printer and made it our default. We installed the Canon app on our phones and also did test prints. Very easy to use! You do have to go to the app first to initiate what to print however. CON’S: • My ink levels looked dramatically lower for just printing one test page! Time will tell how long ink lasts. I read another review that said to use black & white to save on ink, not Grayscale since it will use some of the new blue ink. • I don’t like that you have to “register” what size paper you put in the tray every time. I hope I can change settings to default letter size paper. • Cord is a bit short for me; I will look into buying a longer one since it says I can’t use an extension cord. PRO’S: • Seems fast to me in printing B/W documents! 30 seconds to come on and spit my print job out! Color jobs and photos obviously will take a little more time. • Auto On/OFF, under ECO SETTINGS. I chose mine to go off after 15 minutes. Then, if you send a job while it is powered off, it comes on automatically. We tested how fast it prints and sent a print job to the printer (not powered on) and within 30 seconds it turned on, tray came out, printed and finished! GREAT! • 2 sided printing (not sure if i can use this feature if i only use my front tray) • Printing on cd’s • Quiet Setting (under Eco settings) • Large Touchscreen • Scanning is fast and saves file right to my desktop. Would recommend this printer and update review as I use the various features. Overall it probably took me an hour to unbox, setup, and connect it to our wifi.
