Canon PIXMA MX320 All-in-One Home Office Printer with Fax 4.6 5 377 466
Perfect budget all around printer The MX320 doesn't have the highest pixel count printing, or the highest resolution scanner. It doesn't even have a lot of fancy fax options or a multi-colored lcd screen.What it does have is:*a print quality that rivals $200 printers. (Use Canon's auto fix before printing pictures for colors that jump off the page)*the ability to print using the black print cartridge only (click on the MY PRINTER icon installed on your desktop, than click the PRINTER SETTINGS icon, than click the MAINTENANCE tab, than click INK CARTRIDGE SETTINGS. Your choices are black cartridge, color cartridge, or both cartridges) A real money saver!*the ability to fax straight from your computer without printing the page(s) first (Click print from the menu, than choose Canon MX320 Fax from your printer options) It operates exactly the same as using the fax on the printer, including recept if you have that setup.*the scanner is nothing fancy, but it does scan documents up to legal size through the ADF and color print scans are very close to original in both color and sharpnessSome reviews I've read complain about the ink costs. As I stated above you don't have to use color ink for normal printing and an XL black cartridge can be purchased online for about $20. It is rated for 400 pages, this makes the cost about $.05 per page. Not the cheapest ink cost but when you remember that Canon is using some long lasting ink I think it's fair.This printer is replacing a Canon MX830 that was a warranty replacement for a Canon MX780. So I feel that I can judge this pretty well versus the higher line of Canon consumer printers. And I must say that it is holding it's own for the features I most need. If it lasts a year in my home office (a teenager also using it regularly) I will feel that at $69 it was a steal. There are some conveniences missing from this printer that I'm used to and the 2-line lcd has no backlight, making it hard to read sometimes. But, as I said earlier, for $69.00 I'm very happy with this printer.The Canon MX330 is identical except that it adds a small color screen and a few extra options for copying that you can do without using your computer. I just didn't feel that the extra $40 was worth it, but others may.Before purchasing this I tried the Epson NX300 and the HP6500.I must admit that the HP was a nice machine. However I had issues with Windows Vista that I got tired of dealing with. Not to mention the ink is very expensive.The Epson NX300 vibrated so badly I was afraid it was going to fall off my printer shelf and the draft printing was so light you could barely see the ink.If I run into any problems with the MX320 I'll post them as they occur. 06/18/2009
excellent I bought this printer because a customer review said it was comparable to a $200 printer. Two ink cartridges: 1 black and one color cartridge, along with the option to tell the printer to use the black-only cartridge. So, I got one. Well, I printed a photo on their glossy sample card stock (that they included with the printer) and I was stunned to see a photo quality that the guys in town could not match with their big machine. I could not see any 'dots' (I'm a pre-press designer) and there was no "laser haze" when you reflect the light off the image ! Well, I'm not going to town anymore for my printouts! 11/15/2009
Great all in one that does PDFs. Looked for a new all-in-one to replace a 4 year old model. The canon MX320 met everything we wanted and more. Great price, best thing is it can copy anything on the scaner and turn them into PDF files which makes it very easy to e-mail them to other people. Also you can load lots of pages into it and it will scan each one and turn them into PDFs with ut you having to put one in at a time. Very happy with it. 08/04/2009
Great price 4 great all-in-one. Relatively small footprint for this all-in-one printer. Excellent quality with photo prints and fast document printing. This is my second Pixma series printer. I am sold on Canon printers after years of using H-P. Terrific price for this unit. 07/20/2009