Canon Pixma MP530 Office All-In-One Inkjet Photo Printer Review

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(More customer reviews)You should be aware that this printer has a serious "ink low" behavior. When any ink cartridge is getting low (which still means a lot of ink left by the way), it changes the Fax reception model. Instead of printing your faxes as they arrive, it dumps them into memory. So, even though yellow (say) is low, it will not print your B&W fax!
It takes more than 5 steps to print the fax and delete it (menu, scroll to memory item, ok, scroll to print, OK document, scroll to print all pages, ok, menu to go up, scroll to delete, ok to delete, ok to delete, menu to get out).
Worse, after a couple of these, the memory is mixed up. So, when you want to send a Fax, it will say "memory full" even though the memory is empty. You then have to power cycle the printer (hold down on/off for 1 second, wait 10 seconds, power on, wait for it to get ready (another 10-20 seconds).
This means you either have to waste ink by throwing out cartridges before they are empty, or you have to deal with this mess. Canon says there is no workaround or fix for this.
There are 3 other problems with copying you should know before you buy (I wish I did):
1. You cannot use the Auto Document Feeder (sheet feeder) when copying or scanning with any setting in auto (exposure, size, etc). It does not make any of that clear, so if you find it refuses the auto doc feeder, reset everything to manual :-(
2. Black duplex printing uses color cartridges for one of the sides, so uses the more expensive ink. That is, it does not use the blank ink for both sides.
3. Copying speeds are much slower than the blurb implies. If you make 10 copies of one page, it is as fast as they say. If you copy multiple pages, each one takes much much longer, does the scan, and then does the print. Also, if any setting is in auto mode, it does a two pass scan (one to check the page), and that takes a really long time.

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The Canon Pixma MP530 is a versatile all-in-one unit combines printing, scanning, faxing, and copying capabilities in one compact, space-saving device that delivers fast, professional results job after job.You can use the MP530 to print both photos and text, copy important papers, fax documents and forms, and scan personal notebooks and photos. Featuring a productive 30-page automatic document feeder that can copy, scan, or fax multiple-page documents, this powerful unit prints up to 29 pages per minute (ppm) in black and white and 19 ppm in color, and delivers a borderless 4-by-6-inch photo in about 51 seconds. Fax at up to 33.6 kbps in color or black and white, store 40 speed-dial codes and enjoy the convenience of the 150-page fax memory that safely stores all incoming faxes if paper or ink runs out. Finally, the built-in scanner offers 1200 x 2400 dot-per-inch (dpi) optical resolution with 48-bit color depth for vibrant images.Thanks to its 1,856 precision nozzles, the MP530 offers exceptional print resolution of up to 9600 x 2400 dpi, and ink droplets the size of one picoliter produce exceptionally detailed photos. And you can enjoy these results immediately by taking advantage of the click-connect-print option. Simply capture an image with a PictBridge-ready digital camera or DV camcorder, then connect and print--it's that easy. Additionally, the USB 2.0 interface enables the fastest possible image transfers and scanning speeds, while the dual color gamut processing technology automatically optimizes copy quality based on the type of originals you are copying. This means that you can always trust the MP530 to deliver the highest quality materials to help keep your business productive.

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