Canon Pixma MP970

I really had my heart set on getting a good scanner that would also do slides & negatives...I thought the price was out of whack...and the expensive, tedious ink cartridges are unnecessary...but I thought… if it did a good job with negatives & slides, it's worth it...and...it didn't. It only scans one size...so all of those old negatives of different sizes you have...plan on taking them elsewhere for developing. The scanner & printer are OK if basic...on a positive note, certainly quieter, faster, and better quality than my $80 all-in-one...Consumer Reports even rated this the top "all-in-one"...but I think the price is impractical for the every day person. There's gotta be something else out there that's just as good for less.

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I have owned two of these printers for over 2 years & they are still running well. One printer is connected to a PC & the other to a Mac. The printer software installed easily on both computers. The print… quality for both documents & photos is excellent. This printer uses 7 ink cartridges. Since I print documents more often than photos,the printer mostly uses just four of the cartridges. The three other inks are used predominately for photo printing & I don't have to replace these quite as often. A plus is that it has two paper feeds, a rear feed & a lower tray feed & a place for media cards (Compact flash,SD/MMC/MS). The only problem I have had with the printer is that it doesn't like wrinkled paper & it will jam. Thankfully, this only happens on rare occasions when I'm not paying attention. I still have an older multifunction Canon printer (MP730) that I have replaced the print-head on & am currently using with another PC. The only con, & this goes for all the inkjet printers on the market, is the cost of the replacement ink cartridges. The MP970 handles ink usage very well. All in all this is a very reliable, quality printer. Canon makes a good product!

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We use this printer via wired network and it replaced my previous canon inkjet and a laser printer. The photo quality is excellent if you get the right photo-cards/paper and set the settings correctly.… We've replaced the ink about 3 or 4 times since we bought it on Amazon, and have used it for photo christmas cards, all our normal printing jobs, scans of old photos, and copies for an array of paperwork we needed copies of.

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I have a Canon Pixma MP970 which is maybe 3 years old -- a birthday gift. It has had very little, sporadic use. After a couple dozen, maybe up to 50, printed pages, the printer refused to print with the… message: "Ink cartridge ... cannot be recognized." I replaced that cartridge. After several more pages printed, a different cartridge produced the same message. I also replaced that cartridge. The new cartridge could not be recognized either. I must say, this is exasperating. The printer is out of warranty, and I've already spent nearly $45 on ink cartridges as replacements for cartridges that were barely used and obviously still full. I'm not inclined to pour more money down this sink hole. I've read several similar reviews on the NYTimes site (but did not see how to post a review there). This experience has soured me on the Canon name. I do own two high-end Canon cameras, but probably will not buy another Canon product.

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This appears to be the same printer as MP810 which I owned for less than two years. LCD screen went out which makes the printer unusable. Priced a replacement screen from Canon's parts department. Cost… was $188. plus postage and handling making the total price of a screen almost $200. In addition it was on backorder which indicates this has to be a well known problem. Canon has certainly strategized this correctly i.e. the printer breaks down in less than two years and the cost of repairing is the cost of a new printer. Not a way to build a satisfied customer base!!!!!

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