Canon Pixma MX850

I bought this printer last June and used it as the primary printer/scanner in the home office. My setup includes a Windows 7 PC, Snow Leopard Mac, and XP machine. Canon makes it easy to download drivers for… all operating systems on their support site. Hands down, it is the best personal-grade multifunction I've ever used and the only real issue I've had is the ink use. I've set the printer to minimize ink usage by default. My usage still justifies 5 black tank replacements and 2 color tank replacements last year. YMMV. I assume this is on par with most inkjets and will increase considerably if you print lots of photos. Scan functionality is also important to me and this handles scanning very well. Both quality, speed, and ability to feed up to 35 pages at a time are top notch. For a shared printer/scanner, having network connectivity is important. Configuring the Windows machines for network use was easier than with the Mac, but after everything was set, I've had no problems with it. For home office use, the MX850 has been excellent.

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I purchased this printer about a year ago. I have had no problems with it at all. The printer is fast and the quality is good for both regular printing as well as photos. The copier part also does a good… job. It is fast, both single and double-sided copies, with good quality. Changing ther printer cartridges is also easy. I have not set up the fax piece yet. This is a quality product with good features.

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