Canon Comp. PIXMA MP950 All in One Printer

Average customer rating: 3.5

Short Life of Ink Tanks
If you want real quality
A Great All-in-One printer
Great Purchase
Don't buy this unreliable printer

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Canon Comp. PIXMA MP950 All in One Printer

Manufacturer: Canon Office Products
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000BKUSR4

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Product Description

The Pixma Photo All-In-One produces an amazing resolution of up 9600 x 2400 color DPI for remarkable detail and clarity. Canon's Full-photolithography Injet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) uses 3,584 nozzle printhead for precise and consistent droplets as small as 1 picoliter. This result achieves smoother and virtually grain-free images. The 7-color ink system has 6 dye-based inks and a pigment-based black ink for a truer, more life-like photos and laser-quality text. In about 46 seconds print photo lab quality, borderless photos. The Auto Exposure Copy feature automatically optimizes reproduction quality and the convenient photo & film button allows reprints of photos and 35mm film without a computer. The scanning feature high performance CCD technology producing 3200-dpi scand with 48 bit color depth. Scan up to 12 frames of 33 mm film, negative or positive, or up to 8 mounted slides. 2 paper trays keeps photo paper sotred and plain paper in the other. Also, print 2 sided documents to save paper cost and 2 sided photos using Canon Photo Paper Plus Double Sided in 5x7 and 8.5x11 inch sizes. Black resolution up to 600 x 600 DPI & Color resolution up to 9600 x 2400 DPI Copy reduction & enlargement from 20%-400% Black copies 29 cpm, about 2.1 seconds per page Color copies 22 cpm, about 2.7 seconds per page 48 bit internal, 24 bit external color scanning mode, Charged-Coupled Device (CCD) scanning element Maximum Scan Resolution - 3200 x 6400 DPI Optical, 19,200 x 19,200 DPI Interpolated CompactFlash, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, MagicGate Memory Stick, SD Card and MultiMediaCard Support Compatibility - Windows XP, Me, 2000, 98, Mac OS X 10.2.4 to 10.4.x Included Software - CD-ROM includes MP Driver, MP Navigator, Setup Software and User's Guide, Electronic Photo Application Guide, Electronic User's Guide, e-registration, ScanSoft Omnipage SE, ArcSoft PhotoStudio, Easy-PhotoPrint version 3

Customer Reviews:

Short Life of Ink Tanks.......2007-05-27

The ink cartridges in the PIXMA MP950 dry out in a few weeks whether or not I print any pages. This makes the ongoing cost of running this printer very high.

If you want real quality.......2007-03-16

This printer has great quality scanning, photo printing and copying.
Of you don't need a fax, and just want the best quality sanning and printing you can buy, go for it.

A Great All-in-One printer.......2007-01-28

My previous printer was very old so the PIXMA MP950 is beyond words. I looked at the Canon Pro9000, Canon i9900 and the HP 8750. I chose this printer after finding out I could order something on e-bay that would allow me to print on printable CD's with any Canon printer. I haven't done this yet, though.

I am extremely pleased with the quality of the photos. I wanted a printer with excellent print quality, wanted one that could print on CD's and wanted one that would print decent text because this would be my primary printer. I also had to ask myself how often I would actually print out a photo larger than an 8 X 10. I thought I wouldn't, but I probably would have if my printer had that capability.

It had a few additional features that were a pleasant surprise. It can copy your film or slides to a jpeg file and you can use them then in making video or printing as a photo. The quality is good. I am going to try putting the negative directly onto the glass to see if the image becomes sharper. I have a 3 megapixel camera. I also discovered that if I take a nice photo I can print out the picture in 8X10 size then scan it and save it on my hard drive as 3200dpi and could then have the photo printed out really large if I wanted. The image size at 3200dpi is 6028 X 4866. That's one way of getting more megapixels out of a camera. I did try this out and print out a 4 X 6 and was happy with the print quality. It was virtually the same as the origional I printed.

I like how this printer shows when you're getting low on ink, or you can check under printer preferences under maintainance.

If you print out black and white photos you may want to look for a printer that has more definition in those shades.

I was also quite surprized by all of the options of sizes that could be printed with this printer. Proof pages, credit card size, passport size, etc.

I have been sticking with the Canon inks. They produce very vivid and bright colors. They are more expensive, but to me, worth it. Nice looking pictures was the reason I bought the printer in the first place.

I have been very satisfied with the scanner and think it has a very good quality.

When ordering this product, you will also want to order an AB USB cable. If you plan to print a lot of photos right away like I did, order an extra photo Magenta CLI-8PM. If you photos have a lot of green in them, order an extra yellow CLI-8Y. Also, you might like to order some photo paper. I love the matte and fortunatly for me it's the least expensive.

I read with other brands that the print cartridges would block if you didn't use it regularly. I've gone away on vacation so it had no use for more than a week and at times it has light use and this isn't any problem.

The printer was easy to set up. I like that the ink cartridges are separate so I can replace only the ones I use. I've this printer for 3 months now and would buy it again.

Great Purchase.......2007-01-14

This is my first all-in-one printer and I have really been pleased with its performance. I have used almost all of its features and it has worked very well. I'm not a very computer literate person, but I was able to install the printer quickly and with no problem at all. The directions were very clear and easy to follow. It's also been easy to learn to use the various features. I know some organizations didn't rate it quite as well because it does not fax, but for my purposes it worked perfectly because I didn't need that feature. The ability to scan negatives and slides is a real bonus. The photos I've printed have turned out beautifully. I would recommend this printer to anyone interested in an all-in-one (that doesn't need a fax too).

Don't buy this unreliable printer.......2006-12-28

After reading all rave reviews from PC Magazine, PC World, CNET, etc., we decided to buy the Canon MP 950. We bought in in August of 2006, and the printer was used very lightly. Well in December it failed. Canon's website suggested it was a USB cable problem. I replaced the USB cable and it still didn't work. I called Canon Tech support, and after an hour on the phone, the choices left to me were to have it repaired or get a refurbished unit. Why, after spending this much money on a printer would I want a refurbished one? I took it in to the repair center and they ordered the part. Once this was repaired, the repair center called and said that the scanner now doesn't work, and he'll have to order another part. A week later, the repair center called and said the part is on backorder and there is no telling when it would arrive. So now I'm left with only one option, to get a refurbished unit. A printer that fails under light use, limited parts on hand for repairs, and replacements with refurbished units. Why would you want to buy this printer.

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