I have a very small apartment, so you could imagine how limited my office space is. After countless hours of looking comparing and testing out all in one printers I have finally made a decision. The Canon pixma MX860 was my choice. Why Canon? Reputation, quality and most of all Price.
I won’t bore you with everything this all in one machine can do. I will give you the best of what it can do for my needs and the dreaded cons of how this machine could have been improved. Now scanning we all need a scanner, why? Backing up important documents to jpg. or pdf. Or editing photos etc. The scanners max res. is 2400×4800dpi with a color depth of 48/24 bits. Putting the scanner through its paces I scanned three high res photos into Photoshop with no problems. Very good color and sharpness reproduction.
After my photo chopping job was complete the big question of how well does this thing print was looming. After a couple of test prints and a final print to glossy photo paper. I was astonished. This machine performed the task not only with speed, but with much attention to detail and color. I decided to print out a word document right after and, the fonts were reproduced from pc to printer with crisp black detail. Two major selling points of this all in one was quality of print and scan, both of which I’m now sold on. A couple of added features to make life a bit easier are Memory card support, Wi-Fi/Ethernet, double sided scanning a 2.5 in lcd, two way paper feeding, and usb 2.0
I’m not going to bore you any more with details; I will share this last bit of information with you. This machine is heavy. Not two people to move heavy but it’s not light enough to move from one room to the next. I understand why the machine has some heft though; it packs in such great components for such a low cost, at retail I purchased this model for $158.95. Grab this all in one for your everyday needs while it still lasts, quality for a reasonable price is very hard to come by. Take my word for it and enjoy!
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