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Canon PIXMA MP950 All-In-One Photo Inkjet Printer (29 PPm, 9600x2400 DPI, Color, PC/Mac)

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Pros
Stunning 3.6-inch color LCD screen
Supports film scanning
Cons
Lacks faxing and an ADF
Scan quality could be more consistent

Performance: Very Good: 87
Features: Good: 79
Design: Very Good: 89

Find out how these scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Performance
5 x 7 Photo (secs)	46.71
Color Output Quality	Very Good
Color Photo (secs)	21.04
Color Photo Quality	Superior
Color Photo, Best Quality Settings	46.71
Color Photo, Normal Settings	21.04
Copy Output Quality	Very good
Copy Quality	Very good
Final Scan Time, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi	12.7
Final Scan Time, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi	8.12
Final Scan Time, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi	14.92
Line Art Output Quality	Fair
One-Page Copy	13.63
One-Page Copy (secs)	13.63
One-Page Grayscale Graphic	19.9
One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs)	19.9
Output Score, Color Graphics, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Default)	Very Good
Output Score, Color Photo, Best Quality Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Color-Best)	Superior
Output Score, Line Art, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-LineArt-Default)	Fair
Output Score, Text, Default Settings (formerly pf-Output-Print-Text-Default)	Very Good
Preview Scan, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi	8.36
Preview Scan, 2-by-2-Inch Document, Maximum Resolution (formerly pf-MFPs-pv2x2maxmax-Average)	8.09
Preview Scan, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi	8.18
Preview Scan, Line Art, Maximum Resolution (formerly pf-MFPs-pvLAmax1-Average)	8.41
Preview Scan, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi	8.85
Ten-Page Word Document	71.01
Ten-Page Word Document (secs)	71.01
Tested Color Graphics Speed (formerly pf-PCWColorSpeed)	2.4
Tested Color Speed (ppm)	2.4
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm)	1.3
Tested Photo Speed (formerly pf-PCWPhotoSpeed)	1.3
Tested Text Speed (formerly pf-PCWBWSpeed)	8.4
Tested Text Speed (ppm)	8.4
Text Output Quality	Very Good
Three-Page PowerPoint Document	84.95
Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs)	84.95
Three-Page Word Document	36.65
Three-Page Word Document (secs)	36.65
Total Scan Time, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi	12.7
Total Scan Time, 2-by-2-Inch Document, Maximum Resolution (formerly pf-MFPs-2x2maxmax-Average)	72.45
Total Scan Time, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi	8.12
Total Scan Time, Line Art, Maximum Resolution (formerly pf-MFPs-LAmax1-Average)	341.89
Total Scan Time, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi	14.92
Two-Page Excel Document	41.57
Two-Page Excel Document (secs)	41.57

Scanning
Preview scan, 2-by-2-inch document, 600 dpi	8.36
Preview scan, 4-by-5-inch document, 100 dpi	8.18
Preview scan, one-page Word document, 300 dpi	8.85
Preview scan, one-page Word document, 300 dpi	8.85

Text Printing
Text output quality	Very Good

What You Should Know about the PIXMA MP950 All-In-One Photo Inkjet Printer (29 PPm, 9600x2400 DPI, Color, PC/Mac)

Inkjets Print Photos Well, And Decent Looking Text, Too

Inkjet printers like this one are commonly used in a home or student setting as well as in a small office. Printing photos is their strongest suit, although they can also print decent to good-looking plain text. For the best results, you usually need to use specially coated papers.

Inkjet printers spray ink through microscopic nozzles arrayed on a print head. Because the printhead has to move back and forth across the page, inkjets can be slow--especially when printing those nice photos.

Ink type affects print quality. Dye-based inks (color dissolved in liquid) tend to create better-looking colors, but they’re less light- and water-resistant. Pigment-based inks (solid color particles suspended in liquid) create images that are more durable but not quite as colorful. Some inkjet printers use both: a pigment-based black for crisp text quality, for instance, but dye-based colors for better-looking graphics.

Ink cartridges come in two basic designs. The colors (cyan, magenta, and yellow) can come in a unified “tricolor” cartridge or in separate cartridges. There’s always a separate black. The tricolor cartridges are more compact, but they’re also wasteful because you have to replace the entire cartridge whenever you run out of any one color. Some printers offer additional colors, such as light cyan or light magenta, to widen the color palette.

Reviewed by: jblueste

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: everything

Weaknesses: maybe the bundled scanner software, but that's it

Overall Evaluation: best multi-function i've ever owned. we have an hp 7410 at work. this machine blows it away in output quality, speed, and noise. if you can do without fax, document feeder and networking, this has to be the best photo quality multifunction on the market.
Reviewed by: ADQOSO

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Scanning is near flawless and printing is photo-quality. The printer is quiet and easy to operate.

Weaknesses: I haven't encountered any problems or deficiencies with this printer.

Overall Evaluation: I would highly recommend this all-in-one printer to anyone looking for a quality photo printer and scanner. This would be excellent for scrapbooking, flyers, archiving and just everyday printing. For home office purposes, some may view the inability to send or receive faxes a negative but I use the scan to PC function instead (or receive email and print). I bought this as an all-purpose printer with the additional perk of printing photo-quality images and I am not disappointed. Highly recommended. Fast, clean, quiet and efficient.