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  • Overall Rating
    5 stars 5 Star Review
    Reviewed by: Fisher4

    Updated:12-10-06

    Duration of ownership:1 Months

    Strengths: Fast printing, easy set up. Sharp text in black and white.

    Weaknesses: A little slow on start up.

    Overall Evaluation: This is my second All In One printer and by far much better than the Dell A960 it replaced. Was easy to set up and has many more features. The Fax allows the user more selections than most All In Ones on the market. Replacement ink tanks cost less than Dell and many other brands and produce beautiful colors and sharp black and white prints.

  • Overall Rating
    3 stars 3 Star Review
    Reviewed by: WAGBAG

    Updated:10-30-06

    Duration of ownership:7 Days

    Strengths: Black printing very quick, color so-so; scan work average to above average (wee bit longer then my previous HP

    Weaknesses: some colors were lighter then the original document; the overall size is overwhelming at first

    Overall Evaluation: From one weeks use we find the MP530 printer, copier and scanner average to above average for a Small businesses. We have not used the photo printing yet, we'll get back to you on that.

  • Overall Rating
    4 stars 4 Star Review
    Reviewed by: gtownazn

    Updated:10-23-06

    Duration of ownership:1 Weeks

    Strengths: easy to setup, convenient to use overall

    Weaknesses: very heavy

    Overall Evaluation: Setting up was super easy. Print and copy quality both pretty decent so far. Scanning is also fast. I especially like the document feeder. I am happy with my purchase and have no complaints so far.

  • Overall Rating
    5 stars 5 Star Review
    Reviewed by: matthewsweeney

    Updated:10-17-06

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Built like a tank, auto document feeder works very well, individual ink tanks, g3 fax capability, intuitive software, great quality scans and prints, fast!

    Weaknesses: Overall it is a bit bulky; no built-in networking support

    Overall Evaluation: I absolutely love this office all-in-one. If you have a home office space that is full of papers and clutter, then you need this machine. I've already run over 300 pages worth of documents through the ADF in just a few days. It's really easy to turn your paper into images or PDFs, meaning no proprietary format for the scanned images (ala Visioneer's paperport products). The machine has many buttons available on it to easily navigate without the use of the pc. The software included with the printer is full of useful features and is easy to use. Despite the fact that there is no networking support, this device is so easy to use that you really won't care unless you're in a very distributed environment trying to share a printer. All text and colors are produced by the printer are very sharp. My only regret is not getting this machine sooner.

  • Overall Rating
    4 stars 4 Star Review
    Reviewed by: oreopoulos1

    Updated:09-20-06

    Duration of ownership:1

    Strengths: Quiet, fast, multi function

    Weaknesses: None yet

    Overall Evaluation: This is a great printer at a fair price. It is fast, quiet, and easy to set up. Love that you can scan, fax, copy and print. Great quality copies.

  • Overall Rating
    4 stars 4 Star Review
    Reviewed by: klep

    Updated:09-05-06

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Automatic feeder works great for docsDouble-sided scanning and printingSeparate ink tanks for colors

    Weaknesses: Audomatic feeder doesn't work for photosInk is expensive -- no third party ink yet

    Overall Evaluation: I scan almost every piece of mail I receive. Bills, bank statements, tax forms, etc. Up until now, I've been using a separate flatbed scanner and a printer when I need to output something. Recently, the printer and the scanner both started showing signs of age, and I decided to replace them with an all-in-one.I was deciding between going for the cheapest thing I could find (probably a Lexmark or Brother) or going high-end and getting what I really wanted. Based on my recent experiences with several inkjet printers, I decided that an HP or a Canon would give me the best output with the least amount of ink used. Since I scan so many documents, I wanted a document feeder. And since I had a big box of old photos that I wanted to digitize, a good scanner was a must.I had dreamed of loading the document feeder with a stack of old photos and letting it go to town while I sat back and watched. But somehow, I knew that wouldn't work. The minimum size of a document to send through the feeder is bigger than a standard 4x6 photo. And forcing the pictures to feed just resulted in a feed error or a horribly cropped picture. Luckily, the scanner software includes a "gang scanning" feature. I can put 4 photos on the flatbed and let the scanner detect the edges. It will automatically separate and crop the pictures. In my few hours of testing, I found that it got things right almost all of the time -- much better than the gang scanning feature built into Photoshop Elements.The print quality is quite good -- just what I'd expect from Canon. Unfortunately, the printer uses the new "8 series" ink, so you can't get third-party ink cartridges yet. The carts run about $12 each.Overall, I'm very pleased. The 530 is ideal for the large amount of document scanning I do and the software is much better than what came with my old Visioneer scanner.

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Canon PIXMA MP530 All-in-One Printer
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