» Canon Pixma MX310 Office All-On-One Inkjet Printer (2184B002)

Canon Pixma MX310 Office All-On-One Inkjet Printer (2184B002) Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Hard to use user interface, bad and expensive ink
Comment: The pros:

The scanner is GREAT. Sending faxes is very easy. Receiving is not so easy, but I don't do much of that anyway. The printing is easy and very high quality. Printing envelopes seems a little annoying (requires a little adjustment of the settings), but it works fine for how frequently I do it (once a week or so).

Cons:

They'll get you on the ink cartridges. Alot of places can't refill the cartridges for some reason. Additionally, this requires BOTH black AND color to print ANYTHING (even if you want to print just black, you need both in the printer).

Additionally, the UI is not the easiest, changing settings can be a little tricky and requires some trial and error every time I change it.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great All In One for the Price
Comment: This was the second one of these we bought. We are trying to scan in all of our business documents from the last 8 years. If you try to feed too many sheets at a time, it will jam but I consider this more of a user error than a machine error. We do use the other features and everything seems to work flawlessly. For the price, this does a great job and you get more bang for your buck when it comes to the ink cartridges. When you compare what you pay for HP Cartridges and how many pages you can print to what you pay for these cartridges and how many pages you can print, you get more pages for less money.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Does It All and Does It Well
Comment: This a solid 4-in-one unit with automatic-document feeding. Everything was set up and working in about 15 minutes using the short-cut installation guide.

FAX - I didn't have the problems in fax set up described in other reviews with a non-dedicated fax line. Everything worked between the answering machine and the fax after choosing Telephone Priority in the settings. You can load and send multiple-page faxes automatically using the document feeder or the glass surface, which is very convenient.

PRINTER - Print quality is good to very good for documents and photos. Other reviews have mentioned how much ink the printer uses and I did notice the first few items I printed had a very dark text. But there are three setting for print quality (Standard, High, and Fast) that you can use to control the ink. Fast is noticeably lighter but I still find it good enough for basic text and copies.

COPIER - Copy quality is very good and on Standard mode it was hard to tell some from the originals. Copies aren't on a par with the self-service copiers at Kinko's or Staples, but they are close enough for everyday use.

SCANNER - Put a item on the glass surface, press Scan on the keyboard panel and the software automatically launches on your PC. Very easy with intuitive software for simple scan procedures and there is also the option for advanced editing if needed. Scan results were fine.

I was looking for a basic all-in-one machine for home use with good to very good results in all functions. This does the job and it would be hard to expect much more at this price.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: it works ok
Comment: It is ok for the money, the colors are kinda washed out, and the data cable is in the most akward and hard to find location. other then that it works fine.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great features at a great price
Comment: I am so glad I chose the Canon PIXMA MX310. I had been shopping around for some time looking for a printer/scanner/copier combo device with an ADF (automatic document feeder)for scanning multiple pages at once. The scanner's quality is good and the print speed is high, plus it was easy to set up. This is a great value for the price.

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