Canon Pixma MX7600 Printer Review

}Despite rumours about its death, conventional inkjet printing technology continues to prosper. Of course, despite the substantial improvements in laser products, if you would like the most marvelous tones and tints then a good inkjet continues to be the best option. And, with this Canon Pixma MX7600, Canon indicates that there's lots of gold still to be mined out of this purportedly out-of-date technology.

The Canon Pixma MX7600's greatest development (as a multi purpose printer that is already fairly high on slick features) is its Pigment Reaction (PgR) technology.

In the past, to get the best inkjet printer results you would have needed to spend through the nose for glossy paper. Yet what PgR does is to cover regular printer paper with clear ink. This essentially converts ordinary into coated paper. Even though the photos still aren't quite as vivid as they'll be if you utilize glossy paper, the Canon Pixma MX7600's results are notable.

You will enjoy many other benefits with this particular ink, too. In the first place, print speed is extremely good. Even with the Canon Pixma MX7600's finest quality application, A4 pictures on plain paper could be produced at the rate of 3.5 pages per minute (ppm). Move right down to the lowest setting, and you can accomplish really attractive prints at a rate greater than 6ppm.

The Canon Pixma MX7600 is skilled at managing text, with performance figures which range from 10.5ppm in draft mode to, at the best quality setting, a still quite solid 2ppm. Text output in the middle setting is obtainable at a fast 8.1ppm, additionally, the resulting output here's both clean (specifically for an inkjet) and dark.

Duplexing features are supplied through the Canon Pixma MX7600's 35-page Auto Document Feeder, and the capability to print bold colours indicates you have an alternative to the paper-jam-fests that result whenever attempting to print to two sides of a piece of card or glossy paper.

Add to that the allegedly improved longevity of the ink from the Canon Pixma MX7600 ink cartridges (not something we were able to examine), and this makes the whole Canon Pixma MX7600 a fairly outstanding piece of kit.

However you will find a lot more. As an example, there is the Canon Pixma MX7600's built-in ethernet support, and also the flash memory drive. And, indeed, the Canon Pixma MX7600 truly turns out to be a multi-function printer..

The scanning features aren't any mere afterthought, and we considered the scans to be highly detailed and usually faithfully rendered through the 4,800x9,600 resolution. The Canon Pixma MX7600 may print and scan simultaneously, and the inclusion of the Super G 33.6kbps fax features help to make this an all-round winner for well-funded offices.

Canon Pixma MX7600 ink cartridges can be found here.