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4.0 stars
"Fantastic Value for Multi-Function"
Pros: Excellent Scanning, and copying. Easy Setup.
Cons: Photo printing slightly red and under saturated
Summary: My main reason for buying this printer is for scanning and copying. I purchased on sale at circuit city for $79, but it is also available on Amazon for $75. The strong features were a higher resolution optical scan (2400 x 4800) and larger capacity ink (black, 16ml; multi-color 12ml), than others in this price class. The scanning software is also notible, offering 2 modes: simple, one button using automatic setting and advance giving the user many parameters for controlling the scan.
As a test scan, I used an 8x10 professionally photographed print. The scanned image on the monitor was 98% of a match for the original. Excellent quality.
My next test was printing a digial photographic image (not scanned). The print was slightly undersaturated and had a slight red hue. Finally, I did a color copy from a brochure with text and graphics. Quality was Excellent, on par with reproduction I get on the Xerox machines at Kinkos.
Only a few negatives. The view screen is way too small for viewing photos. It's best just used for the menu choices. Rear paper load makes the machine an inch or two wider than front loads.
My second choice would have been the HP C4180, but it got some bad review concerning large software loads and paper jams. It also did not have the larger ink tanks of the MP470.
Where to buy
Canon Pixma MP470:
$69.00 - $69.95
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