Canon Pixma MP970 Photo All-In-One Inkjet Printer (2181B002) by Canon Office Products
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Digital camera reviews of Canon Pixma MP970 Photo All-In-One Inkjet Printer (2181B002)
Digital camera Review: CANON PIXMA MP970
Summary: 5 Stars
I HAD AN I870 FOR 4 YEARS AND IT WAS GREAT, ALTHOUGH A PRINTER ONLY. THIS PRINT / SCAN / COPY IS FANTASTIC. [...] MY SCANS LOOK FANTASTIC; AS GOOD AS ORIGINAL. PHOTOS PRINT AS GOOD AS ANY LAB I EVER USED. IN SUMMARY IF YOU CAN GET A DEAL LIKE I GOT, YOU WILL BE VERY HAPPY INDEED; FANTASTIC AMAZON DEAL; [...] OUTSTANDING. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS UNIT.Digital camera Review: Canon MP970
Summary: 5 Stars
I am very, very pleased with this printer. Very easy to setup and use. The print quality is so much better than my old Epson CX3200.Plus this has to feed trays so I can set up my daily paper in one, and either my card stock or photo stock in the other.
This printer has a lot of nice features and is SO EASY to use. I'v never had a printer I like as well. I think it's pretty high end for home office and not commercial use.
I really so far would recommend this printer. If it last longer than my Epson did I will be really happy
Digital camera Review: Canon MP970 Photo All-In-One Printer
Summary: 5 Stars
Canon MP970 Photo All-In-One ( 2181B002 )
Canon MP970 is fantastic. By P.Coon Fayetteville, NY
I purchased my Canon MP970 Photo printer Jan.6, 2008 and was pleasantly surprised to receive shipment from Amazon.Com. in 3 days. I have owned Canon printers before and I think Canon is the best. Setting up the MP970 is easy (following the steps are important). I was able to print in about 30 minutes with no problems. I printed a color photo from my picture file and it was as they say photo-lab perfect. My old printer (MP760) was good but couldn't come close to the MP 970. The printer is still new to me and I am still learning how to use it. There are many more features than I am used. I use this printer for home and office and love it. Canon Support is great as I had a question so I e-mailed them an by the next day I had an answer.
I would rate this printer 5 stars.
Digital camera Review: Canon MP970 is Fantastic
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent printer. The speed, quality, features and use of seven ink cartridges are all first rate. Just did some photo prints on 4x6 "Epson" paper and the result was phenomenal. I cannot wait to see how it looks using Canon paper!
The other advantage is the ability to print directly unto CDs...after activating that feature after a Google Search for: "The Five Easy Steps" or see
http://pixma.ulmb.com/?p=137
[This feature is available but not activated on US sold printers although standard on the identical model sold in Europe].
It is also network capable...a feature I have not yet used, but should work great with my wireless network.
It also looks neat and with the paper feed closed, dust etc will not get inside. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Digital camera Review: Canon MP970 is a wonderful family printer - WHEN IT WORKS
Summary: 5 Stars
Our family had wanted to replace our Canon i960 with for a MFP but where in no hurry to settle for something we didn't want. Brand loyalty played little part but we decided our next printer had to have: reasonable cost (under $200), duplex printing (to save paper), Ethernet connectivity, and be Windows and Macintosh friendly. "Nice to haves" would be pigment black inks, separate ink wells, and a sheet feeder. With the recent Canon rebate on the Pixma MP970, this printer met all of our criteria and many of the nice to haves.
Setting up the printer was very simple with the included Quick Set-up guide. Installing the software on our Windows and Macintosh (OSX) machines took longer than I thought (about 10 minutes per machine) but kudos to Canon for retaining feature parity between the platforms...so many times the Mac software is a pale shadow of the Windows version. I can also set the default printing to duplex and a standard quality on the kids machines (to save paper and ink) and leave it higher on the adults computers.
One welcomed surprise was the film/slide scanner hidden under the lid and the ScanGear software works well. (I haven't critically analyzed the scans for dust or scratch removal but if ScanGear can't cut it, I'll purchase VueScan for the enhanced scanning features). We have found scanning pictures across the network a useful feature.
The printouts are wonderful. Using heavy-weight glossy paper is easy with the straight-path feeder (this is also where I've feed envelopes, without problem) while regular bond goes in the standard tray. Colors are rich with no banding and the photos from my Pentax K10 have all of the quality of my older Leica generated prints.
The whole family has been very happy with the Canon MP970 and we look forward to many years of trouble-free printing!
UPDATE - What had been a nice printer is now a frustration. The printer will not print without intervention (jammed paper or printer not recognizing new Canon printer cartridges) and the duplexer will not work. So, we have a feature rich printer with function in about 1/4 the features.