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- Wide-format prints
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 "It's Fantastic!" 2010-08-19
By John P. Sullivan (Roseville, CA)
The Epson Workforce 1100 is great. It's a handsome piece of equipment, too - it may take up a good amount of space, but it looks great doing it! Both color and black & white prints come out quickly and quietly.



The only downside to this printer is the size of the ink cartridges. I only use the printer for specific projects, so my use is more as a secondary printer and the small ink cartridges are no big problem for me.



Setup was a breeze and it performs spectacularly within my installation of Windows 7 Professional. I really enjoy my wide format printer much more than I had originally anticipated...flowcharts are much nicer blown up on a 13" x 19" sheet than on the typical 8.5" x 11" - I absolutely love it!

 "18 inch printer" 2010-08-07
By Thomas W. Scott (conroe tx usa)
for what I need this printer works just fine. I do bar grafts and small charts .

 "My last epson" 2010-07-28
By CRoseDesign (Houston)
I'll never buy an Epson again. I'm so tired of all the noise, shaking, clogged inkjets, slow startup, running the cleaning cycles and using up ink doing so, wonky color, CONSTANT missfeeds on paper etc. I've had this one about three months, and think I'll just put it out on the curb. It's not worth my time to deal with it anymore. Maybe it's just not meant to work with a mac. (I've had printers of one sort or another for 15 years. This one is the worse. Maybe they're all just loss leaders for cartridge sales.)

 "Don't Even Think About It!!" 2010-07-20
By K. Reese
If you use Windows 7 the Workforce 1100 printer will install just fine with Epson's Window 7 compatible driver. Then after a week or two it will cease to function. You will then contact Epson Support, they tell you your printer doesn't print anymore because of Microsoft issues. They will then hang up in your face, then you will go buy a Canon printer with valuable lesson about Epson products learned.

 "Printer works fine, ink is a problem" 2010-06-09
By Michael Griswold (Rockford, USA)
I purchased this as a favor to my mother and she loves the printer and the fact that she's now able to print all the pictures that she takes with her digital camera, but the ink is ridiculous after a couple of pictures the color quality wanes meaning that if your like my mother and looking to pursue your photos as a business or print a lot of pictures your going to eat through a lot of ink and Epson's color cartridges are not cheap. My mother has taken to buying cheaper color refill kits to avoid having to buy so much of the expensive ink






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- Industry-leading pigment ink technology
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 "They've almost got perfect" 2010-07-27
By Dave Campbell (Hudson Valley)
I almost felt bad not rating this printer at 5 stars, but it does have a couple small problems that make it less than perfect. First off, it is a remarkable machine that produces superb prints of artwork. All final digital product is, of course, dependent on the filtering and scanning that the intake and digital manipulation software provide, but the quality of printing for line drawings, ink washes, and similar works really impressed me. I have not done a lot with photograph reproduction, but what I have done was also impressive.



It is not, however, a perfect machine. The settings process which has to be done per print, or saved as a custom batch setting is cumbersome. The layout is a bit awkward and makes it difficult to remember to go through every setting and tweak it for your particular batch printing job. You can establish your own profiles, but not every setting is included in the profile which means you might still have to tweak the settings for even the minute differences in a batch. As per tech support, the layout options per print are dependent on the software you are using to order the print job. The manual paper feed at the rear of the machine is EXTREMELY sensitive to paper being cocked a little to one side or the other (so sensitive that I truly believe it is imagining things). I am actually completely unable to determine what the problem is in each instance, and simply wiggle the paper a tad in its position, and try again. The output print is pushed hard against the right side of the machine, which is ridiculous considering the amount of space there is to work with. It tends to catch on the sundry little irregularities and joints in the plastic located there when using thin/flimsy paper. Thicker paper seems to glide over it without issue.



All in all, I can highly recommend it for quality of output and economy of use (relative use of "economy" here - these are very high quality prints and not dirt cheap), but it is not a 'set it and forget it' producer of batch prints. You do need to stay on it from start to finish. The last and final aggravation is that if you miss setting a paper-type change that requires matte black ink when you've been using photo black ink or vice versa, it undergoes a purge of the system, spilling all the 'other' type of ink into a waste tray. This is better than having to change out ink cartridges, but once it begins there is no way to stop it without shutting down the machine mid process which I'm sure is not recommended. However, if you don't, it will finish purging the one type of ink and then reloading with the other, and will do the whole thing in reverse when you correct your settings. A phenomenal waste of ink. There desperately needs to be an "abort" button to halt all processes in mid stride considering how easily you can miss a setting.

 "Review of Epson 3880 Inkjet printer" 2010-07-10
By jackson07
Although I have only worked with the 3880 printer for a month I am quite satisfied with its performance. At this point no glitches. It set up reasonably fast and printed great images from the start.

Previously I used an Epson pro 4000 printer and it was getting old including software problems with the Mac snow leopard operating system.

The 3880 so far has done a great job. Is it better than the 4000/4800? Considering the short time that I have used it I cannot tell. However, it seems a more sophisticated unit and the results are terrific.

 "Wow!" 2010-07-10
By jt (Boston, MA)
I'm only a few days into using this printer, but it really is amazing. With a calibrated monitor and the correct paper profile, it prints perfectly right out of the box. 20 minutes total from opening the box to printing great prints.



I always struggled with getting the right paper/driver setup on my r2400 and then it took 5 prints to get things right, but this printer just works.



I have noticed the faint pin-wheel marks on larger, dark prints that others have noticed, but I hope I'll find a way to eliminate them.

 "I actually love it but, with caution" 2010-06-28
By G. Lott (San Antonio)
The Epson 3880 is a replacement for my 3800. Yes, I like it enough to buy the newer version but therein lies the rub. I'm replacing the 3800 after less than 4-years because of a clogged black nozzle. Which means the entire head has to be replaced, which means massive shipping charges plus the cost of the repair. All in all, for the greatest "peace of mind" it was better (and possibly cheaper) to purchase a new machine. If it wasn't for the fact that my previous model (3800) broke, I'd rate it 5-Stars.

 "Wow - And it will pay for itself" 2010-06-17
By Howard W. (Santa Clarita, CA)
The main reason I used to justify the cost (to myself and my wife) for buying the 3880 was the ink cost. The ink cartriges are 8 times the size for 3 times the cost of the R1900 ink. I really like my Epson R1900 printer and still have it, but it is now religated to back-up and DVD/CD printing. But the cost and low amount of ink in each cartridge was killing me.



The 3880 was a lot bigger and heavier than I expected. I kidded myself reading the specs that it was only a little bigger than the R1900. It's not, it's a lot bigger.



Set up was easy. I love that it is a true network printer, so that the information is bi-direction even from a wireless computer.



The prints are spectacular. I used Eye-One to calibrate my monitor (on my Mac Pro with 2 24" cinema displays) and the prints are as close to my monitor as I have ever had before. The advanced B&W mode is also spectacular. Finally perfect B&W prints.



As of now, I've had the printer about a month. I've printed 40 17x22 full color (non-white background) posters. 70 8x10 B&W. 20 8x10 color and about another 20 smaller prints and just replaced the Vivid Magenta and Yellow. Most of the rest of the ink cartriges still have plenty of ink left. YAY!



After I ordered the printer Amazon started (daily, for a few days) offering me extra ink for the 3880 in my "gold box". As it turns out, Epson has two different K3 inks for Vivid Magenta and Light Magenta for the 3880 vs 3800 (all the other K3 inks are the same for both printers). Amazon offered me the wrong ones and since I didn't know that yet, I ordered them. They gave me a refund. T580A00 and T580B00 are the correct Magenta ones for the 3880. Even the Epson manual for the 3880 has it wrong in one of two places. I guess they just copied the 3800 manual and missed a few things. Amazon said they fixed it in their catalog, I haven't heard back from Epson yet. So be careful ordering extra ink.



A few things have gone wrong. I've had a few paper misfeeds, more than one sheet fed at a time. Thsi happened on my R1900 some times too mainly with Ultra Premium Matte. So watch for that. I've also had a driver problem. When I started printing the 17x22 posters, 10 at a time, 3 different posters. It seems that the driver got confused and half way through printing the first 10, it started using the settings from the second 10. I canceled all the jobs and did one poster at a time (e.g. 10 at a time) and everything was fine.



Another small problem. I have lots of 13x19 paper left over from the R1900. The 13x19 is not a native size for the 3880, so I had to make a "custom size". I tried several things, but still haven't been able to print a 13x19 borderless.



I'm also having problems with some of the function of the remote monitor program. Some of those functions don't find the printer on the network.



But these problems are minor and I'm sure will be fixed in software someday. Don't let that stop you from getting this wonderful printer.



Oh yeah, don't panic when you install the maintenance cartridge at initial setup, as it immediately goes to 73% available. That is normal.



This is one of the best printers I have ever owned. Everyone who has seen the prints from them is convinced that they are professionally done. And I guess that is true, since this is from Epsons professional line.






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Epson Workforce 310 Color Inkjet All-in-One Printer (C11CA49201)

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- Speed through critical documents- maximum speed of 36 ppm black/20 ppm color; laser quality speeds of 16 ppm black/5.5 ppm color
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- High-speed faxing in black and color - as fast as 3 sec per page; speed dial storage up to 60 numbers; fax memory up to 180 pages
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 "Poor quality, frustrating to use, expensive ink." 2010-08-12
By Michelle A. (Longmont, CO USA)
The only positive thing about this printer is the price. Otherwise, I am quite disappointed with it.



As I expected, this printer shipped with starter ink cartridges. Well they're not kidding about having very little ink... the starter cartridges lasted a week, at best! Then, when we tried to get replacement cartridges, we of course found that the Epson brand cartridges were very expensive. So instead, we bought generic cartridges. They did not work - the printer threw errors. Putting in the original OEM cartridges fixed the errors, but of course, they were out of ink. We tried refilling the OEM cartridges and were told this was not possible with this type of cartridge. So with no other choice, we were forced to buy the expensive Epson brand cartridges.



Network installation was frustrating as you had to have the printer connected to the network in order to install the driver on the computer. This was a hassle for us because we were trying to configure laptops off-site and then deliver them to the employees. With other network printers, you can usually give the printer a static IP manually, install the driver separately on the computer, and then just point the computer to the printer's IP. But not in this case... it wouldn't even let us install the driver if the printer wasn't present! I presume the same would be the case for a USB local installation.



The document feeder can't seem to feed pages straight.



The scanner driver often just flat out stops working and needs to be reinstalled. I kept downloading the driver from Epson as needed but it happened so often (about once a month) that I finally just saved a copy of the driver on the desktop for easy re-installation.



Beyond that, I can't comment, as I am not the end user of the printer. I am just the IT tech so I'm telling you my experience. I am not impressed. The reports I have gotten from my end users also reflect the same sentiment. My suggestion is: Look for a different printer.

 "Good, but...." 2010-07-18
By Ted
The PRICE is good for the Epson 310 Workforce printer, but...



1. It's noisy when it "grabs" the paper from the feeder tray



2. Maybe most people wouldn't care, but it's hard to figure out how to shut it off. The pilot light stays on. I have to unplug it to save a few pennies of electricity.



I have not hooked up the fax feature.



It gives FAST text prints and is good on color photographs.

 "Espon good for the price but not exceptional" 2010-07-12
By C. S. May (Timonium, md United States)
I had purchased this because I needed a good basic printer with all the functions. I have a Mac and my hp printer didn't work great after the upgrade to Snow Leopard. I downgraded from a 300 dollar printer to a 60 dollar printer. Overall not bad. I have a few frustrations with some things printing severly slow and sometimes it prints fine. The menu is a little frustrating as it doesnt seem to always do what i am asking...it likes to keep asking questions back.

I would say a good basic printer. I did not purchase an HP because the c6180 i had was always calibrating or something to make noises constantly.

 "Poor document feeding" 2010-07-06
By Michael J Stelmack (Phoenix, MD United States)
I honestly think Epson tried to pack too much into this bargain printer. I was initially happy with it, but after a few weeks it's become clear that the product has difficulty with paper jams. It frequently (almost always) jams when using the automatic document feeder (the copier or scanner). It sometimes jams when printing from the paper source.

 "Good price, good product, network friendly" 2010-05-29
By P. Stearns (CALIFORNIA, US)
I recently bought the Epson WorkForce 310 printer to replace an old HP All-in-One. I was motivated by the fact that I could get the new printer and ink for less than I could buy the ink for the old printer... and because of the network ability and sheet feeder for scanning. Over all the printer works great. It scans MUCH faster than my old HP PSC 1610. SOftware is good, too. My complaints are two-fold: The WorkForce 310 is noisy. When it starts to print it makes quite a a lot of noise. The other issue is print quality choices. There are only three settings. The middle, default setting produces beautiful text output but at a slightly higher resolution than I need in many cases. In the lowest quality setting, the machine prints quickly but the quality is not good enough. On the HP, draft setting produced laser quality output but used very little ink. On the Epson, Draft mode is fast and uses little ink but te quality isn't good enough. On middle setting, quality is great but it takes longer and uses a lot more ink. Because draft isn't good enough compared to the old HP, I will be forced to print at the default middle setting which will result in my using a lot more ink than before. That will result in higher operating costs. SUGGESTION to EPSON: add another option for print quality rather than just having three settings. Have a setting between the middle, default and the low quality draft setting so I can use less ink but still get readable output.


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 "iPF3600 far exceeds expectations" 2010-07-22
By Glen I. Graves (Santa Rosa CA)
I have the 17" Canon iPF printer and when my Epson, I will never own one again, photo printer died I had to find a replacement.. This small printer far far far exceeded my expectations. The price was right and I have recommended this to all of my students.

 "Horrible, got worse, never worked" 2010-07-17
By william borg (chicago, IL United States)
Well, this was fun. First, Amazon listed as "in stock". Then I was told there would be a delay. OK, no big deal.

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I go to set it up, there are little pieces of paper taped everywhere, cautions about this, cautions about that. One sheet of paper actually said how terribly important it is not to put the printhead in incorrectly(at least that's what I think the illustration was showing). Then, this disclaimer: your stuff might not look exactly as shown in the diagram. That's not comforting, this is critical info, and I should rely on the diagram to avoid damage, but the diagram may not be what I have?

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OK, this is upsetting, but I go forward. I think some of the instructions were a bit cryptic, difficult to follow, but if you really thought it through, and were patient, you'd understand what they were saying.

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Now--the fun part. The software refuses to recognize that the printer is attached, properly to the PC. Help files tell you to choose "try again" if things fail. You can try till heck freezes over, ain't gonna work. Solution #2 is to restart the PC, which I did a couple times. Of course, there's no way out of their brilliant, non-functional software, one must call up the task manager to end the lousy, nonfunctional installation.

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As an extra added fun bonus, when you do restart, you'll be treated to a screen that gives you all kinds of printing options. Really? I thought the installation had failed. Sure it did, so when you click on all these "options", you'll be told something about the printer not being recognized. How dumb is this software?

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Its now almost 4A, I thought I'd be done quite some time ago. Turns out, I'll never be done. Now I get to ship it back, hope I get a refund.

I should mention I'm using Win7, and this printer is advertised as being Win7 compatible.

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I tried both solution #1, and solution #2, as recommended by the "help" file in this set-up software. I tried a different USB port on my PC, I unplugged and replugged the USB connection at the printer. No go. I tried a second USB cable, I tried everything.

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I tried uninstalling/re-installing multiple times.

I didn't wanna wait for Monday to call Canon. If their customer support is as bad as their instructions, no thank you. Another reviewer here said they received a replacement printer after calling Canon. And they received a refurbished printer, with a warranty of only 30 days. So, that customer was punished for Canon's mistake. They endured frustration, they patiently waited for the replacement. But they paid for a NEW printer, not refurbished, and they PAID for a one year warranty. This sounds grossly unfair.

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ADDED 18July2010: After discussion with someone else, I realized that maybe this was in trouble from the start. The "carriage" or "trolley", that part that holds the printhead and cartridges, would not stop in a place that was suitable for installation of both printheads and cartridges. I started/restarted printer several times(this is an early step, you don't have the printer connected to a PC at this point).

After several tries with the "on"(green) button, the trolley stopped at a place that was suitable for insertion of printhead/cartridges.

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About 6A, I checked w/Amazon, they said it would be picked up the next business day. The only troubling thing is that I'm supposed to include the packing slip--but there was none. I'll include a note, instead, I guess.

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The best I can hope for is that UPS comes and gets it, then Amazon returns my money. At best, I walk away losing about 7 hours of frustration and unpacking, packing. I guess that Canon figures my time is free, whereas if they actually had to pay a quality control person, that would cost them money.

Since shipping is free(for me), and return shipping is free(for me), somebody's losing money on this.

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Amazon was told, through their site, Sunday morning that I wanted to return printer, UPS picked it up Monday, Weds, I got a refund. At least that part went ok. It was all a terrible waste of time.

 "Great product" 2010-07-10
By David M. Corn (Texas)
I am very glad I purchased this printer. It was affordable and I like how I was not forced to buy a scanner with it.

 "Terrible Delivery" 2010-06-05
By Paul L. Rose
The product was delivered in a box with no product packaging, no styrofoam pacing and all the components loose. There was another delivery label under the one with my address and it was obvious that it had been sold to another customer first who had unpacked it and decided to return it and it was then just sent off to me without Amazon even checking the contents. I will never buy anything from Amazon again. It's a miracle that the printer works at all.

 "Canon iP3600" 2010-05-24
By Carol Mullenioux (Olathe, KS)
Love the separate ink tanks which allow for re-filling & only of the color(s) needed @ the time.Saves lotsa $!

SOftware speed slow from computer to printer as compared to other less-expensive brand.

Prefer paper loading format that is easier to immediately access, as for 2-sided printing.


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 "Great wireless printer at a reasonable price!" 2010-06-05
By J. Robbins (Dallas)
I've had the MP640 for 3 days. I bought this to replace my HP AIO printer because the HP software was a nightmare to manage. The MP640 is easy to install following the provided instructions and onscreen prompts. Takes a little while (maybe about 1.5 hours total including the PC software). Once turned on, and all the hardware setup is competed (installing print head, ink cartridges and the automatic print head cleaning/alignment), the MP640 detects your network and leads you through the steps to define it to the network.



Once the PC software was installed on my Vista desktop the printer was installed and printing and scanning testing worked great. Also installed the software on my XP laptop and printed from there as well. The software provided has a reasonably friendly interface (Solution Menu) although a little cluttered with Canon marketing buttons.



Ease of use and print speed are the top items for me. The print quality is very good but not quite 5 stars. As always, Amazon.com did a great job of shipping the printer to me. I paid for it on one day and it was delivered to me the next day.

 "Wow!" 2010-06-02
By A PA mom
This is a GREAT printer! Setup wasn't too bad, but you cannot beat the ability to scan, copy, and print wirelessly using one machine. The price really makes it hard to resist.

 "Terrific machine" 2010-06-01
By P Jerome (Denver, CO USA)
It was a great day when the MP640 arrived - not the least because I could finally pitch my HP AIO! Great printer for all kinds of print jobs with a very intuitive user interface. It took a little while to get it linked up on our homegroup wireless network, but only because the password the printer needed was one digit off from our homegroup password. Once we identified that gap, it was a breeze to set up (highly recommend you download the Wireless Setup Assistant .exe file from the Canon website so it can pinpoint the right SSID and password).

 "For once...an easy wifi printer setup!" 2010-06-01
By Janet Spain (NYC)
This printer has looks (I bought the burgundy model) and delivers good quality prints. This is the first wireless printer that I can say is very easy to set up. I have owned HP, Canon, and Brother photo printers and multifunction printers and I am so tired of spending untold minutes/hours to try setting up the wifi only to find an error code repeatedly...this printer prints like a Canon (excellent quality) and sets up like a charm. No regrets.

 "Great Printer!" 2010-05-30
By CKB
My opinion is the picture printing quality is very good. I use the Canon glossy photo paper and it produces terrific prints. I imagine the quality of the pictures being printed would impact the results.


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- Use the new Auto Photo Fix II to automatically adjust and correct your photos
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 "Have TWO useless printers now" 2010-06-03
By Jacques Laroque (Michigan USA)
I wish I had time to put up a video review: the video I shot of the 2nd installation / startup attempt would "say it all." I got the first new Canon MP 990 last week. I carefully unpacked and set the printer on a good surface for set up. I followed the simple-looking directions with plenty of time set aside for this task.



Problem: Canon ships this printer with the print head separate - expecting anyone (about whom they know nothing) to finish assembling the printer for them. Following the diagram (one panel easily read & understood), I inserted the print head oriented per the illustration: the print head went partially into place in the print head carrier and STUCK without seating to the bottom of the carrier. This means that the print head remains too high to install the ink cartridges. And - when you turn off power, the carrier attempts to return to the "home position" - jamming against the side of the cover under which it is supposed to be positioned. - The the print head lock lever cannot be lowered to permit this action to complete.



Called Canon Support and we spent 20 minutes trying all suggestions (to either seat the head completely or extract it for another try). The print head wouldn't budge. Finally, I was told to FORCE the lock lever down so that the printer top could be closed and readied for return. I was told: We will send a refurbished MP 990 with the print head installed. (Which they should have done with all these printers in the first place.)



The replacement printer arrived yesterday (6/02/2010). I waited until I had ample time in the evening and: proceeded exactly as I did the first time with set up. When I opened the front tray: I immediately saw the print head in its sealed package, just like the original new printer! Canon seems not to understand the term, " factory installed."



So naturally: I again attempted to do this print head installation and again it jammed and cannot be moved. I now have TWO useless Canon Pixma PM 990 printers sitting here taking up space. I will have to pack both up and find a way to return them - I'm not set up as a "shipping department."



I did a lot of searching before buying this printer. I got 'fooled' because I thought Canon might be as good a making printers as they are at making cameras. This is evidently not true. I am angry and very disappointed.

 "All Told, Things Worked Out" 2010-05-30
By cgilbert (Palo Alto, CA USA)
The first printer that arrived had a major problem that could not be fixed. Support had us box it up and return it for a second unit. Next one that came (and quite fast) was just fine. Convenient support for setup that would work with MAC OSX 10.6, Snow Leopard, had not been accomplished yet so the setup was a nightmare. I believe that has now been completed and the setup would just be installing the one file instead of the various that we had to do.



That said, the printer returns beautiful photographs and works just great.

 "Disappointing experience" 2010-05-26
By designer (Irvine, CA United States)
I am using Mac OS X 10.5.8 version and was very excited to get a wireless all-in-one Canon printer. Since I used to have many generations of HP printers, this time I wanted to give a different brand a try. After a relatively easy wi-fi connection setup to the printer, I have used it for a few weeks to find out that the connection is very spotty. Event though the printing speed is great and the process is very quiet, every other time or so I get no connection no matter what I do to revive it. The worst part is that a scanner didn't connect at all! After installing all updates and fixes from the Canon web site, spending hours with a surprisingly accommodating and supportive Canon tech support, and finally switching to the wired connection, the scanner still refused to connect. I had to return the product, and now I doubt I will ever buy a Canon printer again.

 "Great quality. Hard to find supplies." 2010-05-25
By S Bear Devitt (Milwaukee, WI USA)
The MP990 is a fantastic all-in-one. I love the copy features and beautiful photo quality prints. But be aware: it is not incredibly fast, it is not quiet, my cats try to climb on the output tray, and it sucks ink like a Hummer sucks gas. It's worst issue is finding supplies. It's mailorder or no printing!! But I'd buy another tomorrow and I heartily recommend it to all my friends.

 "Canon made ink cartridges even smaller, ink is expensive" 2010-05-17
By W. Gayther
If you use the right paper (the like $1/page paper), it prints really beautiful pictures.



Pictures printed on anything other than the really expensive glossy paper doesn't turn out nearly as well. Print a picture on regular paper, it turns out kinda terrible (text is good though). Print it on Canon's cheaper Matte paper, it turns out better, but not great.



And it takes like 2 minutes to start up - want to quick print off directions from your email? yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaah...



But my real beef with the printer is the ink consumption. I had bought another Canon printer a year ago which broke, but Best Buy honored the warranty and I got this one. Turns out - they made this one so it takes *smaller* ink cartridges than the last one, and those last one's were pretty tiny.



After moderate use, I recently had to order new ink cartridges myself. Well - the standard pack doesn't come with "GRY", so I had to order that separate, as well as the big black one. For *just* the color ones - it cost $64.08 (sixty four dollars and eight cents) in INK off Amazon.



It's really expensive. And I don't think I printed that much stuff.


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- Use the new Auto Photo Fix II feature to automatically adjust and correct your photos
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- Collect, combine and edit multiple web pages to print your own layout using Easy-WebPrint EX
- Features pigment black ink for crisp, sharp text
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 "Great Economical Printer" 2010-05-28
By MickeyRat (Bay Area, CA)
I was hesitant to buy this printer when I was told by a computer store employee that it was being returned by many unhappy customers. They ended up getting rid of them as freebies with a computer or other expensive purchases. I took a chance anyway and purchased it online for under $50 shipped and have been very happy with it. For the price it's a steal! The optional larger replacement XL ink cartridges are cheap enough, under $40 total for both the color and black cartridge including shipping. Just shop around for the best prices! I hooked the Canon up to my Dell XP computer and it auto installed the driver with no problems. I also Installed the Canon software to check it out. At first I tried "Custom Install" to pick what I wanted installed but it was hard to tell what program did what, so I did the recommended "Easy Install" instead. It's really easy to play around with the different programs to find out what is easiest for you. Some of the programs get you to the same place at the end. You can simply uninstall the programs you don't use like Registration, and Canon Solution Menu, a novice friendly screen which just routes you to other programs.



The printer itself prints very crisp and fairly color accurate photos. The paper tray feed which extends out from the back of the printer has been smooth and jam free so far. Paper is fed from the rear out to the front. If you forget to pop open the front, don't worry it'll automatically open up when you print. I've tried regular 8.5" x 11" paper, Glossy Photo Paper, and the provided 4x6 Canon Photo Paper samples. All work fine. You can also make B&W or Color copies (scans) without even turning on your computer. The handy fold up color LCD screen makes quick work of copies with the easy but detailed menu. The menu can scroll thru other sub menus for quite a few options like print quality, paper type... There are are 6 buttons and 1 multi function pad nearby with just the basics to keep it simple. A very nice feature. I haven't used the built in media card ports yet, which also allows for faster instant printing. The Canon software is fairly easy to learn once you play around with it a few times. And if the printers too noisy for you, It does have a quiet mode. I don't find it any noisier than my 10 year old HP printer. In fact it's much faster at printing than the old slow HP. Overall the Canon Mp490 is a very good printer for the few $ it cost. I don't print a lot of digital photos, and make an occasional copy or scan and print out some quick B&W text now and then. So this is the perfect low cost "All-In-One" for me. If you don't expect results like a printer 4 times the cost, The Canon is a great deal.

 "Great value" 2010-05-24
By GT
This is exactly what I was looking for. I was looking for an inexpensive, decent printer, and this is that plus more. I got a scanner which is a huge bonus- you can even scan multiple pages and save it as a single pdf file. I love that. The scan isn't that quick, but like I said, for the price paid, noone should expect better than that. I have only printed a couple of pages but the print quality is fine. For the amount I spent, this was an excellent purchase. If you're looking for a high quality super printer, then you should probably spend extra money and get something else. Otherwise, this is highly recommended.

 "defective" 2010-05-23
By konaram (kailua kona)
I have owned Cannon printers before and not had any problem with them. This one, however, did not even power up. It also looked like it had been opened before (parts were not in places where they were labeled to be). Thanks to the return policy from Amazon it was no problem getting a refund. However, being without a printer/scanner was a hardship. Went down to Wmart and got the canon mp250 for cheap and am thoroughly satisfied so far! AS you can see I still have faith in Canon and this was just some oversight on someone's part.

 "So easy, my mother can use it, and she knows nothing about printers!" 2010-05-19
By Martin L. Shoemaker (Hopkins, MI USA)
I bought this for my mom. Last year, she finally decided that her Kodak instant camera was dead (Kodak stopped making the film!), and she bought a digital camera. And since then, she has stored every picture on the camera itself, since she doesn't understand computers and doesn't know how to transfer images.



Sunday night, she said she heard about photo printers, and wanted to buy one. I went to Amazon; and thanks to Amazon and the fine sellers at Adorama, the printer was here today (three days later), and she's already printing pictures! The operation took her minutes to learn, and she's really thrilled with the print quality.



I can't speak to ink usage or reliability, since the printer's still new; but for ease of setup and use, the MP490 can't be beat!

 "Canon Multi-function Printer" 2010-05-19
By Zelda
The printer arrived swiftly and set up was easy. Installation on my computer only took a few minutes and there were no snags. It was so easy I did not have to use the instruction manual. I liked the feature on the installation disc which prompted you to register for the warranty. Prints clear and crisp, all around nice product that is easy to use.


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- Incredible 9600 x 2400 color dpi1 for the best in photo lab printing
- Print amazing 4 x 6 inch borderless photos in approx. 20 seconds
- The ChromaLife100+ system gives you beautiful and long lasting photos
- Keep It Green - Built-in 2 sided printing helps the environment and cuts your paper usage by 50%
- Do even more with the included software from easily printing web pages with "Easy-Web Print EX-4" to effortlessly adjusting photos with the new "Auto Photo Fix II"
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 "Great printer" 2010-05-17
By Madi Betz (Kansas City)
This Canon printer is small, easy to use, reasonably priced, and has great color. Perfect!

 "Awesome pinter for DVDs/CDs" 2010-05-13
By M. Strock (Idaho)
I bought this specifically for printing directly to DVDs. It's a U.S. model (and yes, I live in the U.S.), I'm aware that the DVD print feature is disabled on U.S. models BUT with a few tweaks (look up instructions online), a few tries, and a DVD tray (bought additionally through eBay), I was able to get it to work and work WELL! I printed straight to silver-printable DVDs and it looked amazing! It was really fast, too. It definitely met my expectations for my purposes. What do I do? Film/video productions from short films to live events. The finished product has to look professional for me and it did.

 "Never going back to Epson" 2010-05-09
By N. Belisle (rhode island, USA)
I haven't had it for very long, but so far, this Canon printer is excellent. I had no issues with setting it up or using it. I bought it after my Epson all-in-one machine died (well technically, the scanner still works) and I was unable to fix it myself. For the price, this Canon machine is definitely worth it. I was looking for a printer that was able to print on cardstock, and this machine got good reviews on several sites. I have been using this printer to print wedding invitations on 80# cardstock with no issues at all. I've been loading 6-10 sheets of 80# cardstock at a time in the top paper feeder and it works like a charm. Regular paper can be loaded in the bottom tray feeder, but I don't see why you couldn't use the top feeder as well. I'm not sure how quickly it will go through ink cartridges, but like another reviewer suggested, I'm most likely going to invest in a continuous ink system. I would highly recommend this product.

 "Great printer" 2010-05-08
By DC (MD)
I chose this printer based on the reviews, the price, and the style.



The setup was easy, however Canon puts 5 different pieces of paper with the machine that all pretty much say the same things. Between that and all the packaging it's easy to get a little lost (unless you just don't even bother with instructions, but I wanted to do it right the first time).



It's a little bigger than my previous inkjet, but that's okay.



The style is it's biggest winning point for me - everything closes up into a nice neat box. This was important because I have 3 cats and I don't need trays breaking off. One drawback is the paper tray - it collapses down and fits inside the bottom. Which is fine, but I have to pull it out, expand it, load the paper, and then stick it back in. And then collapse it back down when I'm done. I wish it just unfolded really easily, but it just takes a little more effort.



If you keep the paper tray out at all times, it has a cover so your paper doesn't get dirty with dust if it sits there for a while. That's a nice feature. The tray doesn't hold much paper at all, though.



Note that it DOES WORK ON 10.6 SNOW LEOPARD. It doesn't list that here but Canon has a driver for 10.6 on their site, and it works perfectly.

 "Lab quality photo prints" 2010-05-04
By Michael Alexander (Long Island, NY)
I had always been of the stodgy opinion that ink jet printers were strictly for kids, for school reports etc. If I printed something at home it was on my laser jet, and I sent photos print jobs to good online print services, like ShutterBug. I'm pretty into photography and have a high end SLR camera. I decided that I'd give this one a try for less serious photo prints or proofing, as it costs little more than the replacement ink set. But the quality of the printed photos blew me away. I don't send them out anymore!



The duplex printing is a nice option, but as for other color printing, I don't have an opinion. Some complained that it's slow, but that wasn't my concern. Also I have no technical problems with it in one year of ownership.


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 "Staples." 2010-05-12
By Jane E. Hunsicker

Was bought as a bundle with Inspirion 519 from Staples.



After 11 months copier went out. Accoring to hp a microchip

problem. Was still printing so kept printer. After another

month had printer problem and STAPLES would not acknowled

this as a bundle item which it was when bought it from

them. Supposed item was rung up separately from bundle

was suppose to have warranty on both items. Now it is

not printing and STAPLES will not honor the warranty

I took out on both items. HP printer worked perfectly

till ran into copier problem then the printer went

out a month later. HP would have honored the one year

warranty if would have went with a new printer the

time copier went out. Having the 3 yr warranty with

STAPLES assumed it was covered by them now am out one

printer.

 "Great printer but...." 2010-05-11
By Joel Hunnicutt (Fla, USA)
This a great printer/all in one, but the setup program was a nightmare. Required going to HP's website for a fix, took hours. Once all that **** was out of the way I have to say it works great. It's fast, quiet and easy to use. Also pretty inexpensive.

 "does what I need quickly" 2010-05-04
By mall can't query
Upgraded from prior, now defunct, HP All-In-One/Printer-Scanner-Copier models. New features, better software, faster - nice. No issues installing in Vista or Linux. No worries.

 "mediocre at best" 2010-05-03
By E. Guillou (FL, USA)
After purchasing this printer my next door neighbor, who has owned this very same model printer for 4 months, had his printer break. Needless to say I am now very leery of this product. I had believed that hp made a reliable product but now I am not so sure. Only time will tell !

 "Waste of Money and Time" 2010-04-25
By Jeffrey Tang
Bought the F4480 yesterday and spent about 3 hours trying to make it work properly. Finally gave up after reinstalling the drivers twice, downloading a separate driver installation package from the HP website, as well as applying yet another patch from the HP website.



First of all, BUYER BEWARE - this USB printer doesn't actually come with a USB cord. Brilliant idea. You'll have to supply that yourself.



Second of all, the manual does a nice job of listing a bunch of impressive features, then noting that these features may or may not work with your particular model/computer/operating system/software configuration - in other words, there's no way to know whether something's wrong with the installation, or if the printer doesn't like something about your computer setup, or if it's just a piece of crap.


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