Canon Pixma MP 970 Photo All-in-One (3-in-1) with colour TFT screen and Easy Scroll Wheel. Packed with Direct photo printing for digital and analogue camera users (FAU, PictBridge, Memory Card, Mobile phone), advanced media handling and wired network connectivity. |
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Canon
EAN: 4960999454887
Label: Canon
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Manufacturer: Canon
Model: MP970
Publisher: Canon
Release Date: 2007-09-14
Studio: Canon |
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Quickdraw UK's Pack Size: 1
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 Great printer but issues with network printing, 2008-09-07
I have had the printer for a week running via a Netgear wireless router (Mac Mini via cabled ethernet and MacBook via wireless, both on OSX Leopard)and whilst the quality of the printer output is fine the instructions and software leave something to be desired. After a successful setup the printer decided to stop printing via ethernet connection. Jobs would go to the queue, the printer would make encouraging whirring noises but then the print job would change from processing to stopped. It would print via USB (when I put it back to check) and would copy from the scanner so the hardware was fine. Eventually I downloaded the CUPS OSX Leopard driver and that has (so far!) seemed to do the trick. Next step is to try and get the old Dell laptop running Windows XP to talk to it.
Come on Canon, please get a human to write your guides.
Very good printer, 2008-12-12
Delivered promptly by Amazon, as usual. It does everything very, very well - fast office printing, excellant photography printing, good scanner for negative, slides, originals etc.- Probably not up to professional photo quality. Unly downside is it is a big printer so you do need space for it.
very good, but ..., 2008-10-18
I bought the printer mainly to scan negatives and to print them.
I use both Windows and Mac with a USB connection to the printer.
Even if not entirely satisfied I would buy this product again.
PROS:
- very good scanning quality (of negatives and slides, good speed, rendering of colours, shadows, etc.);
- the print quality is comparable to the one of Boots;
- silent and relatively fast;
- broad range of print/scanning options (I did not try the OCR, yet).
CONS:
- the USB cable is not included;
- on Windows the software requires 800MB and on Mac 480MB. The scan a colour negative at the maximum resolution produces a file of about 20MB. My windows machine has 512MB of RAM and they are not enough for such scan (I use a Mac with more memory);
- not all programs included with the printer and installed in Windows are also installed in Mac. That is, in Windows there are programs that are not installed in Mac;
- the Canon support is rather bad!!! To my understanding they have an automatic answering system dealing with the first time a question is asked. If the user is not satisfied and s/he asks the same question again, then a human answers. This means that a tricky question is answered in about a week. Overall, this means that you should hope not to have a serious problem;
- As all the inkjet printers also this one needs to be used at least once a week in order to avoid the heads to get stuck with dried ink (of course, there are cleaning procedures);
- the biggest problem I have with this printer is that I did not succeed to print a picture on A4 under Windows. Anyhow it works under Mac.
Good all-in-one, 2008-08-16
Have owned an MP970 for several weeks. Installation on an XP PC was easy even though the CD suggested it was for Vista only. Printing black & white text and colour photos from the PC produces excellent results. Copying is fairly easy, though I still find the control panel a little unintuitive and the wife couldn't handle it at all (more than one button so too complicated for her). Scanning 35mm film negs was a little disappointing compared with my dedicated FS2710 scanner. This was odd because the MP970 should give better resolution (4800 dpi versus 2700) - images look slightly out of focus. Also, colours look rather "washed out" compared with the dedicated scanner. Comparisons done with the same piece of film, of course. Maybe I was expecting too much.
Still a good buy though and would do it again.
Fantastic Product, 2009-01-01
This is not a cheap printer, but it is a high quality device. We have used this for 4 months connected to our network at home and linked to 4 computers. Setting up is very easy using Canon's quality software. We have used most of the functionality, such as:
- scanning, where you can select from the printer menu which computer on the network you want to send the scanned image to;
- photocopying, which is easy to do and very good quality;
- printing photographs, which are produced in excellent quality;
- double sided printing, which I didn't realise the printer did when I bought it - very impressive.
The quality and action of the printer are excellent, with features that you might not expect e.g.
- the ink cartridges light up, flashing when they are nearly empty;
- the output tray opens automatically when you request a print;
- I can print direct from my camera.
Only negatives are the size, though it is actually smaller than my last printer, the slightly flimsy rear load tray and the high cost of replacement cartridges.
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