Reviews of the Canon Pixma MP530
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CNET Review
The Good: Excellent print quality; fast; inexpensive consumables.
The Bad: Not network ready; no media card slots.
The Bottom Line: The Canon Pixma MP530 is a nearly ideal all-in-one for a small office. It just lacks networking and media card slots.
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alaTest.com
Review Summary: Experts rate this product 82/100 and users 80/100. Comparing these reviews to 210835 other Printers reviews gives this product an overall alaScore™ 100/100 = Excellent.
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No Rating
pcworld.ca
Review Summary: With its built-in fax and duplexer, the MP530 handles small-office tasks well.
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macworld.co.uk
Review Summary: The Canon Pixma iP5300 uses the same Fine inks as the iP2500, but it has five colours, including two blacks, all in individual ink cartridges. Resolution is 9,600 x 2,400dpi, and it certainly produced some excellent quality prints in our tests. It's ...
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stuff.tv
Review Summary: This four-ink laser number serves up super-fast printing of both photos and text - and has a few handy extras besides
Manufacturer: Canon USA
Part number: 0580B002
General
- Device Type Fax / copier / printer / scanner
- Fax Type Plain paper
- Printing Technology Ink-jet - Color - Photo printer
- Width 18.5 in
- Depth 18.4 in
- Height 10.4 in
- Weight 28.2 lbs
Copying
- Max Copying Speed up to 28 pages/min (mono) / up to 19 pages/min (color)
- Max Document Enlargement 400 %
- Max Document Reduction 25 %
- Maximum Copies 99
- Exposure Control Automatic
- Copying Features 2 on 1, 4 on 1, BorderFree
Printing
- Inkjet Technology Canon FINE (Full-lithography inkjet Nozzle Engineering)
- Nozzle Configuration 320 nozzles (pigment black), 2 x 512 nozzles (cyan, magenta), 2 x 256 (yellow, black)
- Max Printing Resolution up to 600 x 600 dpi (mono) / up to 9600 x 2400 dpi (color)
- Max Printing Speed up to 29 pages/min (mono) / up to 19 pages/min (color)
- Ink Cartridge Configuration 5 individual ink tanks
- Ink Palette Supported (Colors) Cyan, magenta, yellow, black, pigment black
- Color 5-ink
Scanning
- Scan Element CIS
- Optical Resolution 1200 x 2400 dpi
- Interpolated Resolution 19200 x 19200 dpi
- Color Depth 24 bit
- Color Depth (Internal) 48 bit
Fax Machine
- Compatibility Super G3
- Max Transmission Speed 33.6 Kbps
- Total Memory Capacity 150 pages
- Handset None
Document & Media Handling
- Max Original Size 8.5 in x 11.7 in
- Original Type Sheets
- Document Feeder Capacity 30 sheets
- Max Copy Size Legal (8.5 in x 14 in)
- Borderless Photo Sizes 4 in x 6 in
- Document & Media Handling Details ADF - 30 sheets
- Speed Details Printing : up to 29 pages/min - B/W fast, Printing : up to 19 pages/min - Color fast, Copying : up to 28 pages/min - B/W, Copying : up to 19 pages/min - Color
PC Connectivity
- PC Connection Availability Yes
- PC Connection Hi-Speed USB
- Operating System Support MS Windows 98, MS Windows ME, MS Windows XP, MS Windows 2000, Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later
Miscellaneous
- Direct Printing Specifications PictBridge, Canon Direct Print, Canon Bubble Jet Direct
- Microsoft Certifications Certified for Windows Vista
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support 1 year warranty
- Service & Support Details Limited warranty
CNET Labs' Benchmarks
- CNET Labs Color Scanning Speed Test (pages per minute) 5.22
- CNET Labs Gray Scale Scanning Speed Test (pages per minute) 5.64
- CNET Labs Photo Speed Test (pages per minute) 0.29
- CNET Labs Presentation Speed Test (pages per minute) 2.27
- CNET Labs Printer Graphics Speed Test (pages per minute) 2.34
- CNET Labs Text Speed Test (pages per minute) 6.77
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