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| Brand: Canon
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New (73) Used (3) Refurbished (2) from $39.99
Rating:  352 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 39
Dimensions (in): 14.9 x 22.1 x 21.4
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 0580B002
Model: 0580B002
UPC: 013803052312
EAN: 0013803052312
ASIN: B000GUO4L0
Release Date: July 24, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 LOVE this machine! September 29, 2006
HomeOfficeDiva (Boston, MA USA)
50 out of 50 found this review helpful
I've had this machine for about ten days now, long enough to test all its features and find that I'm 100% satisfied with every one of them.
- Installation was a no-brainer on both my XP and iBook
- Photos print fabulously with the sample canon glossy paper included
- Scanning is extraordinarily good! And the software which allows you to manipulate your scanned images is super useful and very easy to use.
- I scanned in my tax returns and saved them to PDF files in 10 minutes!
- I scanned in a 2x3 photo from 1964, enlarged it to 4x5 and printed it in 5 minutes, and the new image is as good as the original!
- Copying and FAXing are easy and faster than on my old HP Laserjet 3200
- The back sheet feeder and lower cartridge work well, provide convenience, and fold up to protect from dust when not in use, as does the automatic document feeder up top.
- The paper catcher even unfolds automatically if you are printing a document or photo and forgot to open it!
- The machine is very quiet.
- UI on the printer panel is intuitive, and the accompanying software is really good, with no conflicts with XP, which is often a problem.
Highly highly recommend this product. Totally worth its price tag.
 Canon's Smartchip Ink Tanks Are Expensive August 9, 2007
Mike Ball (Portland, OR USA)
44 out of 48 found this review helpful
Canon is very clever. They have now put smartchips in their ink tanks so you can't refill them or replace them with generic ink tanks. The chip knows that it was on an empty tank and won't let you transfer it to a full generic tank either. The printer won't print, thinks it's out of ink and won't budge. Generic ink is about $7 to top off all colors. Canon smarchip tanks about $70.00 for a full set. I figure that's about 30 cents a page to print. I will never buy another Canon. If I sold you a brand new Lexus for only $20,000 but it would only run on fuel you had to buy from me at $30.00 per gallon, would that be fair? There must be a special place in hell for those clever, greedy little buggers.
Hard to Find, But Well Worth It September 6, 2006
Queeg (Texas, USA)
43 out of 43 found this review helpful
The Canon Pixma MP530 is, indeed, hard to find in stores. Having seen it on Canon's website, I was intrigued but could never find one anywhere for a hands-on look. I had decided to go with Canon's more expensive MP850, until I stumbled upon a 530 over the weekend. I've used it now for a few days and am very pleased.
The 530 is quite compact for a multifunction (with FAX) machine, with a more sleek design than the larger 850. One nice feature is that paper can be loaded from a closed tray at the bottom and the print "finished" door pops open when a document is printing, so you can keep the entire machine closed when not in use - no slides and trays poking up and out all the time. It fits nicely and looks great in my small home office.
The front panel is nicely arranged and the buttons are mostly self-explanatory. I had no difficulty figuring out the basic functions without looking at the manual. The LCD panel is a bit small, and not full color, and thus is useful only for programming the machine and receiving basic feedback.
Print and scan quality is very good - as good as I've seen from an inkjet - and print speed is fine for a medium-volume home office setting. In addition to the bottom tray, paper can be loaded via a slide at the top. And the machine features two-sided printing.
The 530 offers several alternative FAX configerations. I have a fairly complicated home phone system but was able to configure the FAX machine so as not to interfere with my phone calls and answering machine.
Photo quality is acceptable, comparable to the Canon S900 photo printer I used previously. I had planned to keep my S900 but, after seeing the 530 prints, I may just use the 530 for everything. The 530 does not have a card reader, but has a USB port on the front for a camera connection.
Finally, I've had no trouble sharing the printer among multiple computers via a mixed Apple Airport and 2Wire WIFI network. Just make sure you have the latest drivers and firmware for each device.
Overall, the MP530 has impressed me as a very capable and stylish mid-range multifunction machine.
This is no cheap, lightweight multifunction printer February 14, 2007
Jason P. Gold (Huntington Beach, CA)
38 out of 38 found this review helpful
I bought this unit several months ago on sale for $150. It replaces two similar units including a HP 5505 and a Brother MFC3420c. This is more expensive than the other two, but it is well worth the difference. It is an excellent unit for home or a small office. ZDNET rates it a very respectable 7.7 out of 10. (Nothing they rate gets over an 8!) The main shortcomings are that it is not network-ready and it lacks media card slots. It does have a front port for connecting a digital camera. I have not connected the fax machine, but use it for a copier, scanner and printer, which I will discuss below:
SCANNING
I have just scanned in four volumes of legal reference materials with about 2000 pages. Using PaperPort 11 and scanning to PDF, and using the automatic sheet feed, I was able to scan nearly four pages per minute. This is similar to the Brother and significantly faster than the HP. Scanning quality in black and white is very good. ZDNET's testing indicates it scanned color documents at 5.22ppm, and copied at a rate of 3.83ppm. Colors scan a bit on the light side, but not bad. The driver contains corrections which I have not played with.
Canon says the sheet feeder on the scanner holds 30 pages. I was able to get it to handle more. The Brother had a tendency to crunch paper on input side. The HP's input tray holds only about 10 pages and output tray for the scanner was too shallow and it tended to crush paper as it fed out of the scanner. This has neither problem.
The Canon comes with Presto PageManager, which is used to scan, store, organize and drop and drag imaged to other programs. I didn't play with it much, and quickly went back to the similar PaperPort 11, because PaperPort appears to work better with PDF files.
COPYING:
Black and white is excellent. Color copies are very good. Dark colors come out a bit on the light side, and the copies are a bit grainy, but not bad. When copying, you can reduce or enlarge the copy.
PRINTING:
Here, the unit shines. One of the nicest features is the duplex printing. I work for attorneys and sometimes have to print two sided forms, so this comes in handy. It also has a front loading paper cassette and a rear loading paper sheet feed which is good for feeding envelopes, photo and other specialty paper. Both hold about 75 sheets.
ZDNET says "It printed text documents at a snappy 6.77 pages per minute, scanned black-and-white images at 5.64ppm." Even when printing "pleading paper," which has vertical lines from top to bottom, it has the same high printing speed. This is substantially faster than the HP or the Brother. In my opinion, black and white print quality is very good, with straight vertical lines being fairly straight with little wavyness. The letters do not bleed on regular copy paper. It isn't laser printer quality, but it is presentable. Color prints are a bit grainy, but look very good on glossy photo paper.
The printer uses five print cartridges including three color and two black. One black is for color prints, the other for text. The text cartridge is larger.
COST OF PRINTING:
Ink cartridges cost about $15. Canon estimates the cost of ink at about 2 to 3 cents a page. This seems about right.
CONCLUSION:
This unit is better in every department than the other inexpensive multifunction printers I have owned. As a final thought, it looks really nice. It makes a nice addition to my home office.
Noisey - but a nice piece of equipment! April 19, 2007
D. Reinstein (Fairfax, CA USA)
38 out of 39 found this review helpful
Recently, the HP T45 Multifunction machine that I had relied on for many (7) years, began to make the death rattles and errors associated with imminent demise. Also, since it hasn't been made for many years, the ink cartridges were becoming a bit of a hassle to find - and, though findable on Ebay, etc, they tended to be old ones in their original packaging and not especially reliable. Therefore, it was time to find a new all-in-one for my home and small office use. I searched out professional reviews, compared features and prices and, of course, consulted with my fellow consumer reviewers. All said and done, I decided on this Canon Pixma MP530 and am pleased to report that, as of the first week or two, I am quite pleased with each of it's functions, printing, copying, scanning and FAXing and have found some fault in only four areas. They are 1) it is VERY noisy and shakes a bit as it operated; 2) the setup is more complex than I am used to and though I am not a novice, it took me almost an hour to get it fully set up and programmed, 3) the ink jet cartridges ARE expensive - though the quality of the printing - especially of photos - may make the additional expense well worth while and 4) the machine is large, weighing over 28 lbs. and measuring, with paper trays retracted, 18.4 (W) X 18.4(D)X10.4 inches (H.)
I can offer some initial impressions based on my experiences with each of it's features as well as the overall operation of the device that you may find of some help in making a good decision for yourself.
The Cost(s)
The machine, itself, is priced quite reasonably. At well under $200., it offers a nice range of features, is an attractive design (though admittedly rather large in both weight and dimension compared to HP machines with similar features). It comes with everything you need to set it up in the box except for the necessary USB2 cable - a deliberate omission I found particularly irritating as it is obviously intended to artificially lower the cost of the unit. Canon's responses to my questions about this were entirely `rote' and unsatisfactory. This is, I realize, an increasingly common practice - to not provide new cables with new printers. A marketing and public relations error, in my view, for most of the major manufacturers of printers and multifunction machines. So, nearly an hour into the set up, I found myself running out to a local store to buy the cable it requires to connect it to my computer. I got over it when I started to use the machine.
Frequently criticized for the expense of the ink jet cartridges (it holds a total of 5 of them - One large Black, one small one, and three colors ,Yellow, Majenta and Cyan) and will not operate (any of the functions) if any one of the cartridges is empty making back up ink supply a necessity rather than a convenience option. AMAZON offers competitive prices for the ink, as do many online resellers. As with all equipment, I would recommend that users avoid the temptation to save money by buying refilled/refurbished cartridges. Besides their intermittent reliability, they may both foul your machine as well as void the warrantee. The ink IS expensive, but, on the other hand, the quality is excellent and FAR surpasses my various HP experiences.
The Set Up
This is one of the more complicated set ups I have encountered. It requires both patience and time. However, the reasons for the complexities are logical and, ultimately, helpful. Unlike my old HP T45, there are MANY subsets of choices in setting up each of the functions. So, if you take the time to do it carefully, the machine will work exactly as you want it to. All default settings are not necessarily correct or desirable for all users! As I mentioned, it took me nearly an hour, including the time to research, in the included printed manual, what each setting actually controls and then altering ones I had misunderstood and set initially incorrectly. This is real life when setting up ANY reasonably complex piece of hardware and price notwithstanding, this PIXMA is that. Included in the box is a standard and clearly illustrated Quick Set-Up Guide which allows for a relatively quick and efficient set up - especially for users for whom the default settings are most appropriate.
Printing
By far, this is the feature I most often use. The actual speed of the printing, while somewhat faster than that which is posted, is slowed by the duplexing function - in and of itself, a lovely paper-saving feature. Set on the Standard setting, the print is quite clear and saves ink over using the more consuming high definition setting. I reserve the latter for documents being printed for sending out only.
A few common specs for comparison with other machines:
Printing resolution: 9600 X 2400 dpi. Max.
Print speed: Black: 15-29 ppm depending on setting
and needed resolution.
Color: 11-19 ppm
Print width: 8" (8.5" for borderless option)
Paper capacity: Two: One main drawer type holding about 100 pages of paper, and a rear auto-feed that holds another 75 or so.
Copying
Copy speed: Black & White - fast mode: approx 28cpm
Color - fast mode: approx 19cpm
Copy Capacity: 99 copies
Density adjustment: 9 levels from which to choose
Zoom: 25% to 400%
FAX
Modem speed(s): 2400 - 33600 bps
Transmission speed:B&W: About 3 secs. Per page at 33.6 Kbps
Color: About 1 min, 20 secs per page at
33.6 Kbps
Settings allow for: Automatic redialing
Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection
Remote reception by phone
Non-ring reception
Activity Report (after every 20
transactions.
Non-delivery report
TTI (Transmit Terminal Information)
Scanner
Flatbed, one page at a time OR auto-feed
Compatibility: TWAIN/WIA (Windows XP)
Not compliant with Windows VISTA
Scanning resolution: 1200 dpi X 2400dpi (optical)
19200 X 19200 dpi(enhanc)
Image processing: Halftones: 256 levels of gray
Color: 16,777,216 colors (but whose counting?!)
A PictBridge program is also included allowing for direct photo printing from a USB cable without requiring the use of the computer. I have not tried out this function yet, but am looking forward to it. I HAVE used all the others and they have worked flawlessly. It is nearly identical to the more expensive model MP580, but that it lacks 1) networkability and 2) card reading slots: two features I personally did not need or want.
So, for a large, inexpensive but well functioning all-in-one, it is a really good deal. It DOES shake, rattle and roll a bit - so I have mine set on a table next to the computer and desk rather than on the same table: no big compromise there as it does fit where I had the old HP mounted. From a former HP devotee to a Canon convert in one purchase. Check it out!
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