Canon Pixma MP970 Photo All-In-One Inkjet Printer (2181B002)

The Canon Pixma MP970 was reviewed by a number of the publications to which I subscribe. All-In-One Photoprinter. I purchased it at a good price. It arrived on time from Amazon. It was well packaged. Taking it out of the box and placing it on my desk I found it to be very big and heavy. It has a large footprint. It comes with a flyer with clear and detailed instruction for setting it up and obtaining a test color and print. There is also an manual and a CD with print drivers and a manual to install on a hard drive. After following all of the set-up instructions - the printer did not work. The error message on the LCD was not in the manuals. I called Canon technical support (Friday afternoon at 5 PM). The tech support answered in less than a minute and took me through trouble shooting the problem. The tech support supervisor was consulted and agreed that the MP970 was broken and needed repair. With the nearest Canon repair shop very inconvenient to access, I returned the MP970 for a refund. I purchased the Canon Pixma iP4500 - a photoprinter from Amazon. The reason is clear - Canon manufactures top flight equipment and more important tech support is available - even at inconvenient hours. I decided that I did not need a large footprint all-in-one multifunction printer since my major use is printing photos and text. Finally, I have found that the Pixma iP4500 is a wonderful printer - and very fast.

I love this printer. This printer replaced an HP 1700. I was looking for something that would do decent color photos and was network ready. I don't use this for B/W because it also own a laser.

The prints are beautiful and the network connectivity works like a charm. I have owned it for about 5 months and love it. The features are great for a printer of this price.

Things I really like:
1. Network built in
2. Duplex built in
3. Can copy w/o computer powered up.
4. Built in card reader
5. Ink Cartridges are priced reasonably.

Cons:
Small paper tray
Rather larger

If you are looking for a color ink jet - look no further. Much better than HP products.

This is by far the simplest printer to set I have ever seen. Considering all the features this is remarkable. Excellent software. My wife went right to work on it without asking me one question...truly intuitive (the printer that is). I haven't tried to network the printer yet, so can't comment there.

The scanning, copying, printing (both photos and text) are just plain beautiful and more than met my highest expectations. Did I mention this baby is fast! If the long term reliability proves good then this printer is a real winner. Let you know in a couple years.

This is by far one of the best printers around. Granted, these days you can buy a 24 dollar printers during the holidays seasons.. but this printer is fast, has many neat functionalities and would make your printer buying decision a proud one. Why? 1. I like the auto-duplex printing. Other HP equivalent ones, you will have to manually turn around the papers.. this one you dont. 2. The photo printing is simply great. I bought a HP 7820 and thought HP was the best printer but it dissapointed me. This printer prints with amazing color quality and precision. 3. It is fast and the quality is superb. Again, a 24 dollar printer also prints but if you are looking for something professional looking, this printer is almost like a laser printer,, with that kind of clean/crisp printing.This uses less ink and the inks are cheaper than Lexmark/HP..
I have had this printer for 2 months now,,, the dual loading ( you can load 100 of pages)and the fast printing made my grad. school work to focus on the core than technical problems/paper jamming etc. like stuff. I love this printer better than any other printers I bought and returned at Costco!!

I would not usually buy a high-priced printer. This was won in a photo contest and given to me. I have been generally pleased. The multi ink cartridges looked scary a first but do not seem to be a problem. I called Canon tech service to help me through the mystery of scanning for the first time. The surprise was the great service! I could understand the familiar U.S. voice and he understood he was dealing with a novice. Good experience!
My wife has a little AsusEEE which runs Linux. It connected immediately with no action on my part so now I'm plagued with printing from afar. The printer automatically connected with my iMac, again, nothing to do on my part.
Great pictures and does not seem overly ink hungry.
I now have bragging rights over my nerdy son-in-law