Product Descriptionprint resolution: 600 x 600 dpi black; 9600 x 2400 dpi color * advanced 7-color ink system for accurate, lab-quality prints * text documents: up to 30 pages per minute in black; up to 22 pages per minute color * photos: borderless 4" x 6" prints in approximately 35 seconds * built-in two-sided printing * scan up to six frames of 35mm film or four mounted slides at a time * optical resolution: 4800 x 9600 dpi (19,200 x 19,200 dpi interpolated) * 48-bit color depth * copy speed for text documents: up to 30 pages per minute in black; up to 22 pages per minute color * reduction/enlargement: 25-400% * Ethernet port for connecting multiple users in a computer network * 3-1/2" color LCD screen * built-in card reader accepts most types of memory cards * direct photo printing with PictBridge-compliant cameras * dual paper tray * Quick Start function * 7 individually replaceable ink tanks * 1-picoliter sized ink droplets for detailed, grain-free photos * ChromaLife 100 inks for long-lasting photos * Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) 3,584-nozzle print head * paper sizes: letter (8-1/2" x 11"), credit card (2-1/8" x 3-3/8"), 4" x 6", 4" x 8", 5" x 7", 8" x 10", U.S. #10 envelopes * high-speed USB interface *Amazon.com Product DescriptionThe Canon PIXMA MP970 Photo All-in-One Inkjet Printer lets you preview, scan, copy, and print photographs and documents with one easy machine. This all-in-one printer features a compact, streamlined design that can preview images in high resolution on its 3.5-inch TFT display, scan beautiful images with color resolutions up to 9600 by 2400 dpi, or print photos directly from memory cards, cameras, DV camcorders, or camera phones in seconds. The printer's Easy Scroll Wheel makes operation a breeze. The Auto-Image Fix feature ensures that every photo is clear and vivid--even when scanning difficult items such as thick notebooks or faded images--to result in stunning color resolutions up to 4800 by 9600 dpi. This PIXMA will even allows print or copy two-sided to save paper and space. Just press the Power button and get to work, thanks to the printer's helpful Quick Start design. Copies come out crisper than ever with the system's Dual Color Gamut Processing Technology. Compatible with Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Mac OS X 10.2.8 to 10.4.x8 operating systems, this printer comes backed by a 1-year limited manufacturer's warranty. What's in the Box
Pixma MP970 photo all-in-one printer, cross sell sheet, easy setup instructions, quick start guide, setup software and user's guide CD-ROM, user's guide, PGI-5 black ink tank, CLI-8 (cyan/magenta/yellow) ink tank, power cord, print head, and sample media (8.5-by-11.5-inch sheets). ReviewsThis piece of crap stopped working after less than a year, despite infrequent use (use a different printer for B&W, this one just for a few color pages). Just one day decided it was going to print everything with a washed out look, that red would be yellow, and that every color would be too light. Cartridge changes and all kinds of manual adjustments, cleaning, etc. have not helped.
Customer service is useless, even though I sent them links to scanned images. They said wow, that's messed up, need to take it in for servicing. Great, I know how that works with most electronics -- servicing costs more than the unit itself. No thanks.
I was soooooo excited when i bought this printer, but after I used it 3 TIMES, an error came up saying PRINTER ERROR 6A00.....sooo LUCKILY I had 3 days left on the 1 year manufacturers warranty from Canon...so today I received the replacement printer...BUT I PLUGGED IT IN AND LOW AND BEHOLD.....SAME ERROR!!!!!!!!!!!!! aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh SO NO THEY ARE SENDING ME ANOTHER ONE, AND I WILL HAVE 2 FAULTY PRINTERS TO PACKAGE UP AND GO TO UPS TO RETURN....AND CROSS MY FINGERS THAT THE 3RD ONE ACTUALLY WILL PRINT OUTA PICTURE............WOULDNT BUY THIS ONE IF I WERE YOU! I WILL POST AGAIN IF THE 3RD ONE WORKS OR NOT.........
I really had my heart set on getting a good scanner that would also do slides & negatives...I thought the price was out of whack...and the expensive, tedious ink cartridges are unnecessary...but I thought if it did a good job with negatives & slides, it's worth it...and...it didn't. It only scans one size...so all of those old negatives of different sizes you have...plan on taking them elsewhere for developing. The scanner & printer are OK if basic...on a positive note, certainly quieter, faster, and better quality than my $80 all-in-one...Consumer Reports even rated this the top "all-in-one"...but I think the price is impractical for the every day person. There's gotta be something else out there that's just as good for less.
I have owned two of these printers for over 2 years & they are still running well.
One printer is connected to a PC & the other to a Mac. The printer software installed easily on both computers.
The print quality for both documents & photos is excellent. This printer uses 7 ink cartridges. Since I print documents more often than photos,the printer mostly uses just four of the cartridges. The three other inks are used predominately for photo printing & I don't have to replace these quite as often. A plus is that it has two paper feeds, a rear feed & a lower tray feed & a place for media cards (Compact flash,SD/MMC/MS).
The only problem I have had with the printer is that it doesn't like wrinkled paper & it will jam.
Thankfully, this only happens on rare occasions when I'm not paying attention.
I still have an older multifunction Canon printer (MP730) that I have replaced the print-head on & am currently using with another PC.
The only con, & this goes for all the inkjet printers on the market, is the cost of the replacement ink cartridges. The MP970 handles ink usage very well.
All in all this is a very reliable, quality printer. Canon makes a good product!
We use this printer via wired network and it replaced my previous canon inkjet and a laser printer. The photo quality is excellent if you get the right photo-cards/paper and set the settings correctly. We've replaced the ink about 3 or 4 times since we bought it on Amazon, and have used it for photo christmas cards, all our normal printing jobs, scans of old photos, and copies for an array of paperwork we needed copies of.
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