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Canon Pixma MP530

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Pros
Includes dual paper trays
Built-in duplexer
Cons
Lacks Ethernet, color LCD, card slots

$95.27 - $184.99
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Pricing: Inexpensive: $180 (9/25/2008)
Performance: Very Good: 84
Features: Good: 75
Design: Good: 74

Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Inexpensive: $180

Standard-Capacity Black Cartridge - $16.25

Standard-Capacity Color Cartridge - $14.25

Standard Cyan Ink Cartridge/Toner Cost - 14.25

Standard Magenta Ink Cartridge/Toner Cost - 14.25

Standard Yellow Ink Cartridge/Toner Cost - 14.25

Performance

Very Good: 84

Text Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Text Speed (ppm)	8.9
Three-Page Word Document (secs)	48.25
Ten-Page Word Document (secs)	87.88
Text Output Quality	Good

Color Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Color Speed (ppm)	3.2
Two-Page Excel Document (secs)	40.26
One-Page Webpage (secs)	19.98
4 by 6 Color Photo (secs)	14.98
Color Output Quality	Good

Color Photo Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm)	1.5
Sports Action Shot (secs)	40.79
Color Photo Quality	Superior

Grayscale Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm)	3.6
4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs)	16.5
Grayscale Output Quality	Good

Grayscale Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Grayscale Glossy Output Quality	n/a

Lineart Printing (Plain Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Lineart Speed (ppm)	5.4
300dpi Line Art Image (secs)	11.14
Line Art Output Quality	Good

Scan Tests (in seconds)
Preview Scan, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi	6.81
Preview Scan, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi	6.88
Final Scan Time, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi	15.83
Preview Scan, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi	6.86
Final Scan Time, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi	7.16
Preview Scan, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi	6.88
Final Scan Time, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi	8.72
Overall Scan Quality	Good

Copy Tests
One-Page Copy (secs)	13.85
Copy Output Quality	Very Good

Features

Good: 75

Dimensions
Dimensions	18.5-by-18.4-by-10.4
Weight (pounds)	28.2

Vendor Rated Speeds
B&W Pages per Min.	B&W PPM:29
Color Pages per Min.	Color PPM:19

Resolutions
Max. B&W dpi	600-by-600
Max. Color dpi	9600-by-2400

Interfaces
Parallel Port	No
Serial Port	No
USB 1.1	Yes
USB 2.0	Yes
Ethernet	No
PictBridge	Yes
Other Interfaces	Bluetooth optional

Drivers
Macintosh	Yes
Windows 98	Yes
Windows NT	No
Windows 2000	Yes
Windows XP	Yes
Linux	No

Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts)	22
Standby Power Draw (watts)	3.9

Multifunction Printer Specs
Scan Area (inches)	8.5 by 11.7
Max. Scanning dpi	1200 by 2400
Maximum Enhanced Scan Resolution (dpi)	19,200-by-19,200
Scanning Image Sensor Type	CIS
Scanner Type	Flatbed
Maximum Scan Color Depth	48
Maximum Scan Grayscale Depth	8
Fax Resolution (dpi)	300-by-300
Fax Memory (pages)	250
LCD Type	Color

Paper Handling
Number of Input Trays, Standard	2
Number of Input Trays, Maximum	2
Tray Capacity, pages	300
Maximum Sheets With Optional Paper Trays	300
Manual Feed Slot	No
Maximum Paper Size	Legal
Output Tray Capacity	150
Auto Duplexer	Yes

Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years)	One
Parts Warranty (years)	One
Weekday Support Hours	16
Saturday Support Hours	8
Sunday Support Hours	0
Toll-Free Support	Yes

Cost of Operation Inside of Warranty
Cost per Page, Black	0.08
Cost per Page, Color	0.17

Vendor-Supplied Data (in Pages)
Monthly Duty Cycle	0
Monochrome Ink/Toner Yields	510
Color Ink/Toner Yields	1240
Standard Cyan Ink Cartridge/Toner Yield	390
Standard Magenta Ink Cartridge/Toner Yield	273
Standard Yellow Ink Cartridge/Toner Yield	287

Bundled Items
Included Software	ScanSoft Omnipage SE, NewSoft Presto! Page Manager, Easy-PhotoPrint 3.3

Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category	Readers rate Canon better than average in practically every reliability and support category. This stellar performance is even more impressive when you consider that Canon aced our last R&S survey too.

Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of products arriving with problems	Better than Average
Reports of products with any significant problems	Better than Average
Reports of problems that render a product unusable	Better than Average
Buyers' rating of products ease-of-use	Better than Average
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category	Better than Average

Service & Support Quality
Time spent holding for phone support	Better than Average
Overall quality of vendor's phone support	Better than Average
Reports of problems unresolved after contacting service	Average
Overall quality of service	Better than Average

Design

Good: 74

Canon Pixma MP530 Review

by Paul Jasper

- The Canon Pixma MP530's solid combination of features makes it ideal for a small office that works with documents and photos. Priced at just $200 (as of June 6, 2007), it handles faxing, scanning, copying, and printing. Nevertheless, it lacks a few features that you might expect to find on an office-oriented multifunction printer.

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User Reviews for Canon Pixma MP530

Reviewed by: countdr

Duration of ownership: 10 Months

Strengths: good text print quality

Weaknesses: Ink consumption,ink cartridges overpriced, uses color ink to produce black text!?

Overall Evaluation: Compare to my previous HP the ink comsumption is very high even in 'fast' mode. I mainly use printing function, so my evaluation is for that function. Too high cost for text print.
Reviewed by: ivan2

Duration of ownership: 11 Months

Strengths: good software, features

Weaknesses: Terrible mechanics. Software written to drain the ink cartidges. The Canon website says that you can configure the printer to only use black in but that is not true. IT ALWAYS USES THE COLOR INK IN SOME WAY. If you never print anything at all, all your ink cartrdges will run out in about 5 months. I have tried never printing in color or grayscale and still my color cartridges get used up.

Overall Evaluation: TERRIBLE> There is an inherrant problem with the print head cleaner design to where it starts making a grinding noise. I took the printer to an authorized repair station under warranty at one month old and they showed me a long shelf with Pixma 530 printers with the same problem. The store said that even some of the replacement parts sent to them by Canon still were defective and that they had a lot of angry customers. Anyway the store repaired my printer for the same problem of grinding and it again failed twice after a couple of months of low usage. I then spoke with Canon again, who played "dumb" regarding the ginding noise but they replaced my machine twice after the call, each one failing in about 2 months or so. So now I am at 11 months of ownership under warranty and Canon replaced my machine again. The only problem is that each replacement machine is only warranteed for the remainder of the original one year and then they are off the hook and you are stuck with a grinding machine again. It was nice that Canon kept replacing the defective machine without a problem but why could they just not produce a non-defective one after 5/5 machines? In the last call to them in 11/07 Canon finally admitted that "very rarely" do these machines have the grinding problem. I told them it was not rare and they can look all over the internet to see the complaints. The gentleman said he doesnt scan the internet? Yeh, right. I.B.