Canon Pixma MP250 Ink Cartridges

Canon Pixma MP250 Printer Description

Whether you are a student looking to print documents or you are a home printer user looking to print photographs, the Canon Pixma MP250 can provide the ideal solution for your printing needs.

In terms of printing and scanning documents, this machine offers ISO ESAT speeds of 7.0ipm for mono documents and 4.8ipm for colour. Combining speed with quality, there is a 600dpi resolution scanner that has an Auto Scan Mode capable of identifying whether you’re looking to scan a document or photograph. From there, it will choose the appropriate settings.

Another feature which will aide speed of use is Quick Start that will have this machine up and running within seconds of the printer being switched on, allowing you to print, copy or scan at your own convenience.

For high quality photo printing, there is a print resolution of 4800 x 1200dpi that will see your pictures produced free of grain and with vivid colours. These colours will benefit from the use of Canon’s FINE ink cartridges, dye-based consumables which are ideal for printing photographs. With the ChromaLife100+ system, you will also see prints last for a lifetime when using appropriate photo paper.

There is also the intuitive Easy-WebPrint EX software that helps to make editing and printing information from the internet a simple process. This software can organise clippings on a single page and therefore minimise your paper costs.

In order to make the most of your prints when it comes to images, there is the Auto Photo Fix II function that can correct various faults such as underexposure. Through the use of Scene Analysis and Face Detection Technology, issues such as the appearance of red eye can be quickly removed.

Canon Pixma MP250 Expert Review

The Canon Pixma MP250 Inkjet Photo All-in-One Printer is designed for the home office or for a single-person business printer.

This small all-in-one is capable of printing, scanning and copying at a fairly fast rate. It is also capable of printing a 10 by 15cm borderless photo in about 20 seconds. The printer uses one black ink cartridge and one tri-colour ink cartridge to go with an impressive print resolution of 4800 by 1200 dpi.

This printer has a rear paper tray that holds a maximum of 100 sheets. It can also print on legal sized paper, envelopes and a number of other paper sizes. It can make up to 20 copies at a time, and it has fit-to-page copy that can create borderless copies; users can also enlarge or reduce images.

The flatbed scanner can scan up to 4800 by 9600dpi. The software included with the MP250 includes the Canon MP Navigator EX and Easy-PhotoPrint EX. These let users quickly and easily organise, print and share their photos through online image sites like Picasa.

Pros

• Includes auto duplexing
• Software includes the Full HD Movie Print option for printing still images from videos
• Priced very reasonably
• Very simple to set up
• Compact printer doesn’t take up a lot of space, especially since the paper tray is located in the front under the machine
• Ink isn’t as expensive as some models

Cons

• Does not have any sort of wireless capability
• Does not include a USB cord
• Uses a lot of ink for photos, even if the print quality is set to normal
• Can be a little on the noisy side when printing photos on high quality setting

Star Rating: 3