This review is from: Canon PIXMA MG5450 All-In-One Colour Printer (Print, Copy, Scan, Wi-Fi, Touch control and Air Print) (Accessory)
Having had previous problems setting up Wireless products I approached with trepidation this task with the CANON. The ONE sheet quick start instrutions was not an initial settler but to be fair read & follow as detailed & setup is very easy.After 10 miutes setting up the printer itself ( ink cartriges / paper ) I proprammed for WIRELESS. First laptop took 35 minutes, second 20 minutes & after loading APPS my Ipad & Iphone seemed to be done in seconds. Go for it. If a golden oldy can do it so can you. Best price I found Amazon. Delivery – next day.
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This review is from: Canon PIXMA MG5450 All-In-One Colour Printer (Print, Copy, Scan, Wi-Fi, Touch control and Air Print) (Accessory)
I’m a big fan of Canon’s printer/scanner combinations – this is my third in ten years, and each time I upgrade, I am struck by how much the technology has moved on.
The most noticeable feature of this one is its low profile – while in width and depth its dimensions are typical for a multifunction printer, it is a lot smaller in height than most, so looks less imposing on the desk. It’s also the first printer I’ve owned with no manual feed tray for paper – there are two separate paper cartridges that sit inside the printer, one for normal paper and one for photo paper, which is a lot neater than having to fiddle with flaps and load new paper every time you change from one to the other. The printer uses five separate ink tanks – three colours, black for text and black for photos – which makes it a lot more economical to run than lower-priced printers with a single colour cartridge. It will print on both sides of the paper, and includes a tray to enable CD labels to be printed directly onto printable discs. One notable difference from old Canon printers is that the printhead is fixed into the printer rather than being replaceable by the user – that said, the printhead died on my last Canon, and it was cheaper to buy this new printer than a replacement printhead, so this is unlikely to be a problem!
Set-up was easy enough – a few tricky bits to negotiate due to the peculiarities of my WLAN, but I was up and running, printing and scanning wirelessly from my PC within half an hour of opening the box. (If you’re a Mac user, it’s even easier – no need to fiddle with the supplied driver CD – the Mac just sees the printer and downloads the relevant drivers automatically.) Both printing and scanning work seamlessly over WiFi on both PC and Mac, and the printer also supports AirPrint for use with iOS devices.
The scanner has a very neat feature, in that it automatically detects when the item being scanned hasn’t been properly aligned with the top of the scanner, and rotates the scan in software for you to get everything square. With small items like photos, you just stick them on the platen any way you like, and the scanner produces neatly oriented scans. One drawback of the scanner compared to previous versions is that, while Canon used to supply the excellent ScanSoft OmniPage OCR software for converting images to editable text, the software bundle supplied with the 5450 relies on a feature of Canon’s own software to do this, which is both less flexible and, on a quick test, produces significantly less accurate results – if you are upgrading from a previous Canon device, keep the old install of OmniPage, as it works fine with the new scanner.
All in all, this is a great package – excellent quality in both printing and scanning, a feature list as long as your arm, and all for a ridiculously low price, particularly with the current cashback offer. Recommended.
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This review is from: Canon PIXMA MG5450 All-In-One Colour Printer (Print, Copy, Scan, Wi-Fi, Touch control and Air Print) (Accessory)
This has got to be the bargain of the century. Not only have Amazon discounted the price, but you also get £30 cash-back from Canon themselves if purchased before the end of January 2013. The printer came with very comrehensive instructions and was a doddle to set up. Even the wireless connection, which I was apprehensive about, was achieved for all three computers in a matter of minutes. First test print was very impressive, though there was a lot of whirring and clicking whilst the printer configured itself automatically, and consequently took a little time to appear. But print runs after that were very quick. Haven’t ascertained yet how much ink it uses, but with quality like this – who cares?
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Idiot Proof,
Having had previous problems setting up Wireless products I approached with trepidation this task with the CANON. The ONE sheet quick start instrutions was not an initial settler but to be fair read & follow as detailed & setup is very easy.After 10 miutes setting up the printer itself ( ink cartriges / paper ) I proprammed for WIRELESS. First laptop took 35 minutes, second 20 minutes & after loading APPS my Ipad & Iphone seemed to be done in seconds. Go for it. If a golden oldy can do it so can you. Best price I found Amazon. Delivery – next day.
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|Excellent multifunction printer,
I’m a big fan of Canon’s printer/scanner combinations – this is my third in ten years, and each time I upgrade, I am struck by how much the technology has moved on.
The most noticeable feature of this one is its low profile – while in width and depth its dimensions are typical for a multifunction printer, it is a lot smaller in height than most, so looks less imposing on the desk. It’s also the first printer I’ve owned with no manual feed tray for paper – there are two separate paper cartridges that sit inside the printer, one for normal paper and one for photo paper, which is a lot neater than having to fiddle with flaps and load new paper every time you change from one to the other. The printer uses five separate ink tanks – three colours, black for text and black for photos – which makes it a lot more economical to run than lower-priced printers with a single colour cartridge. It will print on both sides of the paper, and includes a tray to enable CD labels to be printed directly onto printable discs. One notable difference from old Canon printers is that the printhead is fixed into the printer rather than being replaceable by the user – that said, the printhead died on my last Canon, and it was cheaper to buy this new printer than a replacement printhead, so this is unlikely to be a problem!
Set-up was easy enough – a few tricky bits to negotiate due to the peculiarities of my WLAN, but I was up and running, printing and scanning wirelessly from my PC within half an hour of opening the box. (If you’re a Mac user, it’s even easier – no need to fiddle with the supplied driver CD – the Mac just sees the printer and downloads the relevant drivers automatically.) Both printing and scanning work seamlessly over WiFi on both PC and Mac, and the printer also supports AirPrint for use with iOS devices.
The scanner has a very neat feature, in that it automatically detects when the item being scanned hasn’t been properly aligned with the top of the scanner, and rotates the scan in software for you to get everything square. With small items like photos, you just stick them on the platen any way you like, and the scanner produces neatly oriented scans. One drawback of the scanner compared to previous versions is that, while Canon used to supply the excellent ScanSoft OmniPage OCR software for converting images to editable text, the software bundle supplied with the 5450 relies on a feature of Canon’s own software to do this, which is both less flexible and, on a quick test, produces significantly less accurate results – if you are upgrading from a previous Canon device, keep the old install of OmniPage, as it works fine with the new scanner.
All in all, this is a great package – excellent quality in both printing and scanning, a feature list as long as your arm, and all for a ridiculously low price, particularly with the current cashback offer. Recommended.
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|Absolute Bargain,
This has got to be the bargain of the century. Not only have Amazon discounted the price, but you also get £30 cash-back from Canon themselves if purchased before the end of January 2013. The printer came with very comrehensive instructions and was a doddle to set up. Even the wireless connection, which I was apprehensive about, was achieved for all three computers in a matter of minutes. First test print was very impressive, though there was a lot of whirring and clicking whilst the printer configured itself automatically, and consequently took a little time to appear. But print runs after that were very quick. Haven’t ascertained yet how much ink it uses, but with quality like this – who cares?
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