This review is from: Canon PIXMA MG6250 All-in-One Colour Printer (Print, Copy, Scan Wi-Fi and Auto Duplex) (Accessory)
I have had this product for just over three months and think it is the best printer I have ever owned (7) – for easy of installation, build quality and print quality. Ink can be/is expensive but this is understandable for the print quality.
Just a word of warning: If you want to update the drivers or included software use the USA site to download the updates. The UK driver and software download site is completely out of date. Example: Easy Photoprint Pro supplied on the UK installation disc will not work with the latest version of Adobe Photoshop Elements 10. UK phone technical help did not know of any update available to facilitate this BUT the update to enable is available to download on the USA site, along with other software updates not shown on the UK site.
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This review is from: Canon PIXMA MG6250 All-in-One Colour Printer (Print, Copy, Scan Wi-Fi and Auto Duplex) (Accessory)
I have had this printer/scanner for around 5 – 6 months and have the following comments: 1. the prints it produces are excellent 2. The scanner is good, but it does take some time to work out how to control it properly 3. Ink consumption is astronomic – I estimate its consumption of ink is 3 – 4 times the amount of ink that an older pixima 4000 uses for a similar volume of printing. 4. Ipads & this printer – this is a whole world of pain. If the ink consumption was OK, it would be a four or five star printer scanner, but it is not. The amount of ink used by this printer is far too much in my opinion – and it is expensive – £60 for a set of ink that does not last. For the majority of users you would be far better looking at a printer/scanner that has an OK ink consumption
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This review is from: Canon PIXMA MG6250 All-in-One Colour Printer (Print, Copy, Scan Wi-Fi and Auto Duplex) (Accessory)
I only use this to print photos and scan and it is very effective at both. The software is poor and tends to stop responding for no obvious reason. It says it all in the title. The printer is really excellent – but it drinks ink. I think I am on my 10th set of replacements which would have been about £600 in about 8 months. I do print A4 sometimes.
Unless you have a reason to be printing your own, stick with tesco/jessops etc as this is an expensive game. My guess is that most of these printers are switched off as when the first set of half/quarter filled inks ran out on Day 1 of use the £60 for a replacement set put the owners off. There are quite a few compatible ink providers – the ink is different and so are the results. Not necessarily worse but you do not get the same results
I would much rather they followed the Kodak model and sold the printers for more and let you use them at a reasonable cost rather than getting ripped off every 6 weeks or so. I have canon cameras and lenses so want to stick with the canon photoprinters but I guess you shouldn’t expect value from a company that charges £50 for a replacement plastic lens cap that the Chinese will sell you for £1.00 delivered from HK
One last thing – this is a big beast – it doesn’t fit on ordinary shelves and will overwhelm a desk so have a good think where you are going to put it and measure before you buy 🙂 The top has an LCD you will probably want to see and the POWER BUTTON – the top panel deflects if pressed lightly so you probably don’t want to stack stuff on top of it
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Pixma 6250 Software,
I have had this product for just over three months and think it is the best printer I have ever owned (7) – for easy of installation, build quality and print quality. Ink can be/is expensive but this is understandable for the print quality.
Just a word of warning: If you want to update the drivers or included software use the USA site to download the updates. The UK driver and software download site is completely out of date.
Example: Easy Photoprint Pro supplied on the UK installation disc will not work with the latest version of Adobe Photoshop Elements 10. UK phone technical help did not know of any update available to facilitate this BUT the update to enable is available to download on the USA site, along with other software updates not shown on the UK site.
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|Excellent prints, but astromic ink consumption,
I have had this printer/scanner for around 5 – 6 months and have the following comments:
1. the prints it produces are excellent
2. The scanner is good, but it does take some time to work out how to control it properly
3. Ink consumption is astronomic – I estimate its consumption of ink is 3 – 4 times the amount of ink that an older pixima 4000 uses for a similar volume of printing.
4. Ipads & this printer – this is a whole world of pain.
If the ink consumption was OK, it would be a four or five star printer scanner, but it is not. The amount of ink used by this printer is far too much in my opinion – and it is expensive – £60 for a set of ink that does not last. For the majority of users you would be far better looking at a printer/scanner that has an OK ink consumption
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|fantastic printer but frightening running costs,
I only use this to print photos and scan and it is very effective at both. The software is poor and tends to stop responding for no obvious reason. It says it all in the title. The printer is really excellent – but it drinks ink. I think I am on my 10th set of replacements which would have been about £600 in about 8 months. I do print A4 sometimes.
Unless you have a reason to be printing your own, stick with tesco/jessops etc as this is an expensive game. My guess is that most of these printers are switched off as when the first set of half/quarter filled inks ran out on Day 1 of use the £60 for a replacement set put the owners off. There are quite a few compatible ink providers – the ink is different and so are the results. Not necessarily worse but you do not get the same results
I would much rather they followed the Kodak model and sold the printers for more and let you use them at a reasonable cost rather than getting ripped off every 6 weeks or so. I have canon cameras and lenses so want to stick with the canon photoprinters but I guess you shouldn’t expect value from a company that charges £50 for a replacement plastic lens cap that the Chinese will sell you for £1.00 delivered from HK
One last thing – this is a big beast – it doesn’t fit on ordinary shelves and will overwhelm a desk so have a good think where you are going to put it and measure before you buy 🙂 The top has an LCD you will probably want to see and the POWER BUTTON – the top panel deflects if pressed lightly so you probably don’t want to stack stuff on top of it
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