Canon Comp. PIXMA MP950 All in One Printer

by Canon

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16.5 x 18.5 x 10 inches ; 28.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 37 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000BKUSR4
• Item model number: 0585B002
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 2, 2007

Product Description

PIXMA MP950 Ink Jet Multifunction Printer/Copier/Scanner

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

83 of 90 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My new baby!, October 30, 2005

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This review is from: Canon Comp. PIXMA MP950 All in One Printer (Office Product)

This review is from a non-expert in photography / printing- in fact I'm not even a knowlegable amature and have had no experience with home colour printers since about 1997 (might as well be the stone age). Consequently I can't compare this product to similar items- I can only convey my impressions of it.

Unless noted otherwise all photos were taken with a Sony Cybershot DSC-P1 3.3 megapixel camera.

The first photo I printed was on Standard quality L size paper and I was quite impressed with the result. The scene included a lot of fine details and these were rendered quite well. Upon closer examination there was some noticable lack of definition when compared to the on-screen view of the same image- but good enough for most purposes I would think.

I next tried the same image with Premuim grade L size paper and there was noticable improvement in fine details.

For a bit of a test I printed a scene with a wide range of colors and textures on premuim paper and was quite astounded at the quality. This scene was more brightly lit than that discussed above so the basic image quality was probably beter. To my (very) inexpert eye the result looked something like the result of a commercialy processed film image. Everything from bright chrome, rough textured pottery, dusty wooden panels and my wife was faithfuly rendered. Some foliage in the corner of the image was blurred but, as adjacent objects were sharp, it was probably just moving in the wind at the time of exposure.

I next tried some A4 size pictures and here I met my first disapointment. The definition decreased noticably. However- I assume that that is at least partly due to the limited resolution of my camera (only 3.3 mega pixels). To test this out I printed some higher resolution images from the internet and was happy to see that the image quality improved.

The printer takes a little while to warm up but once up and running it is as fast as the advertising promises.

The advertisments boast that it can produce laser-printer quality text. I'm not quite sold on that. It is very good and is pretty fast too but you probably wouldn't want to use it as your main printer for text unless you have a fairly light workload.

Scanning and copying functions are all very good and the unit has now replaced a my old (1 year old!) dedicated scanner / copier.

I found the set up of the printer to be very simple and there were no snags. All in all I am very happy with it- the only problem is I now want to buy a better camera to be able to take advantage of it.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Canon Hits Another Home Run - MP950, July 5, 2006

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J. S. Kermick (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon Comp. PIXMA MP950 All in One Printer (Office Product)

I recently purchased the MP950 for office and personal use. Great news, the product is cost effective, easy to use, and I have produced professional quality catalogs in house. The photos are incredible and the scanner is top notch. Although I am not currently using the negative feature of this product, I chose this Canon Multifunction unit for it's scanner and high end print quality. Clear individual ink tanks save money, even IF I do large print jobs since it has a large smudge proof black ink for text plus six other colors. We make our color proofs on the printer then send them out for higher volume print jobs. I love this printer!!! FYI: This product doesn't have fax, as we have fax machines in our office, however, with winfax or rightfax, I could fax from this printer, or you can use the free fax program included with Windows XP - it's a secret...Canon has consistenty been tops in PC Magazine/PC World/Consumer Reports for the last few years, they have forced the competition to change how they sell printers. Always check the cost of your ink and how much ink is in the tanks. Canon usually provides more for your money. Also, price your inks, many retailers sell the ink for more than suggested retail...Amazon is actually several few bucks cheaper...You replace each color as it runs out...cost savings in the long run...The truth is out there...

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent all in one and it can print directly to cd's/dvd's, September 3, 2006

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B. Harris (SF, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon Comp. PIXMA MP950 All in One Printer (Office Product)

This is a great all in one printer and as mentioned before you can fax with winfax or rightfax. Heard due to a patent issue Canon can not sell the print to cd version in the U.S. but you can enable this feature, search the web for "five easy steps" and canon and mp950. Actually most of their printers can print directly to cd/dvd you just need to follow the steps.