Canon MP480 All-in-One Photo Printer

by Canon

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 13.1 x 6.1 inches ; 12.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 17 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: B001DJ6BW8
• Item model number: 2918B002
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (106 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Manufacturer Product Description

Manufacturer Product Description It's the perfect blend of performance and convenience. This versatile All-In-One lets you print beautiful, long-lasting 4 x 6 inch borderless prints in about 45 seconds. A new 4-color ink system ensures vivid colors and bold, black text. Your copies will be truer to the originals, and scans of photos or forms will yield results of up to 2400 x 4800 color dpi resolution.

PIXMA MP480 Photo All-In-One Printer: 2400 x 4800 color dpi resolution. The combination of new inks and media deliver exceptional beauty and longevity. Before printing, preview and fine tune your images using the color LCD display.

Powering up your printer is now faster than ever. After pressing the power button, you can begin inputting commands in approximately 2 seconds. View larger

Want to print photos without a computer? Easy. Just insert a memory card into a built-in card slot, preview and enhance images on the 1.8 inch TFT display, then print! You can also print directly from a compatible digital camera or camera phone even a Bluetooth device via the optional BU-30 Bluetooth interface. You can keep the paper output tray closed when not printing; it opens automatically when printing begins. The Quick Start feature lets you power up in less than 3 seconds, and Auto Photo Fix corrects red-eye and enhances your images.

ChromaLife 100+
The combination of new inks and media deliver exceptional beauty and longevity.

High Performance Ink Cartridges
The two genuine Canon ink cartridges (one B&W, one multi-color) contain specially formulated inks for the highest possible quality. They’re easy to use and to replace as needed.

Preview Then Print
Before printing, preview and fine tune your images using the color LCD display.

Smart Scanning
The new Auto Scan feature detects the type of original you’re scanning — a photo, business card, personal notebook or form — then automatically scans and saves the image with the appropriate settings.

Quick Start
Powering up your printer is now faster than ever. After pressing the power button, you can begin inputting commands in approximately 2 seconds. Full operation is even enabled in a shorter time now too.

Print from Memory Cards / Cameras
Want to print photos directly from a compatible memory card without using your computer? Just insert the card into a built-in slot, select images on the LCD display, and print! You can also print photos directly from your digital camera/DV camcorder.

Product Description

Canon MP480 is an advanced all-in-one photo printer.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

115 of 116 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GREAT printer at an incredible price!!!, February 22, 2009

By 

GaryTucson (Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Canon MP480 All-in-One Photo Printer (Office Product)

I have been a HUGE fan of Canon printers for many years. In fact I have only bought Canon for my own computers, having listened to complaints and problems about every other brand from all of my friends.

The price alone on this MP480 (I paid $49.50 for it, with a $20 mail in rebate-making the total cost less than $30!!!!) makes it an incredible value, but it is also the best one yet for printing speed, quality and functionality. I LOVE the fact that it will print, copy AND scan all in one very compact machine! Goodbye stand-alone HP scanner, I never cared much for you anyway. And the fact that you can print photos from your camera and make copies without the computer even being turned on, is just awesome. Not only does it support pictbridge (plugging your camera into the printer) but it also has slots for your memory cards and a pop-up screen with a very functional menu to take care of almost any printing need, sans computer!

It was a snap to set up, installed without a single glitch and, unlike the other reviewer who had difficulty with what they perceived as an antiquated, unhelpful print-head alignment program, I also found that process to be simple, fast and easy. PLEASE NOTE: If this is your first USB printer, you will need to purchase a USB cable because it doesn't come with one.

So, why not 5 stars? I do have two complaints:

1. The best thing to come along with printers in the last 15 years was Canon's innovative use of separate cartridges for each color. They last 10 times longer and save money by ONLY having to replace the single color that is out. There is only one possible reason why Canon has decided to stray from that smart technology - MONEY. Less ink in a more expensive cartridge means more money in Canon's pockets. Still, these cartridges are cheaper than comparable ones for Epson or Lexmark printers and I have NOT found that the ink 'disappears' any faster than other brands with a similar quantity of ink (buy the 'XL' replacement cartridges for a better value)

2. I loved the auto-shut off feature of my ip2000. I never had to turn it off or power it back up. When I needed to print, I simply hit the 'print' key and it did it's thing. The MP480 either needs to stay on all the time (the menu screen does turn itself off after 5 minutes of non-use) or you have to turn it on and let it go through it's lengthy routine every time you want to use it.

That said, the 'quiet' mode is quiet, the print quality is superb and the footprint on my desk isn't much more than my ip2000 and the multifunction MP480 allowed me to get rid of my bulky scanner, so even with it's two drawbacks, this one is a definite keeper!

53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it, December 28, 2008

By 

R. Beauchamp "raebeast" (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon MP480 All-in-One Photo Printer (Office Product)

This photo printer does a great job. Seriously. People are surprised when I tell them I printed it on my home printer. I can tell the difference, but I do have to agree that the quality is far superior to what I would expect from such an inexpensive printer. The ink absolutely DOES disappear quickly, and that is my one complaint. I love everything else about this printer!

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Purchase, February 18, 2009

By 

Meena Oruganty "Online Deal Watcher" (Reading, PA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Canon MP480 All-in-One Photo Printer (Office Product)

I got this printer Pixma MP480 two weeks back and it rocks. It prints awesome photoes. The print quality of color and B & W documents is awesome. I scanned my tax documents I got from Financial Institutions and converted them into pdf documents and the pdf documents came gr8888. I don't know why many people didn't know about this printer. I paid $69.99 @ Amazon.com. I printed the photoes on both glossy paper and Canon Matty paper and it's amazing. I wouldn't print the pictures I hang in the frames using this printer. But, the print quality is scrap book quality. The Easy-PhotoPrinter EX is awesome. It is a wizard like software which walks through the screens. I'm totally satisfied... The catridges also cost very less compared to other catridges.