Canon Pixma MP830 Office All-In-One Inkjet Printer (0583B002)

by Canon

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 19.7 x 11.5 inches ; 32.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 43 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: B000ELV2MA
• Item model number: 0583B002
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (370 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

Amazon.com

The Canon PIXMA MP830 Office All-In-One Printer: A Print-Copy-Scan-Fax powerhouse
The ultra-versatile Canon PIXMA MP830 Office All-in-One does it all--print, scan, copy and fax—making it an ideal all-in-one for either your home or a small office.

Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) Print Technology
Building on the success of the PIXMA MP780, the PIXMA MP830 takes printing to the next level producing amazing print resolutions of up to 9600 x 2400 color dpi¹. This means prints of your vacation photos you make at home with your PIXMA MP 830 will be superbly detailed and extremely clear. To achieve this high print quality, Canon uses Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE). FINE is a next-generation 3,584-nozzle print head that ejects precise, consistent droplets as small as 1 picoliter, creating smooth, virtually grain-free images. Combined with Canon’s ContrastPLUS 5-color ink system (four dye based inks and a pigment-based black-ink) this latest technology produces life like photos along with laser-quality text.

With the large 2.5" LCD color viewer and easy control panel, you can evaluate and enhance images from your compatible memory card² before printing. Or, you can bypass your computer and print directly from your PictBridge ready digital camera or DV camcorder. You can print a 4" x 6" photo-lab quality borderless print in up to 36 seconds.³

Advanced copying
The auto duplex Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) can read both sides of a two-sided document. This feature saves you time by letting you copy or scan a two-sided original without having to flip it over by hand. The ADF can hold up to 35 pages of originals at one time, making it much easier to copy, scan, or fax multi-page documents. When combined with the MP830’s dual paper trays, the ADF gives you the capability for high-capacity copying--even of two sided originals. The AE (Auto Exposure) Copy feature automatically optimizes reproduction quality based on the type of original you're duplicating.

Scanning and Faxing The PIXMA MP830's high-resolution charge-coupled device (CCD) scan technology enables you to produce exceptional 2400-dpi scans, with vibrant 48-bit color depth. Another great feature of the PIXMA MP830 multifunction is its faxing capabilities. You can achieve up to 33.6 kbps (Super G3) fax speed in color and black and white⁴. This gives you a transmission speeds of up to 3 seconds per page in black and white, and 1 minute 20 seconds in color. Plus, the MP830s expanded memory lets you store 100 speed dial codes, receive up to 250 incoming pages, and store 6 one-touch dials.

What's in the box
PIXMA MP830 Office All-In-One, PIXMA MP830 Print Head, Ink Tanks: PGI-5BK Pigment Black, CLI-8 (Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow), Power Cord, Telephone Line Cable, Easy Setup Instructions, Documentation Kit, Canon Photo Paper Pro for Borderless Printing 4" x 6" Sample Pack

Notes
¹ Resolution may vary based on printer driver setting. Color ink droplets can be placed with a horizontal pitch of 1/9600 inch at minimum.
² Compatible memory cards include CompactFlash®, Microdrive®, SmartMedia®, Memory Stick®, Memory Stick Pro™, SD Card™ and MultimediaCard™, xD-Picture Card™, Memory Stick Duo™, Memory Stick Duo Pro™ and miniSD Card™ requires an additional adapter which must be purchased separately.
³ PPM print speeds are based on the highest speed printer driver mode. Photo print speeds are based on the default mode driver setting using Canon Photo Paper Plus Glossy paper. Print speeds will vary depending on system configuration, interface, software, document complexity, print mode, types of paper used and page coverage. CPM copy speeds based on fast mode setting using plain paper. Copy speeds may vary based on document complexity, copy mode, page coverage and number of copies.
⁴ The Public Switched Telephone Network currently supports fax modem speeds of 28.8 Kbps or lower, depending on telephone line conditions. Sending and receiving fax machines need to conform to ITU-T V.34 guidelines.

Product Description

Premium All-In-One Performance for Small & Home Office Productivity

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

611 of 616 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good evolution of Canon's All-In-One Printer Series, March 31, 2006

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N. Schweitzer (Phoenix, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon Pixma MP830 Office All-In-One Inkjet Printer (0583B002) (Office Product)

I've been waiting for this printer to come out for quite some time. I previously used Canon's MP730 and completely loved it. This new version adds several great features, and after a few days of playing around with it, it has lived up to my high expectations.

The MP830 is a bit shorter and wider than Canon's previous all-in-ones, and it looks a bit more "classy" with a black-on-black keypad and a color LCD screen. There are two paper trays: the main tray is an upright tray in the rear, and a pull-out tray is located on the bottom of the machine. My old 730 had a plastic cover that protected the paper in the vertical tray from dust, and that cover is no longer included. I live is a dusty area, and if the paper gets a layer of dust on it, that dust can collect on and clog the print head. To remedy this, I've decided to use the smaller pull out tray as my primary paper tray (you can select the primary paper tray with a button on the keypad).

This printer uses Canon's new "8" series inks. While these are top-of-the-line inks (UV resistant, pigment/dye system), they are considerably more expensive than the 3 or 6 series inks used my many of Canons previous printers. Also, each ink cartridge has a small computer chip attached to it which makes obtaining remanufactured or generic cartridges difficult. At the moment you cannot find generic ink for this printer, and various websites advise against refilling these cartridges as they ink density is different from the previous inks, and doing so might wreck your printhead. So if you were used to paying $3/cartridge for generic canon cartridges, you might have to raise your ink budget for a while (currently, cartridges are about $14 each, and there are five of them in this printer).

This printer has duplex printing and scanning, meaning that it can scan/print both sides of a sheet. At some point, I was led to believe that the scanner was able to scan both sides *at the same time*, but that is actually not the case. After a piece of paper is scanned through the auto document feeder, it is sucked back in, flipped around and re-scanned. This adds considerable time to your scanning tasks. If you are pressed for time, it is actually faster to scan in "manual duplex" where you scan the front sides of pages, then manually the pages over and re-scan the back sides. However, if you want to hit the scan button and walk away, the auto-duplex does its job well. The same issue exists for duplex printing--it works, but it takes more time than if you had manually duplexed the pages.

The fax is a fax. It works fine, and some test color-faxes I sent came out well.

The copier also works well, and the duplexers allow you to make two-sided to two-sided copies, but as I said before, this takes some time.

The scanner does a great job with photos and documents. It is considerably faster than earlier models, thanks in part to the USB 2.0 interface and new scan sensor. Also, the updated scanning software is a significant improvment over previous versions.

I've printed out some photos and they are of amazing quality, which is what I expect from Canon printers. However, because of the cost of the inks, I will not be printing photos very often. The text is a bit light for my taste (the black is more like a very dark grey).

All in all, this is a great printer/scanner/fax/copier and I am very happy with it.

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Note: Unfortunately, the memory card slots on the printer do not allow for USB2.0 transfer to the comptuer. If you need to move lots of data from a memory card to your desktop, use a dedicated card-reader; using the slots on this printer takes way too long.

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ADDED 5/9/06: After having this machine for just over a month, I have to say it runs through ink way too fast. My ink status lists several cartridges as only 25% full, and is warning me that two of my colors are "almost empty." I print 90% black text, 9% color documents (web pages, rebate forms, etc), and only about 1% photos (I have only printed 2 4x6 photos since I purchased the printer). My previous Canon printers sipped ink, this machine chugs it, and at $14/cartridge, that is unacceptable. (Especially becuase the print quality isn't much better than previous printers.)

103 of 103 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ink Hog!, July 20, 2006

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Steven D. Peterson "world traveler" (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon Pixma MP830 Office All-In-One Inkjet Printer (0583B002) (Office Product)

I've owned this printer now for 2 months, having purchased it after my 2 year old Canon MP730 broke down. While I love the design and print quality of both printers, somehow Canon has managed to significantly increase the amount of ink you have to purchase on the newer model. For example, I've now replaced the large black cartridge [...] 4 times in 2 months. On the MP730, I doubt I replaced the regular size black cartridge [...] more than once every 3 months or so. I've actually never written an online review like this before, but have been so frustrated with the time and expense of replacing ink cartridges I felt compelled to warn other potential buyers. I personally will be looking for another printer for everyday use, and relegating this one to photos. This printer deserves 5 stars on quality and 1 star on ink useage.

46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great--but watch ink prices!!!, October 19, 2006

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Mr. Scott D. Desalvo "Scott D." (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon Pixma MP830 Office All-In-One Inkjet Printer (0583B002) (Office Product)

This product is the best multifunction inkjet printer on the market, bar none. It is a great update to Canon's MP780, in that print and scan speeds have increased, and the scanner scans both sides of a document at once, which is super. Based on its features and performance, it is a 5 out of 5 stars product. Nothing else comes close.

The down side is the ink prices. True, 5 separate ink tanks mean you only replace what you use, but the ink tanks are small, and run about $20 per cartridge, though you can get them cheaper online--but watch the jacked up shipping charges that put the per cartridge price back up at the $20 level. No one has come out with third party or aftermarket ink, because with this printer, Canon has "chipped" each cartridge, essentially making producing after market or third party ink replacements impossible. Several inkjet ink websites have been promising to have workable non-OEM ink cartridges for this model, but with the product being almost a year old now, there are still none available. It must be a pretty tough chip to emulate. That means no $5 ink for you--you pay full price.

I didn't know this when I bought it, and had I known, I probably would have bought another close-out MP780, which has 90% of the featuresof the MP830, but can use non-Canon ink cartridges. And of course, this fact is not something Canon would announce. My older Canon multifunction (at home) still works like a champ on non-Canon ink, and a full replacement of ink costs about $25--and I run through 2 or so sets of carts per year. $50 per year for a great multifunction that prints great photos? Not too shabby! This newer model at my office is going to cost me $100+ per ink change, so I have relegated it to photo-only printing, and mainly use its scanning and occasionally, copying functions. In fact, I might start printing photos at home so I do not spend ridiculous money on ink at work. I dislike using it to print anything, because I know that if I match my use on my home machine here at the office, it is going to cost me $200 or $300 a year for this machine. With ink prices that high, and a new machine costing about $200, we are almost at the point where it makes sense to buy a new once every time the ink runs out! I understand these companies need to make a profit, but if they cut their ink prices in half, they'd still make a killing on per unit ink sales, and consumers would be willing to pay a premium for OEM cartridges. We just dont want to be complete worked over on the ink, which $20 cartridges is.