Canon PIXMA MX350 Wireless Office All-in-One Printer (4205B002)

by Canon

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 18.1 x 16.4 x 7.8 inches ; 19.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 21 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• 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: B0032AN4OO
• Item model number: 4205B002
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (87 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,289 in Office Products (See Top 100 in Office Products)
  • #100 in Office Products > Office Electronics > Printers > All-In-One Printers > Inkjet All-In-One Printers
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 5, 2010

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The PIXMA MX350 Wireless Home Office All-In-One delivers the versatility you need to bring high-quality, ease of use and maximum productivity into your home or small office. Let the convenience begin with the ability to conveniently print or scan wirelessly1 from anywhere around the house with a built-in Wireless connection. The built-in, fully integrated 30-sheet Auto Document Feeder means fast copying or scanning of your originals so you can do other things while the printer is at work. Additionally, various security features like password protected PDF’s let you feel safe about creating and distributing your most confidential files. Plus, for those of you who want to create and customize your own web layouts, you’ll enjoy Easy-WebPrint EX so you only print what you want, when you want off the web!

Print from anywhere in the house quickly and easily! View larger

Super G3 High-speed Fax2 and networkable Ethernet ensure efficient communication while Dual Color Gamut Processing Technology maintains the integrity of the originals you need to copy. This versatile Wireless Office All-In-One also prints photo lab quality pictures. Speaking of photos, take full advantage of Canon’s fantastic Wi-Fi printing technology and print your photos wirelessly from compatible iPhone 3G, 3GS and iPod touch devices.3 Enjoy additional computer-less printing capabilities via compatible memory cards, PictBridge and optional Bluetooth4, 5 while images are viewed on a 2.5" LCD. Plus, 2 Paper Paths let you easily select printing on plain or photo paper. Whether you’re running your business on a PC or Mac, the PIXMA MX350 meets all of your printing needs in one machine and can fit virtually anywhere!

Speed & Quality Terrific Resolution: This level of quality is achieved by 4800 x 12006 maximum color dpi thanks to Canon Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) with a patented print head firing ink droplets as small as 2pl. This delivers superb quality and detail in both your business documents and photos. High Performance Ink Cartridges: These two genuine Canon ink cartridges contain specially formulated inks for great document and photo quality. One is a Black cartridge for laser-quality text and one is a multi-color cartridge for pictures. Both are easy to use and replace.

The PIXMA MX350 offers versatility and wireless printing solutions for you home or small office.

Ease of Use Fully-Integrated Auto Document Feeder: The built-in 30-sheet Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) makes it easy to copy, scan or fax multiple documents without having to load them one at a time. Its full integration makes it easier to fit into tight spots and once it’s loaded it lets you do well, whatever you want. Easy Scroll Wheel: Easily and quickly access and select the various features available for faster operation. 2.5" LCD Screen: Easily view, select and edit your images for simple computer-free printing. No downloading needed, just pick your pic and print! Dual Color Gamut Technology: Copy with confidence as this built-in technology automatically optimizes your originals so copies stay true to it time after time, copy after copy. Auto Scan Mode: Automatically recognizes the type of original, then scans and saves the suitable settings.7 Quick Start: Powering up your printer is now faster than ever. After pressing the power button you can begin inputting commands in mere seconds. So, full operation is possible in a much shorter time. Auto Photo Fix II: This built-in technology automatically categorizes your images into one of five types - Portrait, Scenery, Night Scenery, Snapshot with Scenery, and Snapshot with Night Scenery - then applies optimal image and multi-zone exposure correction. So, unexposed areas of the photo will be optimized, area by area and faces that are backlit and under-exposed will automatically be brightened with correct color cast to help ensure more accurate skin tones for gorgeous images. 2 Way Paper Feeding: To add to your options this feature lets you load paper from the front cassette or rear tray so whether your office or photo lab is open, you’re ready to print!

Fully Integrated Auto Document Feeder.

Connectivity Built-In Wireless: Print or scan wirelessly from any Wi-Fi enabled computer around the house.1 Built-in Ethernet: This wired LAN interface lets you connect to a home or office network, with connected computers sharing the power of this versatile machine, each being able to display the printer’s status at any moment. Super G3 Fax2: The business fax standard for color and PC facsimiles on plain paper meets the home office workhorse with 20 coded speed dials2 and up to 50 incoming pages3 to meet your every communication need.8 iPhone Printing: Take full advantage of Canon’s fantastic Wi-Fi printing technology to unlock, print and share your stored images right on the spot. Print your photos wirelessly from compatible iPhone 3G, 3GS and iPod touch models.3 Memory Cards / USB / PictBridge & Optional Bluetooth: Don’t feel like using a computer? No problem. Just insert a compatible memory card into the built in card slot, select images on the LCD display, and print! Thanks to a PictBridge connection you can also print photos directly from your USB Flash Drive, digital camera, DV camcorder or camera phone. Plus, you can print from the optional BU-30 wireless Bluetooth unit.4,5 USB 2.0 Hi-Speed: Plug the cable into your PC for a super-fast connection for your data transfers.

Print directly from Memory Cards/USB/PictBridge & Optional Bluetooth devices.

Features

 

What's in the Box?

PIXMA MX350 Wireless Office All-In-One Printer

Paper Cassette

Document Kit: Cross Sell Sheet, Getting Started, Important Information Sheet, Network Setup Troubleshooting, Read Before Setting Up Sheet, Setup Software & User’s Guide CD-ROM, Warranty Card

Ink Tanks: PG-210 (Black Cartridge), CL-211 (Color Cartridge)

Power Cord

Telephone Line Cable

 

 

 

Disclaimers
1. Wireless printing requires a working Ethernet network with wireless 802.11b/g capability. Wireless performance may vary based on terrain and distance between the printer and wireless network clients.
2. 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.
3. Requires Canon Easy Photo Print App for iPhone and iPod touch, available for free at the App Store.
4. Requires mobile phone equipped with PictBridge technology and a USB cable.
5. Requires mobile phone (or other device) equipped with Bluetooth v2.0 technology and optional Canon Bluetooth Unit BU-30. Bluetooth operation depends on the device and software version used. Operating distance is approx. 10 meters but may vary due to obstacles, radio signals, locations where radio interference occurs, magnetic fields from microwave ovens, device sensitivity and/or antenna performance.
6. Resolution may vary based on printer driver setting. Color ink droplets can be placed with a horizontal pitch of 1/4800 inch at minimum.
7. For network users, Auto Scan Mode is only available when scanning at a computer using MP Navigator EX software and selecting the 1-click feature “Save to PC.”
8. Page count is based on ITU-T No. 1 chart or Canon FAX Standard Chart No. 1.

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Product Description

The PIXMA MX350 Wireless Home Office All-In-One delivers the versatility you need to bring high-quality, ease of use and maximum productivity into your home or small office. Let the convenience begin with the ability to conveniently print or scan wirelessly from anywhere around the house with a built-in Wireless connection. The built-in, fully integrated 30-sheet Auto Document Feeder means fast copying or scanning of your originals so you can do other things while the printer is at work. Additionally, various security features like password protected PDF’s let you feel safe about creating and distributing your most confidential files. Plus, for those of you who want to create and customize your own web layouts, you’ll enjoy Easy-WebPrint EX so you only print what you want, when you want off the web.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

83 of 83 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic mid-range all-in-one printer, October 14, 2010

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Dave (Portland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon PIXMA MX350 Wireless Office All-in-One Printer (4205B002) (Office Product)

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Several years ago while my wife was in college and suffering through painfully long print times when printing PDFs, I looked around and found the printer with the fastest PDF print speed: a mid range Cannon inkjet. I reluctantly jumped to Canon after owning HPs for years and I've never looked back. I've switched my family over to Canons and everyone agrees: these are just easier printers to use. Except for the high-end professional photo printers, Canons are known for "average" photo quality. Good, but not the best (HP generally wins there). If you are looking for the best picture quality at this price, you probably want to look at an HP. If you are looking for good picture quality but mostly want a reliable, easy to use printer that never jams, read on.

The Canon PIXMA MX350 currently (as of 10/14/2010) sits at the top of the 300 series of printers Canon multi-function printers. The 350 shares the same print engine at the 340 but includes a better scanner and faster fax. The 320 has an older and slower version of the print engine found in the 350 and 340. The 320 lacks wireless lan connectivity found in the 350 and 340 (note none of these have Ethernet). The best overall value is the 340, but for the $30 extra dollars the faster fax and better scanner are worth it to me. All of these printers use the Cl-211 black and multi-color cartridges (unlike many Canons these models do not use individual color cartridges).

I personally find the print quality for text, graphics, and photos to be very good, but not "the best". The print speed is above average for text and photos.
Here are some independently measured print times (Canon's advertised print times are close to this)

Text 7.7 pages per minute
Cost = 6.5 cents

4x6 photo 1.8 minute
Cost = $0.55

8x10 3.2 minutes
Cost = $1.80

The print cost is low, but not the lowest (if you care, Lexmark tends to have the lowest text print cost and Kodak tends to win on color).

As mentioned before, the entire MX300 series use two ink cartridges: one black and one combined color. The cartridges are designed so you can't put them in the wrong slot. The black is a very good water resistant, pigment-based ink. The color inks are less expensive dye-based inks.

The button lay out is good and it's easy to get started using all the features. The wireless lan setup was pretty easy and the range is very good (better than my laptop). The 350 has the best LCD (backlit) of the 300 series. It also has flash card slots and a 30 sheet document feeder. I've printed hundreds of documents on mine and have never managed to jam it or end up with a double paper feed. This is an easy to use home-office workhorse that I think would satisfy most users. I also happen to have a higher-end MP970 Canon all-in-one and I've done quite a few comparisons. Aside from better photo quality (and inks) and a little more speed I can't find much difference between them. If I was just going to buy one I'd probably go for the MX350 and save some money but if photo quality is very important to you I'd look at a higher end Canon MP series or HP Photosmart. Both rate excellent for photo quality and the higher end models use better inks.

54 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Should have been excellent, but fax flawed, September 3, 2010

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Epetai - See all my reviews

This review is from: Canon PIXMA MX350 Wireless Office All-in-One Printer (4205B002) (Office Product)

I needed a printer/scanner/fax to replace a broken machine. This had good reviews, high star ratings, and a fantastic price - so I bought it. Most of this machine is excellent. Packaging is secure, ink is included, and you get a small trial pack of photo paper. It's quick to plug in and set up. The "Getting Started" paper guide has you printing in minutes. Print quality is very good. Wi-fi connection worked beautifully and only took a few extra minutes and installation of the software on the CD to get connected to all five machines on my network.

The main flaw? I need to receive faxes, and good grief! I'm still struggling. The directions in the "On-screen Manual" are very poor and badly organised - requiring me to flip back and forth between information scattered across many pages. There is no troubleshooting provided for the fax side of this machine. The small, cutesy display is sufficient for print options, but fails badly when trying to navigate the myriad fax options. There are so many options and functions that I don't know whether I've accidentally chosen some that are incompatible, or whether my fax is broken, or (most likely) Canon hasn't encountered the concept of plug and play...

Summary: Printer - excellent. Wi-fi - easy. Scanner - good quality. Fax - consider buying another machine unless you have a lot of free time or a resident geek.

57 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Never buy a HP again thanks to Canon, April 14, 2010

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Richard Dekreek - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Canon PIXMA MX350 Wireless Office All-in-One Printer (4205B002) (Office Product)

I've been so tired of the bloatware software/drivers that come with HP's. My company has one of the high end Canon machines in the office so I thought I would try one of their home machines. Setup was easy. The software/driver install was easy, did not take forever and did not load up my machine with bloatware crap. It is a straight forward easy to use software and machine that works. I have no complaints. I will be buying Canons for now on at home.