Canon Pixma MX300 Office All-On-One Inkjet Printer (2182B002)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 18.4 x 17.3 x 6.9 inches ; 22 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 21 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000VDRO7S
• Item model number: 2182B002
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 20, 2007

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Canon PIXMA MX300 Office All-in-One Inkjet Printer lets you scan, fax, copy, and print photographs and documents with one easy machine. This all-in-one printer features a compact, streamlined design that can scan vivid images with color resolutions up to 4800 by 1200 dpi, copy images and documents, or print bold, laser-quality text or photos directly from memory cards, cameras, DV camcorders, or camera phones in seconds. The printer's Easy Scroll Wheel makes operation a breeze, and the Auto-Image Fix feature ensures that every photo is clear and vivid. With this PIXMA, you can even fax at Super G3 fax speed in color and black-and-white, and its memory can store 20 speed-dial codes and receive 50 incoming pages.

Just press the Power button and get to work, thanks to the printer's helpful Quick Start design. Copies come out crisper than ever with the system's Dual Color Gamut Processing Technology. Compatible with Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Mac OS X 10.2.8 to 10.4.x8 operating systems, this versatile printer comes backed by a 1-year limited manufacturer's warranty.

What's in the Box
Pixma MX300 all-in-one printer, cross sell sheet, easy setup instructions, quick start guide, setup software and user's guide CD-ROM, PG-40 black cartridge, CL-41 color cartridge, power cord, and telephone line cable.

Product Description

For work and play, here's the perfect 5-in-1. You'll produce life-like photos with resolution up to 4800 x 1200 color dpi -- and quickly, too: A borderless 4" x 6" photo takes only about 46 seconds. You can also print photos directly from a camera DV camcorder or camera phone, without a computer. Your documents will feature bold, laser-quality text, and copies will be remarkably true to your originals. This All-In-One produces 600-dpi scans with vibrant 48-bit color depth. Plus, it achieves Super G3 fax speed in color and B&W, and its memory can store 20 speed dial codes and receive 50 incoming pages.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

52 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for basics, November 12, 2007

By	C. F. "Home office user" (New York City) - See all my reviews

I've owned the MX300 for about two months now. If you're sure about your priorities, this MFP could be fine for you -- it is for me. I mainly print text documents of 5 pages or less for my own use -- I don't need the best text quality. I also wanted the ability to fax, but I don't need to fax more than a page or two every week. I receive a few pages a week as well.

Overall, the MX300 was easy to set up. I wasn't sure how well it would work with my single-line digital phone from Time Warner. The instructions were of little help with fax setup, but it wasn't difficult to figure out, and it works well. Fax quality is very good, very legible.

Photo output is mixed. The smoothness and color is good --it's just that the color is really not accurate at all. Color scans also have this problem. If you can calibrate your monitor to the printer, you can get better color, but I find color is pretty far off from the originals. So if color isn't that important to you, photos are fine.

One nice aspect is the small footprint compared to other MFPs, which was a priority for me. Be aware that the 'starter' ink cartridges that come with this model won't last long -- mine gave out after only a couple of weeks of low-volume printing. The printer will SAY it's out of ink before it actually is (you can turn off the ink monitor if you poke around in the menu). Replacement cartridges cost nearly $45 -- I'm still using the full cartridges, so not sure how long they will last.

Overall, this MFP works well for me -- it's small (though very noisy)and it can fax (send/receive) and it was cheap.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Canon MX300, February 1, 2008

By	wileeeb (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews

I use my MX300 for printing, scanning, and faxing. I haven't used it for photos and do not plan to use it for that. The MX300 was super easy to install. It works great - only issue is that the cartridges are expensive and the MX300 uses the ink fast. I have owned the computer about 4 months and have just had to install the 3rd set of cartridges. The cartridges are PRICY for such an inexpensive printer - thus - though the MX300 works well, I may have to buy something else within the year.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Ink Guzzler, June 25, 2008

By	M. Cantos - See all my reviews

I was excited about this all-in-one based on reviews, but I quickly discovered that its scanner--though entirely decent--had a smaller scanning bed than my 5-year-old stand alone scanner (so much for getting rid of that). The far bigger problem is that it goes through ink carts really fast and will refuse to print if it feels unhappy with its ink levels. I don't know what a better inexpensive Mac-friendly printer is, but I'm pretty sure there's got to be one and I wish I'd found it before I'd voted with my dollar.