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Canon Pixma MP520

Thursday October 30, 2008
Written by Staff writers
Tags: Canon | Pixma | MP250
AUD
$138
Price at time of review.
Fast, great quality prints at a decent price – the only real competition for the other Canon
Recommended
1 out of 6

"Canon MP520 Printer Scanner"

Pros:
Great quality printing and scanning as long as the ink holds out. Unfortunately, not worth it!

Cons:
The ink tanks are designed with a "life" so no matter what you do, even if you think you are cluey about refilling, you will not get more than about 8 refills to work before buying new ones and even then there is a high risk of new ones not working anymore. It is sad but it is sometimes just cheaper to throw the whole priner away and buy a new one that comes with full cartridges/tanks.
Great printing and scanning as long as you can afford the ink cartridges after 8 refills. A new set of ink tanks is worth over a third of what a new printer is worth, if refilling it doesn't stuff up the whole printer! I am very disappointed in Canon for designing the ink-trap into this otherwise masterpiece of a machine. Shame on them. Avoid this purchase like the plague.


This article appeared in the November, 2008 issue of PC Authority.
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