
Soon after buying mine, the paper feed (take-up of paper from the tray into the mechanism) started to behave irregularly soon after that I ended up having to nudge each sheet of paper in to the printer, it was unable to take in paper itself.

Resarch indicates it's sadly a common issue with this range of Canon printers.

Unfortunately, one of the fundamental requirements of any printer - to be able to take in paper successfully - was a little lacking with this unit. Was handy at £45 (another set of genuine ink for it costs the same, go figure) but obviously I never expected it to be perfect. Unfortunately, the price break also means you don't get to call customer service if you run into problems after a few months, but the product page on Canon's Web site offers detailed troubleshooting tips and FAQs along with a downloadable manual for both Mac and Windows users.I have a cheap Canon Pixma MG5750, a Currys PC World purchase when I needed a cheap multifunction printer fast.

Still, I'm satisfied with the amount of "pop" to the pictures I printed just keep careful track of your ink consumption.Ĭanon usually offers a standard one-year warranty, but printers that cost less than $100 get the 90-day treatment, which includes the company's Instant Exchange program that provides a replacement unit for defective product (within the warranty period) before the next business day. If printed on the aforementioned Premium photo paper, 4-inch-by-6-inch color photos are certainly worthy of a family album, though some details appear grainy.

Canon raises the bar for both black and color performance with sharp, clean, and consistent quality gradients look smooth with decent color reproduction in the photo elements, especially taking into consideration the MG2220's limited ability to display a wide gamut of color shades. It churned out average scores in both black and color jobs, though the Epson Stylus NX430 remains the best of the bunch by a large margin, printing 14.11 pages per minute (ppm) of text and 4.43 presentation pages a minute, more than double the speed of the rest.īlack text printed by the Pixma MG2220 on HP's own line of coated inkjet Premium paper reveals near laserlike quality, an impressive feat for a two-cartridge printer. Don't assume that the Pixma MG2220's low price means you'll be tapping your feet waiting for it to print your documents, presentations, and photos.
