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Canon Pixma MP780

78

Good
  • Pricing: Expensive: $250 (5/1/2005)
  • Performance: Very Good: 84
  • Features: Very Good: 81
  • Design: Very Good: 81
Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Expensive: $250

Performance

Very Good: 84
Text Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Text Speed (ppm) 6.9 
Three-Page Word Document (secs) 47.1 
Ten-Page Word Document (secs) 87.38 
Text Output Quality Very Good 
Color Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Color Speed (ppm) 2.5 
Two-Page Excel Document (secs) 41.33 
Three-Page PowerPoint Document (secs) 86.26 
Color Photo (secs) 17.94 
Color Output Quality Good 
Color Photo Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm) 0.8 
5 x 7 Photo (secs) 76.95 
Color Photo Quality Superior 
Grayscale Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
One-Page Grayscale Graphic (secs) 18.64 
Lineart Printing (Plain Paper, Best Settings)
Line Art Output Quality Fair 
Scan Tests (in seconds)
Preview Scan, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi 8.62 
Preview Scan, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi 8.54 
Final Scan Time, 2-by-2-Inch Document, 600 dpi 11.71 
Preview Scan, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi 8.72 
Final Scan Time, 4-by-5-Inch Document, 100 dpi 8.01 
Preview Scan, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi 8.54 
Final Scan Time, One-Page Word Document, 300 dpi 16.65 
Copy Tests
One-Page Copy (secs) 14.53 
Copy Output Quality Very good 

Features

Very Good: 81
Dimensions
Dimensions 18.5 by 19.1 by 12 
Weight (pounds) 30 
Vendor Rated Speeds
B&W Pages per Min. B&W PPM:25 
Color Pages per Min. Color PPM:17 
Resolutions
Max. B&W dpi 600-by-600 
Max. Color dpi 4800-by1200 
Interfaces
Parallel Port No 
Serial Port No 
USB 1.1 Yes 
USB 2.0 Yes 
Ethernet No 
PictBridge Yes 
Drivers
Macintosh Yes 
Windows 98 Yes 
Windows NT No 
Windows 2000 Yes 
Windows XP Yes 
Linux No 
Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts) 49 
Standby Power Draw (watts) 17 
Multifunction Printer Specs
Scan Area (inches) 8.5-by-11.7 
Max. Scanning dpi 2400 
Maximum Enhanced Scan Resolution (dpi) 19200 
Scanning Image Sensor Type CCD 
Scanner Type Flatbed 
Maximum Scan Color Depth 24-bit 
Maximum Scan Grayscale Depth 8-bit 
Fax Resolution (dpi) 203 
Fax Memory (pages) 250 
LCD Type Mono 
Paper Handling
Number of Input Trays, Standard 2 
Number of Input Trays, Maximum 2 
Tray Capacity, pages 300 
Maximum Sheets With Optional Paper Trays 300 
Manual Feed Slot No 
Maximum Paper Size Legal 
Output Tray Capacity 100 
Auto Duplexer Yes 
Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years) One 
Parts Warranty (years) One 
Weekday Support Hours 16 
Saturday Support Hours 10 
Sunday Support Hours 0 
Toll-Free Support Yes 
Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category Readers rate Canon better than average in practically every reliability and support category. This stellar performance is even more impressive when you consider that Canon aced our last R&S survey too. 
Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of products arriving with problems Better than Average 
Reports of products with any significant problems Better than Average 
Reports of problems that render a product unusable Better than Average 
Buyers' rating of products ease-of-use Better than Average 
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category Better than Average 
Service & Support Quality
Time spent holding for phone support Better than Average 
Overall quality of vendor's phone support Better than Average 
Reports of problems unresolved after contacting service Average 
Overall quality of service Better than Average 

Design

Very Good: 81
About the Test Center

Canon Pixma MP780 Review

by Paul Jasper

- Any small office working with both documents and pictures will value the Canon Pixma MP780. For $300, it's a good multifunction device for printing, copying, scanning, and faxing.

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User Reviews for Canon Pixma MP780

  • Reviewed by: doittoit

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: all outputs, very easy to use

    Weaknesses: none after following directions. Except the ink doesn't last too long, esp. the black.

    Overall Evaluation: My only problem was putting in the cartridges, I tried to put them upside down, but finally relized the error of my ways. wish the ink cart. where a bit bigger. Printing very good Quality very good. Best maching I ever had, I've had several hp printers and have had trouble with everyone. My Epson was good but only printed.

  • Reviewed by: artmann99

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Specifications outshine reality

    Weaknesses: Will not work with all of my new computers, and paper does not feed straight

    Overall Evaluation: I had high expectations of what htis new printer was going to do for me in my home office environment. But it seems to be the first time I've been dissatisfied with a Canon product. While it can receive and send faxes and copy fine, it rarley feeds the paper through straight. So there is always a noticeable angel to the text on the page. However, the main problem is that it does not want to work with my year old ASUS laptop running Windows XP Pro. I've tried installing it many times, with always the same error: "specified port is unknown". No matter which USB port I use, the same error occurs. I've spent hours with both ASUS and Canon support, and neither one can help. I've connected the printer to a new P4 desktop - no problem. I've connected it to a 5 year old refurb Compaq laptop that my youngest child now has, also no problem. I realzie it seems to point to something on the ASUS laptop, but what it is seems to be beyond any resources I can find.

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