| Canon PIXMA MP500 All-In-One Photo Printer & Sanner | 
 enlarge | Brand: Canon
Category: CE
Buy New: $199.99
Avg. Customer Rating:   (162 reviews)
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 22
Dimensions (in): 17.7 x 16.8 x 8.1
MPN: 0579B002
Model: 0579B002
UPC: 013803052282
EAN: 0013803052282
ASIN: B000AYFP6A
Release Date: August 29, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Print resolutions up to 9,600 x 2,400 dpi color and 600 x 600 dpi black | | • | Optical scan resolution of 1,200 x 2,400 dpi | | • | Print and copy at speeds up to 29 ppm black and 19 ppm color | | • | Preview images on 2.5" digital screen | | • | One-year warranty |
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Product Description
With the versatile PIXMA MP500 Photo All-In-One on your desktop, you'll ask yourself how you ever got along without it. This amazing machine delivers an impressive resolution of up to 9600 x 2400 color dpi, for remarkable detail and clarity, using superfine ink delivery. Its 5-color ink system - four dye-based inks and a pigment-based black ink - produces true-life photos with a wide color palette, along with laser-quality text. You won't have to wait long to see your results; a beautiful photo lab quality 4"x 6" borderless photo takes approximately 51 seconds. AE (Auto Exposure) Copy feature automatically optimizes reproduction quality based on the type of original you're duplicating. When scanning photos or graphics, you'll see high-quality 1200-dpi reproduction with vibrant 48-bit color depth. With the large 2.5" color LCD viewer you can evaluate your images in beautiful color, then enhance them before printing! Just insert your compatible memory card into a built-in card slot and begin viewing. As needed, your images will automatically be enhanced for red eye, sharpness and brightness on your subjects' faces. Or, you can fine tune the images using the easy control panel. Dimension (W x D x H) - 17.7 x 16.8 x 8.1 / Weight 21.1 lbs Interfaces - USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (cable not included), IrDA 1.2 (JPEG only), Bluetooth v1.2 ( Optional BU20 accessory required)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 157 more reviews...
 Not worth it - pricey, frustrating junk. December 27, 2008
Don't buy - slow, picture printing quality is poor, changing between modes is a pain and not intuitive, and the five ink cartridges are a RIPOFF - they run out and dry out so fast. Ridiculous.
Drinks ink, and won't scan without it!! July 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this all-in-one over a year ago, so I've had sometime to wear this thing in. For the amount of printing I do, mostly text and some pictures, it goes through ink pretty quickly given the number of pages actually printed. I print a lot at work on my desk top printer, but I replace the ink cartridge more with this printer then I do the printer I have at work.
The reason how quickly the printer runs through ink is important goes beyond the obvious; everything in this all-in-one is connected to how much ink you have. If you don't have ink, you can't even scan.
This printer also has two black ink wells, and you have to have both black ink wells with ink in them to print. If one of them reads as empty it will not pull from the other to finish the job.
 Met all my expectations... June 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased this printer second hand and I am absolutely delighted with it.
Quiet as a mouse, clear crisp output, quite quick and altogether in a word, "great." I print almost completely in Grayscale simply because it saves money but the cartridges are not too pricey and I've found the machine most reliable. I can't speak for its color quality so I wont.
I turned this sucker into a bluetooth wireless printer by purchasing a $20 Kensington USB Bluetooth dongle. I didn't get the Canon one ($50+) and it works fine regardless. (I had problems using a security code with Windows but not with Mac. In the end I decided I'd go without security).
I haven't used the built in card reader or printed photos.
The scanner and the printer both worked flawlessly on both a Mac (Lepoard OSX) and a PC (XP) through USB connection. The scanner wouldn't work through Bluetooth - only the printer would.
Main Pros:
- Works on Mac and PC
- quite quick once it's up and running
- quiet
- doesn't appear to be too much of an ink hog
- $20 USB bluetooth dongle (non-Canon) turned this puppy into a wireless printer!
- build feels relatively sturdy
- drivers available online
- reasonably quick scanning
Cons:
- First print is somewhat slow (coming out of 'hibernation appears to take time)
- footprint is larger than many scanning printers
- Couldn't get scanner working wirelessly (printing is fine)
- You need to buy your USB cable separately
I paid a ridiculously low $60 for this second hand and after a couple of months with it, I still give it a big thumbs up.
Best all-in-one I've had May 26, 2008
I bought this printer a couple of years ago, and have had no problems with it at all. Scans come out very clear, picture printing quality is impressive, and the ink cartridges won't break the bank. I like that you can replace the ink tanks individually instead of having to replace all at once.
Annoying and a rip off May 1, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The printer and scanner work just fine.
However, the color ink tanks either dry up quickly or you have to use them up quickly. This would not be a problem except the color tanks must be in operation to print black and white!!!
So if you want to print black and white documents, you must spend $50 every 3 months for the color ink cartridges too. You also cannot simply fill the cartridges because the ink tanks have a special chip on them to make sure you use the "right" ink tanks...Cannon. Basically, you spend 2-4x as much on Cannon ink tanks as you did for the printer. And that's just annually. So don't buy it unless you're printing mostly color photographs...
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