Canon PIXMA MG2220

The Canon PIXMA MG2220 Inkjet Picture All-In-One is excellent for publishing documents as well as photos thanks to its hybrid ink system. Publish beautiful, borderless photos in your home up to 8.5" x 11" size with an optimum print color resolution of 4800 x 1200 dpi1 with the convenience as well as high quality of Canon FINE ink cartridges. You could change the cartridges and include paper all from the front of the printer many thanks to FastFront. My Photo Garden13 software places all your favored printing features, such as Enjoyable Filter Impacts like Fish Eye and Blur History, Complete HD Film Print5 and even more all right into one convenient software application. Plus, My Picture Garden includes excellent picture organization benefit with calendar sight and facial acknowledgment. With your memories in one area it is simple to print stunning, indeterminate images to share and also appreciate. It's likewise your imaginative train as the software application offers imaginative templates in different color combinations and also patterns for your enjoyable picture jobs. My Image Garden likewise provides you access to CREATIVE PARK PREMIUM where you could download and install special imaginative projects as well as content. And be sure to look for the Canon "Publish Your Days" Application on Facebook! You could develop fun collages to publish as well as show to your loved ones.

Canon maintains the hardware costs down by not giving the Pixma MG2220 an intricate LCD display, instead choosing a simple two-line readout that shows standard details like the number of duplicates you yearn for from the photo copier. The rest of the control board is just as svelte and also consists of single-function buttons for picking media dimensions, fit-to-page toggle, and black and also color scanning alternatives. Something to keep in mind regarding the cockpit is that you need to look directly down onto it, so you'll need to position it less than eye level for ideal visibility and accessibility. Still, in a worst-case situation, you could always access every one of the same shortcut features through the online choices on the motorist.

The MG2220 is in the very first set of Canon picture printers to use a new method for filling ink cartridges. The company calls it "FastFront," as well as it allows you just pull down a door behind the 100-sheet paper tray to subject the inks. The new approach makes cartridge replacement simpler, and you don't need to raise the scanner cover to replace them. The marginal two-ink cartridge system inside means this phone isn't really optimal for publishing set images because of its limited color outcome. You'll see in the Performance section of this review that the Pixma MG3220 still provided decent-quality photo images, but it's not their quality that must concern you-- high-frequency photo prints on the "Ideal" top quality setting place you in danger of investing even more money in the long-term on cartridge refills compared to on the equipment itself.

The bundle includes a motorist CD with all the installment documents you should customize your prints. Within those settings, you can select amongst typically used design templates like requirement, business, paper conserving, and also image printing that readjust the kind of media, paper dimension, and also source. Furthermore, the motorist software lets you adjust for indeterminate printing, vivid pictures, grayscale prints, or even hands-on color strengths by numeral increments. It likewise showcases a pop-up print condition display that reveals the existing work, record name, gadget owner, condition, and a graphical representation of the ink cartridge degrees. Comfortably, this pop-up automatically disappears once the work in the queue is completed printing, but I prefer condition screens that reveal the page number and also progression of a print.

The duplicate works on the printer are reasonably standard for a multifunction: you can make up to 99 copies at once and quickly change the contrast and also zoom of a paper from 25 to 400 percent, all directly as a result of the settings on the chauffeur food selections. You likewise have several selections in terms of where to send a checked record, such as straight to a COMPUTER as a JPEG/TIFF/BMP, or as a PDF file, or you could connect it to an email with the option to scan and also convert to message making use of optical character recognition (OCR).

Printer
Print Speed (up to)	4" x 6" Borderless Photo: Approx. 44 seconds1 Black:ESAT (Black) Approx. 8.4 ipm4 Color:ESAT (Color) Approx. 4.8 ipm4
Number of Nozzles	Color: 1,152 / Black: 640 / Total: 1,792
Picoliter Size (color)	2 and 5
Print Resolution (Up to)	Color:Up to 4800 x 1200 dpi2 Black:Up to 600 x 600 dpi2
Paper Sizes	4" x 6", 5" x 7", 8" x 10," Letter, Legal, U.S. #10 Envelopes
Paper Compatibility	Plain: Plain Paper, Canon High Resolution Paper; Super High Gloss: Photo Paper Pro Platinum; Glossy: Photo Paper Plus Glossy II, Photo Paper Glossy; Semi-Gloss: Photo Paper Plus Semi-Gloss, Photo Paper Pro Luster; Matte: Matte Photo Paper; Envelope: U.S.# 10 Envelope
Printer Features	Auto Photo Fix II, Borderless Printing7, Calendar Print, Document Printing, Full HD Movie Print5, Fun Filter Effects, My Image Garden, Photo Printing, Quiet Mode
Output Tray Capacity	Auto Sheet Feeder: 100 Sheets
Copier
Copy Speed (up to)	FCOT(Color) Approx. 30 seconds3
Copy Features	Borderless Copy, Fit-to-Page, Multiple Copy: 1-9, 20 Pages
Scanner
Scanner Type	Flatbed
Scanning Element	Contact Image Sensor (CIS)
Max. Resolutions	Optical:1200 x 2400 dpi Interpolated:19,200 x 19,200 dpi
Scanner Features	Auto Scan Mode, Push Scan
Color Depth	48-bit internal/24-bit external
Max. Document Size	8.5" x 11.7"
General
Other Features	7-Segment LED Display, FINE Cartridge Hybrid Ink System, CREATIVE PARK PREMIUM10, Dual Color Gamut Processing Technology, Quiet Mode, FastFront, Quick Start
OS Compatibility	Windows® 7, Windows 7 SP1, Windows Vista SP1, Vista SP2, Windows XP SP3 32-bit, Intel processor and Mac OS® X v10.5.8, 10.6, 10.711
Standard Interface	Hi-Speed USB
Software Included	Setup Software & User's Guide CD-ROM PIXMA MG2220 Printer Driver Easy-WebPrint EX6 My Image Garden Quick Menu
Dimension (W x D x H)	17.7"W x 12.0"D x 6.0"H
Weight	11.7 lbs