Canon Pixma MX330
Manufacturer: Canon Part number: 3300B002
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- Bottom Line:
- The Canon Pixma MX330 doesn't produce the best quality prints, but you won't find a more versatile printer in the sub-$150 category. An auto-document feeder, 1.8-inch LCD screen, and easy-to-use features make it an excellent choice for creative homes on a budget.
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CNET editors' review
Canon Pixma MX330 price range: $79.95
- Reviewed by: Justin Yu
- Edited by: Rich Brown
- Reviewed on: 05/26/2009
The good: Inexpensive; includes auto-document feeder; robust software suite; 1.8-inch LCD; small footprint.
The bad: Spotty output quality; lacks media card reader.
The bottom line: The Canon Pixma MX330 doesn't produce the best quality prints, but you won't find a more versatile printer in the sub-$150 category. An auto-document feeder, 1.8-inch LCD screen, and easy-to-use features make it an excellent choice for creative homes on a budget.
Just because you're on a budget doesn't mean you should be relegated to buying some cheap printer that can't function outside of simple text documents. If you need a device that can fax, copy, scan, and print on a wide variety of media, the Canon Pixma MX330 will make a perfect addition to your home office. At $110, this all-in-one boosts productivity by adding an automatic document feeder and a full color 1.80-inch LCD. Although we have complaints about the output quality and missing features, we can't argue with the bundle of features and the excellent value you'll get in the Canon Pixma MX330.
Design and features
The design of the Pixma MX330 is streamlined so that every drawer, tray, and port folds flush into the body. The result is a very sleek matte black and battleship gray exterior with all of the buttons you need to adjust the settings conveniently placed on the front panel. Since the default function is to print, the rest of the hot keys (copy, fax, and scan) are the largest on the panel, surrounded by the power button and two small LEDs to indicate usage and a blinking alarm for low ink or paper jams.
The bright 1.8-inch LCD screen sits prominently in the middle of the control panel, and while we're normally used to adjusting the angle of the screens on Pixma printers, we're thankful that Canon includes an LCD at all in this price range. The rest of the controls include shortcut buttons for "menu," "settings," "back," a directional pad and a corresponding "OK" button for navigating through menus, fax shortcuts for quality, coded dialing, and redials, as well as three more buttons for black and color copies and a "stop print" button for emergency cancels. Overall, the MX330 measures a maneuverable 7.8 inches tall by 18.1 inches wide by 16.2 inches deep.
Most all-in-ones typically don't include auto-document feeders at this price point, so we're happy to see that Canon includes one to make it much easier to scan or copy stacks of documents. The automatic document feeder can only handle up to 30 pages at a time, so the majority of your blank media goes through the rear input tray that holds 100 pages, and a plastic guide folds out of the rear tray to cajole larger media. Output, on the other hand, is a much more simplified process: all outbound prints just pop out of the front drawer onto an angled lip that folds out of the main body. We're disappointed to see that the MX330 doesn't include a multimedia card reader for direct prints, but you can hook up a digital camera directly to the printer through the PictBridge USB port on the bottom of the unit.
The top of the printer lifts open to reveal the standard 8.5-inch-by-11-inch scanner bay, but you can also pop that open and access the two ink cartridge bay below. To keep costs low, the MX330 only uses two ink cartridges: one for black and one for tricolors. While we prefer five or sometimes even six separate cartridge tanks to cut down on the cost of consumables, it makes sense a printer at this conservative retail price only has two tanks. If you plan to use your printer for more snapshot photo prints or graphical documents, a printer with separate ink cartridge bays will prove more economical.
The package includes a driver CD with all the installation files you need to customize your prints. Within those settings, you can choose between commonly used templates like standard, business, paper saving, and photo printing that adjust the type of media, paper size, and source. Additionally, the driver provides you with adjustments for borderless printing, vivid photos, grayscale prints, and even manual color intensities by numeral increments. It also features a pop-up print status monitor that shows the current job, document name, device owner, status, and a graphical representation of the ink cartridge levels. Conveniently, this pop-up automatically disappears once the job in queue is finished printing, but we prefer status monitors that show us the page and progress of the print.
The driver also automatically installs Canon's Easy Photo Print EX software onto your computer that flaunts all the creative features of the MX330. It lets you print simple snapshot photos on the fly, create whole albums of artwork, print calendars with custom pictures, and custom stickers using Canon's proprietary sticker paper. The explorer window on the main page works just like a Windows Explorer pane, except we prefer HP's Solution Center layout that automatically scans and detects printable pictures on your hard drive for you. Canon's creative suite is incredibly easy to use, however, and even lets you make simple photo edits like red-eye correction, face sharpening, and blemish removal, which is great for users who don't want to deal with the hassle of third-party editing software like Adobe Photoshop.
The copy functions on the MX330 are relatively standard for a multifunction device: you can make up to 99 copies at once and easily adjust the contrast and magnification of a document from 25 percent to 400 percent, all directly through the settings on the LCD menus. The scanner gives you two options to scan either single photos and documents or a stack of documents using the automatic document feeder. You also have several choices in terms of where you want to send a scanned document, such as directly to a PC as a JPEG, TIFF, BMP, or to a PDF file, or you can attach it to an e-mail with the option to scan and convert to text using optical character recognition. All scanned files are placed into your custom "My Box" directory, which displays all scanned and imported images as well as recently saved images onto the hard drive for future projects.
Performance
As you can tell from the benchmarks, the MX330 demonstrated only average speed across the board. It jumped ahead most noticeably in the color text speed test at 5.54 page per minute in a tie with the HP OfficeJet J6480, that's almost two times the cost of the Canon. On the other hand, the MX330 suffered a bit in the photo speed test at just 0.93 pages per minute, just ahead of the J6480 that came in last with only 0.83 pages per minute. Since this isn't a full-blown photo printer, we can forgive the MX330 for dropping the ball on the photo print speed, since the rest of the scores are at least average or faster than the competition, specifically the Kodak ESP5 that continually performed the slowest in the group.
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We have several complaints about the output quality of the MX330. We printed all photo and graphical documents on the paper that Canon provided and we were still largely dissatisfied with the results. Black text on standard 20-pound paper appears nicely darkened, but a closer inspection reveals characters with jagged edges and step-downs, fuzziness in small font sizes, and harsh contrasts in color blends. In addition, our color graphics prints came out grainy with a dull hue marring the images. Luckily, our 3 inch by 5 inch photo turned out OK with sharper lines and an even saturation, but the skin tones in the portrait shots still couldn't shake the dreary palette. As stated, the MX330 will definitely satisfy households where cost and robust features are more of an issue than just output quality, but dedicated shooters should seek out a more capable machine to bring their photos to life.
Service and support
Canon offers a limited one-year warranty with the Pixma MX7600. The company also offers toll-free phone support and 24-7 e-mail support, should you run into any problems. Extra features including online manuals, drivers, FAQs, and ink cartridge order forms can be found on Canon's Web site.
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User reviews
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Best bang for the buck.
by flash57 on June 19, 2009
Pros: Outstanding fax with flawless document feeder. Quick faxing and scanning. For the price, good print quality and good speed. Well thought-out controls, easily found and used. Sturdy.
Cons: A bit large and a bit noisy.
Summary: I paid $87 for this and it has outperformed all my expectations.
Summary: I paid $87 for this and it has outperformed all my expectations.
4 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great All IN ONE for a Reasonable Price
by djgaryb11 on March 16, 2009
Pros: Does everything as advertised
Excellent Photo prints, Document prints
Excellent Scanner
Easy Set up and controls
Pretty Fast
Quick Warm up
Automatic Document Feeder works great
Good build quality and looks great
Great price for features and qualityCons: None really, just make sure you have enough space for it since its fairly big
Summary: I decided it was time to upgrade my printer, and wanted to get an ALL IN ONE, since I was also in need of a scanner and copier. My previous ...
Summary: I decided it was time to upgrade my printer, and wanted to get an ALL IN ONE, since I was also in need of a scanner and copier. My previous printer was a canon printer ( i 960) , and since I was very happy with the quality and ease of use of that printer, I decided to stick with a canon product. After some research I determined that the new Canon MX330 would be perfect for my needs. This printer delivers as promised. It does a great job at all functions, and was very easy to set up. Photos ( when printed on canon's glossy photo paper) look great, and are near or as good as photo lab quality. Documents printed out come out very sharp, and the automatic feed feature for multiple pages during scanning/faxing works great. The Fax feature I could not test totally yet since I don't have an actual phone line, but use a "Magic Jack" line, and there are some issues when trying to fax using a "magic Jack" phone line. I am going to play around with the fax settings to see if I can get it to work through my "Magic Jack" line, but this is no fault of the Printer, since "Magic Jack" says its phone line may not work for faxing. The Printer is pretty large, so it does take up a fair amount of space, so make sure you have plenty of room before getting this model. For just over $100, and with Canon's Quality and performance, this is a great All IN ONE Printer to get.
3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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It just works!
by tischlers on February 7, 2010
Pros: This small, basic, all-in-one printer is easy to use and provides consistently good performance at a great price. Hassle-free performance with a streamlined feature set which is perfect for personal use at work or in a home office.
Cons: None. Despite other reviews to the contrary, the operating costs are reasonable for an ink-jet printer especially when using the "standard" and "fast" settings, and operating noise while somewhat louder than other similar printers is not bad.
Summary: This small, basic, all-in-one printer is easy to use and provides consistently good performance at a great price. The paper and document feed have yet to jam despite heavy use, ...
Summary: This small, basic, all-in-one printer is easy to use and provides consistently good performance at a great price. The paper and document feed have yet to jam despite heavy use, and the printer is capable of printing on heavy stock due to the simple travel path. The control panel is uncluttered and intuitive, and provides easy access to all of the printer's important features. The basic feature set allows for simple and hassle-free performance of all of the printer's functions. The bundled software has a clean and practical interface which is easy to use and provides excellent features. The ink system is a simple two (2) cartridge mechanism which is easy to load, provides very good print quality, and delivers a reasonable number of prints per cartridge especially when printing at the "standard" and "fast" settings. My emphasis is on consistent performance, ease of use and quality results. I have purchased numerous other all-in-one printers at varying price points from different manufacturers, and this printer has been among the best at a price that is impossible to beat. I purchased two (2) machines - one each for work and home.
2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Versatile printer but drinks ink like water.
by Mahpiya on December 28, 2010
Pros: This unit provides all the office-type machines you can use. It's a Canon, and quality is good. It works well and is easy to use.
Cons: Uses ink at an alarming rate and replacement cartridges are much too expensive.
Summary: I like the product because of its Canon quality. All the features are there. It has a flat scanner as well as a automatic scan capability. It's compact and ...
Summary: I like the product because of its Canon quality. All the features are there. It has a flat scanner as well as a automatic scan capability. It's compact and relatively easy to use. Overall, it's a good printer, but if you do a great deal of printing, be ready to spend a good deal of cash for replacement cartridges, even if you refill them yourself.
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Good printer overall
by AserHapi on October 17, 2010
Pros: Not too many problems, very good scanner and interface
Cons: Cannon software can be a pain and the ink is a bit pricey
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Best Bang for the Buck, well $16 more precise.
by fantasie85 on May 29, 2010
Pros: Fast auto document feeder (ADF) scanning (First 40 pages, and then slows down. Need to wait five minutes for it to return to original speed.)
Good quality scans from either ADF or flatbed scanning.Cons: Print quality is not very high quality, especially for color prints.
Telephone priority does not work, it answers calls as a fax regardless, so I keep it unplugged.
No wireless, for that, upgrade to MX340; no media card readerSummary: Best 'value all-in-one printer' yet. I got two, each for around $16 with tax after $50 mail-in-rebate at Fry's Electronics. I figured the price for replacement cartridges cost more ...
Summary: Best 'value all-in-one printer' yet. I got two, each for around $16 with tax after $50 mail-in-rebate at Fry's Electronics. I figured the price for replacement cartridges cost more than the machine; plan to use the second machine for its cartridge.
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Ok, not fantastic, has issues.
by kateinNH on April 25, 2010
Pros: Sleek design, smaller footprint than some. Good print quality and fast printing for an inkjet.
Cons: Ink hog, the fax and scan functions are buggy and difficult to get working right. Took me awhile to get the fax to work as simply as the instructions lay out. I am actually still struggling with the scanner function.
Summary: The cheap price with the nice styling is lucrative on the display shelf, but do not be tempted, you can do better with a workhorse like an HP and just ...
Summary: The cheap price with the nice styling is lucrative on the display shelf, but do not be tempted, you can do better with a workhorse like an HP and just getting a cheap stand alone scanner. Laser printers are low price enough now that I don't even think inkjets are worth the waste in ink cartridges.
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Great printer for the money!
by koufax1 on March 3, 2010
Pros: Nice looking, works with windows7 and quicken, ( something that HP printers don't) Quiet, fast and cheap!
Cons: Doesn't come with a usb cable. no printer do but this is a major rip off.
Summary: I got this printer at Best Buy for 69 dollars and at that price it is a steal! You can't go wrong with this as a cheap printer for ...
Summary: I got this printer at Best Buy for 69 dollars and at that price it is a steal! You can't go wrong with this as a cheap printer for a back bedroom or in my case one to use with Quicken.
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slow and noisy, I miss my old printer
by scottholden on February 5, 2010
Pros: It has a built in scanner and fax I guess? But don't they all now? LOWERS YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT, - because it makes you not want to print anything! i am hilarious. Oh, I'm sure its just fine for home or small office.
Cons: Prints slower than I am used to. Annoying 'auto-crop' feature. Makes noises pre/post print. Needs larger paper load tray.
Summary: I fight to get a 1/2" of paper loaded in the paper tray. The pre-print and post-print warm up and cool down noises drive me nuts. It doesn't ...
Summary: I fight to get a 1/2" of paper loaded in the paper tray. The pre-print and post-print warm up and cool down noises drive me nuts. It doesn't pause printing if you are running low on ink, so after you do a long print- surprise! Paper jams require a power off/on cycle to reset. Scanning feature 'auto-crops' image sometimes cutting off needed portions. My old printer was faster than my normal operational speed. Now I twiddle my thumbs in-between operations waiting for this printer to catch up.
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NOT user friendly!
by ntcody71 on February 5, 2010
Pros: Maybe has them but Scan is such a pain I'm returning the machine
Cons: Instead of automatically scanning the full page, it picks out a random section of the page to scan. I contacted support and they sent me 10 step instructions to make it scan a full page - just insane!
Summary: I don't even want to know what other headaches this machine would give me for other features. I'm just hoping I can return it.
Summary: I don't even want to know what other headaches this machine would give me for other features. I'm just hoping I can return it.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Canon
- Part number: 3300B002
- Description: Is your home office in need of a productivity boost? The PIXMA MX330 brings high performance and versatility right to your door step. Utilize 4800 x 1200 maximum color dpi firing at 2pl with the heralded PG-210 black and CL-211 Color FINE Ink Cartridge System for great detail and a built-in, fully-integrated 30-sheet auto document feeder for fast copying and scanning of your originals so you can multi-task while you're in or out of the office. The Super G3 high-speed fax has a built-in memory to store up to 20 coded speed dials and 50 incoming pages for added efficiency. Scan, duplicate and distribute documents with professional quality thanks to dual color gamut processing technology so your copies will maintain the integrity of the original. Plus, the MX330 has various security features like password-protected PDF's so you can feel safe about the creation and dissemination of your most confidential files. A 1.8" LCD allows for easy viewing and editing of images along with computer-less printing capabilities by way of PictBridge. So, whether you're on a PC or Mac, you get an advanced business machine and excellent photo lab all- in-one that can virtually fit anywhere.
General
- Copier Type Digital
- Fax Type Plain paper
- Bundled Services Canon InstantExchange
- Printing Technology Ink-jet - Color - Photo printer
- Display Diagonal Size 1.8"
- Width 18.1 in
- Depth 16.2 in
- Height 7.8 in
- Weight 19.6 lbs
Copying
- Max Document Enlargement 400 %
- Max Document Reduction 25 %
- Maximum Copies 99
- Exposure Control Automatic
- Copying Features Gutter Shadow Correction,
Fit to page,
Preset Copy Ratios,
Image Repeat,
Auto Exposure/Intensity (AE),
4 on 1,
2 on 1,
BorderFree Printing
- Inkjet Technology Canon FINE (Full-lithography inkjet Nozzle Engineering)
- Nozzle Configuration 320 nozzles (black), 3 x 384 nozzles (cyan, magenta, yellow)
- Max Printing Resolution up to 600 x 600 dpi (mono) / up to 4800 x 1200 dpi (color)
- Max Printing Speed up to 7.5 ipm (mono) / up to 4.5 ipm (color)
- Color 5-ink
- Minimum Ink Droplet Size 2 pl
- Ink Type Canon ChromaLife100+
Scanning
- Scan Element CIS
- Optical Resolution 1200 x 2400 dpi
- Interpolated Resolution 19200 x 19200 dpi
- Color Depth 24 bit
- Color Depth (Internal) 48 bit
Fax Machine
- Compatibility Super G3
- Max Transmission Speed 33.6 Kbps
- Data Compression System JPEG,
MH,
MR,
MMR - Fax Resolutions 300 x 300 dpi
- Total Memory Capacity 50 pages
Document & Media Handling
- Max Original Size Legal (8.5 in x 14 in)
- Original Type Sheets
- Document Feeder Capacity 30 sheets
- Max Copy Size Legal (8.5 in x 14 in)
- Supported Media Type Printable CD/DVD disk,
Labels,
Cards,
Envelopes,
Plain paper,
Photo paper - Supported Media Sizes 5 in x 7 in,
4 in x 6 in,
Letter A Size (8.5 in x 11 in),
Legal (8.5 in x 14 in),
8 in x 10 in - Standard Media Capacity 100 sheets
- Document & Media Handling Details ADF - 30 sheets,
Paper cassette - 100 sheets - Speed Details Printing : up to 7.5 ppm - B/W,
Printing : up to 4.5 ppm - Color,
Printing : 45 sec ( 4 in x 6 in ) - Photo
PC Connectivity
- PC Connection Availability Yes
- PC Connection USB host,
Hi-Speed USB - Operating System Support MS Windows XP,
MS Windows 2000,
Apple Mac OS X 10.4,
Apple Mac OS X 10.5.x,
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9,
MS Windows Vista - Software Included Drivers & utilities,
Canon Easy-PhotoPrint EX,
Canon MP Navigator EX,
Auto Photo Fix,
Canon Solution Menu Power
- Power AC 110/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
Miscellaneous
- Direct Printing Specifications PictBridge
- Included Accessories Phone cable
- Consumables Included 1 x Cartridge ( Black ) - Canon PG-210,
1 x Cartridge ( Color ) - Canon CL-211 - Microsoft Certifications Certified for Windows Vista
Environmental Standards
- ENERGY STAR Qualified Yes
Manufacturer Warranty
- Manufacturer Warranty 1 year warranty
- Service & Support Details Limited warranty - 1 year,
Limited warranty - Phone consulting - 1 year Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature 41 °F
- Max Operating Temperature 95 °F
- Humidity Range Operating 10 - 90%
Accessories
- Canon PG 210 XL - ink tank (33255062)11.99 - 25.98
- Canon CL 211 XL - ink tank (33254674)17.81 - 32.99
- Canon PG 210 XL - ink tank (33920947)11.99 - 39.95
- Canon Ink and Paper Combo Pack PG-210XL, CL-211XL and Photo Paper Glossy - ink tank / paper kit (33542664)41.93 - 53.50
- Canon BU-30 - print server (32906164)46.49 - 56.07
Manufacturer info
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- Manufacturer:Canon
- Address:
One Canon Plaza, Lake Success, NY 11042 - Phone: 516-328-5000
- Email: mediacontact@cusa.canon.com
