Canon Pixma MX7600
Manufacturer: Canon USA Part number: 2437B002
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- Bottom Line:
- The Canon Pixma MX7600 multifunction is a huge improvement over the previous model. With additional features such as an autoduplexer, increased faxing options, and an upgraded control cockpit, we have no problem recommending the MX7600.
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CNET editors' review
Canon Pixma MX7600 price range: $279.99 - $399.99
- Reviewed by: Justin Yu
- Edited by: Rich Brown
- Reviewed on: 04/15/2008
- Released on: 03/03/2008
The good: New clear ink cartridge improves print quality; auto-duplexer; dedicated one-touch fax keypad; intuitive photo-printing controls; increased faxing options; very fast photo and graphic prints.
The bad: Unwieldy size; text speed hasn't improved; higher price tag might deter prospective buyers.
The bottom line: The Canon Pixma MX7600 multifunction is a huge improvement over the previous model. With additional features such as an autoduplexer, increased faxing options, and an upgraded control cockpit, we have no problem recommending the MX7600.
A few months ago, we tested the Canon Pixma MX700 with strong results. The multifunction printer, scanner, fax machine, and copier performed intuitively and yielded excellent quality prints. Most importantly in the world of multifunction printers, each of the functions operated easily and efficiently on their own. Our only complaints were that it was a tad slow on text prints, lacked advanced faxing options, and didn't have an autoduplexer. Canon answered those issues with the new $400 Pixma MX7600. The MX7600 features superb photo print quality that you simply won't get with a laser printer. This, coupled with a new proprietary print head system, autoduplexer, and significantly faster output speeds, make the MX7600 an excellent option for anyone in the market for a high-grade, photo-capable all-in-one.
Design
The MX7600 retains the same overall design of the MX700, using gunmetal grays, matte blacks, and glossy finishes to enhance its visual appeal. This printer demands a lot of desk space at 10.1 inches tall by 19.7 inches wide by 21 inches deep, and it's certainly not meant for personal use. It's also a lot heavier than the MX700, weighing a hefty 36.6 pounds. You'll find the automatic document feeder on the rear of the printer behind the flatbed scanner and it can hold 35 pages of plain or legal-sized paper. The feeder itself also folds down and out of the way when not in use.
In general, the MX7600 is a space-saving device, despite its large footprint. The paper trays extend out to corral sheets and fold away into the body afterward. The media card slots (Compact Flash, SD, Memory Stick, and MMC) are also covered by a foldout piece of plastic to protect them from dust. Next to that, there's a PictBridge USB port for connecting a camera directly into the printer. We also like the design of the main output tray that, like the auto document feeder, can fold into the printer during downtime, but it automatically opens when it's processing a document. A front-loading input tray can hold up to 150 sheets of paper.
The front of the MX7600 is taken up by the comprehensive control panel. Alongside the standard buttons (directional keys, alphanumeric keypad, start, power, functions), the MX7600 also includes eight buttons for speed dialing individuals or groups. There are also dedicated buttons for search, two-sided printing, fax quality, and image enlarging/reducing. A 1.8 inch angle-adjustable color LCD sits in the middle of it all for onsite editing, photo selection, and general functionality display.
Features
The copier on the MX7600 contains all the standard functions you'd find on a full size office machine. It has options for special copying, including two-sided, two-on-one, four-on-one, borderless, image repeat, collated copy, and fade restore. You can also control zoom magnification in 25 percent-to-400 percent intervals, through preset ratio increases, or a fit-to-page option.
The scanner relies on the PC for connectivity; you can't scan to the MX7600's internal memory and print from there. The scanning options are mostly handled by the MP Navigator EX software that comes with the unit. The software is pretty standard, allowing for minor edits and page formats for printing. Scanned data can be saved to the PC, sent directly to an e-mail, or saved in PDF form on your hard drive. A limited optical character recognition functionality is available through the Navigator EX program. The MX7600 can save files as JPEG, TIFF, bitmaps, and PDF. Unfortunately, the MX7600 still doesn't have the capability to scan directly to a USB card or memory card, a feature we also missed on the MX700.
One of the most outstanding features on the MX7600 is the fax machine, a huge improvement over the limited functionality of the MX700. We love that Canon included eight one-touch dial buttons in addition to 100 coded speed dial buttons. You can also print out a sheet of these destinations to serve as a visual reminder. The MX7600 includes sequential broadcast faxes that lets you send the same document to up to 109 recipients in one session. If you frequently send documents to the same set of numbers, registered group dialing is also available. Finally, the machine is also capable of remote receiving. If the fax machine isn't set to memory receiving, users can pick up the handset of the telephone connected to the machine, dial a number, and begin to receive faxes.
The MX7600 can print from a computer, through a direct PictBridge compatible camera, or from a memory card. This time around, Canon lets users select one of four ways to print: single photo display (one at a time or all at once), multiselect prints, special photo prints, and photo index sheet. Within the selection process, you can choose to view via full-screen, enlarged view via digital zoom, or in a slide show with 5-second intervals. There are also a handful of other options including trimming (edit by cropping), time stamp, and bordered prints.
Special photo prints include various layout prints, index prints, DPOF prints (prints according to the order format settings on the camera), and printing with the photo's Exif information in the margins.
Performance
The MX7600 printed pages faster than the MX700 in most of our tests. The MX7600 also leapt ahead of the Kodak EasyShare 5500 in all subject tests except for the photo test, which are within fractions of a page of each other anyway, so the difference is insignificant. We tested it against one of our current favorite all-in-one printers, the HP Officejet L7780 that won our Editors' Choice award last year. Even though the Canon was beaten by three pages per minute in the text printing test, the MX7600 fought admirably in the rest of the tests and actually scanned pages faster than the L7780. Overall, Canon has made leaps and bounds over previous models in terms of speed, doubling its pages per minute count in half of our speed tests.
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The quality of prints has also improved as well, thanks to Canon's new Pigment Reaction inkjet technology. In contrast to its MX700 that has four ink tanks, the MX7600 has six tanks, five Lucia pigment inks and one cartridge of clear ink. Canon's Pigment Reaction works by laying down a coat of the clear ink first and bonding it with the color pigments to create better quality graphics on plain paper. We found the text quality to be well formed with no jagged edges or misplaced ink dots. While some other multifunction inkjets, such as the Brother MFC-685CW, produce photos with fuzzy edges and dull colors, the MX7600 graphics are bright and sharp, even on standard 20-pound sheets. The graphics we printed seemed to pop off the page with smooth gradients and an overall even amount of color saturation. The addition of the clear ink cartridge boosts the package price of the MX7600 a bit; the new clear ink cartridge costs $18, a few dollars more than the $15 pigment inks.
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, usa.canon.com.
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User reviews
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Excellent, very well designed, perfect for SOHO.
by SKAElearning on August 27, 2008
Pros: Sharp text and graphics. Very close to laser quality text and the control panel layout makes this a very intuitive machine.
Cons: Gears are on the loud side.
Summary: First off--this is big. With all of the features including the auto-duplexer, the PX7600 has a fairly large footprint. I don't have a ton of space but this was ...
Summary: First off--this is big. With all of the features including the auto-duplexer, the PX7600 has a fairly large footprint. I don't have a ton of space but this was not a problem for me because I measured before ordering. I can see where this could cause issues if you are expecting an average sized MFP so be sure to measure so that you know what to expect.
This MFP is extremely well designed. Everything folds out, folds in and there is even a place to store the 5 included cleaning sheets. Canon put a lot of time, effort and thought into this machine. The MX7600 looks good just sitting here doing nothing.
Set up takes about 25 minutes including loading the drivers. The ink cartridges light up so you know they've been installed properly. I had absolutely no problem at all installing the software using Windows XP.
The MX7600 can be added to a LAN via an ethernet cable--wireless would have been a nice addition. I'm using a USB cable for now.
The printer sits on a cart just behind my chair and doesn't make much noise at all when printing. My only criticism is the fact that the gears make just a bit too much noise as they load the paper.
I work and run my business out of my home so I wanted one machine that would do everything. I wanted a color laser with auto duplexing, my printed documents and brochures to look professional, I didn't want to have to fuss to load different paper options, it had to be easy to use, consumables needed to be reasonably priced and I didn't want to pay a fortune--$400.00-$500.00 max.
I got the auto duplexer, this machine is extremely easy to use, my documents and brochures look fantastic, two different paper types are loaded, one in the tray, the other in the manual sheet feeder, the ink cartridges are about $15.00 and I only paid $299.00 plus tax at amazon.com. The only thing on this list I didn't get was Laser. This isn't a problem because the output is extremely close to Laser anyway. I think the only people who would notice the difference are professional printer reviewers--the output is that good.
I highly recommend this all-in-one to anyone looking for a great, cost-effective SOHO solution.9 out of 9 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Impressive!!
by Sam Karver on June 9, 2008
Pros: Tech Support (for user Error!),Quietness, ease of set up,fast
Cons: none so far
Summary: First Canon Printer, had a very reliable OLD HP all in one, saw bad reviews on top of the line HP's ,if I pay for quality I want quality ...
Summary: First Canon Printer, had a very reliable OLD HP all in one, saw bad reviews on top of the line HP's ,if I pay for quality I want quality and SERVICE,My experience with Canon Tech Support EXCELLENT, helpful, friendly,EASY TO UNDERSTAND,and professional. All things being close, exceptional Tech support gets my dough.Too Bad HP doesn't get it----TAKE CARE OF YOUR CUSTOMERS OR THEY WILL NO LONGER BE YOUR CUSTOMERS!!!
8 out of 9 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great printer
by vegan_101 on October 17, 2008
Pros: Great looking graphics, super fast print speed, great quality copying and scanning
Cons: The print speed is fast, but sometimes it takes too long to start printing. It's very large. I can't find the ink at any local stores so I have to purchase it online.
6 out of 6 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Not as good as expected
by treasureit on June 8, 2008
Pros: fast printing, pretty quiet
Cons: poor scanning quality and too pink on photos, a bit too big
Summary: I waiting patiently for this model to come out and now I feel I wasted my time. It has really poor scanning, both the quality and the color were much ...
Summary: I waiting patiently for this model to come out and now I feel I wasted my time. It has really poor scanning, both the quality and the color were much less that my old HP. I use the scanner for my business and not only scan in photos but items as well like jewelry or buttons. This would not scan these well at all...they were blurry and I had to adjust the finished scan a lot before it looked even close to the item.
We never did get the fax to work. We kept reading the instructions and I am sure we were doing it wrong, but we didn't have any problems in the past with our old machines.
It did print nice sharp documents tho! I liked the speed OK too.6 out of 8 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Wonderfully Sub-Standard
by IFLYMAUI on January 24, 2009
Pros: Build, design, controls, FAX features, excellent scan and the Canon name. Easy and excellent set-up. Very good software.
Cons: No Bluetooth. No Wi-Fi. S L O W. Did I say S L O W? I've never owned such a slow printer just for B/W text. No USB cord includd but required for set-up(???). Lid top is unstable when opening (may just be my unit). Finding ink is difficult.
Summary: Still an excellent choice because Canon is a quality company and imaging is what they have always done well. I loved the software and unlike HP, it wasn't bloated. ...
Summary: Still an excellent choice because Canon is a quality company and imaging is what they have always done well. I loved the software and unlike HP, it wasn't bloated. If you can tolerate the lack of ink availibility and slower than HP speeds, it's a good consideration.
LCD screen is VERY small. Could be a bit larger.
Updated on Jan 24, 20092 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great for printing office related postings and cards
by blue_eyes_rc on January 23, 2009
Pros: Has vivid colors and excellent resolution. Can save files as PDF.
Cons: Slow to start printing. Bulky unit that takes up a lot of desk space.
Summary: We started off with a HP printer that gave me fits every time I tried to print birthday cards to send to the employees. Next we got a high end ...
Summary: We started off with a HP printer that gave me fits every time I tried to print birthday cards to send to the employees. Next we got a high end HP that was horrible. I checked reviews and found that this was the printer I needed. I have not been disappointed.
2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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OK All-in-1 but wouldn't buy another
by dboctech on August 5, 2009
Pros: Does a decent job doing everything and the output is ok. Prints quickly. Fairly easy to understand the buttons and controls (and there are a lot of them).
Cons: Impossible to find ink. I ran out of black ink and nobody stocks it. They stock every ink but this one. Only place to get ink is online so you better have a credit card or you have a $300 paperweight.
Summary: Bought this because every legit reviewer gave it high marks, it did all the things I wanted an all in one to do and because it is networkable...after 6 ...
Summary: Bought this because every legit reviewer gave it high marks, it did all the things I wanted an all in one to do and because it is networkable...after 6 months of limited use the black cartridge ran out of ink and that's where the misery began. Staples/Office Depot/Best Buy carried every Canon ink cartridge except the PGI 7BK which this uses. Should have stuck with an HP. Never will buy another Canon product again.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Printing, speed & clarity -great, controls easy to use.
by slickbgaw on April 25, 2009
Pros: love having all functionality in one device
Cons: It is a bit loud, and some indicated it took a bit to start up - it took less than 4 seconds on mine...
Summary: LOVE our device- My 11 yr old daughter was able to figure out the duplex printing with any assistance, so expect that it's very easy to do...
Summary: LOVE our device- My 11 yr old daughter was able to figure out the duplex printing with any assistance, so expect that it's very easy to do...
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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If you find the ink cartridges when shopping STOCK UP!
by norcalphil on February 21, 2009
Pros: Seems to be chugging along just fine..not the fastest or best clarity
Cons: Unless I am cursed by selection of ink cartridges in local stores - very few stock the 9 series cartridges and nearly NOBODY carries this stupid PGI-7BK cartridge. It seems to be obsolete...even hard to find online. What a pain in the printer!
Summary: Find a more commonly used model - the ink cartridges for this one are VERY difficult to find by just popping into Staples/Office Depot/Officemax
Summary: Find a more commonly used model - the ink cartridges for this one are VERY difficult to find by just popping into Staples/Office Depot/Officemax
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Its got all I need
by bertdanger on February 9, 2009
Pros: As a fairly serious amature photographer who works as a business consultant at home, I'm really happy with the quality of photo prints while having a really great business machine for scanning, copying, faxing, and printing.
Cons: It is really big and takes a bit more time than it should starting jobs if its been idle.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Canon USA
- Part number: 2437B002
- Description: Revolutionary 'clear-ink' technology delivers professional quality printing on plain paper. This flagship Office All-In-One offers your business fax, duplex print, copy scan functionality.
General
- Copier Type Digital
- Fax Type Plain paper
- Printing Technology Ink-jet - Color - Photo printer
- Display Diagonal Size 1.8"
- Width 19.7 in
- Depth 21 in
- Height 10.1 in
- Weight 36.6 lbs
Memory
- Supported Flash Memory CompactFlash, Memory Stick, IBM Microdrive, MultiMediaCard, SD Memory Card, Memory Stick Pro
Copying
- Max Copying Speed up to 28 pages/min (mono) / up to 23 pages/min (color)
- Max Document Enlargement 400 %
- Max Document Reduction 25 %
- Maximum Copies 99
- Automatic Duplexing Yes
- Copying Features 2 on 1, 4 on 1, BorderFree
Printing
- Inkjet Technology Canon FINE (Full-lithography inkjet Nozzle Engineering)
- Max Printing Resolution up to 600 x 600 dpi (mono) / up to 4800 x 1200 dpi (color)
- Max Printing Speed up to 28 pages/min (mono) / up to 23 pages/min (color)
- Color 6-ink
- Minimum Ink Droplet Size 2 pl
Scanning
- Scan Element CIS
- Optical Resolution 9600 x 4800 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 MH, MR, MMR, JPEG
- Total Memory Capacity 250 pages
- PC Faxing Yes
Fax Machine Features
- Error Correction Mode (ECM) Yes
- Features Answering machine interface
Document & Media Handling
- Max Original Size Legal (8.5 in x 14 in)
- Original Type Sheets
- Document Feeder Capacity 35 sheets
- Max Copy Size Legal (8.5 in x 14 in)
- Supported Media Type Cards, Labels, Envelopes, Plain paper
- Document & Media Handling Details ADF - 30 sheets - Legal (8.5 in x 14 in), Paper cassette - 150 sheets - Legal (8.5 in x 14 in)
- Speed Details Printing : up to 28 pages/min - B/W fast, Printing : up to 23 pages/min - Color fast, Copying : up to 28 pages/min - B/W, Copying : up to 23 pages/min - Color
PC Connectivity
- PC Connection Availability Yes
- PC Connection Hi-Speed USB, Ethernet 10 Base-T/100 Base-TX
- Operating System Support MS Windows XP, MS Windows 2000, MS Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later
- Software Included Drivers & utilities, Presto! PageManager, ScanSoft OmniPage SE, Canon MP Navigator EX, Canon Easy-PhotoPrint EX
Power
- Power Consumption Operational 26 Watt
- Power Consumption Standby 6.5 Watt
- Power Consumption Sleep 1.6 Watt
Miscellaneous
- Direct Printing Specifications PictBridge, Canon Direct Print
- Microsoft Certifications Certified for Windows Vista
Environmental Standards
- EPA Energy Star Compliant Yes
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support 1 year warranty
- Service & Support Details Limited warranty - 1 year, Technical support - Phone consulting - 1 year
CNET Labs' Benchmarks
- CNET Labs Gray Scale Scanning Speed Test (pages per minute) 5.11
- CNET Labs Photo Speed Test (pages per minute) 1.24
- CNET Labs Presentation Speed Test (pages per minute) 5.02
- CNET Labs Printer Graphics Speed Test (pages per minute) 4.29
- CNET Labs Text Speed Test (pages per minute) 7.1
Accessories
- Silex Pricom C-6700WG - print server (33722386)98.73 - 128.99
- Canon Photo Paper Plus II - glossy photo paper - 100 sheet(s) (33003970)9.99 - 21.60
- Canon PGI 7BK - ink tank (33018606)5.99 - 22.02
- Canon PGI 9 Clear - ink tank (32956075)15.18 - 27.24
- Canon Photo Paper Plus II - glossy photo paper - 20 sheet(s) (33003966)6.47 - 9.67
Manufacturer info
- Canon USA
- Manufacturer profile
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- Website: http://estore.usa.canon.com/
- Address:
One Canon Plaza, Lake Success, NY 11042 - Phone: 516-328-5000
- Email: mediacontact@cusa.canon.com
