Canon Pixma MP170

A mulifunctioning Man I am! (1367 words)
by otalgia - written on 17/07/08 (Very useful, 376 readings)
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in one printer, scanner and copier all for less than £50. To me this seemed a bargain, so I purchased one quickly. The item in question was the PIXMA MP170 by Canon. Set up The first thing you notice when you unwrap the box is that the unit is rather heavy and very plastic. In the box are driver discs, power cable and two ink cartridges (one for colours and one for black). There is however no USB printer cable which is a fine if you are replacing a printer but a pain if you re not. The installation of the software is the first thing you need to do. This starts automatically and installs the driver plus a couple of photo manipulation utilities. It also installs a ...

Canon Pixma MP150

Pixma MP150 (507 words)
by l500589 - written on 14/07/10, updated on 28/06/12 (Very useful, 153 readings)
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it soon became apparent that I would be needing to also purchase a printer. After trawling a few electrical retailers, the best deal I had spotted was the Cannon PIXMA MP150, mainly because this piece of kit was not just a printer, as it also had a built in scanner and a photocopier. The printer was also on offer at the time in Currys, reduced from £79.99 down to £59.99, and this seemed to good to miss, especially when most of the other possibilities that I had been looking at were costing a similar price just for a basic printer (without the scanner and photo copier facility). The cannon Pixma 150 was very easy to install, and only took about 10 minutes, before I was ...