Canon Pixma MP150 All in One Photo Printer, Scanner and Copier

Amazon Customer Reviews

(4 out of 5)

Great - but a bit quirky

The basic review is that this is a terrific piece of kit and astonishing value. It prints documents flawlessly; photo reproduction is good (but more on that later); photocopying is very good; and scanning's a piece of cake.
It looks pretty awful though - best described as 'early PC milky gray'. The more expensive models in this series seem to look better, but this is undeniably well constructed (in Vietnam). Paper is gravity-fed. It takes about a half-inch stack. The out-tray can be closed when not in use - but it's pretty poor as a paper-collector. Ink cartridges are easily accessible and easy to fit.
The unit comes with a good 'get you started' pictorial guide and basic booklet. The on-screen manual's one of the best I've come across with clear, easy-to-follow section on the print/copy/scan functions. The Manual also applies to the MP170 - the next model up - but instructions and protocols for the two machines are clearly separated. The Manual really DOES seem to cover all the baes.
Printing documents is excellent quality, quick and quiet. There's even a function to make it even quieter if you wish. Star feature of the copy function is the 'fit to page' facility. ie copy an A5 size doc and it'll blow it up to A4. Quick print quality isn't that great - but fine for drafts etc.
Scanning again very straightforward, with a series of on-screen prompts about what you'd like to do with the material you've scanned.
Which brings us to photo-printing. Quality at best setting is good. Not great. Good. An 8/10. It's up to you whether you really want a built-in LCD display. The MP150 doesn't have one - but on the other hand, your own PC/laptop's own photo-suite...or the ArcSoft programme that comes with this will enable you to make any changes to your stored photos you want and - more importantly, you'll be able to see them on your monitor screen, which is far better than squinting at some tiny LCD display that features on more expensive PSCs. The MP150 doesn't have memory card slots - but it is PictBridge compliant should you want to print out EVERY pic on your card rather than - via the many in-built programmes - just a select few.
Confusingly, on the control panel, there are select buttons for A4 print paper; A4 photo paper; and 6x4 photo paper. This MAY lead you to believe that these are the ONLY paper sizes the MP150 handles. Not so. I've tried it with 7x5 too, and it works just fine, so I suspect that'll also be the case with 8x6 and a few other sizes. So why just a choice of three sizes on the control panel ?
This anomaly was resolved via a call to the Canon Helpline, who were...er...helpful.
What else ? Separate setup discs for both Windows and Mac. The load process on my Mac Powerbook was quick and trouble-free and everything worked first time.
The paper selection prevents me from awarding the MP150 a full 5-star rating. you might find this particular glitch of no interest/importance to you - but I think you'll agree it's an unbeatable machine at the price and a pretty decent machine at ANY price.

(5 out of 5)

Good all rounder

I bought this mainly because I needed a scanner, and a new printer, and having all of these features in one product is a bargin.

I feel a little disheartened that people are rating this product down because of the quality of it's photo/colour printing. As far as I'm concerned it's very expensive, not just to buy the photo paper, but also the replacment ink, to keep printing your own photographs, epecially as there are great services around like 'PhotoBox.com' etc - so this has not been a worry, or reason to complain with my MP150.

This printer is reliable, fast and good at what it says it's good at. The added features such as being able to use it as a photocopier is great, and again, very fast and easy to use.

It might be a large unit, but it does have a lot of different functions to perform - so I've always been willing to overlook this aspect of the MP150. I would recommend you check the dimentions of the unit and make sure you have space for it before you buy (fairly obvious I know, but reading all the reviews that say 'it was bigger than I thought' makes this a valuble thing to point out!)

The fact that Canon have chosen not to supply a USB cable is a little cheap, but I have discovered that although the instruction leaflet says you need to have a USB cable under 1.5 meters (or something similar) I've got a very long 10 meter USB cable attached to mine and have no problems.

If you're looking for a reliable, easy to use, relativly cheap but quality printer, copier and scanner you can't go wrong with the MP150.

(5 out of 5)

Value for money!

After weeks of searching, hmmm'ing & ahh'ing over which printer to get, I am more than satisfied with having purchased this fantastic all-in-one printer.

I have used many printers over the years of various brands and specifications, both at work and at home, but have never owned a 3 in 1 printer before. I am delighted with the print results, even on a fast print, and am impressed with the quality and ease of photo printing, scanning and photocopying. Even the time it takes to carry out such tasks is more than acceptable.

I was initially a little concerned as to what I would get for such a small sum of money, but am very glad I took the leap!

(5 out of 5)

Fantastic

I've had this for a few days now and just let me say that it is excellent! Fantastic value for money, with great photo prints (can also print borderless a4 with very impressive quality, might need to crank the black up a bit though) great scanner and great package. It looks the part as well!
One feature i was particularly pleased with was the ability to scan in multiple documents (i.e. notes of the same topic) and save them as a multi page pdf file. It was so easy!
Very Pleased (as you might imagine!)

(1 out of 5)

Ink hungry and expensive

This is not a bad little all-in-one, but let down by the fact that it is obviously designed to be difficult to produce cloned cartridges for. You simply cannot get cheap ink supplies for this printer, and having to buy Canon replacements, at about £30 a pair is totally uneconomic given that they seem to last no time at all. So it may be cheap, but it's very poor value for money. Mine is going to the charity shop as soon as I can get an Epson or something else that is reasonably economic to run.