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Canon PIXMA MP630 All-in-One Printer, Copier and Scanner
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Canon Support a Nightmare
(2 out of 5) by Toroa on Mar 31, 2009 (UK)All I wanted this machine to do was what it said on the box. I run a Mac with OSX 10.4.11. Which this machine is apparently compatible with.
General Printing - good - no problem
Scanning - good - no problem although the user interface is fairly clunky
Printing CDs/DVDs - total nightmare. I just could not get it to work. I installed and reinstalled drivers. I spoke to Canon Support who promised to send me updated drivers (they never did). I installed updated drivers from their website - which seems geared mainly to Windows - so again - Mac users beware.
Canon Support finally told me there was a problem with the machine and it would need to be returned to the retailer. The retailer (Cartridge Point) was great. No questions and a prompt replacement.
New machine arrives. Different error messages - again no CD printing.
Canon Support again promise to e-mail new drivers. Again nothing. I ring for the last time where I get a particularly acerbic support person who says that Canon really only sell hardware and apparent software issues are not their problem. I ask, if that's the case, how the machine is supposed to work without software? I'm told Canon are satisfied their software does work. That may be - but it's not working for me. Can I speak to a supervisor then if you can't help? (I have remained calm and polite throughout). Another time spent on hold. A Canon supervisor is not interested in speaking with me and they are satisfied their product works. i.e. despite your problems, we at Canon Support can and will do nothing more.
A search of the net indicates others using Mac OSX have trouble with the CD printing function of this otherwise good machine. My exerience with Canon Support suggests I'd think long and hard before purchasing from them again.
Oh - and the new ink tanks are tiny and run out extremely fast.
Sorry Canon - I'm returning the machine and will be buying another brand.
General Printing - good - no problem
Scanning - good - no problem although the user interface is fairly clunky
Printing CDs/DVDs - total nightmare. I just could not get it to work. I installed and reinstalled drivers. I spoke to Canon Support who promised to send me updated drivers (they never did). I installed updated drivers from their website - which seems geared mainly to Windows - so again - Mac users beware.
Canon Support finally told me there was a problem with the machine and it would need to be returned to the retailer. The retailer (Cartridge Point) was great. No questions and a prompt replacement.
New machine arrives. Different error messages - again no CD printing.
Canon Support again promise to e-mail new drivers. Again nothing. I ring for the last time where I get a particularly acerbic support person who says that Canon really only sell hardware and apparent software issues are not their problem. I ask, if that's the case, how the machine is supposed to work without software? I'm told Canon are satisfied their software does work. That may be - but it's not working for me. Can I speak to a supervisor then if you can't help? (I have remained calm and polite throughout). Another time spent on hold. A Canon supervisor is not interested in speaking with me and they are satisfied their product works. i.e. despite your problems, we at Canon Support can and will do nothing more.
A search of the net indicates others using Mac OSX have trouble with the CD printing function of this otherwise good machine. My exerience with Canon Support suggests I'd think long and hard before purchasing from them again.
Oh - and the new ink tanks are tiny and run out extremely fast.
Sorry Canon - I'm returning the machine and will be buying another brand.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
Great printer but...
(4 out of 5) by David Webber on Apr 12, 2009 (Portsmouth, UK)The MP630 is undeniably good and it prints CD/DVDs beautifully too. BUT - oh the manual. What you think is a comprehensive guide (which covers only setting the printer up) is often confusing and certainly at times unclear. Canon have obviously recognised this since there's all sorts of separate papers attached to various points of the printer clarifying the manual - why not just produce a good manual in the first place? Be prepared to step back and read the various extra papers in conjunction - it's important and you'll save yourself much frustration. After that you're on your own, aside from the 'on screen' manual which isn't clear at all.
In response to other Mac users, I run a iMac desktop and Leopard 10.5.6 (update to review, now 10.5.8). It took me AGES to see how discs should be printed. After wasting much time, ink and discs, I've subsequently not had any problems printing to CD/DVD, save for the hopeless documentation. Make sure you read the easily missed instruction regarding the disc tray and insertion.
The other important thing for CD printing is though you can print anything in .jpg format, you MUST use the template supplied with the software (Mac or PC). Though this is surprisingly flexible, like me some will use Adobe programmes to export a .jpg (make a CD size document for accuracy) to import that into the template. I wonder if this is why other Mac users have had (fully understandable) problems by not realising this as I hadn't?
Note that the ink has remarkable 'rub' resistance, but it is not water resistant. Though discs shouldn't ever get wet, I am going to 'fix' my designs in future.
Though it will accept camera cards, certain cards need adaptors (xD included) which is plain daft. I doubt if this will bother too many people though.
When initially connected the printer does take a while to set itself up, and can take an age to process documents for print. This shouldn't be an issue for most home users. But overall the quality is excellent, however, I think it's let down by text printing which my HP did quite well. Duplex printing is great, but don't expect accuracy when backing. I've only run paper and photo paper thus far, but I'd imagine it's capable of envelopes etc too. Ink levels should be easy to check via the computer but they aren't. It means wading through levels of windows to find them; it isn't always practical to physically check the printer tanks themselves.
I'd award 5 stars but won't due to the manual. But don't let that put you off; the printer itself is great - once you know how to use it.
In response to other Mac users, I run a iMac desktop and Leopard 10.5.6 (update to review, now 10.5.8). It took me AGES to see how discs should be printed. After wasting much time, ink and discs, I've subsequently not had any problems printing to CD/DVD, save for the hopeless documentation. Make sure you read the easily missed instruction regarding the disc tray and insertion.
The other important thing for CD printing is though you can print anything in .jpg format, you MUST use the template supplied with the software (Mac or PC). Though this is surprisingly flexible, like me some will use Adobe programmes to export a .jpg (make a CD size document for accuracy) to import that into the template. I wonder if this is why other Mac users have had (fully understandable) problems by not realising this as I hadn't?
Note that the ink has remarkable 'rub' resistance, but it is not water resistant. Though discs shouldn't ever get wet, I am going to 'fix' my designs in future.
Though it will accept camera cards, certain cards need adaptors (xD included) which is plain daft. I doubt if this will bother too many people though.
When initially connected the printer does take a while to set itself up, and can take an age to process documents for print. This shouldn't be an issue for most home users. But overall the quality is excellent, however, I think it's let down by text printing which my HP did quite well. Duplex printing is great, but don't expect accuracy when backing. I've only run paper and photo paper thus far, but I'd imagine it's capable of envelopes etc too. Ink levels should be easy to check via the computer but they aren't. It means wading through levels of windows to find them; it isn't always practical to physically check the printer tanks themselves.
I'd award 5 stars but won't due to the manual. But don't let that put you off; the printer itself is great - once you know how to use it.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
Brilliant except for the duplexing!
(4 out of 5) by J. DELAHAYE on May 30, 2009 (Chippenham, Wilts, UK)This is an excellent printer. Fast, good quality, easy to set up and use, reliable and faultlessly does borderless A4. However the main reason I bought it was to print our club newsletter using the built in auto duplex. When this mode is enabled it switches from the lovely dark black ink quality to the inferior pigmented ink, even for text which looks grey and dull. I've contacted canon and they want me to send the printer back to be repaired however a simple driver update would solve the problem. Rubbish :(
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
sarisfaction!
(5 out of 5) by Anita Carter on Mar 16, 2009 (London, England)Canon PIXMA MP630 All-in-One Printer, Copier and Scanner
I received my printer within 4 days of ordering - came with good instructions.
I installed it within 30 minutes (I should point out I am 75 years of age) all up and running quickly the test using it without the pc was good all worked fine. Putting the software onto my pc was easy to do and the subsequent test was good.
So, if I can get it installed and up and running without any problems, it should be a doddle for anyone else to do so.
Am getting used to the fact that I have to switch on the printer instead of just clickin on print on my pc and it automatically switching on. But that is a minor point and one I am fast getting used to.
Am sure that anyone purchasing this will be as happy as I am with it - printing is clear and fast - no problems there at all.
I received my printer within 4 days of ordering - came with good instructions.
I installed it within 30 minutes (I should point out I am 75 years of age) all up and running quickly the test using it without the pc was good all worked fine. Putting the software onto my pc was easy to do and the subsequent test was good.
So, if I can get it installed and up and running without any problems, it should be a doddle for anyone else to do so.
Am getting used to the fact that I have to switch on the printer instead of just clickin on print on my pc and it automatically switching on. But that is a minor point and one I am fast getting used to.
Am sure that anyone purchasing this will be as happy as I am with it - printing is clear and fast - no problems there at all.
52 of 56 people found the following review helpful:
Great printer, apart from it eats ink even when you don't print!
(2 out of 5) by Steve Jakab on Jul 14, 2009 (London, UK)I bought this printer around 3 weeks ago because I was looking for a decent all-in-one printer/scanner/copier and the reviews here and on Pc Pro were generally excellent.
In terms of quality, the printer does not disappoint. The print quality is excellent, and is matched by equally excellent scanning in either colour or black and white. One thing I particularly liked is that I can scan directly to USB key, so don't need to have it hooked up to my computer and install lots of software unnecessarily.
However, there is a big problem with this printer that no-one else has mentioned. And that is, that it eats through ink (and you notice it particularly with the smaller coloured ink cartridges) each and every time you switch it on. I've only printed a couple of pages of A4 in colour (and they were web pages almost entirely of text), and yet, 3 weeks into using this machine almost exclusively for black printing and sometimes stand-alone scanning, and the colour ink cartridges are now almost half empty, with virtually no colour printing! At around £45 for a set of new colour ink cartridges, this doesn't work out cheap. As someone who prints out in black ink, I'm totally against having to replace the colour ink cartridges regularly just because the printer uses ink every time you switch it on, even if it's just to scan to a USB key.
I called up Canon support, and a lady in the 1st level helpdesk confirmed that there was a problem, and it's because the printer performs a 'cleaning process' every time you switch it on. So, it cleans the main black AND colour nozzles each time you switch it on, even if you print only using the main black ink cartridge or don't print at all if you just want to use the scanner.
Well, this is a show-stopper for me. I don't want to spend £45 regularly on coloured ink that I don't use, and I could just leave in empty colour cartridges, but then have to replace them on the odd occasions I do actually want to print out in colour. So I returned the printer to Amazon for a refund as this a design-fault. Perhaps it won't bother you if you print out and black and colour each time you turn the printer on, but it's no good for me. I'm going to go for a black and white laser printer all-in-one that doesn't suffer from the problems mentioned above with this unit.
In terms of quality, the printer does not disappoint. The print quality is excellent, and is matched by equally excellent scanning in either colour or black and white. One thing I particularly liked is that I can scan directly to USB key, so don't need to have it hooked up to my computer and install lots of software unnecessarily.
However, there is a big problem with this printer that no-one else has mentioned. And that is, that it eats through ink (and you notice it particularly with the smaller coloured ink cartridges) each and every time you switch it on. I've only printed a couple of pages of A4 in colour (and they were web pages almost entirely of text), and yet, 3 weeks into using this machine almost exclusively for black printing and sometimes stand-alone scanning, and the colour ink cartridges are now almost half empty, with virtually no colour printing! At around £45 for a set of new colour ink cartridges, this doesn't work out cheap. As someone who prints out in black ink, I'm totally against having to replace the colour ink cartridges regularly just because the printer uses ink every time you switch it on, even if it's just to scan to a USB key.
I called up Canon support, and a lady in the 1st level helpdesk confirmed that there was a problem, and it's because the printer performs a 'cleaning process' every time you switch it on. So, it cleans the main black AND colour nozzles each time you switch it on, even if you print only using the main black ink cartridge or don't print at all if you just want to use the scanner.
Well, this is a show-stopper for me. I don't want to spend £45 regularly on coloured ink that I don't use, and I could just leave in empty colour cartridges, but then have to replace them on the odd occasions I do actually want to print out in colour. So I returned the printer to Amazon for a refund as this a design-fault. Perhaps it won't bother you if you print out and black and colour each time you turn the printer on, but it's no good for me. I'm going to go for a black and white laser printer all-in-one that doesn't suffer from the problems mentioned above with this unit.