So you can not only copy but scan without use of a PC.
It is possible to scan direct to a memory stick by using the USB port on the front of the unit. OCR worked well with the normal proviso that if you give it a good sharp uncrumpled page you get good OCR output. Using the latter and Microsoft Scanner Wizard produced a very acceptable Black and White A4 image in 20 seconds.
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Scanning can be done direct from the unit, from the supplied Canon software or the icon created in My Computer.
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There is both a flat-bed and a page feed, the latter folds flat so items can be placed on top of the unit.Ĭopying of course does not require the unit to be connected to a PC and there is a range of reduction/enlargement that can be done from it an A4 black/white copy take 15 seconds while a colour one take 30 seconds.įrom pressing the on/off button you are able to scan within around five seconds. The power lead enters back left, the USB lead back centre (in an indent) and the phone line (for the fax if you use it) back right. There are a total of 27 buttons on the sloping front edge of the unit to control it either side of a 4x3 colour display. Printing an A4 borderless print on photo paper (in best mode) took 2 minutes 52 seconds, this was also the time taken for four near 15x10cm images on a single sheet this action was done using the excellent Canon Photo Print software. Printing the more normal 1500 word document spread over four pages was printed at 10PPM. Printing the nonsensical 200 word document came in at 12PPM. I normally use the Custom mode adjusted to fast as the timing method but here there is also a fast mode and in my tests this was just as fast as the custom mode but gave a nearer black image. I am always puzzled why manufacturers still bring out multi function (as opposed at All In One) models out for the home market as I know very few people who still use the fax function.įirst the print speeds. To the left of the display are three illuminated buttons to select copy, scan and fax modes and to the right are navigation buttons, a number pad for fax dialling (no quick dials) and start and stop buttons for black and colour copies and scans.The Canon Pixma MX330 measures 44x50x20cm and is cream/black.
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The control panel is well laid out, running the full width of the front and includes a full colour – if small, at 45mm – LCD display, designed primarily to show menu options, rather than photo thumbnails. Paper feeds to the fold-down front cover of the machine and, intelligently, this has an auto-release, if you fail to open it before starting a print run. This might have been an idea as, even without the need to load plain and photo paper, it would be useful to be able to load letterheads at the same time as follow-on sheets. The print feed tray is angled more steeply and mounted at the back of the machine, although there’s no separate, slide-in paper cartridge at the front to offer twin paper sources. When open, it still isn’t raised lifted very high and scanned pages feed to an output tray directly beneath it. The top surface is neatly flat when the machine is closed, as the ADF feed tray folds over to complete its lines. The new design features a wraparound, black band, which surrounds the 30-sheet ADF and has the control panel built into it. The MX330 is a mid-range device, coming in at just over £100 and offering an Auto Document Feeder (ADF) and walk-up scan to USB drives, but no memory card slots or CD/DVD print. Indeed, Canon is doing its bit to differentiate between the two markets by producing the PIXMA MX range of business-oriented all-in-ones, as well as the older PIXMA MP range with extra photo facilities. Doing the business: Canon's Pixma MX330 all-in-one inkjet
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