Canon MP600 Ink
PIXMA MP600 Ink Cartridges

Canon MP600 Printer Review

The Canon Pixma MP600 inkjet unit is an all-in-one photo printer marketed with a lot of promise, but not a lot of follow through. Printing at 30 pages per minute in black printer ink and 24 pages per minute with color, it has a lot of potential for the small or home office. Where it falls flat is upfront price of around $180 and high cost of Canon MP600 ink, among other things.

This unit is bulky, to say the least. It weighs 31 pounds and measures 15.4x17.8x7.7 inches. It is much larger than other products in its class. On the front of the machine, however, there is a 2.5 inch TFT Display and Easy-Scroll Wheel, which makes the operations of printing much easier for the user. Many memory cards, Bluetooth devices and digital cameras can connect directly to the printer and print out precise and sharp color photos. The Canon MP600 can print on all standard photography and paper sizes.

Five Canon MP600 ink cartridges are used in the unit and can be replaced individually. This usually saves on printing costs; however, due to the high ink consumption of this large machine, the user will most likely be buying printer ink at a rapid rate and probably won't save much money buying them one at a time. It is ink hungry yielding only 280 pages per cartridge, and buyers will find themselves going to the store or online to buy more Canon MP600 ink cartridges a lot more frequently than they'd expect.

Consumer reviews of the Pixma MP600 inkjet unit are mixed. Though many think the quality of documents produced is outstanding, many find them to be subpar. Most believe the printer is unreliable and difficult to use, while others find it to be reliable and simple. Though opinions vary on the quality and precision of the product, almost all who own the MP600 can agree on one thing—they spend way too much money on Canon MP600 ink.