Canon PIXMA MX850 Expert Reviews

The Pixma MX850 is Canon's all-in-one scanner, copier, fax machine, and ink-jet printer built for the small office or home office. The MX850 prints impressively crisp, legible text that's comparable to laser quality. Add to that speedy performance, ...

Speedy ; user-friendly ; superior text quality comparable to lasers ; includes duplexer and automatic document feeder

Scan resolution is slightly fuzzy and jagged ; some colors look muted in scan output

The MX850 is a bit bulky, at 31 pounds, but it sets up in a snap. The printer uses a five-color ink system, which includes the four traditional dye-based colors (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) and a special pigment-based black to achieve ...

The Canon Pixma MX850 delivers all the right features for a small office, home office, or home use.

Fast performance. Automatic document feeder. Network connector. Standalone copier and fax.

Unusual approach to network setup. Full-page graphics tend to make plain paper curl.

Equally capable at home and office tasks, the Canon Pixma MX850 is a good fit for the home or small office, or in the dual role of home and home-office all-in-one.

The MX850 had its ups in the tray, menu and fax departments. Canon offers dual input trays with the MX850 and also three choices on how you'd prefer to use them, which makes it easy to switch from one paper type to another. The navigation on the unit ...

Overall, the Canon MX850 had only lackluster photo print quality, but it had decent speed and did a decent job on printing to plain paper. And while it has a great selection of features, it's a tad pricey for its performance results and in comparison ...

The Canon MX850 inkjet printer is an all-in-one device, capable of copying, printing from memory card and PC, faxing and scanning. This hefty (at 30.7 lbs) multifunction device is aimed at the home office user who wants it all, but in one device. As ...

Outside of being a hefty printer for weighing in at just over 30lbs and taking up nearly half a standard size desk, the downfall of the printer comes with its black and white photo prints and the annoying banding it leaves behind. Even after cleaning ...

The Canon PIMXA is a solid office performer with a raft of features, but don't expect top-quality photograph printing.

Quick, good-quality scan ; plenty of functions well-suited for offices ; intuitive software

Much slower print speed than promised ; not great for photo printing ; poorly designed USB slot

The design of multifunction printers seems to be a pretty standard affair these days--paper tray extending from the back, print feed out the front and a lid that lifts to reveal a scanner. The top scanner tray feels a little flimsy with its clunky ...

This Canon's print speed is incredibly fast for an inkjet printer and text print quality is impressive too

Speedy printing ; Good quality prints ; Stylish

Awkward setup ; Slightly expensive running costs ; Below average photo printing

The weakest part of the performance is photo printing, but this is really a minor criticism of a superb printer

Excellent print quality and speed

Scanner quality isn't great

Canon touts the Canon Pixma MX850 as a multifunction powerhouse, and it's worthy of such a description. On top of being fast, easy to use, and excellent at outputting documents and photos, the MX850 includes features such as a duplexer and an ...

This is Canon's top-of-the-range multifunction machine for the SOHO market. The PIXMA MX range differs from the MP range in offering four-colour print, though it provides a separate, pigmented black ink for printing black text, too. ...

Canon's PIXMA MX850 is a well designed machine for somebody who needs the full advantages of a multifunction printer, with photo print, CD/DVD direct print, multiple paper sources and full fax facilities. Its only downside is its inexorably slow ...

The Canon Pixma MX850 is Canon's all-in-one scanner, copier, fax machine, and inkjet printer built for the small office or home office.

Canon touts the Canon Pixma MX850 as a multifunction powerhouse, and it's worthy of such a description. On top of being fast, easy to use, and excellent at outputting documents and photos, the MX850 includes features such as a duplexer and an ...

The Canon Pixma MX850 is a small, versatile multifunction printer suited to a small office looking for a cheap, do-it-all machine. It offers a broad range of features and reasonable document print quality, but don't expect top quality colour prints.

Quick, quality scanning, Plenty of functionality well suited to offices, Good software

Much slower print speed than promised, Not great for photo printing, No USB cable supplied

The Canon PIMXA is a solid office performer with a raft of features; just don't expect top quality photograph printing