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| Print Quality | 9.6/10  |
|---|---|
| Ease of Set Up | 8.6/10 |
| Value for Money | 5.6/10 |
| Overall rating | 6/10 |
Full review by
rrauwl
on 30th Jul 2008
User Rating : 4
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Good Points: Good quality when you can get it to print.Can take many types of media.
Bad Points: Useless, baffling error codes.Most minor error cripples printer.Support web site is bad.Thirsty, with expensive ink.
General comments: The Canon Pixma iP5200 is a printer I would love to love. There is no doubt that if they solved the ink issues and had better error reporting, this would be an excellent deal.But they haven't. It guzzles ink. Fitting it with ink hose feeds is perilous, since even the official ink replacements will sometimes simply stop working. The software error reporting is next to useless, either claiming that the printer isn't on, or giving a generic 'check the printer' message. The hardware error reporting is sometimes simply wrong, flashing an almost random number of times no matter what the real issue is.Save your money, buy something more reliable.
rrauwl's review and ratings | 144 words
Review by
shopping01
on 23rd Feb 2008
User Rating : 3
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For me, the chips on even genuine Canon cartridges fail. It is one thing to force the use of genuine (expensive) ink. It is unacceptable to have a technology which means you have to throw them away part used.Also bear in mind that this is a thirsty little beast.#
It is desperate that the Canon Pixma printers are let down by what in my opinion is greed and poor quality in its policing department.
shopping01's full review | 82 words
Review by
garbaldisham
on 17th Oct 2007
User Rating : 5
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Despite the issues I've had with my own one, it's a lovely printer. I would still recommend the Canon iP5200 if you want occasional great quality photo prints (as opposed to constant photo printing) and especially if you have lots of text to print.
garbaldisham's full review | 274 words
Review by
review4u
on 17th Jul 2007
User Rating : 8
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The printer is an excellent solid printer that does everything you expect from Canon.
Canon has decided that we should not use cheaper ink cartridges so they have come up with these chips which means you can not get cheap version of the cartridges. This is bad news as each cartridge is about £9.99. Other printers such as Epson, you can get cheap cartridges for about £3.99.
So if you have little kids who will do a lot of printing then this is not good for you as it cost you a lot ...
review4u's full review | 137 words
Review by
Reviewer100
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on 4th Sep 2006
User Rating : 10
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Bought mine the other day for £63. Had read several reviews from various websites and nearly everyone gave it full marks. I was initially skeptical of the 'lab-quality' claims. My cynicism was immediately unfounded with the first print as the quality really is Boots/Jessops quality without the obvious layers that are common on some other colour printers. It is much cheaper however to have them professionally printed in the high street (7p per copy) but use your own printer for one-offs and ...
Reviewer100's full review | 251 words
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