Canon Pixma Ink Efficient E500 - [Short term review]
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Price: Rs. 5750/-
Flipkart Product Page
Canon India Official Product Page and Specifications
This is my first printer, so can't compare with any other product.
Build Quality: It is pretty average to be honest and the plastics feel flimsy. The paper input and output trays feel as if they might break with some accidental pressure. The glossy blue/black finish looks good but is a fingerprint and dust magnet. I would have loved a matte finish.
Print Quality: Both colour and black/white prints are pretty good in standard mode but in draft mode the texts appear smudgy and the colours dull. The print speeds are pretty decent, but i don't know how it fares against the competition. Haven't printed any photos yet but here are two quotes from external reviews.
Scanning: The device can scan up to a resolution of 1200*2400 dpi. Photo scans are pretty good and the colour and details are well preserved.
Copy: This does the work pretty well, but it is more affordable to get it done outside when you have many documents. For the odd one/two copying it does the job pretty well.
Some other significant points:
1. Control panel
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As you can see, it has only the '+' button. So if you have to reduce the number of copies needed you press all the way up to 9 and then come to 1. They could have provided a '-' button. Otherwise the control panel is pretty easy to use.
2. Setting up the printer and changing cartridges is very easy.
3. The printer is very noisy and might give you a scare.
4. It stops automatically while printing, giving the impression that the paper is stuck but it resumes printing after a couple of seconds. Don't know if this is normal.
Features sorely missed:
No wireless, no memory card reader. You need a computer for printing almost anything. Even though i knew what i was buying, i miss not having them..
Cartridge price and Cost per page:
The standard Black cartridge costs Rs. 650/- with a claimed page yield of 800, making the cost per page 80 paise only. The colour cartridge is priced at Rs. 825/- with a claimed yield of 400 pages. Cost for colour print comes to Rs. 2/- per page. Real world yield may be less, but it is still very much lower when compared to the competition. The main reason i went for this.
Now some pictures..
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Links to external reviews.
Link 1
Link 2
*i49.tinypic.com/2vskit4.jpg
Price: Rs. 5750/-
Flipkart Product Page
Canon India Official Product Page and Specifications
This is my first printer, so can't compare with any other product.
Build Quality: It is pretty average to be honest and the plastics feel flimsy. The paper input and output trays feel as if they might break with some accidental pressure. The glossy blue/black finish looks good but is a fingerprint and dust magnet. I would have loved a matte finish.
Print Quality: Both colour and black/white prints are pretty good in standard mode but in draft mode the texts appear smudgy and the colours dull. The print speeds are pretty decent, but i don't know how it fares against the competition. Haven't printed any photos yet but here are two quotes from external reviews.
Scanning: The device can scan up to a resolution of 1200*2400 dpi. Photo scans are pretty good and the colour and details are well preserved.
Copy: This does the work pretty well, but it is more affordable to get it done outside when you have many documents. For the odd one/two copying it does the job pretty well.
Some other significant points:
1. Control panel
*i50.tinypic.com/be6hpv.jpg
As you can see, it has only the '+' button. So if you have to reduce the number of copies needed you press all the way up to 9 and then come to 1. They could have provided a '-' button. Otherwise the control panel is pretty easy to use.
2. Setting up the printer and changing cartridges is very easy.
3. The printer is very noisy and might give you a scare.
4. It stops automatically while printing, giving the impression that the paper is stuck but it resumes printing after a couple of seconds. Don't know if this is normal.
Features sorely missed:
No wireless, no memory card reader. You need a computer for printing almost anything. Even though i knew what i was buying, i miss not having them..
Cartridge price and Cost per page:
The standard Black cartridge costs Rs. 650/- with a claimed page yield of 800, making the cost per page 80 paise only. The colour cartridge is priced at Rs. 825/- with a claimed yield of 400 pages. Cost for colour print comes to Rs. 2/- per page. Real world yield may be less, but it is still very much lower when compared to the competition. The main reason i went for this.
Now some pictures..
*i47.tinypic.com/1j6x75.jpg
*i47.tinypic.com/2gslnq8.jpg
*i47.tinypic.com/e1cbyc.jpg
*i48.tinypic.com/2v0n5g2.jpg
*i48.tinypic.com/woby9.jpg
*i48.tinypic.com/32zth0o.jpg
Links to external reviews.
Link 1
Link 2
