Customer Review(s)
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Disappointing
Comment: I've had the Pixma MX7600 for a few months now and it been a disappointing experience to say the least. First off, the printer is extremely noisy and shakes so much when it prints that I had to put wedges under the file cabinet it sits on (I didn't have this problem with my last printer). It takes at least a minute to start printing after I click the "print" button. After I click "print" the printer starts shaking and making a lot of noise even before it actually starts printing. The quality of the photos is HORRIBLE to the point where I have to order my photos online from Kodak rather than print them out myself.
To add insult to injury the inktanks ARE NOT recyclable. Prior to buying the Pixma MX7600 I did some research and found out that these inktanks can't be recycled by simply dropping them off at an electronics store because the inktanks have a microchip in them. I then went to Canon's website where they put on this whole song and dance about how much they care about the environment and how they recycle all their products. Yesterday I e-mailed Canon customer support to ask for an address where the empty ink tanks could be shipped and was told that Canon does not recycle ANY of their inktanks and I need to recyle them locally. When I told them that these particular inktanks can't be recycled locally because of the microchip they basically told me that they don't give a s**t. So much for honesty in advertising.
This is the LAST Canon product I will ever buy. The quality sucks and they lied through their teeth about being eco-friendly.
Customer Rating: Summary: Full automatic duplex and good little SOHO network multi-function
Comment: Canon Pixma MX7600 Office All-In-One Printer (2437B002)
We have run it through its paces for 8 months now in a small office. We generally only use the MX7600 for color jobs and use our cheap-to-operate older laser copier/network-printer for black and white text business docs and forms. (We do not use the fax or scanner functions on the MX7600 as we have a separate dedicated high-speed document scanner and use an Internet fax service so I will not comment on those fuctions.)
We wanted a color printer/copier that was full featured and high quality. But we only have low volume print needs because we run a "less-paper" office, usually opting for electronic document delivery and storage. This unit fit the bill--it offers automatic full duplex for copying and printing which saves time, paper, postage, storage; the network setup instructions were detailed and clear; it is Energy Star rated; and it works on our PCs and Mac. It has separate ink tanks which save us money and resources. And last but not least, the output looks at least as good as color laser quality.
The color copy mode could use some work--color business documents come out too light unless you manually dial up the darkness setting.
The MX7600's unique "clear ink" paper treatment "fixs" the color and black inks to the paper so it does not smear or run. The paper does take longer to dry than expected--I assume because of the clear ink treatment.
The unit does a little dance to shake up the ink tanks at least once a day. Otherwise it is pretty quiet. It seems to go through the inks fairly quickly but I guess that is par for inkjets--I just hoped it would not be the case for a model that you pay up front so much for.
Even though the unit has been out for 8 months, we still cannot find the inks in stores (only online) but we assume that issue will be resolved soon.
Overall, it is a solid performer--printing excellent quality duplex color business documents over our network, an occassional photo, and as a back-up to our old B&W laser copier/printer.
Customer Rating: Summary: Great network scan & archive sytem w/ beautiful print quality
Comment: Easy setup and functions worked as advertised, which is saying something (especially given any HP experiences).
Purchased the printer for creating plain paper marketing materials on non-glossy 100% recycled paper. Have not purchased the paper yet.
1. Print quality on plain paper is beautiful - though not as smudge resistant as I would like. Reviews say smudge resistance is very high on photo paper.
2. Network scan to pc using only the printer console actually works - both on Vista and XP. If you want this function, don't even be tempted by cheaper HP printers - even a $1000 HP laser AIO could only scan to 1 PC in our office (and they're all the same type!).
Recommendations:
For searchable archiving, I would recommend an OCR software that will monitor the folder that the scanner will place files in. Upon scanning, the OCR software will create a searchable PDF. At $50-100 for this type of software, the combined archiving system costing max $400 (including MX7600) would rival systems costing thousands.
*Knocked 1 star off for smudgability...of course that's nitpicking but 5 stars implies a perfect product.
Note: Would be great to see this in an A3 (11"x17" to 13"x19") version. That would be a 6 star product!
