Canon PIXMA MX340 Wireless Office All-in-One Printer
May 15, 2010 in
Computers & Software
- Fully integrated 30 page auto document feeder for raid copying, scanning and faxing
- Super G3 high speed fax with 20 coded speed dials storing up to 50 incoming pages when receiving ITU-T No. 1 chart
- Various security features including password protected PDFs
- -InchEasy-WebPrint EX-Inch lets you clip, arrange and print web contents
- Bonus 4-Inch x 6-Inch Photo Paper Included!
Product Description
Wireless All-in-One Home Office Printer with Auto Document Feeder… More >>
Canon PIXMA MX340 Wireless Office All-in-One Printer
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4 comments
L. Lim on May 15, 2010 at 8:01 am
Got this printer couple of weeks ago and it has been performing up to my expectation. I still cannot believe the price of this AIO printer. Even at the MSRP of $99 from Canon, it is still very well below a comparable unit from other brands. I like a good bargain, so originally I had 2nd thought on getting this because it was only $10 cheaper at Amazon than list price. However, after comparing other AIO printers with similar features like wireless, fax, auto-document feeder, this became a no-brainer.
Pros:
- AIO with fax.
- Mac friendly software
- Price point
- Sleek symmetric design vs. other brands (i.e. all trays are closable to create a neat look)
- Self opening output tray if tray is closed. I had other printers where if I forgot to open the output tray, the paper would just cumple up.
- Easy Wi-Fi setup
- reasonable replacement OEM ink cartridge prices.
- iPhone/iPod touch app for printing photos from your iPhone or iPod touch.
- USB cable included, useful and a must for initial setup
Cons:
- so far I have not been able to fax from my MacBook wirelessly, though faxing from PC wirelessly works.
- slow start-up like most other users have experienced
I have owned AIO printers from HP, Lexmark, and Epson before. This model by far has been the best price performance for me.
Carlos Austria on May 15, 2010 at 9:14 am
This is a good printer for the price. I had a little problem setting up the wireless because the manual is not very clear in the instructions but I was able to set it up. I work as an IT so I dont know if this is going to be a problem for others. Also, when I tried scanning to the PC wirelessly, I got an error message from the computer about the MP Navigator. I went to the product website and found out that you need to install a separate software to get the scan to PC to work. Now, everything works except for a couple of things that this printer/software leaves to be desired –
1. OCR only scans text into notepad. Scan to Word does not work.
2. When the color ink runs out, you can not even print B/W copies.
The print quality is good and it print fast but Canon needs to fix the above 2 issues. It just doesnt make sense. My older printer which is a Brother MFC 210C can scan to word and I can still print B/W even when one of the color inks run out.
R. Hewitt on May 15, 2010 at 9:17 am
I was impressed as soon as I unpacked this printer. It feels solid and well made. I was also impressed that Canon included EVERYTHING I might need, including both ink cartridges, USB cable, and telephone cabling. They didn’t skimp on cable length, either. These might seem like small things, but I notice when a company takes extra steps to make sure their customers’ needs are met because that’s the sort of company I want to do business with.
So far, this seems to be a very well designed machine. Even though it has so many features that I’ve barely begun to explore them all, the basics were simple to find and easy to use. It supports Wi-Fi Secured Setup and fortunately so does my AT&T U-verse router. If your router does too, you’re in luck. From the printer side, just tell it to use WSP. That takes some menu scrolling, but the instructions are clear. Then go push a button on the router or (as in my case) on the router’s web interface, and voila…the two find each other and get married. That’s it. Now you have a networked printer!
I like that this has a document feed on top. That’s a nice feature you don’t always find in home printers.
Driver and software install via the CD was flawless. As a software developer, I’m critical of install software that doesn’t quite work right or that wastes my time, but there was nothing to criticize here. I’m also impressed by the quality and quantity of useful software utilities delivered on the CD. The one niddling complaint I could make is that it would have been nice to have everything installed under one (Windows) StartMenu folder instead of 5(!), but that’s no big deal and is easily changed.
I can’t speak to ink usage or to longevity yet because I’ve only just started using this machine. If I have problems, I’ll update this review, but for now at least I’m waaaay more than happy with this purchase.
TH on May 15, 2010 at 11:49 am
Just a cursory review after getting it set up a moment ago. Straightforward setup following the instructions. Wireless connectivity via Airport Extreme with my Windows 7 64-bit desktop and Snow Leopard MacBook without any problems. I’ve only tested wireless printing on both machines thus far. So far it simply works.