The Canon Pixma MX350 all-in-one Office printer was announced not so long ago and is meant to be a middle of the road offering, in between the affordable MX340 Canon printer and their more popular yet expensive MX870. The design of these multifunction color printers isn’t outstanding but manages to be very functional. You’ll get to see a standard printer with round edges and a curved body.




Right on the front of the device you’ll find the control panel that includes a LCD screen. The 2.5 inch LCD is accompanied by an Easy scroll wheel on the right side for proper navigation. Also on the control panel you can find 15 keys for quick functions, the on/off button and a numerical key pad.

Measuring 18 x 17 x 8 inches with a weight of less than 20 pounds the MX350 is average sized. Although the top of the printer seems completely flat, it does fold out into an automatic document feeder with a capacity of 30 sheets.

The ADF will allow you to scan or copy a higher number of pages without having to manually insert each and every one of them. Instead you can just leave the stack in the printer and go get yourself some coffee while the printer gets the job done. While the maximum dimension of paper supported by the ADF is 8.5 by 14 inches, due to the fact that it’s adjustable you can use it with smaller sized paper as well. On the right side of the printer you’ll also find three memory card reader slots that offer support for SD, MMC, Compact Flash, Microdrive, Memory Stick and variations. Right under the card reader, a PIctBridge slot ensures that the user can print photographs straight from a compatible digital camera.

Connectivity offered includes Wireless, Ethernet and USB 2.0. So you may connect this printer to a single computer via USB and use it like that or you can very well share the printer among two or more PC’s and create a workgroup. All-in-one printers are a great thing to have for an office and you’ll be pleased to know that within this relatively reasonable shell (as size) you’ll find printing, scanning, copying and faxing functions.

Setup of the printer is relatively easy. This refers to both the exchanging of consumables and installing the software/drivers on a computer. To get to the print head and ink cartridges the user will have to fold out the output tray (located on the front side). There are two ink cartridges, a black one and a color. As you receive the printer you’ll be getting the PG-210 black and CL-211 color ink cartridges, but the printer also works with the high capacity versions offered by Canon.

As a conclusion please do consider these multifunction color printers if you’re looking for a regular priced all-in-one inkjet (retailing for about $150) that offers good printing quality and look somewhere else for a purchase if you want a fast printer – since this one is rather slow compared to competition- or if you’re interested in keeping costs down for using it.

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