Comments on: Canon PIXMA MX860 Wireless All-In-One office Printer

By: Masur

Masur — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:12:51 +0000

I have bought this printer because I hated my HP AIO that I had before.
This Canon is great, loaded with features. The software installation was fast and easy. (Unlike HP where the driver software was uninstalling itself). I use ethernet to connect to this printer.

CONS: The sizewise it is a big box.

By: K. Sullivan

K. Sullivan — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:08:16 +0000

I bought this printer based on the great reviews that I found here. It is the fourth all-in-one that I have owned and it will definitely be the last canon I ever get. I had a Dell before this, but it would not work with my new mac, so I had to get a new machine. I so wish I could still use my old Dell, or that I had the sense to go with an HP. This machine is so impossible to work. It is a production to scan something into the computer without using the document feeder. Changing ink cartridges is a pain in the neck, and the whole issue with 2 back cartridges just is a waste, but it is consistent with the canon’s way of working. I use color with my work, so I have always had a color printer. Since I do not print photos, I can’t say how it works with those, but the quality when I print is definitely lower than I have been accustomed to.

I should have know this was going to be a problem machine when it took me a couple of hours to set it up. My other printers were much, much easier, just plug in all the cords, pop in the disk and presto, you are done. None of this fax notification business, I could fax immediately.

All in all, canon should stick to cameras and forget the printer business.Canon PIXMA MX860 Wireless All-In-One Photo Printer

By: N. Singh

N. Singh — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:28:01 +0000

They have created a printer with proprietary chips in the ink cartridges. I will stay away. There are better printers on the market

By: A. Ades

A. Ades — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:23:45 +0000

I rarely submit reviews. This all in one has taken now over 4 hours of my time. 4 hours that I could have been playing with my kids, reading, or any number of things. Getting it to work has become a Stephan King-like obsesion.

The directions are lousy. It works sometimes and not others, recognizes my wireless network sometimes but not others. It is a piece of trash.

Why not returnn it you say? Because it is not Amazon's fault. Canon support sucks to non-existent.

But if my geeky friends cannot get it to work, which they also have not been able to, then we all have decided to have a Canon burning. Get some friends. a few good bottles of cava, a reporter or two, my flip, which I bought from Amazon and is great, and light it on fire, in a green way. Maybe just a little flame and a big pick-ax.

Unless it comes to life, look for it on Youtube or a local Boston station

By: Toni B. Sander

Toni B. Sander — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:47:57 +0000

Setup is a nightmare under Vista!

Downloaded the newest drivers from the Canon website.

Wifi: doesn’t work. Can’t find support for WPA.

LAN: doesn’t work either, no idea why. I tried to type the ip address into the find printer dialog, still can’t find it.

USB: printing works but not scanning

I can’t believe I paid 200.- for a usb printer