Thread: Canon Pixma MP520 Color printer Tests

The ink MFP Canon Pixma MP520 is the successor to the MP510. The manufacturer has changed the control panel. It has a scroll wheel on the settings for operation without connection to the computer can make themselves. In the speed section of the test candidate runs from a total neat: When ten-page letter-Grauert we stopped 1:10 minutes, ten pages from Acrobat were finished after 4:15 minutes and the borderless photo in the format 10 x 15 inches was after 1:13 minutes in output tray. These are not peak times, but as expected, modern values such as the scanning and copying.



The four-color printing with separate ink tanks and separate from the permanent print head produced bright colors with subtle transitions. Only skin tones a yellow tinge caught my eye. In text mode, the letters did have slightly rough edges, but remained under cover of the rich and the black pigment ink easy to read. Our test copies were made properly, the scans could use more contrast, depth of field.

With 5.5 cents for color and 3.2 cents for black and white sheet, we calculated fairly moderate prices per page. Shortcoming: the device could not be fully disconnected from the network. When actuated, switch it still drew 2.3 watts - that's improvement. The Canon Pixma MP520 is a combo of daily office work reliably and masters against the occasional photo printing has nothing to say - with a computer or in stand-alone mode. A balanced price-performance ratio