Canon MX892 - what are you thoughts?

[jchin]

My Brother all-in-one printer/fax/copier/scanner died.  I am considering the Canon MX892 all-in-one.  Anyone using it?  What are you thoughts?  Thanks.

I like that fact that it has separate color ink tanks.  Which ink tanks does it use the least?  I am wondering what the difference is between the 2 black inks.

[jfo]

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@jchin wrote:

I like that fact that it has separate color ink tanks.  Which ink tanks does it use the least?  I am wondering what the difference is between the 2 black inks.

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One is pigment-based (the PGI-225 cartridge) and the other is dye-based (the CLI-226 cartridge).

According to an owner of the MX8120 who posted here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3053186#forum-post-39180810 , the difference is that "PGI...is used when printing documents etc. CLI black is for photos just like other CLI colours."

[justamom]

I normally love Canon because of the separate ink tanks.  I just bought this one as a replacement for my Canon MX700.  I loved that old printer - it did everything.

This one is awful - unless I just happen to have a defective model.  When copying and scanning, the colors are not the same as the original.  At first I thought it was the ink tanks, so scanned to the computer to be sure - and the scan turned out black and white (and I know I pressed the color button).

I will be returning this one. 

[koshea724]

This printer just died on me - had in less than two years - horrible - started getting error messages,

I fixed and restarted many times, just came home to print and the entire printer turned off, cannot get it back on at all!

Horrible!

[Michael]

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