Customer Reviews
buyer beware 
2008-06-25
At first I was very pleased with the product. Then within 6 months....I constantly got several error messages regarding the ink cartridges. Very frustrating. I know it's not me. I wouldn't buy again.
Canon Pixma MP800 - Unsatisfactory 2008-03-10
I purchased my Pixma MP800 in June 2006. After a few uses, the printer malfunctioned with a 6800 error and Japanese characters. Canon service offered no suggestions to correct the error. Instead, they shipped me a REFURBISHED, dirty printer, not a new one (totally unacceptable). Since they also sent a new printer head and ink cartridges, I installed them in my original printer. That worked, so I returned the refurbished printer to Canon.
I print/scan infrequently (fewer than 5 pages/week). With almost every use, however, the printer had a low ink cartridge, so I continued to use my very old HP Deskjet 730C for most printing jobs and the MP800 for scanning/copying only. All to no avail: the MP800 has again returned to the blinking Error 6800. Nothing works (print, copy or scan), the printing head is locked to one side, etc. Needless to say, I must now purchase another printer and scanner, but it will not be a Canon.
Canon PIXMA MP80R all-in-one printer 
2008-01-20
This is an excellent printer! My only complaint is the learning curve to use all the bells and whistles. (I haven't needed them too much, so I don't know their operations as well). Overall, everyday use is easy, and the photo quality is superb. The carts are very easy to interchange. The Canon support team is also good - easy to reach in a pinch.
Great printer! 
2007-12-29
I have had this printer for probably about 3 or 4 years now and absolutely love it. I originally bought it because I love Canon printers (they're all I've ever owned) and because I wanted the negative scanning capability. Also, I spend alot of time on Photoshop & wanted a printer that would produce quality photos which Canon has always done. I now no longer have to send my negatives off to be printed and worry about them getting lost or damaged or wait a week to get prints back & the negative scanner is really easy to use too. I also believe Canon was the 1st to come up with the "think tank" so that you only had to replace one catridge at a time as they ran out. Seems that Canon is always ahead of the rest of the companies with new technology!
Sucks ink! 
2007-09-16
Convenient for scanning and copying, but absolutely sucks ink. Every other page of printing requires cleaning of the print head. I'm extremely disappointed in the product.
canon printer 2007-07-21
Premium All-In-One Performance with 3.5" Color LCD Viewer.A Print-Copy-Scan heavyweight.The advanced PIXMA MP800 Photo All-In-One delivers spectacular Print Copy-Scan performance. It produces an amazing resolution of up to 9600 x 2400 color dpi1, for remarkable detail and clarity. To achieve this, Canon Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) uses a nextgeneration 3,584-nozzle print head that ejects precise, consistent droplets as small as 1 picoliter. The result? Smoother, virtually grain-free images. Also, our ContrastPLUS 5-color ink system - four dye-based inks and a pigment-based black ink - produces true-life photos with a wide color palette, along with laser-quality text. What about speed? A 4"x 6" photo lab quality borderless photo takes approximately 36 seconds2.When copying, the AE (Auto Exposure) Copy feature automatically optimizes reproduction quality based on the type of original you're duplicating. The convenient Photo/Film buttons allow you to make reprints of your photos and 35mm film without using your computer. And now, scanning: The unit's higher-resolution CCD technology enables you to produce exceptional 2400-dpi scans, with vibrant 48-bit color depth. You can simultaneously scan up to 6 frames of 35mm film (negatives or positives), or up to 4 mounted slides. Plus, advanced paper handling features are built in - such as two paper trays and 2 sided printing.A 3.5" color LCD and new options for viewing and printing.Want to evaluate and enhance your images before printing? Just insert your compatible memory card3 into one of the built-in card slots, then select the images on the extra-large 3.5" LCD color viewer. As needed, images will automatically be enhanced for red eye, sharpness and brightness values. Or, you can fine tune the images yourself using the easy control panel. Then, print directly from the memory card! As an option, you can print directly from a PictBridge
Works well, good software 2007-07-19
I purchased this PIXMA primarily for scanning documents for storage on my Mac and copying old slides I took back in the day. It performs these functions well. The software lets you scan into pdf files and stores them according to date of scan for filing purposes. It follows the typical Mac style of user interface to make it easy enough. Print quality is decent, but I primarily use a networked laser printer for this. Would buy again.
Limited Life 2007-07-17
Until today, I would have given this 5 stars. But today, just a week after the warranty expired, I turned the printer on and it was totally fried. (It's powered through an APC UPS.) The window showed Chinese characters, the computer didn't recognize it and called it unknown new hardware and the physical ink cartridge mechanism is locked up inside. Now I know I could have bought an extended warranty and all that, and Canon has no legal obligations to fix this, but I doubt that any of us really considers it acceptable for a product to only last through it's warranty and then die. So I'm giving this a single star because, as great a printer as it was, it should have lasted longer. And just to pour salt in the wound, this same printer costs $100 more today than it did when I bought it a year ago when it was the new model. Heck, it even costs more than its successor, the new and improved MP810. That's harsh, man.
All in one photo printer - copier - scanner 2007-07-16
I got this product about 5 months ago. It works very well. I give it 5 star rating since in a "normal" connection, it works perfectly.
In our setup, we print via a wireless USB print hub. Printing works OK, but scanning does not. I have to bring my laptop to the printer and connect via USB directly. But this is not a scanner problem, but rather a limitation on the bi-directional communication through the wireless print hub.
The only draw back is that when printing photos, the ink runs out rather quickly. On average, I can print 50 photos before some ink tank runs out. And the ink is expensive. But this is the business model that all printers today operate on: cheap hardware, expensive ink. So not much I can do there.
The scanner works great, I have scanned photos, negatives and documents. The copier comes in very handy. The 2 options for paper input (casette and auto-feed) are also very useful: one is always loaded with plain paper, the other with photo paper. Double-sided printing is a breeze.
Negatives:
The printer is a bit loud. When you cancel a job, you have to reset the printer manually, otherwise it gets stuck in "cancelling job" (this could be due to our wireless setup, not sure).
All in all, a good product.
Great Printer! 2007-07-03
We are really enjoying the MP800. The photo quality is amazing, and the text looks great. We really wanted to get the MP800R with wireless capability, but since Canon doesn't manufacture them anymore, this was the next best thing, and we have no regrets! Definitely worth the money.
