PIXMA MG6150 Printer takes Canon to the top
Canon has released six brand new all-in-ones, and also a fresh naming convention
, and it is the Pixma MG6150 which is definitely the one to look at. Positioned just underneath the present MP990, it makes use of the best pieces of that superb unit and drags them into 2010.
The finish has become a polished black that is much more appropriate for a living room or perhaps a classy flat, and once you have flipped the spring-loaded display screen upright, you'll realise there aren't any buttons. Just like quite a few high-end Epsons, the 3in non-touch LCD hosts the key information and menus, though a large region of the lid facing it doubles up as a touch panel.
You'll view the back, home and option-select buttons glow in to life, whilst inside menus it adapts: when you are within the copy menu, for instance, the panel offers plus and minus icons to change the number of copies. All the while, a four-way directional button rests at the heart for navigation. Menu navigation isn't actually anymore user-friendly than with the physical buttons it supplanted, but the sheer responsiveness and all-round design helps it to be a delight to work with.
Internally, there is even more really good news. The MG6150 uses the print engine out of the MP990, therefore it is quicker in comparison to the long-A-Listed MP640 and has an extra grey ink to assist even tonal changes as well as for superior black and white quality. Speeds are practically the same to the MP990, with 11.8ppm and 6.1ppm rates in mono and colour respectively, plus a time of 44 seconds on a top-quality 6 x 4in photograph. The standard it produces is simply the best. Its sharp, in depth photographs pack armloads of colour, and its text is as strong and heavy as it is clean.
Where Canons often show a weakness is in their scanners, and the MG6150 is no different. We lined up its scans side-by-side with those of the MP990 and could discern no progression - both of those were well-defined and also detailed, though with somewhat muted colours. Just for occasional jobs it is nevertheless solidly inside the upper echelons.
The other enhancements are the exact same as throughout the Pixma collection, so the MG6150 contains the Full HD Movie Print feature found on the single-function iP4850, along with unique access to content in Canon's Creative Park Premium (provided you make use of a full set of real
Canon Pixma MG6150 ink cartridges). They are both nice but niche touches which add to the total appeal instead of being selling points on their own.
The remainder of the package is as comprehensive as we have now come to expect. You are given an auto-opening output tray, in addition to two 150-sheet input trays. It prints two-sided as well as directly on to CDs and DVDs using the available adapter, and the PictBridge port on the front may be used to show slideshows and also adjust pictures directly on the device. It all connects via USB, Ethernet or 802.11n Wi-Fi, the last option of which is compatible with printing from a number of products such as Android handsets, iPhones and iPads, and even the Sony PlayStation 3.
Canon's all-in-ones have dominated in recent years, but they have been requiring an upgrade. Whilst we would have loved to see the long wait result in a proper touch interface, the Canon's semi-touch solution is a vast improvement, and the all-round design modifications give the MG6150 true consumer appeal meaning there isn't anything out there in a position of matching its mixture of interface, quality and also speed. It's the new high-end photo all-in-one to beat.
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PIXMA MG6150 Printer takes Canon to the top
By: Quentin Stuart
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