Canon MG8120 Ink
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Canon MG8120 Printer Review

As far as personal photo printers go, it doesn't get much better than the Canon PIXMA MG8120. This unit not only prints pictures with the quality typically produced in photo labs, but it can also scan images and documents, as well as make copies. The speed of the photo printing process is better than many color inkjet printers on the market, registering a rate of 20 seconds per 4x6 inch picture. Standard documents print at around 13 pages per minute in monochome and 9 pages per minute in color.

There are over 6,000 nozzles used to eject thousands of dots of Canon MG8120 printer ink on a page to create impressive print quality. For standard black documents, the 600x600 dpi resolution will be sufficient and professional. Using the color PIXMA MG8120 ink, the maximum resolution that can be reached is 9600x2400 dpi, which is considerably higher than many inkjet printers on the market.

The total input capacity is 300 sheets of paper, but various types and sizes are supported, such as envelopes, glossy paper and photo paper. This unit has the ability to print borderless photos and to print on both sides of a piece of paper with its automatic duplexing. A unique feature of the MG8120 is the Full HD Movie Print, which allows users to print stills from movies.

There are six Canon MG8120 ink cartridges that are available to be used in this all-in-one device. The colors of printer ink are cyan, magenta, yellow, black, gray and a specialty pigment black that ensures the best text quality. The color PIXMA MG8120 ink cartridges can yield 510 pages, while the standard black supply yields 450 pages, the pigment black can only produce about 340 pages. The gray Canon MG8120 ink, which is not a color offered by most inkjet printers, is used to create better black-and-white photos.

The MG8120 offers a variety of connection options to make printing documents and images as simple as ever. It supports mobile printing from smart phones and PDAs, Wi-Fi, USB, ethernet, a PictBridge port, and memory card slots.

For a home or small office, the MG8120 is a jack-of-all-trades. It can perform a number of tasks at a professional level and delivers photos that are vivid and true-to-life. This unit offers versatility and some unique features like HD movie printing that make it more appealing than many other machines on the market.