CANON PIXMA MG8220 Driver Download
The Canon Pixma MG8220 Wireless Inkjet Photo All-In-One is the company’s flagship consumer color inkjet (print/copy / scan) multifunction, at a flagship price ($ 300 as of January 24, 2012). State-of-the-art features include integrated slide and film scanning, CD / DVD printing, and a six-tank (CMYK plus photo gray and black) ink cartridge system that provides excellent glossy photo prints. For the price, however, we expected better than the substandard plain paper color chart it produced in testing. And sadly, the excellent touch control panel leaves no room for an automatic document feeder, a feature that’s becoming common among its competitors.
The Pixma MG8220 uses Canon’s Intelligent Touch system, which consists of a 3.5-inch tiltable color LCD that is actuated by a contextually lit touch control integrated into the scanner lid. When you need a function, the corresponding touch buttons will light up; otherwise, they remain dark. The system looks great and works fine, but perhaps what’s smarter about this expensive printer is the front touchscreen display, which will make room for the automatic document feeder for letter / A4 scanners. One of the main competitors of the Pixma MG8220, the Epson Artisan 837, comes with the ADF.
Apart from the lack of an ADF, the Pixma MG8220’s paper and media handling features are top of the line. The bottom cassette holds 150 sheets, as does the rear vertical feed, which also serves to eliminate sharp turns in thick photo paper. A tray for printing specially coated CDs and DVDs is included; the tray is fed manually into the slot above the output tray. The MFP is also equipped with 35mm film and a sliding adapter, which is located on the backside of the detachable stand on the inside of the scanner lid. Additionally, the Pixma MG8220 has a front slot for an SD card and Memory Stick, as well as a USB / PictBridge port.
The Pixma MG8220 is fast for a photo printer, processing pages of text at 7.9 pages per minute on a PC and 8.2 ppm on a Mac in our tests. Half-page photos print at around 3 ppm for plain paper and 2 ppm for glossy paper. A full-page photo printed on a Mac takes about 2 minutes. A full-page copy takes about 15 seconds, and the scan is fast too.
Ink costs for the Pixma MG8220 are a bit expensive for photos and downright unfriendly to text. The printer uses a $ 14 CLI-226 cartridge for five photo colors (cyan, magenta, yellow, photo black, and gray) and a $ 16 PGI-225 cartridge for black text.
Since this is a photo printer, we will ignore the fact that the black cartridge only lasts for 311 pages – an expensive 5.1 cents per page. Color cartridges vary in yield, with the three main CMY cartridges lasting around 450 pages, and black and grayscale photos last longer. Save math, a four-color page costs about 14.2 cents, and a 4 by 6-inch photo costs 23 cents. Comparatively, text documents are expensive, while graphics and photos are average.
The output of the Pixma MG8220 is excellent – with exceptions. Like other Canon printers, plain paper graphics turn a cute orange – the faces of all races look tanned. Plus, even the draft text looks great, and in smooth mode, the text is almost laser-like. Photos on glossy paper are great, with warm looks and subtle details.
It’s expensive and doesn’t have an ADF, but the Canon Pixma MG8220 can deliver the photo prints you’re looking for and handle other artistic tasks like scanning and creating CD labels to boot. If your budget is a little tight, consider the lower-priced HP Photosmart 7510 with an ADF.
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