- #PIXMA MP990 VS MP980 INSTALL#
- #PIXMA MP990 VS MP980 SOFTWARE#
- #PIXMA MP990 VS MP980 ISO#
- #PIXMA MP990 VS MP980 BLUETOOTH#
However, high ink consumption seems to be indicative of all multifunction printers these days. That is the reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. The only problem I have with this printer is the massive amount of ink it consumes. I'm not a super genius when it comes to printers but the scanning and printing quality produced by the Canon MP980 is excellent. Standard paper goes into the bottom of the printer and photo paper feeds into the back of the printer. The LCD screen is large and bright so I can see what I'm selecting.
All processes can be accessed via the controls. The controls are the best I've ever used on a multifunction printer. After a simple installation via the included CD, I was off and running. I easily setup the printer via USB cable and installed the ink cartridges that came with it. Before purchasing make sure you have space on your desk for this behemoth. When I first received it, I was surprised by how large the printer was. I finally decided on this one for a few reasons the most important being that it had copying, scanning, and printing without fax (who uses a fax machine anymore). Before purchasing this printer I researched printers like crazy. Like the MP560, photo media loads in from a large tray at the back, and having this extended makes this large printer take up even more desk space.I purchased the MP980 (the older model of the MP990) about two and a half years ago from Amazon.
The wait was worth it though, with good crisp colour reproduction and prints that came out sticky to the touch, but not actually damp. Where Canon claims a 10x15cm photo in "approx 20 seconds", we averaged more like 40 seconds. We were more disappointed with the Pixma MP990's photo print speed. It's not terribly fast, of course, but it's at least not disappointing. Given Canon only rates the printer at around 11.9ipm, 10 pages for a real-world document isn't too bad. Print quality was very good in normal, and predictably light in draft mode. We're not sure, but the effect was definitely slower overall print times, as switching to draft speed saw only the mildest of increases to an average eight seconds for a single draft page and 11 pages printed in a one-minute span. Possibly it's re-adjusting to avoid a paper jam, or its buffer was full.
We noticed while timing it that the printer tended to take rather long pauses between some printed pages. Printing out text pages, the MP990 managed a single page within nine seconds, and an average of 10 pages per minute in normal black coverage.
#PIXMA MP990 VS MP980 INSTALL#
We'd advise opting for the custom install and ticking off the bits you actually need, unless you need a lot of thinking time. The default installation is very slow, mainly due to all the additional printer utility packages Canon presumes you want.
#PIXMA MP990 VS MP980 SOFTWARE#
Which is the nice way of saying that it was rather slow, not so much on the physical installation side, but on the software side. Installing the MP990 was a fairly leisurely affair.
#PIXMA MP990 VS MP980 BLUETOOTH#
It's technically Bluetooth capable, but you'd have to lay out extra cash for a Bluetooth adapter to make this happen. On the connection front, the MP990 connects via USB, wired Ethernet or wireless. The scanner is a CCD type with a scanning resolution of 4800x9600dpi, and it's capable of scanning film and slides in with provided adapters for up to six film frames and four slides at a time. Ipm should be more accurate to real life usage, which means our tests should be fairly similar to those in real testing.
#PIXMA MP990 VS MP980 ISO#
If those figures feel on the low side to you, bear in mind that Canon's using the ISO 24734 ipm standard rather than the rather shakier old pages per minute speed ratings. This is instead a printer for those wanting quality image printing, and with the inclusion of CD printing and film/slide scanning, it's pitched at the creative crowd.Ĭanon rates the MP990 at up to 11.9 images per minute (ipm) for black text, up to 9.1ipm for colour and approximately 20 seconds for a borderless 10x15cm photo print. Sorry business types, no faxing here, although at an AU$449 price point it might be reasonably expected to be included. The MP990's feature set encompasses print, copy and scan.
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