Canon PIXMA MX330 Inkjet All-In-One Printer Decide Now

This is an update after about 1-1/2 months of use and resusitation of my laptop. See added comments at the end.

Recently purchased the Canon PIXMA MX330 multifunction printer through Amazon.com. It functions well as a copier and produces excellent quality copies. It has the usual fax capabilities. However, I haven't figured out how to stop the auto-redial function when it's obvious the receiving fax isn't picking up after many attempts. More digging into the electronic operating manual might help, but that isn't possible yet. See the next paragraph.

The driver software presented a problem. While attempting the CD download, it choked my Toshiba laptop running MS Vista, causing it to freeze up and not complete the download (thus, no electonic manual). Amazingly, my hard drive crashed when the freeze-up occurred. Others have complained at the Canon web site about software download problems with this unit. Canon is sending me another disk.

I can't even begin to evaluate the printer's computer interconnectivity functions until I can actually get it to talk to my repaired computer.

This is a color printer, but the color cartridge is a tri-color combo unit, which could be a drawback if color/photo printing was my primary intent for the device. I knew this when I purchased the printer and, since color/photo printing is not my main concern for this office application, I expect to be able to live with the compromise. I have two other Canon printers and would not accept anything other than individual color cartridges for their color/photo printing applications. Another issue is the size and weight of the unit. It's rather big and heavy for its format.

All in all, only 3 stars, primarily due to the software issues.

Added comments:

The printer communicates and works well with my laptop in a relatively straightforward manner. Still can't figure out how to stop auto-redial. One addition to my comments about the ink cartridges. Wow, does this thing gulp the ink (B&W and color)! Too bad. My rating stays at 3 stars due to the software problem and the ink thirst.Get more detail about Canon PIXMA MX330 Inkjet All-In-One Printer.