Canon-PIXMA MG5250

UK VAT rate, as we all know, has grown to 20%-and that made all of us much more careful when buying electrical goods. One area that seems to be nearly impervious to the money market up and downs, however, the humble printer and slightly-less-humble multifunction printer (MFP).

We have recently reviewed Canon PIXMA MG5150 all-in-one, and were astonished to find that so much could be achieved by the incredibly low price of £ 74. You now have we got in our hands, that's big sister, PIXMA MG5250, which is the subject of significant changes and additions, and yet the current network, the sales prices of the hover button still around £ 100-mark.

The Family Resemblance
Outwardly there is little to distinguish the two models. Glossy piano black exterior and compact dimensions (455x368x160mm) are similar, even if the MG5250 is a little heavier 8.1 kg. It is at the same time, two of the inputs on the rear of the paper tray, 150 sheets and in front of the tray (which is still a little hard to separate) has the same capacity. Automatic tray will remain neatly folded only when you want to start printing.

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MG5250-control system is also unchanged, the 5150 4in hinge-mounted 2. (that is, unfortunately, still less than a 45-degree angle, the tendency to flop), the LCD monitor and a clear, large and well-labelled collection of the command buttons to the allied round (and sometimes over-sensitive) check-call. The power button on the front of the below is concealing the three slots for memory (for CompactFlash, SD and Memory Stick) Panel and below is the USB Flash memory and use PictBridge camera input.

Wireless connection
The main difference between MG5250 and MG5150 is the Wi-Fi connections that are configured with the software and the disk of the computer through the USB port on the back. Direct disk printing is other useful exporter and the unit, who carry out this part of the very well hidden in the print area on the roof. You still have before ink tanks for the transport of dangerous goods, as well as five individual automatic duplex of the port facility, although this is not one of the properties of the MG5250 quickly.

The Performance Of The
Scanner speeds are roughly the same as the MG5150, approximately 17 seconds-but the maximum resolution is doubled, which provides much 2400x4800dpi better quality images.

The quality of the print, the standard black text documents was on average about 11 ppm Image quality slightly faster 14 ppm. However, the quality of the text of the draft is thin, and the weedy and even the standard quality is more than sufficient.

If the shine, while the PIXMA MG5250, the photo title. In our tests, the A4 prints and copies of the picture has emerged of lightning 45 seconds and 10x15cm standard go only 17 seconds. Photos by MG5150, it was standard practice to lose heavily in detail and saturation, but not this-we noticed either little loss of vividness and colors, and overall, the stability and integrity of the contrast in the black this MFP produced by all of the photos on kataluuden are abnormally high.

If you are happy to pay an extra £ 30 or so, PIXMA MG5250 improve the cheaper sibling, by adding the wireless connections and direct printing, while at the same time also the disk to speed up the process to print the photo quality is excellent, but the black text documents enter the party.

£ 149 Inc. VAT