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PIXMA MP830
A Print-Copy-Scan-Fax powerhouse. The ultra-versatile PIXMA MP830 Office All-In-One delivers spectacular performance for the home and small office. It produces an amazing print resolution of up to 9600 x 2400 color dpi 1 , for superb detail and clarity. To achieve this, Canon Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) uses a next-generation 3,584-nozzle print head that ejects precise, consistent droplets as small as 1 picoliter, for smooth, virtually grain-free images. Our ContrastPLUS 5-color ink system- four dye based inks and a pigment-based black ink- produces true-life photos along with laser-quality text. Plus, a 4" x 6" photo lab quality borderless print takes only about 36 seconds 2 . With the large 2.5" LCD color viewer and easy control panel, you can evaluate and enhance images from your compatible memory card 3 before printing! Or, you can print directly from your PictBridge ready digital camera or DV camcorder. With direct printing, you don't need a computer.
Average Customer Rating:
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Rating Snapshot (78 reviews)
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38 out of 78(49%)reviewers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for PIXMA MP830
Review 1 for PIXMA MP830
Nickname: vic8
Location: Daytona Beach, fl
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Canon Enthusiast: 11 to 20 years
Product replacement: No
Long lasting printer
Overall Rating
Features
5
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5
Performance
4
out of
5
Price/Value
5
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5
Quality
5
out of
5
Satisfaction
5
out of
5
Date:January 21, 2011
Pros: long lasting
Cons: ink expensive
Purchased printer in 2006 to replace another Canon that had lasted 5 years. No problems until now, a thick black line appears on the first few pages of printing then gradually disappears. We do lots of greeting cards and coupons prints with it and does very well. Will have it looked at as soon as we find someone who works on multi-purpose printers.
10 of 14 people found this review helpful.
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Review 2 for PIXMA MP830
Nickname: lburas
Location: Hammond, LA
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: Yes
Run the other way as fast as you can!
Overall Rating
Features
1
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5
Performance
1
out of
5
Price/Value
1
out of
5
Quality
1
out of
5
Satisfaction
1
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5
Date:January 11, 2011
I am getting rid of this monster. It sucks ink like there's no tomorrow and it won't do any of the functions unless none of the ink cartridges are empty. In other words, it won't print black if the cyan cartridge is empty. The cartridges have chips on them that apparently are dated so even if you're not out of ink, it shuts down after a certain amount of time. And you can't buy generic ink because of the chips. It is the worst printer I've ever had. The scanner is slow, too and it is slow to warm up. I will NEVER buy another Canon printer!!
39 of 60 people found this review helpful.
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Review 3 for PIXMA MP830
Nickname: diane
Location: maryland
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: Yes
Love these printers!
Overall Rating
Features
5
out of
5
Performance
5
out of
5
Price/Value
5
out of
5
Quality
5
out of
5
Date:November 2, 2010
I use one of these at work and also bought one for home.
Very inexpensive to use & great quality.
Very inexpensive to use & great quality.
2 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Review 4 for PIXMA MP830
Nickname: minhaju81
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Professional or Expert
Product replacement: Yes
Ink replacement way to expensive!!
Overall Rating
Features
3
out of
5
Performance
3
out of
5
Price/Value
1
out of
5
Quality
3
out of
5
Satisfaction
2
out of
5
Date:October 30, 2010
Pros: good features
Cons: ink too expensive
I owned the Canon MP 830 for 2 years now and had to sell it because the ink cartridge is way too expensive!!! The machine itself has nice features.
5 of 8 people found this review helpful.
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Review 5 for PIXMA MP830
Nickname: Marie
Location: Phoenix
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: No
Awful Printing
Overall Rating
Features
4
out of
5
Performance
3
out of
5
Price/Value
4
out of
5
Quality
2
out of
5
Satisfaction
1
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5
Date:September 30, 2010
As many others have said this printer sucks up ink like no other printer I've ever used.
Now it is the print head, for the second time. Last time we were able to clean it, and now it won't work at all. This should not happen to a printer that is only 2 1/2 years old and it used in a home office setting.
This is my first and last Canon printer.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Review 6 for PIXMA MP830
Nickname: Debbie
Location: Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Hobbyist/Enthusiast
Product replacement: No
Needs repair after 2 1/2 years
Overall Rating
Features
4
out of
5
Performance
3
out of
5
Price/Value
4
out of
5
Quality
3
out of
5
Satisfaction
3
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5
Date:August 16, 2010
Pros: it's a multi-function machine
Cons: did not last long
I was happy with the Canon Pixma MP830 when I first purchased it. But after about 2 1/2 years, it quit printing black ink. Canon says its probably the print head. Estimated cost to get a replacement print head installed is a little over half of what I paid for this printer. The nearest service facility is about 60 miles from my town. Have not decided if I'm getting it repaired or pitch it and buy another printer.
11 of 12 people found this review helpful.
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Review 7 for PIXMA MP830
Nickname: Mark
Location: Washington DC
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: Yes
Black ink problems
Overall Rating
Features
3
out of
5
Performance
3
out of
5
Price/Value
1
out of
5
Quality
2
out of
5
Satisfaction
1
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5
Date:July 5, 2010
Pros: durable
Cons: High Ink Consumption
Like Leo below, mine just gave up on printing black. Everything else is fine. No amount of cleaning/maintenance will fix it. Makes it pretty much useless after two years.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Review 8 for PIXMA MP830
Nickname: MPTim
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Professional or Expert
Product replacement: No
Get It
Overall Rating
Features
5
out of
5
Performance
5
out of
5
Price/Value
5
out of
5
Quality
5
out of
5
Satisfaction
5
out of
5
Date:June 21, 2010
Pros: reliable, Easy Setup, durable, easy to use
Cons: High Ink Consumption
Great printer. It does eat through ink - but hey, they all do right? It is durable...reliable and works everytime. In addition - the generic ink cartridges work pretty well...so you can get those for about $7/ea - I have had mine for 3yrs and it is a work horse. I had a couple laser printers that keep busting out - and so I have to do billing with this all the time - I went to just this printer about a year ago and I have had NO problems.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Review 9 for PIXMA MP830
Nickname: Kuny
Location: Utah
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Casual User
Product replacement: Yes
First and last
Overall Rating
Features
4
out of
5
Performance
3
out of
5
Price/Value
2
out of
5
Quality
4
out of
5
Satisfaction
2
out of
5
Date:June 12, 2010
just returned from an office supply store where I again spent over sixty dollars for a set of 4 ink cartridges. This seems to takes place every other month and the machine is only used in the home. After this set is used the machine will be thrown out because it would not be right to donate it to a thrft store. This was my first Canon printer and it will definately be my last.
6 of 8 people found this review helpful.
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Review 10 for PIXMA MP830
Nickname: Attorney
Location: United States
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Professional or Expert
Product replacement: Yes
Beware of the ink monster!
Overall Rating
Features
4
out of
5
Performance
3
out of
5
Price/Value
2
out of
5
Quality
4
out of
5
Satisfaction
3
out of
5
Date:June 11, 2010
Pros: reliable, Compact Design, Easy Setup, durable, Lightweight/Portable, easy to use
Cons: High Ink Consumption
I used this printer for about 2+ years in a small law office, so it got alot of use. It never broke down until the waste ink depository filled up and the machine quit working. It was not worth the cost of fixing so I bought another printer. Overall this printer works very well, color photos are pretty good. My main complaint was the speed in which it ate up ink and the cost of replacing the ink. The ink cartridges would signal Out of Ink long before it was actually used up- I just kept pushing the button to continue printing. In spite of generally good performance of this machine- the high ink consumption along with the high cost of the ink killed my enthusiasm. I have gone over to the side of solid ink technology and will likely lower my overall printing costs 75-90%. If you have a lot of printing to do, this is NOT your machine. however, would be great for home use.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful.
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Review 11 for PIXMA MP830
Nickname: Anonymous
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: Yes
Very Good All-In-Printer!!
Overall Rating
Features
5
out of
5
Performance
5
out of
5
Price/Value
5
out of
5
Quality
4
out of
5
Satisfaction
5
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5
Date:May 22, 2010
Pros: reliable, Compact Design, Easy Setup, durable, Sharp Tones & Colors, easy to use, duplex & manual scanning very easy!!!
Since 2007, used printer for 150 page Thesis that took a year with a high volumne of scanning and printing. Best feature is it's ease-of-use followed by it's scanning and printing of color and black & white text and photo documents. No real usage of color photo printing and scanning, so I cannot provide an objective review there. Printed hundreds of copies at one time as well, so I have not had the issues other have had. Those that buy this unit for a business are not looking in the right place as this is not a high rate / high durable printer needed in business environments, whether home or at the office. In summary, with almost four years of experience, I've had superior reliability at a realively high quality yeild. Yes, I recommend this product.
2 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Review 12 for PIXMA MP830
Nickname: Home Office
Location: AZ
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Professional or Expert
Expensive to use
Overall Rating
Features
4
out of
5
Performance
3
out of
5
Price/Value
3
out of
5
Quality
2
out of
5
Satisfaction
2
out of
5
Date:April 27, 2010
Cons: unreliable, High Ink Consumption
For a small business this is not the copier you need. This would work fine for very, very small jobs of less than 10 pages. Duplexing is a feature that is not usable on this machine. In the shop twice still duplexing didn't work right. The ink is very expensive with little yield. For the price there are many other machines that can do the job for less cost and less hassle.
3 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Review 13 for PIXMA MP830
Nickname: WorkerBee
Location: Cincinnati Ohio
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Professional or Expert
Product replacement: Yes
Great Printer
Overall Rating
Features
5
out of
5
Performance
5
out of
5
Price/Value
5
out of
5
Quality
5
out of
5
Satisfaction
5
out of
5
Date:April 13, 2010
Pros: reliable, Easy Setup, durable, Sharp Tones & Colors, fast print speed, easy to use
Cons: High Ink Consumption
The canon MP830 has been one of the most reliable and easy to operate machines in my office. It does everything well and I don't have to worry about it.
2 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Review 14 for PIXMA MP830
Nickname: Becca
Location: Ohio
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: No
High Ink consumption
Overall Rating
Features
3
out of
5
Performance
3
out of
5
Price/Value
1
out of
5
Quality
4
out of
5
Satisfaction
2
out of
5
Date:March 9, 2010
Pros: Easy Setup, durable, fast print speed
Cons: Heavy/Bulky, High Ink Consumption
I researched many printers before my purchase. I do like the sd card slot and use it a lot. The scanner feature is nice also. My only complaint is how much ink the printer actually uses. I print a lot of pages for my children as they do school online and are required to print out tests and quizzes. The amount of pages that I should be able to print out per cartridge of black in compared to what I actually get does not compare and in todays economy it has really been hard to keep up with the amount of ink I've had to purchase. If your don't print a lot or only want to print photos then it's a nice printer, especially if you don't mind buying all of the ink cartridges.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Review 15 for PIXMA MP830
Nickname: BigWillie
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Professional or Expert
Product replacement: No
Overall Rating
Features
5
out of
5
Performance
5
out of
5
Price/Value
5
out of
5
Quality
5
out of
5
Satisfaction
5
out of
5
Date:March 6, 2010
Pros: reliable, Easy Setup, durable, Low Ink Consumption, Sharp Tones & Colors, fast print speed, easy to use, features
This is the ONLY all-in-one that I have ever had that does double-sided scans & double-sided printouts RELIABLY every time. I love it!
4 of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Review 16 for PIXMA MP830
Nickname: Barton
Location: Seattle
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: No
Good unit all round
Overall Rating
Features
5
out of
5
Performance
4
out of
5
Price/Value
4
out of
5
Quality
3
out of
5
Satisfaction
5
out of
5
Date:February 12, 2010
Pros: reliable, Sharp Tones & Colors, fast print speed, easy to use
I have used the Mp830 for 2 plus years now and it has not missed a beat. Early on I learned how to refill my own catridges with 100% success rate, saving huge replacemetn ink costs. I check each cartridge each month fo its ink level and fill thiose that need it. I run Win 7 and upgraded all the drivers, firm ware and software and things work even better than before.
There is a lot of plastic and I treeat it with some respect so as not to break anything. All in all I am thrilled with it.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Review 17 for PIXMA MP830
Nickname: B Steele
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Great all in one
Overall Rating
Features
5
out of
5
Performance
5
out of
5
Price/Value
5
out of
5
Quality
5
out of
5
Satisfaction
5
out of
5
Date:February 12, 2010
Pros: reliable, Easy Setup, durable, fast print speed, easy to use
I have had this printer for more than two years. I know for a fact when this baby dies I will cry my eyes out. It has been an awesome machine for me! I love the scan to pdf/ jpg function. If you can't figure out how to use it RTFM. Sure the foot print is big and the machine is bulky, but what the heck do you expect it's an all in one machine not a cell phone..
5 of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Review 18 for PIXMA MP830
Nickname: Bill
Location: Dallas, Tx
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Professional or Expert
Product replacement: No
The good the bad and the less than beautiful
Overall Rating
Features
5
out of
5
Performance
5
out of
5
Price/Value
2
out of
5
Quality
1
out of
5
Satisfaction
3
out of
5
Date:February 9, 2010
Pros: Sharp Tones & Colors, fast print speed, easy to use, excellent scanning clearity
Cons: Large Footprint, Heavy/Bulky, High Ink Consumption, Flimsy Construction, designed as throw away
The Good:
When my wife and I set up our home office we looked at different reviews and the MP830 was well received when it first came out. We have used it in our home office for about 3 years. To be fair, it has performed reasonably well as far as print quality and scanning various items. We print mostly text set to grayscale as the default. It does use an extraordinary amount of colored ink even set to grayscale and according to the service and repair manual it has to do so constantly to keep it’s ink jets wet with ink so they won’t dry out. As a result after extended use old ink builds up around the sponges over where the carriage parks itself during self cleaning mode and when it is shut off. This gets thick enough so that if it is not physically cleaned out the print head will begin dragging ink back onto the page.
When my wife and I set up our home office we looked at different reviews and the MP830 was well received when it first came out. We have used it in our home office for about 3 years. To be fair, it has performed reasonably well as far as print quality and scanning various items. We print mostly text set to grayscale as the default. It does use an extraordinary amount of colored ink even set to grayscale and according to the service and repair manual it has to do so constantly to keep it’s ink jets wet with ink so they won’t dry out. As a result after extended use old ink builds up around the sponges over where the carriage parks itself during self cleaning mode and when it is shut off. This gets thick enough so that if it is not physically cleaned out the print head will begin dragging ink back onto the page.
The Bad:
All that was OK until just last week when paper began jamming. After much looking and head scratching I deduced that a tiny plastic support of some kind had broken or come loose inside the paper feeder. You would think that it would be a reasonably straightforward job to take the printer apart, fix the broken part and put it back together. It is not.
All that was OK until just last week when paper began jamming. After much looking and head scratching I deduced that a tiny plastic support of some kind had broken or come loose inside the paper feeder. You would think that it would be a reasonably straightforward job to take the printer apart, fix the broken part and put it back together. It is not.
The less than beautiful:
This particular product is designed as a throw-away. It is more expensive to replace the paper feeder on this unit than to buy a completely new machine of only slightly lower function. I don’t know if all other printer manufacturers do business like this but I am hoping that after I do a lot more research into which products are built to last, that I find a printer which works well and is also well built and serviceable.
This particular product is designed as a throw-away. It is more expensive to replace the paper feeder on this unit than to buy a completely new machine of only slightly lower function. I don’t know if all other printer manufacturers do business like this but I am hoping that after I do a lot more research into which products are built to last, that I find a printer which works well and is also well built and serviceable.
20 of 20 people found this review helpful.
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Review 19 for PIXMA MP830
Nickname: darrell
Location: Salt Lake City
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Professional or Expert
Product replacement: Yes
Not up to Cannon Standards
Overall Rating
Features
2
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5
Performance
3
out of
5
Price/Value
3
out of
5
Quality
4
out of
5
Satisfaction
1
out of
5
Date:February 5, 2010
Pros: reliable, fast print speed
Cons: Difficult to use, Heavy/Bulky
I have owned previous Canon printers and was very pleased, but this model doesn't measure up.
I detest the fact I have to set the print settings every time I print a document. I have found no way to change the default print settings to reflect my preference.
The duplex scanner is rather slow and frequently jams.
I would NOT buy this model again.
4 of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Review 20 for PIXMA MP830
Nickname: LEO
Location: Acton, MA
Used this product for: more than 1 year
Expertise Level: Advanced Amateur
Product replacement: No
Overall Rating
Features
4
out of
5
Performance
2
out of
5
Price/Value
2
out of
5
Quality
1
out of
5
Satisfaction
1
out of
5
Date:February 2, 2010
Pros: durable, fast print speed, easy to use
Cons: Large Footprint, unreliable, High Ink Consumption, black ink printing problems
When I first purchased this machine it worked fairly well, although it did use more ink than any other machine I've ever used. However, about a year in use it can no longer print black text OR images. Cleaning and deep cleaning does not seem to make any difference. Replacing the PGBK ink cartridge does not make any difference either. Works well as a scanner or fax machine. Just don't expect it to print anything if you develop a problem with printing black text.
10 of 11 people found this review helpful.
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