subject: Canon Pixma MG5150 Ink Review [print this page] Canon's PIXMA MG5150 reflects the PIXMA MG5250's layout, having a rear-loading 150-sheet tray and a 150-sheet cassette. It's got exactly the same very clear and vivid 2.4in Liquid crystal display as on the more costly counterpart, along with the exact same straightforward button layout. It is easy to put in the print head and also the five ink cartridges, and connecting the printer to your Pc or Mac by way of the USB 2. port is simple.
Along with the rear USB 2. port the MG5150 also has a front host port for PictBridge enabled digital camera connection, along with Bluetooth 2. for transmitting material from a mobile phone.
The MG5150 merely has a 1200x2400dpi flatbed scanner as opposed to a 4800x2400dpi unit. Scans are okay however fine image detail is lost - select a superior scanner if you're going to digitise old pictures or valuable documents.
The MG5150 uses exactly the same print head and technology as the MG5250, so its output quality is actually indistinguishable. Monochrome documents with Standard quality are unquestionably sleek as well as crystal clear regardless of being a bit under-saturated. If you want bold, solid text the High quality setting functions flawlessly - even though printing is a bit slower. Colour documents with Standard quality are just as good as black and white prints. We'd have desired slightly more saturation but font edges are clean and prints are comfortably legible as small as 6pt size.
The MG5150 generates decent results whenever printing high-resolution photos upon photo paper. With High quality mode on Canon's Photo Paper Plus Glossy II stock we considered our colour test photos to be crystal clear as well as precise, along with very good saturation levels and no visible posterisation. Additionally, it pleased us when it came to creating greyscale pictures, having just a small amount of banding as well as graininess noticeable inside images' more dark parts.
One region in which the MG5150 falters is its print rates of speed. It will take close to seven seconds typically per black and white A4 page, a general speed capacity of 9.7 pages per minute. Colour printing is considerably slower, though - just 6.3 pages per minute.
The five individual Canon PIXMA MG5150 ink cartridges - PGI-525BK black, CLI-526BK photo black, CLI-526C cyan, CLI-526M magenta and CLI-526Y yellow - cost close to 50 if you are purchasing at the recommended retail prices. Canon estimates a shared typical yield of 496 prints from the colour cartridges. You need to be aware that because it makes use of individual colour cartridges you can change an individual used tank when required, instead of swapping a whole tri-colour cartridge (as utilized on less costly printers like the Canon PIXMA MP495).
The power usage of the MG5150 is actually completely fair. Within standby it utilized typically 1.9 Watts, whilst maximum energy usage of 21W was achieved whilst photocopying a colour document. You are extremley unlikely to detect its effect on your energy bill.
The Canon PIXMA MG5150 is a mid-level inkjet multifunction printer which sits below the Canon PIXMA MG5250 inside of the corporation's line-up. It's less costly compared to the MG5250; the MG5150 features a lower resolution scanner, it doesn't have Wi-Fi and prints more slowly in comparison to the more costly multifunction. If you're not too worried about these constraints, the Canon PIXMA MG5150 is a nice choice with regard to printing monochrome as well as occasional colour documents.
