canon pixma mx922

1. The Canon PIXMA MX922 is an all-in-one color inkjet printer with scanning, copying, and faxing
capabilities. It utilizes an interesting design that is fairly easy to use and doesn't take up much desk real
estate. Though the printer itself is fairly inexpensive, it had some of the most expensive operating costs of
the models we tested. It was also one of the slowest models we tested, working at less than a third the speed
of the fastest model. If you only need to print or scan infrequently, this is a fairly inexpensive way to bring
those capabilities into your home. However, if you print any sort of volume you'll save money in the long
run with a more efficient model.
Operating Cost
The PIXMA MX922 fared poorly in our cost testing, earning a 4. This was just above the bottom score of 2, and well off
from the top score of 7. This low score was mostly due to its black and white printing costs. It produces monochrome
documents at about $0.05 per page or $26.67 per ream of paper. This was the second most expensive monochrome
printing costs we encountered, and was well above average. It also printed color pages at the fairly high rate of $$0.10
per page or $47.83 per ream. We calculated its estimated lifetime cost at $550, which was approaching the high end of
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Ease of Use
The PIXMA MX922 picked up a score of 7 in our ease of use testing. This was just behind the top score of 9 and
comfortably ahead of the low score of 4. The large display offers a setup guide, which makes initial setup quite easy. The
display is not a touchscreen, but there is a four by four grid of backlit buttons that adjust their functionality based on
your current task. For example, if you're navigating menus these buttons are a set of arrows and a select button, but
when you enter fax mode they become a standard numeric keypad. There are also dedicated buttons for accessing each
one of the PIXMA MX922's various functions. This design isn't quite as intuitive as a touchscreen, but the PIXMA
MX922's interface is still relatively easy to use. Our testers were annoyed by the PIXMA MX922's small arm that was
meant to catch printed pages, because if you printed more than a few some inevitably ended up on the floor. Also, the
lack of both a bypass tray and a flash drive USB on a full functioned all-in-one is a slight downside.
Graphics/Photos
The PIXMA MX922 scored right around average in our graphics and photo quality testing, picking up a 5. This was right
in the middle of a metric that saw scores ranging from 2 to 7. Generally simple graphics were of fairly good quality, but
some pixelation could be observed upon close inspection. Photos had decent resolution, but often looked overly red,
specifically when printing people's faces.
Printing Speed
Even with a cheering squad of testers the PIXMA MX922 refused to pick up the pace. It was by far the slowest printer we
tested. It scored the worst score of 3 in our printing speed testing, putting it well behind the top score of 9. When
printing single sided text documents it crawled along at a rate of 6 pages per minute. This was about 1/5 the speed of our
fastest model. We're talking Shaquille O'Neil racing against Usain Bolt. That speed dropped to an infuriating 2 pages per
minute when printing double sided. Even the most environmentally minded of our testers were tempted to eschew their
beliefs and print single sided when using the PIXMA MX922. It also took nearly 6 full minutes to print a full page
photograph. It seemed this slow speed was due to data being processed slowly rather than the actual mechanics of the
printer. Regardless of the cause, if you're considering printing something of any length on the PIXMA MX922 you might
as well make a second pot of coffee, because you're in for a wait.