I recently bought the Canon MP470 printer to replace my old work horse Epson Stylus COLOR 880, and my old Canon Scanner. I was actually reluctant to buy a new printer since the Epson did an OK job printing most materials, and if I wanted a photo printed I would just hand it over to my wife so she could print the image on her two year old HP photo printer.
The scanner is really important to me, because I'm a Ham Radio operator and I scan all of the contact confirmation cards or QSL cards for my web site. Honestly after a few seconds of set up it was doing a professional looking job, and is a whole lot faster than my previous scanner.
Overall I've been blown away with the new printer and have been very very happy with the text printing as well as the photo printing (which really does look like it came from a lab) and the scanner beats my old scanner easily.
Mine also came with two packages of photo paper, and a 6 foot USB cable. Maybe I bought mine during a Canon promotion, but the paper is the Canon Photo Color Print Paper Pro 4X6 20 pack, and a 10 pack of Photo Plus Matte 8X0, which I haven't messed with yet. But I have to say the text looks better than either of the other two printers in the house, and the scanner works great, plus it prints photos they'll last a life time.
I have to say I've only had the printer for about a week, so we'll see if it holds up as long as my old Epson, but so far I really am a happy camper. The only thing is I wonder if I should have bought the next one up in the Canon food chain.
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