Canon Pixma MP530 is an office oriented inkjet printer model offered by Canon. Pixma MP530 has altogether a different design and functionality philosophy then the earlier MP520 model. The looks of Pixma MP530 resemble a giant Xerox machine. There are many excellent features offered by Canon Pixma MP530 but if we look closely we might find a lot of useful things missing as well. Let us see what Canon has to offer in Canon Pixma MP530. Pixma MP530 has five separate Canon MP530 ink cartridges.
The control panel of Pixma MP530 is upfront built on the printer which is easier to access. There is an LCD with a two line text that helps you navigate through all the operations of the printer but the LCD lacks a backlit which can make things pretty difficult to handle in low or no light environment. Pixma MP530 is much nearer to the all in one functionality theme as it offers printing, scanning, copying, and fax. You can also make basic changes to the photos for improving the photo print results. One thing that the Pixma MP530 printer seriously lacks is its network friendliness. You can only connect Canon Pixma MP530 with a USB port. You can however connect your Pixma MP530 with a printer server or a router but that is not a very desirable option these days. Canon Pixma MP530 ink cartridges promise to give you excellent quality text and photo printing. Printers that are offered in the market by printer manufacturers claiming to be office printers should have the facility of getting easily connected with all kinds of networks to be truly usable in a networked office or even home environment.
Canon Pixma MP530 uses five Canon MP530 ink cartridges. These five Canon MP530 cartridges ensure that you save a lot on cost. Canon MP530 cartridges use both the pigment as well as dye based technology to get best inkjet photo and text printing. There are two black Canon MP530 ink cartridges; one pigment based and the other dye based. The three other Canon MP530 ink cartridges include; one cyan, one magenta and one yellow. There is a light mounted on each of the five Canon MP530 ink cartridges that can easily tell you about the remaining ink in each of the cartridges and when to replace one. This light introduced by Canon in Canon ink cartridges ensures that you replace your Canon ink cartridges before any accident might damage your printer.
Canon Pixma MP530 is a good printer for office use however it lacks a very basic ingredient of connectivity with the modern Wi-Fi and other office networks.