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Configuration (6.5)
The Canon MX850 comes with five ink cartridges: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black and a PGBK Black ink tank. According to Canon the printer can eject ink drops as small as less than one picoliter. The printer has 4,608 total nozzles, of which 512 are black and 4,096 are dedicated to color.
Value (7)
The Canon MX850 is more expensive than other printers like it on the market. It’s significantly overweight and somewhat bulky. Although its ink prices are on par with other printers, it doesn’t offer the mulitipack option like other multifunction Canon printers have.
Ink Management(6)
Ink management is taken care of through the printer driver. Starting from the MX850 properties and viewing the Maintenance tab, click on View Printer Status; this will lead you to a small window that will display the ink levels, printer connection status and any jobs in the print queue.
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