When folded down, they virtually double its depth. Quite what’s fast about it isn’t obvious, but the two, fold-down trays work between them to feed and collect paper as the machine prints. The front cover clicks open to reveal what Canon refers to as a ‘Fast Front’. A single-line, mono LCD would be far preferable. Canon has tried to use it in a variety of ways, but the error codes it produces require constant reference to the manual to interpret.

This is fine for selecting number of copies, but not much good for status feedback. It bears a lot of similarity to the earlier, home all-in-one, with the most obvious difference being that this one has textured black side, back and front panels, where the previous model’s were high-gloss.Įlsewhere, a simple, A4 flatbed scanner sits to the right of a tall, thin control panel, with plenty of buttons and indicators to control the machine, but just a single, seven-segment LED display.

Canon’s PIXMA MG3250 printer sits slightly above entry-level and directly replaces the PIXMA MG3150.

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