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Canon's PIXMA MG3170 is easy to use and loaded with clever options
Canon Thailand has launched the stylish and affordable multifunction PIXMA MG3170 inkjet printer, targeting young users who want to print from their smartphones and show off their printer as a furniture item.
The new three-in-one printer comes with wireless connection and is ready to receive print files from a smartphone. The compact MG3170 comes in three choices of metallic colours – wine red, white and black.
And Canon Thailand sells the printer with the same specifications but different colours at different prices. Users who want to save can choose the black one for only Bt2,990.
Those who want the red one because it matches their furniture will have to pay Bt3,190, while users who have a white smartphone or white-theme Mac computers or notebooks will want the gorgeous white one for Bt3,390.
A PR official at Canon Thailand said the white ones will be available in iStudio shops so that Mac and iPhone users can grab them.
From my observations during a demonstration in The Nation newsroom, the MG3170, which can also function as a scanner and copier, is easy to use with auto duplex printing technology that allows it to print on both sides of the paper automatically. It also comes with Fast Front technology that allows you to replace ink cartridges and load paper from the front easily.
The MG3170 has a built-in Wi-Fi 802.11n/g/b adapter, allowing it to be connected to your home Wi-Fi router for wireless printing. And it supports AirPrint to allow users to print directly from an iPhone iPad and iPod touch. Android smartphone users can install an app from Canon to print from their phones directly.
The printer package comes with an Easy-PhotoPrint EX application that can add more fun features. You can add five special effects to photos: Fish-Eye, Miniature, Toy, Soft Focus and Blur Background.
The MG3170 sports printing resolution of 4800 x 1200 dots and has 1,792 printing nozzles, while its ink droplet size is only 2pl. It can print a 4x6-inch borderless photo in only 44 seconds.
Its scanner function sports optical resolution of 1200 x 2400 dpi. It has an energy saving function, which will automatically shut the machine down after a certain period of idling and start it up when it receives a print order.
The MG3170 measures 449 x 304 x 152 mm and weighs about 5.5 kg.
