Our take on the Canon PIXMA MP980

by Dave Bar

Canon's PIXMA MP980 delivers outstanding performance and versatility for all your printing needs. Plus, it features built-in Wi-Fi®, so multiple users on a wireless PC network can enjoy easy access from anywhere in your home or office. Or you can hook it up to your wired network via the Ethernet port. This multifunction workhorse also handles all your scanning and copying tasks with ease.

Fast, high-resolution printing and easy connections
The MP980 delivers sharp, professional-looking photos and crisp, laser-quality text. You'll get detailed borderless 4" x 6" photos in as little as 20 seconds, and up to 26 text documents per minute. An advanced six-ink system gives you vivid, true-to-life colors and includes a special gray ink cartridge for printing high-quality black and white photos. You can print images directly from most newer digital cameras, or just insert your cam's memory card into one of the built-in card slots.

Detailed previews and simplified operation
The built-in 3-1/2" high-resolution LCD screen lets you easily preview and enhance your pictures before printing them. You can make adjustments to the images yourself or simply let the MP980 enhance contrast and improve sharpness automatically. It can even correct for picture-spoiling red-eye.

Convenient, economical printing
For text documents, the MP980 offers two-sided printing, allowing you to save trees and money. And there are six individual ink tanks — instead of replacing your entire ink cartridge, just replace the color you're low on. Separate paper trays for regular paper and photo paper mean you don't have to swap out your paper supply when switching from text to photo printing.

Advanced scanning and copying capabilities
The MP980 automatically optimizes image quality based on the type of original you're duplicating, for great-looking copies every time. It can scan important documents, priceless family photos, or 35mm slides and negatives — you can even make prints directly from your photos and film without turning on your computer. And the MP980's high resolution and color depth ensure that all your scanned images and copies are clean and lifelike.

Highlights:

Printer:
print resolution: 600 x 600 dpi black; 9600 x 2400 dpi color
print speed:
- text documents: up to 26 pages per minute in black; up to 21 pages per minute color
- photos: borderless 4" x 6" prints in approximately 20 seconds
Scanner:
optical resolution: 4800 x 9600 dpi (19,200 x 19,200 dpi interpolated)
48-bit color depth
scan up to six frames of 35mm film or four mounted slides at a time
maximum document size: 8-1/2" x 11-11/16"
Copier:
copy speed for text documents: up to 24 pages per minute in black; up to 19 pages per minute color
reduction/enlargement: 25-400%
General Features:
wireless printing through a Wi-Fi® computer network (includes support for IEEE 802.11b and g standards)
Ethernet port for connecting multiple users in a wired computer network
Easy-Scroll Wheel for simplified operation
Quick Start function
3-1/2" color LCD screen
built-in card reader accepts most types of memory cards
direct photo printing with most newer digital cameras
automatic two-sided printing for saving paper
dual paper trays
6-ink system with individually replaceable ink tanks
special gray ink tank for high-quality black & white photo prints
ChromaLife 100+ inks for long-lasting photos
Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) 6,144-nozzle print head
1-picoliter sized ink droplets for detailed, grain-free photos
paper sizes: letter (8-1/2" x 11"), legal, 4" x 6", 5" x 7", 8" x 10", U.S. #10 envelopes
high-speed USB interface
Energy Star qualified
18-1/2"W x 7-13/16"H x 15-1/8"D
weight: 23.6 lbs.
warranty: 1 year
Our 60-day money-back guarantee

Supplied Accessories:

6 ink tanks (2 black; 1 each cyan, magenta, yellow, gray)
AC power cord
sample paper pack
USB cable
software CD-ROM (Windows® and Mac®)

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PIXMA MP980 All-In-One Photo Printer
5' USB cable (has Type A USB on one end and Type B USB on the other end)
70" AC power cord
PGI-220BK Black ink tank
CLI-221BK Black ink tank
CLI-221Y Yellow ink tank
CLI-221M Magenta ink tank
CLI-221C Cyan ink tank
CLI-221GY Gray ink tank
Getting Started booklet
PIXMA MP980 Setup CD-ROM Ver.U1.0
Network Setup Troubleshooting booklet
Warranty sheet (English)
Important Notice (Eng/Fre/Span/Port)
Regulatory Information
Canon eStore brochure
MP-101 Photo Paper sample pack
PP-201 Photo Paper Plus Glossy II sample pack
Instruction sheet on inserting ink cartridges
Important Notice on loading paper
Lock/unlock sheet

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Printer Features
Scanner Features
Copier Features
Included Software
Inputs and Outputs
Dimensions

Product Overview: The Canon PIXMA MP980 is an all-in-one machine for your home office that allows you to quickly print high quality photos and text, copy important documents, and scan photos or forms. You can print directly from memory cards, PictBridge-equipped digital cameras, and IR- or Bluetooth-equipped camera phones. In addition, you can print wirelessly from anywhere in the house via WiFi (with a working Ethernet network with wireless 802.11b/g capability).

Printer Features

5-Color System: The MP980 utilizes a 5-color ink system to ensure vivid colors and bold, black text. The printer uses six individual cartridges: PGI-220BK (pigment black), CLI-221BK (dye-based black), CLI-221Y (yellow), CLI-221C (cyan), CLI-221M (magenta), and CLI-221GY (gray).

ChromaLife 100+: ChromaLife 100+ is an enhancement of the original ChromaLife 100 system to improve the beauty and permanence of printed images through the combination of Canon's new dye-based inks, Canon photo paper, and Canon's FINE printhead technology. The newer Canon inks and paper are designed to provide longer-lasting and more beautiful vivid photo prints. The supplied PGI-220 and CLI-221 ink tanks are ChromaLife 100+ compatible. Compatible photo papers include PT-101, PR-201, and the supplied PP-201.

Resolution: Canon's Full-photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) printhead technology utilizes a 6,144 precision nozzle print head that ejects precise, consistent droplets as small as 1 picoliter. (PgBK: 512 nozzles, Yellow/Dye Black: 512 nozzles each, Cyan, Magenta, Gray: 1536 nozzles each) The MP980 produces a print resolution of up to 9600 x 2400 dpi for color and 600 x 600 dpi for black, for remarkable detail and clarity.

Auto Photo Fix: This supplied Canon software will analyze your photo and apply optimal image correction, plus automatic red-eye removal.

Dual Paper Source: The printer has two locations to load paper for printing. A slide-out cassette tray on the bottom of the printer supports plain paper only. A lift-up rear tray can be used for photo paper and other types of paper. Up to 150 plain sheets can be held in each paper source. The paper output tray, located on the front of the printer, can hold approximately 50 sheets.

Print Sizes: The MP980 can make various sizes of bordered or borderless photos. It can print using the following paper sizes: Letter, Legal, 4" x 6", 5" x 7", 8" x 10" and #10 envelopes.

Print Speeds: The printer has the following print speeds:

Black Text: up to 26 pages-per-minute (approximately 2.3 seconds per page)
Color Text: up to 21 pages-per-minute (approximately 2.9 seconds per page)
4" x 6" Borderless Photo: approximately 20 seconds

PictBridge: You can connect this printer directly to any PictBridge-compliant digital camera via USB. PictBridge is a standard that allows you to connect a PictBridge-compliant digital camera directly to a PictBridge-compliant printer and make prints, regardless of brand.

Printing From Memory Cards: Three Memory Card slots, located behind a door on the front panel, allow you to print photos directly from the following memory cards:

Memory Cards that can be directly inserted into the card slot:
- Compact Flash (CF) Card: supports Type I and II, 3.3-volts
- Microdrive
- Memory Stick/Memory Stick PRO
- SD (Secure Digital) Memory Card
- SDHC memory card
- MultiMediaCard
Memory Cards that can be inserted in the card slot using an adapter:
- xD-Picture Card: requires compact flash card adapter for xD-Picture cards (including Type H and Type M)
- Memory Stick Duo/Memory Stick PRO Duo/Memory Stick Micro: requires Memory Stick adapter
- miniSD Cards: requires SD card adapter
- microSD Cards: requires SD card adapter
- RS-MMC: requires MMC card adapter

USB Interface: The USB 2.0 High Speed (female Type A connector) interface enables the fastest possible image transfers and scanning speeds. The printer also has a USB female Type B connector for connecting the printer to your computer (a 5' USB cable is supplied).

Operation Panel: The MP980 has a convenient operation panel on the top front of the printer. You can preview prints and check the status of the unit on the 3.5" LCD display. The Easy-Scroll wheel allows you to quickly locate a photo or navigate through the menus.

LAN Printing: You can print via a wired or wireless LAN. The printer has a built-in RJ-45 jack for connecting to a wired LAN (100BASE-TX/10BASE-T). The wireless LAN can be setup through WPS and WCN (IEEE802.11b/IEEE802.11g). Other wireless LAN specs include:

Transfer Speeds:
- IEEE802.11g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54 Mbps
- IEEE802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps
Frequency Bandwidth: 2.412 GHz - 2.462 GHz or 2.412 GHz - 2.472 GHz
Communication Range: Indoors 50 meters (depending on the installation environment and location)

Printing Via Bluetooth: You can print wirelessly from a Bluetooth-equipped mobile phone, PDA, or other device. The optional BU-30 Bluetooth unit is required to interface the device with the printer.

Printing Via Infrared: If you have a mobile phone or other device with an IrDA port, you can print wirelessly to this printer. The device must be positioned no more than 7.9" from the printer.

Scanner Features

Overview: The MP980 allows you to produce impressive 4800 x 9600 dpi scans with vibrant 48-bit internal/24-bit external color depth of photographs and documents to a computer. The maximum size paper that can be scanned is 8.5" x 11.7".

Scanning Film/Slides: You can scan 35mm film strips (negative or positive) or mounted slides. Up to six film strip frames or four mounted slide frames can be scanned continuously. The film guide/slide mount is located inside the lid of the printer (the white pad can be removed to access the film guide).

Optical Resolution: 4800 x 9600 dpi (19,200 x 19,200 dpi interpolated)

Saving Scanned Documents: You can save scanned documents or photos on a USB flash drive, a memory card, or your computer.

Copier Features

Overview: The MP980 is also a copy machine, allowing you to make color or black and white copies. You can make up to 99 copies of an original.

Smart Copying: Dual Color Gamut Processing Technology (DCGPT) automatically optimizes copy quality based on the type of originals you are copying.

Copy Settings: You can change the following copy settings:

Magnification: indicate a percentage (25% to 400%) or fit-to-page
Intensity: you can indicate darkened or lightened copy, or set to automatically adjust according to the original.
Page Size: A4, 8.5" x 11" (LTR), etc.
Media Type: Plain Paper, Glossy, etc.
Print Quality: set to one, two, or three stars according to the original to copy

Special Copy Functions: The unit offers the following special copy functions:

Two-sided Copy: Allows you to copy both sides of a document.
Borderless Copy: Allows you to copy color images so that they fill the entire page without borders
2-on-1 Copy: This feature enables you to copy two documents onto one single sheet by reducing the size of both documents
4-on-1 Copy: This feature enables you to copy four documents onto one side of a sheet of paper by reducing the size of all 4 documents. You have 4 arrangement patterns to choose from.
Image Repeat: Enables you to copy an image multiple times onto a single page. you can set the machine to automatically select the number of times it repeats the image, or you can specify the number. You can also specify vertical or horizontal copying
Frame Erase: When copying thick originals, such as books, you can make a copy without the black margins around the image. This also helps reduce unnecessary ink consumption.
Trimming: You can select and copy a specific part of the document.
Masking: You can select and erase a specified part of the document to be copied.

Copying Speed: The printer has the following copy speeds:

Black: 24 copies per minute (as fast as 2.5 seconds per page)
Color: 19 copies per minute (as fast as 3.2 seconds per page)

Included Software

Included Software: The MP980 includes the Setup CD-ROM Ver.U1.0 which includes the printer drivers, setup software, and user's guide, plus Easy PhotoPrint EX, Easy PhotoPrint Pro, MP Navigator EX, and PhotoStudio.

Minimum System Requirements:

	Windows	Macintosh
Operating System Processor RAM	Windows Vista: 1 GHz processor 512 MB RAM Windows XP/2000: 300 MHz processor 128 MB RAM	Mac OS X v.10.5: Intel Processor, Power PC G5, Power PC G4 (867 MHz or faster 512 MB RAM Mac OS X v.10.4: Intel Processor, Power PC G5, Power PC G4, Power PC G3 256 MB RAM Mac OS X v.10.3.9: Power PC G5, Power PC G4, Power PC G3 128 MB RAM
Hard Disk Space	650 MB	750 MB
Browser	Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher	Safari
CD-ROM drive	Built-in
Display	XGA 1024 x 768

Inputs and Outputs

Front Panel:

Direct Print Port: USB Type A port that connects the printer to a compatible digital camera or camcorder
Card Slot: slot for Compact Flash, Microdrive, SD Card, Memory Stick or MultiMediaCards

Right Side of Printer:

USB: USB Type B that connects the printer to your computer
Wired LAN Connector: RJ-45 jack

Rear Panel:

Power: 2-pin jack for use with supplied AC power cord

Dimensions

Dimensions:

Document Cover Closed/Trays Not Extended: Width=18.5", Height=7.8125", Depth=15.125"
Document Cover Open/Trays Extended: Width=18.5", Height=19", Depth=25.25"

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4 out of 5

Canon PIXMA MP980

Written By MGB Guy, Litchfield, NH on Monday, July 20, 2009

I've always bought HP printers and that was my intention when I decided to look at multi-function units. I looked at the HP's first but then looked them up in electronic magazines and overall they rated the Canon PIXMA ahead of the HP's. Also, looked at reviews on line and got the same feedback. I was also looking for a scanner that was capable of scanning slides and didn't find that many that had that option. I have ~3,000 slides in Kodak Carousel Trays. I wanted to convert a lot of these to digital pictures. I've only tried one thus far, it was a picture of my wife that was taken ~ 40 years ago and the results looked like it was taken yesterday. One of the first things I did was try the copy function. The results were excellent, it was hard to tell the original vs. the copy. The PIXMA was very easy to set up and easy to use. The selection button on top lets you select various options, i.e. copy, scan, memory card, etc. Its very user friendly and you can go through these functions w/o even ready the manual. I would have rated it 5 stars but I've read several places that it uses ink up pretty fast and it has 6 individual in cartridges and they're not very large. That was one of the things I liked with HP was that they had large cartridges and you could do a lot of printing before they ran out. Time will tell! Crutchfield had the best price on line taken into account the rebate offer, free shipping and a fast delivery.

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5 out of 5

Pixma MP980

Written By Jerald, Minneapolis, MN on Wednesday, February 04, 2009

I used to be a die hard HP printer fan, but the drive unit for picking up photo paper was less than to be desired. So, with reservation I was convinced by a Canon Rep. to try the CANON PIXMA MP980, this is the best printer I have ever had. The quality is outstanding and easy of use is fantastic, and by the way, NO MORE feeding problems.
I am vary happy with the PM980 and recommend it to anyone in need of a great printer to contact Crutchfield, their service and delivery of my item went without a hitch.

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4 out of 5

Canon PIXMA MP980

Written By Keith, Suffern, NY on Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Printer is what I expected based on reviews and specifications that I researched prior to purchasing. The printer produces high quality photo prints (4X6 and 5X7 so far). I do not use the printer for B&W general printing as I have a laserjet printer for that. The printer was very easy to setup and attach to my home network. I am using it wired (Ethernet) connection, not the wireless connection. The printer is accessible by any of the 5 PC's that I have on my network. Wirelessly through an Access Point.

I am very pleased with the printer, it was a gift for my wife who uses it to print digital images she takes with her Canon G9 camera.

I went through the Yellow, Cyan, and Gray cartridges (ones that came with the printer) after printing 120 4X6 prints. I need to do the math to see what this would cost/print, difficult because the remainder of the cartridges still have ink.

All in all a great printer.

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