The Canon Pixma iX7000 is an energy efficient and network-ready solution for small businesses and home offices that require a fast and intuitive printer for graphics and documents, but it is not the perfect choice for lab quality photographs and it lacks versatile paper handling functions.
Design
Canon classes the Pixma iX7000 as an office printer with the CMYK 5-ink system. An optional black ink is available for black text printing. The highest resolution that the Pixma iX7000 printer can handle is 4800x1200dpi, which is also applicable to borderless printing. Two-sided printing can be configured and made automatic. The Canon Pixma iX7000 can connect to a PC via a high-speed USB port or an Ethernet connection. The device is quite heavy, weighing 19.8kg and measuring 250mm tall, 519mm deep, and 647mm wide.
Advantages
There is a built-in duplexer, it comes with 3 paper trays, and paper handling is excellent. The Ethernet connection on the Canon Pixma iX7000 is useful when it needs to be shared by a workgroup. The device is reasonably priced, too, and it is significantly cheaper than its competition. The Canon Pixma iX7000 relies on a 5-ink system and they are affordable to refill.
Disadvantages
Despite having three paper trays, it is impossible to load 2 different sizes (i.e. tabloid and letter) of media at a time and it is difficult to switch between the two. Photographers will dislike the poor image quality of the Canon Pixma iX7000 because of the inaccurate colours. Some users found it tricky to set-up the Canon iX7000 especially when integrating it within a network because of the outdated procedure, which is still common to other Canon printers. In terms of print speeds, the device performs reasonably well but there is nothing to really shout about from this perspective. In general, it is hard to find low cost ink cartridges for the Pixma iX7000.
