The OEM has produced the Home Advanced range for “faster setup” and with six inkjet cartridges.
ITWire reported on the launch of the Pixma Home Advanced range of inkjet printers, which include the MG3660, 5760, 6860 and 7760, which each featuring “six individual ink tanks” including “improved red ink quality for vivid web prints”. The OEM stated that the printers have “superb quality image prints” alongside “fast print, copy and scan features”, while some automatically print from the photo-based social network Instagram.
The news site stated that it “does not usually mention low cost printers” when it covers releases, but noted that this new range is “interesting due to the six cartridges which should produce quality photos and borderless prints”. Other features include “simplified Wi-Fi and printhead alignment set-up”, so the average set-up time takes 26 minutes instead of 38 minutes, and wireless connectivity through the Wi-Fi Direct feature, which automatically pairs mobile devices or computers with the printer.
The aforementioned Instagram “integration” also comes alongside scan and remote print, so a document scanned on one Pixma can be printed from another, while the machines all include a flatbed scanner and are available in gold, red, white and black finishes. Cartridge-wise, the machines use the 670 and 671 series and their XL models, with the standard and high yields in A4 300 and 500 pages respectively, while colours include cyan, magenta, yellow, grey, black and “another black”.
ITWire worked out that the price for the standard and high-yield cartridges are respectively $20 (€18) and $34 (€31), so in total a full replacement set would cost either $120 (€110) or $204 (€188), working out at a cost per page of between five to 10 US cents (four to nine euro cents) and 50 to 60 US cents (46 to 55 euro cents) for a photo print. The machines are available now, with the MG7560 costing $199 (€183), the MG6860 $159 (€146), the MG5760 $99 (€91), and the MG3660 $89 (€82).