Customer Rating: 
Summary: I would give it minus stars if I could.
Comment: The Canon pixma mp500 has been a living nightmare from beginning to the end.
The photos come out streaky, blotchy, etc... in a word, awful. And it has been that way from day 1. Almost on a weekly basis, it malfunctions, refusing to accept paper, refusing to print, the menu is created by a moron, it is totally un intuitive. Don't buy this printer.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very Disappointed
Comment: I am SO disappointed with this printer! I review as many reviews as I could find on this printer before purchasing it. I had previously owned a Canon printer that I liked so I hoped this would be even better. I was searching for a good printer for printing photos. The Pixma MP500 worked great for the first 18 months, then it developed a HEAVY black line on the BOTTOM of each page printed! I tried all the cleaning options offered by Canon on their website - none worked. I even emailed Canon's customer support and was told I could either take it in for repair (at my own expense since it was out of warranty) or they offered me 10% off a new printer - from their website. I think I'll be looking at Epson for my future printer needs. :(
Customer Rating:
Summary: NEVER AGAIN.....
Comment: Canon has installed a chip on every one of their cartridges. If you try to use refills or replacement catridges, you are in for a nightmare! You either have to dissect and place the factory chip onto the replacement catridge each time ( and the printer is still going to realize this at some point and give you hell ) or you have to refill the cartridges and wait for the printer to freak out because you've printed more than you're supposed to with one of their catridges. Essentially, they know how many pages a cartridge will print and if you go over that, you're in for it.
After buying a combination of two different kits on ebay, I was able to successfully use refill ink, but it is a royal pain in the arse and print quality isn't good...
Ink? Glad you asked. If you want the printer to perform well, and you don't want all the alarms and halts on printing with warnings, you're in for at least 75 every time you need to re-ink. There is NO way I can afford that as much as I print. I'm going with HP c6280, with NO CHIPS, better resolution, and for which I can buy complete refills for less than 15$ an inking. GOODBYE CANON!
Customer Rating:
Summary: PLEASE DON'T BUY THIS PRINTER
Comment: I have had this printer for about two years and it is the worst printer I have ever had. I have had nothing but problems with this printer and the support for Canon is a joke. They will not support their products, plain and simple. Also, the thing uses ink at a record pace and the ink is VERY expensive.
The quality of the pictures is good when it works, but that is few and far between. I would strongly recommend against this printer. And yes before I bought it I did all the research but take it from a real consumer this is NOT the printer for you.
Customer Rating:
Summary: very disappointing
Comment: I purchased this product because of the good rating on Amazon and other reviews. Pictures produced from this printer were good, but not stellar. Then, after fewer than two years, my Canon Pixma died. I was not an overuser of this product, but the strap that moves the printing cartridges failed suddenly. Moreover, it is an ink hog. My old Dell 960, which is now attached to my husband's computer still works fine after six years of use. Don't waste your money on this product.
Summary: I would give it minus stars if I could.
Comment: The Canon pixma mp500 has been a living nightmare from beginning to the end.
The photos come out streaky, blotchy, etc... in a word, awful. And it has been that way from day 1. Almost on a weekly basis, it malfunctions, refusing to accept paper, refusing to print, the menu is created by a moron, it is totally un intuitive. Don't buy this printer.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Very Disappointed
Comment: I am SO disappointed with this printer! I review as many reviews as I could find on this printer before purchasing it. I had previously owned a Canon printer that I liked so I hoped this would be even better. I was searching for a good printer for printing photos. The Pixma MP500 worked great for the first 18 months, then it developed a HEAVY black line on the BOTTOM of each page printed! I tried all the cleaning options offered by Canon on their website - none worked. I even emailed Canon's customer support and was told I could either take it in for repair (at my own expense since it was out of warranty) or they offered me 10% off a new printer - from their website. I think I'll be looking at Epson for my future printer needs. :(
Customer Rating:
Summary: NEVER AGAIN.....
Comment: Canon has installed a chip on every one of their cartridges. If you try to use refills or replacement catridges, you are in for a nightmare! You either have to dissect and place the factory chip onto the replacement catridge each time ( and the printer is still going to realize this at some point and give you hell ) or you have to refill the cartridges and wait for the printer to freak out because you've printed more than you're supposed to with one of their catridges. Essentially, they know how many pages a cartridge will print and if you go over that, you're in for it.
After buying a combination of two different kits on ebay, I was able to successfully use refill ink, but it is a royal pain in the arse and print quality isn't good...
Ink? Glad you asked. If you want the printer to perform well, and you don't want all the alarms and halts on printing with warnings, you're in for at least 75 every time you need to re-ink. There is NO way I can afford that as much as I print. I'm going with HP c6280, with NO CHIPS, better resolution, and for which I can buy complete refills for less than 15$ an inking. GOODBYE CANON!
Customer Rating:
Summary: PLEASE DON'T BUY THIS PRINTER
Comment: I have had this printer for about two years and it is the worst printer I have ever had. I have had nothing but problems with this printer and the support for Canon is a joke. They will not support their products, plain and simple. Also, the thing uses ink at a record pace and the ink is VERY expensive.
The quality of the pictures is good when it works, but that is few and far between. I would strongly recommend against this printer. And yes before I bought it I did all the research but take it from a real consumer this is NOT the printer for you.
Customer Rating:
Summary: very disappointing
Comment: I purchased this product because of the good rating on Amazon and other reviews. Pictures produced from this printer were good, but not stellar. Then, after fewer than two years, my Canon Pixma died. I was not an overuser of this product, but the strap that moves the printing cartridges failed suddenly. Moreover, it is an ink hog. My old Dell 960, which is now attached to my husband's computer still works fine after six years of use. Don't waste your money on this product.
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