If you are looking for a cheap printer then you may be interested in the Canon PIXMA iP2702 which is available for about £45. Clearly this is intended for people who only do a small amount of printing.
The iP2702 proved to be easy to get up and running. It has a black, glossy colour scheme which is quite attractive but the build is not very robust. On top is a plastic flap which folds back to form the paper rest which holds up to 100 sheets of A4 paper. You will have to be careful where you put the printer as there is no tray for completed work. On the top right of the printer are two control buttons, with LED indicators, for power and for paper feed and error control.
At the back of the machine are sockets for power and USB only, there are no other connection options. The top and front covers of the Canon PIXMA iP2702 hinge up together to give access to the two ink cartridges; one black and one three colour. You get a 9ml PG-510 black cartridge and 9ml CL-511 with the printer but the better value PG-512 (15ml) and CL-513 (13ml) can also be used.
The iP2702 comes supplied with several utilities including the manual in PDF format, Canon's Easy-PhotoPrint EX and Easy-WebPrint EX. You can make alterations to images using Easy-PhotoPrint EX although it has relatively limited functionality. However all the basics are covered including photo-fix and red-eye correction. You can use Easy-WebPrint EX to print excerpts from Web pages according to your own specifications.
The Canon PIXMA iP2702 does not print particularly quickly but is in the same league as similar printers by other manufacturers. It took 3 minutes 37 seconds to print a 20 page document of single line text and 4 minutes for a 10 page document including graphics.
The print quality of the Canon PIXMA iP2702 was somewhat mixed. Excellent results were seen with text prints which were clear and well defined. When it came to graphics the results were somewhat mixed. They were sharp and easy to read but the colour was poor being drab and unconvincing. The printer really fell down when it came to photos. These were dull and slightly foggy.
The Canon PIXMA iP2702 may be worth considering depending on what you are looking for. At £45 it is undeniably cheap, it is simple to work with, is not very large, produces very good mono prints and has some decent software. However it is also expensive to run because of the colour cartridge, is not very good at colour printing and gives the impression of not being that well built.
Canon PIXMA iP2702 ink cartridges are available here.
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