Just picked up a new printer / scanner / copier, a Canon MP620 . Apple was kind enough to offer $100 off a printer of your choice with the purchase of a computer, so I took them up on this offer, knocking the retail price of $150 down to just $50 out of my pocket.

The machine features a built in wireless 802.11b/g, an ethernet port, USB connection (for camera or memory stick), LCD screen, several memory card slots, two paper trays with a dedicated manual feed, and a flatbed scanner to boot.

Print Quality - As expected, out of the box print drivers are marginal at best. Using the supplied sample of premium Canon media, along with the associated profile, yields a slight green cast and somewhat washed out colors. Using a spectrometer, calibration is possible to yield superior results. Printer uses a 4 dye based color system, with a separate pigment based black. While dye inks do offer an increased color gamut and often times a reduced cost, their durability and longevity is inferior to that of pigment inks. Maximum print size is 8×10. Print time was managable, with a 4×6 taking 43 seconds on normal photo resultion, 1:26 with everything set to highest quality. Text pages take on average 16 seconds, and the printer does not feature a duplexer. Read more