Canon PIXMA E560 All in One (Print, Scan, Copy) WiFi Ink Efficient Colour Printer with Auto Duplex Printing for Home : Computers & Accessories

I recently purchased the Canon PIXMA E560 and, after some trial and error, got it fully working — here’s my honest take:Setup & Wi-FiOne important note: you need a Wi-Fi router to use this printer wirelessly. The E560 doesn’t support direct phone-to-printer Wi-Fi; instead, both your printer and device must connect to the same Wi-Fi network. Also, the printer only supports 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi, not 5 GHz. Once I enabled the 2.4 GHz band on my router, the printer connected smoothly, and I could print from my laptop and phone with no issues.Print QualityThe very first prints had a few lines, but after a couple of runs the prints came out sharp and consistent. For study material and everyday home use, the quality is perfectly fine.FeaturesScanning & Copying: Very handy for quick copies and digital scans.Wireless printing: Works seamlessly once properly set up.Value: Running cost is reasonable, especially with the PG-89 high-yield black cartridge.VerdictThis printer is value for money and suitable for home or student use. Compact, easy to use, with the added advantage of scanning and copying. Just remember:Make sure your Wi-Fi router has a 2.4 GHz band enabled.You cannot print directly from a phone without a router.

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Some person here said, this printer can’t print with a single sheet in the Paper loading tray. That’s the 1st thing I checked after buying this Printer.It turns out, you can Print even with a single sheet of paper.Usually when you are loading a bundle of Sheets, due to the thickness of the sheets, the paper loading rolling feeder is naturally pushed with ease. But with a single sheet, you need to slide it inside the roller for it to grip it and pull it for printing. If you do not want Paper Abrasions/Tear inside the machine, do not use any less than 75 GSM Paper.Good Stuff:1) Good Quality Printer & Crisp Prints.2) Wi-Fi Printing at this price is really impressive. ( My Advice : Pl Leave DHCP ON & Don’t assign a Static IP address to the Printer unless you know what you’re doing. )3) Best part is Auto Duplex Printing at reasonable price. (Be warned: Printing area may be reduced during Auto Duplex Printing, however, my prints were okay.)4) Quiet Mode which can be scheduled. My quiet mode starts automatically at 11 PM and ends at 5:30 AM.5) Power Saving Feature: Auto Power Off/On6) Simple Uncluttered Menu & Regular Firmware Updates.7) Regarding how long Ink would last, I Just Printed more than 1300 Pages ( Print Quality: Standard & all text ) of Black only but, both Color Cartridge and Black Cartridge is Empty. :|Now let’s remember: I PRINTED EVERYTHING IN BLACK, YET COLOR IS completely EMPTY.(Draft Mode uses the least amount of Ink, Standard Mode Balanced, Best Mode depletes Ink Quickly)Also, I printed 1250 Pages within 2 weeks of purchasing this printer. Don’t expect the same output after 4-6 months from the date of cartridge installation.But yes, it lives up to Canon’s Claim of 800 pages Black & 300 pages Color in accordance with ISO/IEC 24712.8) Supports Google Cloud Print. You can be at the office and Print a document at home.Bad Stuff:NO SCAN BUTTON ON PRINTER ! You have to load the document on the Flat-bed Scanner & hit the Scan button on your Computer! ANNOYING !1) Uses color ink even when you select Gray-scale Print Option. It is bad that it needs color cartridge to print even in Gray Scale. Pl read the side notes carefully: Canon says “Color ink may be consumed even when printing a black-and-white document or when black-and-white printing is specified.”My Solution to this Problem:*) Click Windows Start Button*) Open Devices and Printers*) Right click on Canon E560 Series Printer*) Open Printing Preferences*) Click Maintenance Tab*) Select Ink Cartridge Settings*) you’ll notice that by Default both Black and Color Cartridges are selected. Change that to Black only.This might put a check on color cartridge consumption.2) Needs a color cartridge in place all the time. Doesn’t matter even if its empty, but it ought to be there.Canon says “If a cartridge runs out of ink, you can print with either color or black cartridge, in whichever ink remains, only for a while. However the print quality may be reduced compared to when printing with both cartridges. We recommend to use a new cartridge in order to obtain optimum qualities. Even when printing with one ink only, print with leaving the empty cartridge installed. If either of the color cartridge or black cartridge is not installed, an error occurs and the machine cannot print. “3) My iPad 2 didn’t recognize the Printer coz, it isn’t included in Air Print Model list. But still could print & scan very well from iPad with Canon PIXMA/MAXIFY App.4) Ink Cartridges are imported from Japan and it still needs to be on an economical side. (A cost cut required)Black Cartridge Canon Ink Tank PG-89 MRP: INR 790.00Flipkart.com Price: Rs.628Color Cartridge Canon Ink Tank CL-99 MRP: INR 990.005) More than 35 hours of usage & only on 2 occasions, Printer stopped responding & on 3 Occasion paper jam. But not a deal breaker. Paper Jams are easy to remove.Do not Refill Cartridge for at least Two Years since there is a 2 years onsite warranty and refilling a cartridge would void it.

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I purchased the printer in 2016 and the printer has been performing well. I have used it for printing documents and sometimes photographs as well. It is easy to install and works well over the wifi network. Another important point to note is that the printer works well even if not used everyday – I have not used the printer for 2 months and after that when I used it one day, I found that the print quality is good as with regular use – No ink blots, no ink skipping from the printer. On the negative side the print speed is slow and this printer model – E560 from canon is not compatible with the Apple Ipad or Iphone. Scanning is a little complex process as it requires a Canon app to be installed which although scans properly, does not have good functionality to share the scanned document as email attachment. The Canon app is not so feature rich and offers basic functionality. One very important point to be kept in mind is that for Wifi Printing the device from which document will be sent to the printer should be in the same Wifi network as the printer, if the printer and the device are in different Wifi network then the printer will not receive the documents for print over Wifi.I would recommend this printer/scanner for home use only with low volume prints and occasional printing of photographs. If you are a Apple user ( Ipad, Macbook, Iphone) i would recommend a printer with Airprint feature enabled.

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Good product