MP800R is best suited for home users and amateur photography enthusiasts who want a wealth of photo manipulation features and can do without faxing. The Canon Pixma MP800R Photo all-in-one stands 18.6 inches wide, 19.3 inches deep, and 9.5 inches tall and weighs more than 27 pounds. Its glossy black and brushed silver plastic exterior is classic Pixma design.
The control panel is simple for a printer with so many functions. The Pixma MP800R is ideal for small offices or homes with multiple PCs and users. A built-in 802.11g/b adapter of MP800R provides the option of wireless printing.
The Canon MP800R uses five ink cartridges: a dye-based black, a pigment-based black, and separate cyan, magenta, and yellow tanks. The cost per page of the MP800R is the same as that of the MP830: both black and color text prints will cost an inexpensive 2 cents per page.
The speed of Canon Pixma MP800R’s is quite impressive, especially when compared to an office all-in-one. It produced text at 7.97 pages per minute (ppm), scanned grayscale photos at 11.88ppm, scanned color photos at 10.75ppm, and printed 4×6 photos at 1.84ppm. The 4×6 photo prints showed good flesh tones, sharp detail, and only the slightest compression in the dark end of the grayscale. Colors scan show good detail and color representation. The grayscale scan was also good, though it also showed slight compression in the dark end of the grayscale, resulting in some detail loss in shadow areas.