Inkjet printer Canon Pixma iP7240 (6219B007). Reviews of the Canon PIXMA iP7240 printer Working with paper and discs

Printing device entry level with a basic set of functions and minimal cost - this is the Pixma iP7240 from companyCanon.Exactly this model The printer will be discussed in detail and step by step in the review material presented to your attention.

What segment of the printer market is the hero of this review targeting?

Very low cost, very modest specifications and a minimal set of communication interfaces already initially classify the Canon Pixma iP7240 printer as an entry-level, budget-level solution. But this legendary manufacturer of printing and duplicating equipment, even in this case, managed to create a masterpiece and realize many useful functions in this budget class printer. Some of them allow the hero this review get around without any problems technical specifications most of their direct competitors.

Equipment

Simply excellent equipment in the Pixma iP7240, which allows the new owner of such a device to start using it immediately after purchase. It includes the following:

A printer.

USB interface cable.

The power cord with which this economy-class printer is connected to an alternating voltage network, due to this, the power supply of such a printing system is organized.

Detailed installation, connection and operation instructions.

Set of inkwells.

A special tray that allows you to print on CDs.

Disk with necessary software and electronic version documentation for this printing device.

Technology

Inkjet is the basis of the hero of this review. Liquid ink is used. In this case, their number is 4. For the most popular black and white mode, only black ink based on pigment technology is used. In the case of printing in color, the process of obtaining a print additionally includes ink of three more colors: blue, yellow and magenta. Combining the four previously mentioned colors allows you to obtain color images, pictures and photographs.

Name of cartridges

Cartridge models PGI-450PG, PGI-450PGXL, CLI-451, CLI-451XL designed for installation in the “black” slot of the Pixma iP7240. The “blue” slot of this printing device can accommodate a CLI-451C or CLI-451CXL, a “yellow” slot can accommodate a CLI-451Y or CLI-451YXL, and a “magenta” slot can accommodate a CLI-451M or CLI-451MXL. The original configuration of the printer includes cartridges without the XL prefix with a reduced print resource and reduced capacity. In the future, it is recommended to equip such a printer with more capacious cartridges and a longer print resource. As you might guess, their markings include the prefix XL.

Interface kit

The Pixma iP7240 printer boasts an ideal set of interfaces. First of all, it includes a standard USB wired connection to a PC. Its main drawback is the need to be very close to system unit. In this case, the distance cannot exceed 2 m. Another limitation with this connection method is that such a computer must be turned on to print. Essentially, in this case, such a PC performs the functions of a print server.

But there is also the possibility of implementing the functions of the latter using only one printer. To do this, just use the Wi-Fi wireless interface. Also, another important advantage of this connection method is that there is no need to place the printing device in relative proximity to the computer. Therefore, in practice it is recommended to use last method connections using a wireless network.

Permission

The undeniable advantages of the Canon Pixma iP7240 include the resolution of printed documents. In color mode, its maximum value is set at 9600 x 2400. According to this indicator, the hero of this review can confidently be classified as a photo printer. Another factor that also puts it in this class is minimum size drops. Its size in this case is 1 pl.

Separately, it should be noted that printing monochrome documents and images in such high resolution not justified. Moreover, both from a technical and economic point of view. On the one hand, such a resolution contributes to more intensive wear of the printing system, and on the other hand, there is an increased consumption of ink. Therefore, in black and white mode, it is recommended to reduce the resolution of printed documents to 1200 x 1200. Their quality will not deteriorate significantly, but this will certainly extend the life of the printer and reduce ink consumption.

Page sizes

The Canon Pixma iP7240 printer is aimed at printing primarily on A4 sheets of paper. It can also print on A5, legal, B5 and letter. In addition, you can print on Commercial 10 or DL format envelopes. In all these cases, the paper weight should be between 60 and 105 gsm and the bottom tray should be used to load the paper. If you plan to print photographs, the dimensions of which in this case begin with 10 x 15 and end with 20 x 25, then you need to use paper with a density of about 300 g/m2 and the upper tray for loading.

Fingerprint speed

The Canon Pixma iP7240 is capable of outputting up to 15 monochrome prints and up to 10 color prints in one minute. For a budget-class printing device, these are excellent speed indicators. It has more modest speed characteristics when outputting photographs. For example, it will produce one print with dimensions of 10 x 15 in 65-70 seconds.

In the world of home printing today, MFPs rule the roost - multifunctional devices, which are a printer-copier-scanner in one bottle. Against the backdrop of their rapid development, classic printers seem not so efficient and no longer particularly attractive for purchase. In reality, everything is completely different. The majority of users do not need the rich capabilities of MFPs at all. The copier has long become a professional tool, in demand only among large companies, and a scanner at home can easily be replaced by a smartphone camera. The only device that everyone (students, managers, individual entrepreneurs) still need is a printer. In addition, such a purchase is a more profitable investment, since you will not overpay for printing capabilities and technologies that you do not need. Most likely, some innovations will not be useful at all in everyday life (you don’t scan stacks of documents every day, do you?). Thus, we come to the conclusion that it is better to focus your attention on an inexpensive and monofunctional device. One of these will be discussed in today’s review. Meet - jet printer Canon Pixma iP7240.

Characteristics

It is worth noting that the Canon Pixma iP7240 inkjet printer has quite good technical characteristics. For ease of perception, we decided to present the information in the form of a table, which is located below.

Functionality	Printing documents, photos and CD printing
Print resolution (maximum)	9600 by 2400 pixels
Print speed (black and white)	Average 15 pages per minute
Print speed (color)	Average 10 pages per minute
Print speed (photos)	On average one photo per 21 seconds
Cartridges	5 individual ink tanks (2 black, 3 color)
Cartridge life	Average 1800 pages with black ink

Design and construction

One of the most important advantages of printers, which is not part of the MFP, is compactness. Such devices are easier to fit in small apartments. Thanks to the low-profile design of the Pixma iP7240, it can easily be placed on a shelf with low ceilings. Canon also took care of the aesthetic component. The Canon Pixma iP7240 body is made of matte black plastic. The printer looks solid and stylish. The number of controls is minimal, everything is done for the sake of simplicity and asceticism. A glossy panel is installed around the perimeter of the lid, giving the device elegance.

The Pixma iP7240 printer has 2 paper cassettes. One of them (the top one) is loaded with photo paper (10 by 15 and 13 by 18 centimeters). The second (bottom) is loaded with plain paper (sheets A4, A5, B5 and other popular formats). Each cassette is equipped with a specialized clamp that tightly holds the paper during printing, preventing it from slipping away and blurring the image. You can even do an experiment. Load one sheet of paper twice and see with your own eyes how the printer reprints the image with pixel accuracy.

Ink

Just under the printer cover are the ink tanks and the print head. Pixma iP7240 is equipped with 5 ink tanks at once. Among them: two black - one with pigment paint, and the other with regular paint, three colored (with blue paint, yellow and purple). Color ink and photo black paint are made using Canon Chromalife technology. The manufacturer does not disclose the specifics of the technology, but confidently declares an increase in the quality of printing on photo paper. This is especially true in the case of paper from Canon. Pigment ink is needed for printing on plain paper.

Ink on the Pixma iP7240 can be replaced individually without replacing the entire tray. This approach allows you to reduce the cost of consumables. The life of a standard ink tank is enough for about 40 photographs in A4 format. This is the number of pictures that blue ink is enough for. If the ink is running low, the LED on the ink tanks begins to blink (the fewer consumables, the higher the blinking frequency). If necessary, you can buy larger ink tanks. They are marked with the article XL, are more expensive and take longer to consume.

Handling paper and discs

It was already said above that the printer is equipped with two paper cassettes and a stable mechanism for fixing it. It would be useful to say that the printer supports two-sided printing technology - Auto Duplex Print. If this option is enabled, the next page of the document will be printed on the reverse side of the sheet. Printer in automatic mode re-sucks a sheet of paper. No user intervention is required.

During the printing process and absorbing paper, the printer makes a lot of noise, but does not make the table on which it stands shake. Vibration during operation is minimal.

The Canon Pixma iP7240 can print not only on paper and photo paper, but also on CDs. Software for the corresponding prints is included with the printer.

Wireless printing

The main advantage of any modern printer is the ability to print documents and photographs without a physical connection to a computer. For this function to work, you will have to install the bundled drivers, which will take a lot of time to set up. But the programmers did their best; the printer is easily detected on any computer and smartphone. The printer can be connected to a Wi-Fi router by manually entering connection information (via a computer). You can use WPS technology if your router supports it.

Software

Canon printers come with several CDs with software. Canon programmers have developed two programs for processing and printing photographs. The first program is My Image Garden. This utility is a tool for creating photo collections, sorting pictures and creating collages. With it, you can apply filters to photos in the style of Instagram. There is a function to “blur” the background, increase the brightness and sharpness of pictures.

My Image Garden turns your photos into beautiful collages and calendars (there are other types of printable templates too). While scanning a photo library, the utility recognizes faces and objects, sorting them into separate albums. In theory, this means that once you feed the program your photo library, it can instantly find all the photos of your friends or even your dog. The program has a complex interface, and some operations are performed one at a time, so it will take time to get used to the utility, but it is worth it.

The second program is Print Your Days. The essence of the program is the same. Artificial intelligence scans a library of images. Categorizes them by date, persons and events. Then he creates a collage and prints it out. The main difference is the source of the photos and the simplicity of the interface. The utility is much more modest in terms of capabilities and collects photos from social network Facebook. For those who often post pictures there, Print Your Days will come in handy.

Print quality and speed

The Canon Pixma iP7240 printer is equipped with a FINE print head. This mechanism is responsible for the quality of prints and the speed of printing. The efforts of Japanese engineers were not in vain. The printer is capable of printing one glossy photo in 20-30 seconds. An ordinary black and white document “pops” out of the printer almost instantly. The photographs come out rich and vibrant. The color rendition of the printer is realistic and deep. There is noticeable slight tuning on the part of the printer, which makes the photographs more pleasant for ordinary people. Those who like to process images before printing should moderate their ardor and not push up the contrast and curved lines of some colors. Small flaws are almost invisible. The image clarity is impressive, with no grain or pixelation visible at all.

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It prints better photos if you install the XPS driver!

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He will ruin you on cartridges. All these printers are a stupid scam for money. Manufacturers make profits not from the sale of printers, but from the subsequent sale of branded cartridges. Moreover, you won’t be able to install left-handed or refillable cartridges, don’t even dream about it. Everything is chipped, with the wrong cartridges, the printer will be slow and glitchy.

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I used alternative Burstein slam-shut caps with OCP inks. Quite quickly problems began with mixing colors. Magenta was mixed with cyan and after being idle for 1 day, it had to be cleaned at least twice before the first print. Replacing the cartridges did not help, and then the nozzles in the head partially failed. It is possible that if I had used original consumables, all this would not have happened, but the costs for them would have been many times higher than all my manipulations with alternative components.

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The printer is super, no words...

Vyacheslav F. yesterday at 06:48

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About the service: I never expected that there would be no additional shipping costs. The Pick Point service turned out to be very convenient for me. And in general, the whole chain - from order to execution - is amazing.

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In general, the model as a whole is not bad for the money. I struggled a bit with the Wi-Fi setup, which is why I bought the printer. And even at one point I regretted the purchase, realizing that I wouldn’t be able to set it up. But one day he simply began to work through the air without additional intervention. So everything is fine now. The printer is very noisy and slow-witted. I read other reviews and laughed about the slowness :) It’s all true. Printing “quickly” will not work. It will take a long time to turn on, set up before printing, etc. It will definitely wake someone up at night, so it’s better to use it during the day. But if you’re not in a hurry, it’s quite satisfactory. The best option I found is to turn on the printer in advance, then it will be faster to think about. In order not to go broke on cartridges, I advise you to purchase an additional set of refillable cartridges and keep them ready. Then suddenly running out of ink will not be an unpleasant surprise. Original cartridges are also easily refilled without any additional equipment. I always have one set in reserve. You need to experiment with ink and photo paper and find the right ratio so that the pictures do not fade over time.

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This is certainly not laser printer, but how slow it works.... After turning it on, it starts to set up, it takes about 5 minutes. Then, when you have chosen what you want to print, it will think for another 3 minutes before starting to print. The printing process itself is fast, but these intervals between the start of printing and the completion of the work... you will print 1 sheet for a total of 10 minutes, because while it turns on, then it will think, then it will think again, then it will print, then turn off 3 minutes... I still don’t understand the principle of its operation: if you need to print several sheets, it can print them instantly, or after printing 1 sheet, think for a couple of minutes, print 2 sheets, think again... although nothing complicated or colorful I'm not typing. By the way, after printing 2 color A4 sheets, the amount of ALL ink dropped by almost 40%. Although I printed a blue-red-black design. And then, not a drawing, but a drawing. Not for frequent use. Otherwise you will finish it off yourself))) Very expensive cartridges. The full set will cost the same as the printer itself. And if you often print color images, then get ready to change cartridges once a season

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Flaws

For me, well, there may be a small hassle when installing the CISS. It takes a long time to prepare for printing, but it’s not critical!A comment

I'm very happy with the purchase! The original cartridges were immediately used up (I printed 20 discs), the first one ran out of pink, but by this time the CISS had been delivered, so I threw out the original mulipusic containers. I installed a supply system (here the manufacturer tried to ensure that the client did not use chemicals), but everything turned out well, and with the lid closed, the tubes simply come in from the side.
The OSP ink was excellent! BUT let me mention that in black tones there is a slight shift to gray. I ordered profiling ink + paper. After installing the profile, the print quality is simply excellent!!!
I printed a huge number of photographs and I am very pleased with the discs.
Moreover, I can print a lot and then it can just sit there for a couple of weeks, after which it prints without streaks or jambs.
Conclusion: the quality is excellent! If you want good print quality, then only through Photoshop, otherwise the printer takes over the color profile and the colors go away. PZK cartridges or install CISS (my choice is filled up and I don’t worry. The cheapest way to order it is on Ali Express) the ink cost me 2500 rubles, 5 colors and there is no end... and new cartridges would cost 4 rubles, approximately... here it is benefit!
At this point I have printed about 400 discs. and more than 1000 photos
I liked it, I took Two! I recommend.

20 4

correct setting

Flaws

Wi-Fi settings

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1) Setting up a print profile:
In the printer properties tab Main tab Media type Photo Paper Pro Platinum, then below Print quality “Other” set pull to the right to “1”. Ok Ok Ok. The rest can be left untouched.
2) Wi-Fi, for those who do not have WPS in the router, is configured using the Canon IJ Network Tool utility. There is no description in the paper instructions that come with the kit, see the electronic manual.

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Good quality

Flaws

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I have always respected Canon products! Before this, we faithfully worked hard to wear out the ip2600, 3600, 4600. Only favorable memories remain from them! Sorry, Canon engineers, but maybe you should start making a printer out of toilet paper? Why did the product quality suddenly become so low? This printer did not work normally for even two months! Another ip2700 “sailed away” after four months of work, having used up the CISS refill and only then gave up the ghost! At this rate, it will be necessary to honestly put the “disposable” label on printers!

Eh, Canon-Canon.... It's a pity that you are like Yepson, which I abandoned after replacing the design principle of their great R-300 and R-200 with the current disposable "pop" P-50 and L-800....

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Tarantina Antonina 2017-02-13

After reading the reviews on Yandex, I bought at my own peril and risk. Many people write about noise and long preparation times for printing. These users apparently did not print on other printers. Previously I used Epson L200. If you compare these models, they are heaven and earth. The setup is very fast, I’m pleased with the ability to print via wi-fi. My rating is 5.

Advantages

High-quality and fast printing. Printing via Wi-Fi Printing on discs Convenient paper tray

Flaws

Vladimirovich Stepan 2017-02-09

I replaced the cartridges with resettable ones, this is the happiness of saving

Advantages

Simple and high quality, but does not print quickly Multiple trays

Flaws

Slow When printing on a disk, if you don’t make a circular print area yourself, it will print the entire image directly on the tray. He's constantly buzzing and checking something.

Salmin Zora 2017-02-04

In general, I don’t advise anyone to buy this miracle of engineering so as not to be disappointed. You need to think carefully about whether to buy this scrap metal in a plastic box. This Canon creation lasted exactly a month of not intensive work, printing 30 photos and apparently got very tired from such a load that was placed on it and died in agony. Shame on the company for such quality. Personally, I will no longer buy printers from this company. I will have to look for a replacement from other companies. Although now there is some kind of general trend of decline in quality. And how to teach a manufacturer to make quality things is to share reviews and not take any rubbish. Everyone Enjoy the shopping.

Advantages

There are no advantages. The printer is terrible a priori. I do not advise you to buy it under any circumstances. The persistent desire to throw it out the window will not leave you the entire time you use this terrible device. It seems that Canon has not made such devices before and this is the first printer it created, somewhere in underground enterprises in a Chinese village, hand-assembled by Grandfather Liao and his grandchildren.

Flaws

Polished edges that collect dust. Very fragile. Afraid of the slightest shaking. Errors begin immediately and refuses to print. The print quality, when compared with previous models in this line, has simply deteriorated significantly, both in color reproduction and detail. Noticeable noise and grain have appeared. Even longer He began to think about the task at hand, and all this time he rustled, crackled and made some sounds, as if he was trying to communicate with intelligent beings in another dimension.

Kutsenko Maxim 2017-01-20

There were 4 printers from Canon and that's what's interesting. How older model, the more unpretentious it is and the longer it works. The last one bought 7240 and it lived for about six months. I just decided to print the photos on A4, printed the first one perfectly, but rejected the next one with error B200. How so? So just take it and stop working? Okay, on the ip4820 model I continuously printed 20 photos on A4 and the head burned out, but what happened? It looks like the developers are setting some kind of limit on their new printers. It's just 3.14 awesome! Totally insolent! Update from January 20, 2017 - another printer died: D still the same B200 and I have no doubt that the printer has some kind of limit that breaks it.