Printer Test: Canon Pixma MP270

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The Canon Pixma MP270 is the definition of an entry-level multifunction printer.  Apart from a few details, it provides the same printing speeds and quality as the manufacturer's professional models, which, if the Pixma MP640 is anything to go by, can cost up to four times as much.

Canon is offering a basic set of services (printing, scanning and copying), without any extra options that would probably go unused on a product like this.

Unlike more advanced printers, the MP270 uses a single cartridge for colour printing, with cyan, magenta and yellow all in the same cartridge, rather than available separately.

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