Canon PIXMA TS6350 Review
The Canon PIXMA TS6350 is the latest upper-mid-range inkjet MFP in Canon's evergreen Pixma line. It replaces the TS6250, and while we're used to printers receiving a light refresh over the old version, the TS6350 is quite a departure. Gone is its predecessor's full-width, tiltable control board. Rather, the TS6350 has an abnormally unbalanced front panel that takes us back to the 1990s.
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Attributes
While the unbalanced appearance isn't negative, the TS6350 has taken a small step backward in terms of attributes. Instead of a colour touchscreen, there's a little mono screen and a scattering of switches.
More dramatically, with more basic controls, this MFP supports fewer sophisticated services: while you can print with Google Cloud Print, for example, you can't connect directly to an online service such as Dropbox, a feature we would typically expect at this cost. Thankfully, this MFP's core specifications remain pretty good. In the base, there's a cassette for up to 100 sheets of plain A4 paper, while the rear tray can hold an additional 10 sheets, or up to 20 sheets of image paper.
Skillfully, the printer uses the back tray's paper guide placement to infer which paper dimensions you've loaded. There's assistance for automatic double-sided (double) printing, and the paper result tray's electric motors open and close.
This printer uses Canon's five-ink arrangement, pairing a pigment black ink with dye-based black, cyan, magenta, and yellow inks, to combine four-colour photo printing with vibrant black text.
It functions very well, yet it's an embarrassment that Canon still hasn't presented physical keying to stop you from blending the colour cartridges. All 5 cartridges are available in common, X, L, and XXL sizes. Calculated for the latter, the colour element of a page of combined graphics and text is a relatively low 5.8 p, yet the black component is somewhat costly at 3.1 p.
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Efficiency
This isn't a particularly rapid message printer, providing our mono letter examination at only 11.4 web pages per min (ppm), rising to 12.7 ppm in draft setting. Colour graphics were speedy, nevertheless, with our difficult examination reaching 3.7 ppm.
Picture printing was fast enough: even at the highest feasible top quality, each 10x15cm picture was completed in less than 2 minutes. A single A4 Xerox needed just 20 seconds or so, in black or colour.
When examined over a wireless link, scan speeds were unsatisfactory. The TS6350 finished a preview in just 8 seconds, yet took 30 seconds to capture an A4 document at 300 dpi. This dropped to just 16 seconds over a USB connection, yet a 1,200 dpi picture scan still took more than a min.
It's almost impossible to fault the quality of this MFP's prints, scans, and photocopies. Black text was as crisp and dark as you'll get from an inkjet, while visual prints were punchy and without acne.
Pictures, as well, were described as sharp, though the heaven sky in round had some refined blotches; not an issue we've seen from other current Pixma printers. Scans were superb, with crisp emphasis, precise colours and a wide, vibrant variety.
Judgment
Overall, there are great deals to consider regarding the TS6350. It's a suitable MFP, but it's likewise quite pricey. At this price, we'd usually anticipate more attributes or faster performance.
Alleviate of Use
Capable of publishing to a maximum dimension of A4, the TS6351 can additionally print to a selection of smaller paper and envelope sizes, including A5, B5 and DL. If double printing is needed nevertheless, you can print more minimally with A4, A5, B5, and Letter dimensions available.
Duplicating and scanning from a connected computer system works just like any other printer. Still, quick duplicates can be executed with the "Start switch" on the printer, sparing you from involving a computer at all.
You can obtain the first duplicate from your printer in just 19 seconds and create extra duplicates at an estimated 6.5 pictures per minute after. The 1200 x 2400 dpi resolution of the scanner produces excellent-quality images and is more than sufficient for regular usage.
They were pretty thrilled by the QR code system employed by the Canon PIXMA TS6351. At several points during general use, they were provided with QR codes on the display; as soon as I scanned them with my phone, help and suggestions were provided.
In addition, if you are worried about any type of function or process being performed, you can press the dedicated "QR switch" on the TS6351 and be taken to the relevant section of the manual for help.
