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PIXMA MX850



Product Specification

 
 

TYPE

       
 

Available Functions

    Print, Scan, Copy, Fax & 35 page duplex ADF. Camera, Memory Card, and Mobile phone direct printing with 6.2cm Colour TFT screen.  
 

PRINTER FUNCTIONS

       
 

Print Resolution

    Up to 9600¹ x 2400 dpi  
 

Print Engine

    InkJet 5-ink with minimum 1 pl ink droplets, FINE print head and ContrastPLUS  
 

Photo Lab Quality Speed

    Borderless 10 x 15cm: Approx. 21 seconds (Standard)  
 

Mono Print Speed

    Up to 31ppm (Max.), 14.9ppm (Standard)  
 

Colour Print Speed

    Text & Graphics: Up to 24ppm (Max.), 11.7ppm (Standard)  
 

Ink Cartridge Configuration

    Single Ink technology - 5 separate ink tanks (PGI-5BK, CLI-8BK, CLI-8C, CLI-8M, CLI-8Y)  
 

Black Ink Tank Life

    Black: 505 pages (PGI-5BK), 5,025 pages* (CLI-8BK)¹
Black: 4,065 photos* (PGI-5BK), 1,345 photos (CLI-8BK)²
* Estimated supplemental yield
 
 

Colour Ink Tank Life

    Cyan: 890 pages (CLI-8C), Magenta: 665 pages (CLI-8M), Yellow: 710 pages (CLI-8Y)¹
Cyan: 437 photos (CLI-8C), Magenta: 301 photos (CLI-8M), Yellow: 329 photos (CLI-8Y)²
 
 

Media Type

    Plain Paper, Envelopes, Photo Paper Pro (PR-101), Photo Paper Plus Glossy (PP-101/PP-201), Photo Paper Plus Double Sided (PP-101D), Photo Paper Plus Semi-gloss (SG-101/SG-201), Glossy Photo Paper (GP-401), Glossy Photo Paper "Everyday Use" (GP-501), Matte Photo Paper (MP-101), High Resolution Paper (HR-101N), T-shirt Transfer (TR-301), Photo Stickers (PS-101), Super White Paper (SW-201)  
 

Media Input

    Sheet Feeder: Max. 150 sheets
Cassette: Max. 150 sheets
DVD/CD Tray: 1 printable DVD or CD
 
 

Media Size

    Sheet Feeder: A4, B5, A5, Letter, Legal, Envelopes (DL size or Commercial 10), 10 x 15cm, 13 x 18cm, 20 x 25cm, Credit Card (54 x 86mm)
Cassette: A4, B5, A5, Letter, Envelopes (DL size or Commercial 10), 10 x 15cm, 13 x 18cm, 20 x 25cm
 
 

Media Weight

    Rear Tray: Plain Paper 64 to 105 g/m² and supported Canon special media up to 273 g/m²
Cassette: 64 to 105 g/m²
 
 

DVD/CD Printing

    Available as standard  
 

Two Sided Printing

    Automatically selectable using Photo Paper Plus Double Sided, Super White Paper or plain paper in A4, B5, A5, Letter & 13 x 18cm sizes  
 

Borderless Printing

    Yes (A4, 20 x 25cm, 13 x 18cm, 10 x 15cm & Credit Card sizes)  
 

Camera Interface and Connectivity

    Direct Print Port: Camera direct photo printing from PictBridge compliant digital cameras & camcorders  
 

Card Direct Printing

    CompactFlash ®, Microdrive, Memory Stick®, Memory Stick Pro™, SD Memory Card ®, MultiMedia Card™, MultiMedia Card Plus™ and SDHC Memory Card.
xD-PictureCard™ ¹, Memory Stick Duo™ ¹, Memory Stick PRO Duo™ ¹, Memory Stick Micro™ ¹, RS-MMC™ ¹, miniSD Card™ ¹, microSD Card™ ¹, miniSDHC Card™ ¹ and microSDHC Card™ ¹.
Features: Multi-select print (select multiple images and number of prints for each image), Photo index print, Print all photos, DPOF print, Layout print, Sticker print, DVD/CD print, Print with EXIF shooting information, Photo index sheet, Slide show, File number & date print
 
 

Other Features

    Card Direct Printing Image Enhancements: Auto Image Fix, Vivid photo, Photo optimizer pro, Noise reduction, Face brightener, Brightness, Contrast, Colour hue, Sepia/Simulated illustration, Red Eye correction, Image optimizer, Trimming
Driver Features: Photo Optimizer PRO (Windows only), Image Optimizer (Windows only), Photo Noise Reduction, Vivid Photo
 
 

FAX FUNCTIONS

       
 

Standalone fax

    Yes  
 

PC Fax

    Win: Via Fax modem (in MFP)
Mac: n/a
 
 

Colour Fax (ITU-T.30E compliant)

    Yes  
 

Transmission Speed Mono/colour

    Mono: Approx. 3 sec./page (33.6kbps) (based on default setting using ITU-T No1 chart) ¹
Colour: Approx. 1 min/page (33.6kbps) (based on default setting using Canon Color Fax Test Sheet) ¹
 
 

Modem Speed

    33.6k / 31.2k / 28.8k / 26.4k / 24k / 21.6k / 19.2k / 16.8k / 14.4k / 12k / 9.6k / 7.2k / 4.8k / 2.4kbps (Automatic fall back)  
 

Compression Method Mono/colour

    Mono: MH, MR, MMR
Colour: JPEG
 
 

Fax Resolution

    Mono: 8line/mm x 3.85line/mm (standard), 8line/mm x 7.7line/mm (fine)
Colour: 200 x 200 dpi
 
 

Greyscale/Colour gradation

    Mono: 256 levels,
Colour: 24 bit (full colour) (RGB each 8 bit)
 
 

Automatic document feeder

    Up to 35 pages (single side)  
 

Fax Memory

    Approx. 250 pages (based on ITU-T No1 chart or Canon Fax Standard Chart No1)  
 

One Touch Dials

    8 one touch dials  
 

Coded Dials

    100 coded locations  
 

Group Dial

    107 groups  
 

Redial

    Manual, Automatic re-dialling  
 

FAX/TEL Auto Switch

    Yes (manual)  
 

Answering Machine Hook-up

    Yes  
 

Remote Reception

    Yes  
 

Sequential broadcast

    Yes  
 

Error correction mode (ECM)

    Yes, ITU-T T.30 compatible  
 

Telephone handset

    No  
 

Polling

    n/a  
 

Reports

    Activity report, Telephone number lists (One-touch dial, Coded speed dial, Group dial), User's data list, Memory list, TX (Transmission report), RX (Reception report)  
 

SCANNER FUNCTIONS

       
 

Scanner Type

    Flatbed and ADF, CIS colour scanner  
 

Automatic document feeder

    Auto Duplex up to 35 pages  
 

Film Scanning

    n/a  
 

Scanner Resolution Optical

    Up to 4800 x 9600 dpi (Platen)
Up to 600 x 600 dpi (ADF)
 
 

Scanner Resolution Digital

    Up to 19200 x 19200dpi (Platen only)  
 

Colour Scanning Depth

    48 / 24 bit (RGB each 16 / 8 bit)  
 

Halftone/Greyscale

    16bit / 8bit  
 

Compatibility

    TWAIN / WIA (Windows XP / Windows Vista)  
 

Effective Scanning Width

    A4/LTR  
 

OCR Bundle

    Yes (ScanSoft OmniPage SE OCR)  
 

Other Features

    Push-scan, Multi-Scan, PDF file creation & editing*, Descreen, Unsharp mask, Photograph corrections (Fading correction, Grain correction, Reduce dust and scratches, Backlight correction, Auto Tone), Gutter Shadow Correction, Text (OCR)
*Function with MP Navigator EX
 
 

COPIER FUNCTIONS

       
 

Colour/Photo Copy

    Yes  
 

Copy Speed Colour Document

    Approx 24 sec¹  
 

Copy Speed 10x15cm Borderless Photo

    Approx 37 sec¹  
 

Copy Speed Mono

    Up to 31cpm  
 

Copy Speed Colour

    Up to 24cpm  
 

Multiple Copy

    1 to 99 copies  
 

Zoom

    25 – 400% in 1% increments and preset ratios  
 

Other Features

    Auto Intensity (AE copy), Manual Intensity Adjustment, Duplex copy (for plain paper only), DVD/CD to DVD/CD label copy, 4-on-1 copy, 2-on-1 copy, Sticker copy (x2, x4, x9, x16), Borderless copy, Image Repeat copy, Fade restored copy, Collated copy, Frame Erase copy
Automatic Document Feeder: Auto Duplex up to 35 pages
 
 

INTERFACE AND SOFTWARE

       
 

Interface Type - PC

    USB 2.0 Hi-Speed¹
Ethernet: IEEE802.3u (100BASE-TX), IEEE802.3(10BASE-T), 10/100Mbps (auto switchable).
Bluetooth v2.0 Max speed 1.44 Mbps (HRCP for PC only) (with optional Bluetooth unit BU-30).
 
 

Interface Type - Mobile Phone / PDA

    IrDA IR, Bluetooth Ver2.0 maximum speed 1.44Mbps (Option, JPEG only, OPP, BIP) (with optional Bluetooth unit BU-30) 
Photo printing via PictBridge
 
 

Supported Operating System

    Windows Vista / Windows XP SP2 / Windows 2000 Professional SP4
Mac OS X v.10.3.9 - v.10.5
 
 

Operating System Requirements

    Windows ® Vista™, XP, 2000 / Internet Explorer 6.0 / Pentium ® II 300 MHz including compatible processors / 128 MB RAM / 800 MB Hard disk space / CD-ROM drive / Display XGA 1024x768
Mac OS X v.10.5 / Intel ® processor, PowerPC G4 (867 MHz or faster) / 512 MB RAM
Mac OS X v.10.4 / Intel ® processor, PowerPC G3 / 256 MB RAM
Mac OS X v.10.3.9 / PowerPC G3 / 128 MB RAM
Safari / 650 MB Hard disk space / CD-ROM drive / Display XGA 1024x768
 
 

Software Included

    MP Navigator EX, Easy-PhotoPrint EX*, CD-LabelPrint, Solution Menu, ScanSoft OmniPage SE (OCR software) (except with Mac OS X v10.5), NewSoft Presto! PageManager (Windows only)  
 

GENERAL FEATURES

       
 

Dimensions (W x D x H)

    507.2 x 481.9 x 258mm  
 

Number of language (LCD)

    20 Languages selectable: Japanese, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Russian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Slovenian, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Greek  
 

Temperature Range

    Operating environment: 5° - 35° C  
 

Humidity

    Operating humidity: 10 - 90%RH (no condensation)  
 

Acoustic Noise Levels

    Print: Approx.33 dB(A) (when printing in the highest print quality mode on Photo Paper Pro)
Copy: Approx. 37.5 dB(A) (when copying in the highest print quality mode on Photo Paper Pro)
 
 

Weight

    Approx.13.9 kg  
 

Power Source

    AC 100-240V, 50/60Hz  
 

Power Consumption

    Standby: Approx. 5.5 W (when scanning lamp is off) (USB connected to PC)
Off: Approx. 1.4 W (USB connected to PC)
Copying: Approx 21 W¹
 

Print Resolution

¹ Ink droplets can be placed with a minimum pitch of 1/9600 inch

Black Ink Tank Life

¹ Declared yield value in accordance with ISO/IEC 24711:2006. Values obtained by continuous printing.
² Printing Canon standard photos on 10x15cm (4x6in) on Photo Paper Plus Glossy II continuously with the default settings of Photo Paper Plus Glossy II using Windows Vista printer driver in borderless printing mode and Windows Vista Home Premium Photo Gallery. Declared yield value determined based on Canon standard method referring to ISO/IEC 24711.

Colour Ink Tank Life

¹ Declared yield value in accordance with ISO/IEC 24711:2006. Values obtained by continuous printing.
² Printing Canon standard photos on 10x15cm (4x6in) on Photo Paper Plus Glossy II continuously with the default settings of Photo Paper Plus Glossy II using Windows Vista printer driver in borderless printing mode and Windows Vista Home Premium Photo Gallery. Declared yield value determined based on Canon standard method referring to ISO/IEC 24711.

Card Direct Printing

¹ Using recommended adapter - not supplied

Transmission Speed Mono/colour

¹ Actual transmission speed may veary depending on document complexity, fax settings at receiving end, and line conditions.

Copy Speed Colour Document

¹ Colour document copy speed is based on default setting using "ISO/IEC 24712, Newsletter" (printed by off-set method) on plain paper. 10x15cm borderless photo copy speed is based on default setting using "ISO/JIS-SCID N2" (printed by silver-halide digital printing method) on 10x15cm Photo Paper Plus Glossy II.

Copy Speed 10x15cm Borderless Photo

¹ Colour document copy speed is based on default setting using "ISO/IEC 24712, Newsletter" (printed by off-set method) on plain paper. 10x15cm borderless photo copy speed is based on default setting using "ISO/JIS-SCID N2" (printed by silver-halide digital printing method) on 10x15cm Photo Paper Plus Glossy II.

Interface Type - PC

¹ Operation can only be guaranteed on a PC with built-in USB or USB 2.0 Hi-Speed Port and pre-installed Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me or Windows 98.

Power Consumption

¹ When copying ISO/JIS-SCID N2 (printed by inkjet printer) on A4 size plain paper using default settings.

All specifications subject to change without notice.

PPM print speed is based on the highest speed mode setting using Canon standard patterns on plain paper.

Photo print speed is based on the default setting using "ISO/JIS-SCID N2" on 10x15cm Photo Paper Plus Glossy II.

Print speed measured as soon as first page begins to feed into printer and will vary depending upon a number of factors.

CPM copy speed is based on fast mode setting using Canon standard pattern on plain paper.

Copy speed may vary depending on document complexity, copy mode, page coverage, type of paper used and the number of copies selected, and does not take into account warming up time.

Ink yield may vary depending on texts/photos printed, applications software used, print mode and type of paper used. For yield information see www.canon-europe.com/ink/yield

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