The good: Large 2.5-inch LCD; built-in memory card reader; stylish design; robust software suite; fast output.
The bad: Output speed prone to intermittent lags.
The bottom line: Like Canon's other printers in its Pixma MX-series, the stylish MX870 has versatile features, including a handy scroll wheel and an ample 2.5-inch LCD, to help you get the job done. We recommend the Canon Pixma MX870 as a do-it-all device with an affordable price tag; just be ready to stomach its intermittent print lag.
Design:
The Pixma MX870 is the similar shape as the Canon Pixma MX860 is, measuring 18.1 inches wide by 16.2 inches deep by 7.8 inches tall with grooved handles on its bottom that makes it easy to move around. Its curved boundaries and integrated control panel both exude a very sleek, attractive appeal that works just as well in an office as it does at home.
Its large 2.5-inch LCD screen is fixed inside the smartly organized control panel; the left side houses the power button as well as shortcuts for copy, fax, and scanning, and you also get a convenient run dial to the right that lets you quickly scroll through the onscreen menus. The rest of the right side contains the general fare of menu, settings, numerical keys, and navigation buttons.
Canon also includes a dedicated "Memory Card" button for copying and printing images directly from the reader at the bottom and some smaller keys that automatically dial your preset fax numbers.
Canon offers three different options for paper input; the easiest method is throughout the 150-sheet tray that pulls out from underneath the folding output bay. You can throw another 150 sheets into the rear-loading tape, and both trays have small plastic guides to fit a variety of sizes from four inch by six inch all the way up to legal sized media and No. 10 envelopes.
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