The best buy (for what I and my wife were looking for) turned out to be the Canon PIXMA MP490 All-in-one printer, so I looked at canon_uk1 (the Canon Outlet Store) on ebay, and then made a bid for one of their completely refurbished (but primarily new, with a 12 month manufacturer's Guarantee), printers.Īlthough canon_uk1 have a mix of Buy Now and Auction items, I opted for the Auction format, and was thrilled a couple of hours later to win a Canon PIXMA MP490 printer and pay just over £29.00 (+ £2.95 P+P) for a printer which is on sale elsewhere for way over £100.00 !

where I'd bought the camera) on ebay to see what they had for sale, and noted that their PIXMA range of printers (mostly of the All-in-one variety) were suitable for printing colour photos.īefore I actually made a bid, I went online to look at Canon's website, and looked to see which printer would fit the bill, following which, I did a Google search for Reviews of Canon's range of PIXMA (and other) printers. Having (a couple of days earlier) bought a compact digital camera for her (see my review for the Canon IXUS 95 IS) I looked at the canon_uk1 (Canon Outlet Store - i.e.

I bought this Canon All-in-one Photo Printer on ebay (from the canon_uk1 shop) for my wife, as she didn't like the prints from my own (non-photo) printer, and in view of that, I thought that she'd better have a printer for her own use! “I bought this Canon All-in-one Photo Printer on ebay.”

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