Canon PIXMA iX6850 Wireless Printer (Black) - Compact, High-Performance Home Printer - Print A3+ Photo-Lab Quality Documents & Photos - Wi-Fi/Ethernet Connectivity - Replaceable 5 Single Ink System

I honestly couldn’t be happier with this printer. Setup was simple — I had it out of the box, connected to Wi-Fi, and printing within about 10 minutes. No complicated drivers or endless menus, just a straightforward process. It also connected fine with both my laptop and my phone, which is a big plus for me. The print quality is where it really shines. Text is crisp and professional, and photos or posters come out looking like they’ve been done at a print shop. Colours are rich and vibrant without looking over-saturated, and detail is sharp. I’ve been using it for larger A3 prints as well as normal documents, and it handles both brilliantly. The A3 capability was one of the reasons I bought it, and it really makes a difference if you’re working on projects that need a bigger canvas. I also like that the printer itself isn’t massive. For something that can handle big prints, it’s actually quite compact and doesn’t dominate my desk. Noise levels are reasonable too — you can hear it working, but it’s not overly loud or distracting. The only slight downside is the ink cost, which isn’t the cheapest. That said, it uses separate cartridges for each colour, so you only replace what you run out of. For the kind of quality it produces, I think it’s fair value. All in all, this has been a fantastic buy. It’s easy to set up, easy to use, and the results are genuinely impressive. If you’re looking for a printer that can handle both everyday tasks and high-quality photo or poster printing (especially in A3), I’d definitely recommend this one. I've already used it for some projects as you can see in the pictures and the quality is incredible.

This is great. I wanted a basic printer that I could print card on and this is perfect. Didn’t take long to set up and will be perfect for my card making hobby.

The Canon PIXMA iX6850 is an excellent choice for those seeking a reliable A3 printer. Setup was remarkably straightforward, one of the easiest I’ve experienced. The wireless connection was seamless, requiring minimal effort to get up and running. In terms of performance, the print quality is impressive so far. Text is sharp, colors are vibrant, and the overall output meets expectations for both documents and images. Additionally, finding affordable replacement ink is refreshingly simple, with compatible options readily available on Amazon at a reasonable price. However, one notable downside is the misleading product description, which suggests that this printer includes a flatbed scanner, it does not. This was quite disappointing, as I had expected scanning functionality based on the listed specifications. If you require scanning, you will need to look for a separate device. Overall, the PIXMA iX6850 is a solid choice for those who need a high quality printer with affordable ink options. Just be aware that scanning is not included, despite what some descriptions may imply.

I've had this printer for about 9 months now, and I am absolutely delighted with it. If you print A3 photos, then you are going to whizz through inks pretty quickly, but third-party inks are both cheap and reliable. (I use these and have been very happy with them. 25 XL ( 5 Sets) Colour Direct Compatible Ink Cartridges Replacement For Canon CLI-551XL/ PGI-550XL - Pixma MG5450 MG5550 MG5650 MG6350 MG6450 MG6650 MX725 MX925 MX725 MG7150 iP7250 Printers ) The only issue I have with the printer is that borderless photo prints require special paper, or the paper does not feed through and the printer jams, but that is more to do with me being a skinflint and not buying high quality paper than a limitation of the printer. Print quality is good, but not exceptionally good. It's as good as you'd expect from an inkljet printer, and benefits from high quality photo paper for photographs. Of particular praise is the speed of text printing, it really is surprisingly quick and pleasingly quiet. Obviously it's a fairly large printer, being A3, but it's no bigger than it needs to be, and the front and rear paper guides fold out and away quickly and neatly. I haven't used the wireless printing function of the printer, I've just used a LAN cable, so I can't comment on wireless set-up. Changing ink is quick and easy. The printer keeps you reasonably well informed of in levels, and tells you when an ink is low, and when it needs changing. Changing ink cartridges is quick and easy, simply lift the front panel, wait for the ink rack to be presented to you, the inks are all colour coded and the ink that needs changing will have a flashing LED on it. Remove the old cartridge, drop it carefully into the bin, peel the plastic off the new one and click it into place. Very quick and simple. It is likely worth re-aligning the heads after cartridge changes, but that too is a simple task. I've got no gripes at all with this printer, I particularly love how cheap it is to run with 3rd-party inks. If you want the very last work in print quality, you might need to buy some fancy paper, but laminated poster prints look great. Highly recommended!

Are you for real??!! The printer comes with a 2 pin non British plug! Ffs! This printer is as useful as window wipers on a submarine. Edit- I've spent 4 hours Trying to connect it wireless! I have loads of gadgets and never had this problem. After factory reseting my router etc I managed to print via my laptop. After 6 hours - still can't print via my tablet or phone. Don't bother with this printer or Canon products in general. Absolute joke. Just realised you CANT scan with it either. Don't waste your money on this garbage. Update- 14.08.24- I've went and bought an HP office jet pro 9730e. This is miles better and not much dearer. Double sided prints and print from your phone and tablet is a breeze. Canon can go and take a flying you know what....

I purchased this inkjet for doing A3 posters for events and for printing home photographs, not for text documents. First Impression First impressions are good. The printer is well packaged, it feels solid enough but is bigger than expected. The build quality looks ok to me. Unpack and Setup Do not expect much documentation on how to setup the printer. The foldout instructions were a little misleading - for example you can not install the inks until after you turn it on due to the location of the printer head - but actually it wasn't that hard. I setup over WIFI following onscreen instructions, which again needed re-reading several times to work out what was actually needed. All in all it took about 15 mins to get the printer ready for its first photo. Photo Image Quality This is what its all about. I printed out a series of sample pictures A4 borderless on the both the Canon Photo Paper Plus Glossy II and the everyday Canon GP501 Glossy photo paper. The pictures included a black and white portrait, colour portrait, a beach landscape and a clip art style poster. Every single picture absolutely blew my mind. The quality if amazing. Its not premium photo lab quality, but it beat the last round of internet mail order photos from Tesco. Its good enough for us to use in the photo frames around the house, and i consider myself picky. The print speed was pretty good also. It was very hard to see a difference between the everyday and the premium glossy paper, but there was a slight difference. Text Image Quality Its very acceptable, for an ink jet. I have a big office laser printer for text and you can easily see the difference, so this doesn't bother me at all. Overall I would recommend this printer without hesitation. A note also on the consumables. For those wondering, the ink cartridges that came with the printer seem reasonable full to me. I have done about 10 full A4 pictures and used maybe 5% of the ink. I have no idea how this compares to the full retail versions.

I bought this to replace an ancient HP A3 printer. The installation was faultless. It was extremely easy using the installation CD, despite the opinion of some other reviewers. I can't comment on the photo output, as I use mine for printing large-print church notices, but the document output is excellent. It prints graphics clearly, so I have no reason to expect less from the photo output. Manual duplex printing is handled with ease, and the sheet feeder does not jam or feed double sheets. I'm very impressed with the ease of set-up, build quality and print output. For the low price, I don't think I could have found a better printer! I have used it for a few weeks now, and it's made my weekly print job much easier and quicker. Highly recommended!

Whilst this product has been around for quite a while, it performs very well. Print rate is fast, colour rendition is good for photos, and the A3 facility is proving worthwhile. Only drawback is the lack of automatic duplex but I'm coping..