Canon MG2170 is another Canon’s product that relies on a combination of two different types of ink to produce quality printouts. The machine itself is a multifunction printer featuring ChromaLife 100 Photo System, which is another printing technology designed specifically to keep photo prints as sharp as possible for 100 years.

The printing device comes with added functionality that lets users scan or copy documents at a speed level that won’t disappoint anyone, except probably those who print, copy, or scan a large amount of documents almost everyday.

Features and Highlights

Canon MG2170 has an ink supply system that consists of a pigment black ink worth 180 sheets and three dye-based color inks worth 180 sheets. Each one of them has the same capacity, but the former gets a special treatment as it is stored separately from the latter. So, while the color inks are put together in one place, the black one has its own place.

Though they are of different types, both cartridges can be replaced as easy as usual. There is a slight difference between the two, however. When the black ink cartridge is empty, it can be replaced with the same one. When one of the colors in the tri-color cartridge is empty, the cartridge has to be replaced whether or not the other colors are empty. It means you spend money on three colors just to replace one. The absence of any method to refill only the empty one is considered as a huge downside by some people, which drives them away from any printer that uses a tri-color cartridge.

There are some others who dislike tri-color cartridges but they are left with no choice for some reason. In order to reduce the ink cost as much as they can, they use knock-off ink cartridges instead of the genuine ones, which are so expensive that some customers even willing to bear the risk of their printers gets damaged early from using the cheaper alternatives.

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Printers usually come with bundled software. In the case of Canon MG2170, there is a feature called Auto Photo Fix II. Befitting its name, it is capable of automatically correcting photos with the help of a scene categorization system. It will first analyzing photos and then make some optimal adjustments to photos based on the analysis data. Such a feature is very helpful for people who know little to nothing about how to edit photos the right way, but probably not for both amateur and professional photographers who have already their own arsenal of photo editing tools at their disposal.

Considering everything it is capable of, it is safe to say that Canon MG2170 is not a high-volume printer. It’s a good one but it would be less convenient and less efficient to use the printer to handle heavy printing needs. It has a top-notch print quality and easy to use, but it has a small tray size, not to mention that it has high running costs. You can click the link below to download Canon MG2170 Driver for Windows: