By Desire Athow
The past few months have seen the emergence of the first all-in-one printer that costs under £20 (around $26, AU$34) delivered. That’s quite a feat given how expensive couriering and mailing are.
The Canon Pixma MG2450, which is already more than 24 months old, usually costs around £25 but a voucher from popular online retailer Ebuyer regularly brings the price down to £19.99 including delivery. (Note that this review unit of the Canon Pixma MG2450 was provided by Ebuyer).
For that price you get a working, brand new printer, complete with cartridges but no USB cable; in an era of cost-cutting, that’s only to be expected.
Other obvious missing features include the lack of a network port, no Wi-Fi, no borderless/duplex printing, no card readers and no display, and this device uses two cartridges rather than one.
When we removed this printer from the box, what surprised us is how light and small the MG2450 is compared to others we’ve reviewed recently.
There seems to be an unspoken law in printing – a direct correlation between size or weight and the price of your device. At 3.5kg, this Canon effort is lighter than some laptops we’ve reviewed …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac