In this article, the reader will get acquainted with the most affordable printers by the price-quality criterion, the Canon MG2440 color inkjet printer. Characteristics, description, photos and reviews of owners will help a potential buyer to make a choice in the domestic market. Also, in the article, the owners of the MFPs will find many recommendations for the operation and maintenance of this device.
Product positioning in the global market
Judging by the fact that the branded refill kit for the Canon Pixma MG2440 printer costs exactly 50% of the price of the device itself (on the domestic MFP market you can buy for 2000 rubles), we can safely say that the buyer is a regular consumer product, the price of which is directly proportional to the quality . Therefore, this device has not only a limited warranty, but is also offered for purchase with the “print factory” kit, which allows the user to save on consumables in damage to the wear resistance of the print head.
And if in the world market this MFP is purchased by people with a limited budget, then in our country the Canon MG2440 is in demand in all price segments. It is unlikely that in Russia there is a person who refuses almost free printing in color. As Canon's reports show, it is the Russian market that is the leader in sales of this wonderful multifunctional device.
Feasibility of purchasing an inkjet MFP
Many potential buyers when choosing a printing device for home use are faced with a choice: give preference to an inkjet or laser device. The only difference is the initial cost of the printer. In order to make the right decision, a potential buyer must answer to himself a list of questions:
- Willingness to service at home (filling the cartridges with a Canon MG2440 printer using a syringe is much easier than cleaning the bin from dust and filling up toner).
- The need for color printing and its quality (a laser printer in color is not able to surpass inkjet printing).
- Monthly print load and printer usage frequency (if the printing device is idle for 5-7 days, the nozzles of the cartridges will simply dry out).
Introducing a Canon Representative
The box in which the Canon MG2440 printer is delivered is quite informative: there is an image of the device itself, brief printing characteristics, the country of manufacture is indicated, there is an address of the nearest state with a service center. As the owners note in their reviews, the photo of the printer on the package is identical to the print quality of the device itself (by the way, on boxes with photo printers the picture is better).
The printer is equipped with a standard one: a power cable and an interface cord, two cartridges (black and color), driver disks and a book for installation and operation. The user should not rejoice at large cartridges: if you tear off the protective sticker from the plastic case, you will find that half of its volume consists of stiffening ribs, so there is very little paint inside.
Product Printing Specifications
The Canon Pixma MG2440 Color Inkjet Printer is not designed to print high-resolution photos. This is indicated not so much by the cost of the device, but by the print resolution of 4800x600 dpi and the presence of only one cartridge for transferring ink to paper. However, according to the statements of the owners in the reviews with examples of photos of printed pages, printing photos is quite possible on this printer, however, for this you need to use high-density matte paper.
Print speed is poor - only 4 pages per minute, with the first sheet being processed on the order of one minute. Confuses the lack of printing pages without borders. No matter how hard the user tries to fit the sheet in the paper tray, the print head does not go beyond the bounding box. The advantages include support for printing on used sheets (for example, when printing on both sides, the sheet will not get stuck in the printer, as is often the case with similar devices).
Scanner operation and use of the MFP as a copier
Acceptable for working with documentation, scanning with a resolution of 600x1200 dpi is clearly not going to appeal to owners who have purchased a Canon MG2440 MFP for working with digitizing color photographs. The software that comes with the kit has software interpolation to increase the resolution of the image, but you still can’t achieve high definition, even with professional programs.
But as a copier, the device is very convenient: he pressed only one button - he received a blueprint. At the request of the user, if copying is controlled from a computer, you can adjust the scan fields, grouping of images and color depth. There is only one drawback when scanning, as the owners note in their reviews, there is only one - the noise of the scanning element (louder than the print head).
Funny designer for craftsmen
In the media there are a lot of customer reviews about the inoperability of the device after purchase. Having brought the printer home and taking it out of the box, the user discovers that it is not working. As it turns out later in the service center, Canon MG2440 does not print through the fault of the owner, who did not deign to study the instructions for putting the printer into operation. The problem is that the manufacturer, for reliable transportation of the MFPs, fastened with a special tape all moving elements in the printer. Naturally, the owner did not see any stickers, inserted cartridges and requires the MFP to start printing.
Before starting work, it is recommended to open the instruction and go through all its points: remove all the stickers, connect the paper feed and output tray correctly, set the paper guides, etc. From the side, these actions are more reminiscent of the designer, but they will allow the buyer get rid of problems in the operation of the device.
Continuous Ink Supply System (CISS)
In the factory interpretation, the cartridges from the so-called starter kit come with the Canon MG2440 printer. Their main task is to demonstrate to the device owner the printing capabilities in both black and color. However, according to statements by professionals in the field of office equipment and printing, it is the starter kit of cartridges that has high wear resistance with large print volumes.
Therefore, many sellers offer customers to purchase, in addition to the printer in the store, a continuous ink supply system that connects with special tubes to the start cartridges. It is the CISS system that will allow the user to significantly reduce the cost of page printing. The media has enough recommendations on how to mount a CISS at home, however, many device owners recommend doing this with the help of a seller who, in case of failure, will figure out how to replace a broken printer with a buyer.
Cartridge Maintenance Features
The proprietary software supplied on the driver disks for the Canon MG2440, according to all owners, is not related to the hardware of the printheads at all. According to the manufacturer on its official website, the printer is equipped with a special pump that can help clean clogged or dried cartridge nozzles. However, in fact, the built-in pump does not suck out ink through the nozzles of the print head, but in a special sump. And the nozzles of the head break through the pressure of the paint. In fact, this design can only aggravate the situation when you start cleaning nozzles from a computer.
The owner’s task to maintain the printer’s operability is the constant support of the print head nozzles from drying out the ink (you need to print 1 page in black and color per week). But here, not everything is simple. The manufacturer presents the owner as a cleaning nozzle-test page, on which, according to his statements, there are all the colors of the rainbow. However, in fact, the ink spent on printing is not enough for a full cleaning of the nozzles (over time, the edges will slowly dry out and the nozzles will clog completely).
Self refill cartridges
Refueling Canon MG2440 is no different from servicing other printers and MFPs. On any cartridge there is a special bypass valve that equalizes the atmospheric pressure in the tank. Prying off the valve with a needle or an awl, it is necessary to remove it from the plastic cartridge case. Next, picking up the syringe and typing the right paint into it, you need to insert the needle into the fabric filter, which the user will find under the transition valve. Gently squeeze out the contents of the syringe.
The printer software constantly monitors the contents of the cartridge and, at its discretion, may block the print head at the hardware level. This event is accompanied by an error about the impossibility of printing with an urgent requirement to replace the cartridge. This system lock is quite simple: you need to press on the device and hold the “stop” button for 6-10 seconds. After unlocking, you can continue printing.
Features of the choice of paint in the domestic market
Ink for Canon MG2440 is offered in almost all computer stores, because the model is the most popular among analogues on the market. Only their cost confuses - from 500 to 1500 rubles (almost the cost of the printer itself). Naturally, the seller assures that the most expensive inks more loyally consume the print head resource. This is actually a regular marketing ploy. In fact, refueling the printer manually is already a violation of the printer. Starting with this step, it does not matter what ink is poured into the cartridge, the main thing is that there is compatibility in density (the description should include the Canon MG2440 printer model).
Accordingly, it is better to give preference to the cheapest ink. Currently, there are only two affordable products on the Russian markets: ColorWay ink (a Chinese manufacturer) and WWM paint (a Ukrainian manufacturer). Moreover, the composition of WWM is superior in quality to similar foreign products from the expensive price segment.
Problems in the work of the IFIs and their solution
Naturally, errors are inevitable in the operation of the multifunctional device Canon MG2440. The system is imperfect, often there are situations when the printer simply refuses to work. But, unlike expensive similar devices, an affordable budget printer does not have a liquid crystal display on the control panel, which introduces all users into a stupor. Therefore, to solve problems with inoperability, you still need to install the entire software package on the computer that comes on the driver disks.
The software part of the printer communicates with the printer and is able to display on the monitor a window with the error number in case of problems with the device. All errors with codes from 1000 to 4999 are insignificant and are eliminated by the user according to the instructions. Codes from 5000 and higher, or with the presence of letters, can be eliminated only in the service center.
Finally
Since the reviews for the multifunctional device Canon MG2440 are only positive, it means that the printer is definitely recommended for everyone to buy an inexpensive gadget for home use that can print in color. Low cost, ease of maintenance and low cost of printing - these are the criteria that most buyers are guided by in the office equipment and printing market. Of course, there are many manufacturer flaws that may not suit demanding users, but the cost of the printer ultimately leads picky buyers to their side.