The Canon Pixma MG5150 is a low-cost multifunction printer with advanced photo quality and document printing support, at the print resolution of 9600 dpi. The printer prints with five individual Canon Pixma MG5150 Ink Cartridges and has two paper trays with a built-in duplexer for automatic two-sided printing. This might be a great feature, but its print speed is slightly lower than the PIXMA MG5250.
The printer includes easy-to-use software and uses Full HD Movie Print for capturing HD movie clips taken using Canon cameras. It supports stand-alone printing and includes other software such as Auto Photo Fixture, which easily removes the red-eye problem. The printer can be easily installed and you can connect your printer to the PC or Mac via the USB 2.0 port. It is a good value for money, in spite of the fact that it has low network support.
Printing with the Canon Pixma MG5150 printer involves high resolution photo outputs with the guaranteed print speed of up to 39 seconds for 10x15 size photos. The printer weighs 7.8 kg and measures 45.5 x 36.8 x 16 cm. It comes with a single colour Canon Pixma MG5150 Ink Cartridges and can print on glossy, high-resolution paper, labels, envelopes, and plain paper easily.
Advantages:- Includes Easy-to-use software
- Has auto duplex feature
- Great photos, good print quality
- Excellent value
- Has Bluetooth and PictBridge support
- Good overall printing speed
- No WiFi support
- Very slow duplex printing
- High running costs
- No direct CD or DVD printing
Replacement for the compatible Canon Pixma MG5150 Ink Cartridges are as follows:
- Canon CLI525/PG526 Ink Cartridge Multipack
- CLI-526B Black
- CLI-526C Cyan
- CLI-526M Magenta
- CLI-526Y Yellow
- PGI-525 Black
Every printer has certain printing limitations, the MG5150 has a lower print resolution and does not support Wi-Fi. But if you ignore these constraints, the Canon PIXMA MG5150 is a good value for money and guarantees good quality photo and document printing option that works great for home and small office usage.
What should be done if Canon Pixma MG5150 gives poor print results?
The horizontal prints with stripes or blank printout problem can be caused, either by dried out Canon Pixma MG5150 ink cartridges, or by clogged printheads. You should clean the printheads or if required replace the cartridges, when your printer start making such issues. Follow the steps below to get rid of such printing issues:
1. Cleaning the Print Head
Clean the printhead if the lines are missing or white streaks appear in the printed nozzle check pattern. Cleaning process might consume ink, so clean the Print Head only when necessary.
- Turn the power switch ON
- Make sure that one or more sheets of A4 size or letter-size plain paper is loaded in the printer
- Open the paper output tray, and then gently open the output tray extension
- Start the cleaning process
- Select the setup on the home screen. Select the menus on the home screen. The setup menu screen will appear
- Click on the maintenance option, and press the OK button. The maintenance screen will appear
- Choose the cleaning option, and press the OK button. The confirmation screen will appear
- Select Yes, and press OK. Your machine will start cleaning the printhead. Do not perform any other operation until the machine completes the cleaning process. This might take about 1 minute 30 seconds. The pattern print confirmation screen will appear.
- Select yes if you are satisfied with the pattern, and then press the OK button. The nozzle check pattern will be printed.
- Examine the nozzle check pattern and then press the home screen button to exit the setup menu and display the home screen. If the problem is still not resolved after cleaning the Print Head twice, clean the Print Head deeply. Refer your online manual for cleaning the Printhead Deeply.
2. Replace the old Canon Pixma MG5150 ink cartridges
If you have already performed the cleaning process and yet the print quality does not improve then it might be possible that the Canon Pixma MG5150 ink cartridges have dried out. Replace the cartridges as soon as possible to get the desired print results.