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The MG8150 is a Canon’s top range multifunction printer that has every feature a home user could think of. The printer is designed to have excellent photo print quality feature, a scanner for documents or negative-photo printing, larger LCD display accompanied by a smart touch panel, wireless connectivity and direct printing support.
The printer uses six individual Canon Pixma MG8150 Ink Cartridges, which adds grey to the usual 5-ink CMYK version. The Canon Pixma MG8150 can print with the print resolution of 9600 dpi. It is comparatively expensive than the MG6150 and has almost same features except for the negative scanning. The MG8150 is 470 x 392 x 199 mm in its dimensions, has a 3.5 in LCD screen in the centre of the printer’s top panel, weighs 10.7 kgs and has an easily understandable graphical interface for its users.
Furthermore, the printer prints at a speed of 12.5 ppm and 9.3 ppm in black and white and coloured one respectively. It uses two main paper trays one with 150 sheet cassette sliding in the front and a second one is the 150 sheet tray pulling up at the rear. It is recommended to use a cassette for plain paper or document printing and the rear feed for photo printing.
Advantages- Superior print quality
- Duplex printing
- Easy-to-use touch controls
- Twin paper trays
- Large LCD display
- Scan transparencies and negatives
- Direct CD/DVD print
- Has Wi-Fi, USB, and Ethernet support
- Duplex printing is particularly slow
- Big price gap from next model down
- Running costs is high
- Slow when compared to other models
Replacement for the compatible Canon Pixma MG8150 Ink Cartridges are as follows:
- Canon CLI525/PG526 Ink Cartridge Multipack
- Canon CLI-526B Black
- Canon CLI-526C Cyan
- Canon CLI-526M Magenta
- Canon CLI-526Y Yellow
- Canon PGI-525 Black
If you are looking for a printer that can print good quality photos and negatives too, then Canon Pixma MG8150 will work for you. It is an expensive printer, when compared to its other printers range, but make use of compatible Canon Pixma MG8150 Ink Cartridges that work same as the originals and are low in cost.
What should be done if colours printed are wrong or white streaks appear on the printout?
There are few points that you must check if the print results are not satisfactory:
Check 1: Confirm the paper and print quality settings in your printer If the print results are not satisfactory, prepare the Canon Pixma MG8150 Ink Cartridges for replacement
Check 2: Check the status of your ink tanks. You must replace the ink tanks if the ink has run out.
Check 3: Is the orange tape or protective film remaining? Make sure that the protective film is peeled off. If the orange tape is left on the Canon Pixma MG8150 Ink Cartridge, pull the tape off and remove it.
Check 4: Print the nozzle check pattern and perform any required maintenance operation such as printhead cleaning. To check whether the ink ejects properly perform the nozzle check pattern and routine maintenance procedure for it
- If the Nozzle Check Pattern is not printed correctly:
- Check whether the colour Canon Pixma MG8150 Ink Cartridge is not empty.
- If the nozzle check pattern is not printed correctly even with the sufficient amount of ink, perform the printhead cleaning
- Clean the printhead and try printing the nozzle check pattern again.
- If the problem is not resolved after performing the printhead cleaning twice:
- Perform printhead deep cleaning.
- If the issue is still not resolved, turn off your printer and perform another deep cleaning process after 24 hours.
- If the problem is not resolved after performing the printhead deep cleaning twice, the printhead might be damaged. Contact the service center for it.
Check 5: When using paper with one printable surface, make sure that the paper is loaded with the printable side facing up.
- Printing on wrong side of the paper may cause unclear prints or prints with reduced quality.
- Refer the instruction manual supplied with the paper for detailed information.
Check 6: If platen glass dirty?
Clean the glass and refer the online manual for cleaning the platen glass and document cover
Check 7: Make sure that the recommended paper is properly loaded on the platen glass and that it is loaded with the side to be copied facing down on the platen glass
Check 8: Did you copy a printout done by this machine?
Printing from either of the things a memory card, USB flash drive, a digital camera directly, or reprint from the computer, if you copy a printout done by this machine, print quality may get declined.