As reported on the www.pcauthority.com, the Canon MP170 is one of the fastest and best-quality printers in the market. Though the scanner isn’t perfect and there aren’t as many features as one would expect but the MP170 is hard to beat for value. At $102, the Canon Pixma MP170 is easily affordable but is said that throughout its testing, it consistently held its own with the most expensive counterparts. Wherever text was involved; the MP170 produced 8ppm in Draft mode, but it was almost indistinguishable from the quality of Normal output. Styled like many of Canon’s Pixma printers, the main case is silver, with a black front, cut off at an obtuse angle. As mentioned by Mogens Jensen, Head of Canon Consumer Imaging Europe. “This Canon PIXMA multifunctional represents the convergence of many of Canon’s core technology competencies” as the print quality is very good, all round. Sharp black text print is matched by faithful colors and smooth graphics print. Photo images are well rendered and the colors are natural with plenty of detail, even in dark, shadowed areas. All in all, this multifunction device seems to represent exceptional value. With a good feature set, including the ability to print images from memory cards and cameras, and producing high-quality results at an inexpensive and affordable price, shows why the market for all-in-one devices continues to expand.