Canon PIXMA TS6350/6320
£135/$100 A compact yet capable printer that’s equally good for documents and photos
his printer has different model names in varying world regions. In the USA it’s the TS6320, while in the UK it’s either the TS6350 or the TS6351, finished in black or white respectively. As is typical with Canon five-ink printers down the years, it has an oversized pigment-based black cartridge for crisp, rich black text; photo printing is based on cyan, magenta, yellow and black dye-based inks.
There are some useful features shoehorned into the space-saving design. The built-in scanner enables simple photocopying, driven by onboard controls clustered around a small 1.44-inch OLED panel. However, there’s no memory card slot, nor a facility to print direct onto white-faced CDS, DVDS and Blu-ray discs.
Neat touches include an LED status bar at the front, which
Tshows when printing is in progress. It also has a QR code button for hooking into the internet via a smartphone or tablet. Replacement cartridges are available in standard, XL and XXL options; the XXL gives the best economy, although a full set costs £100/$125.
Performance
Print speeds are impressively quick, matching those of the pricier PIXMA TS8350/8320. Naturally, considering that photo printing isn’t cheap, the quality of the output is of greater concern. As with other Canon five-ink printers in the past, this model produces very realistic photo output, with vibrant yet realistic colour rendition for landscapes and pleasantly warm, flattering skin tones. However, black-andwhite photo printing is relatively lacklustre, compared with the A3+ and A2 printers on test.