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Canon Pixma MX495

Canon Pixma MX495

1023 reviews

Jun, 2025

Positive
usability (375)
price (226)
performance (191)
size (130)
design (24)

Negative
noise (58)
durability (11)
paper handling (5)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 1023 reviews of Canon Pixma MX495. The average rating for this product is 4.2/5, compared to an average rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers are impressed by the design and size. The performance and price are also mentioned favorably, whereas many are less positive about the paper handling and durability.

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noise, durability, paper handling

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Canon Pixma MX495 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 88/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Canon Pixma MX495

alaTest has collected and analyzed 22 user reviews of Canon Pixma MX495 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 3.7/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Reviewers really like the noise and design, whereas there are mixed views on the durability and performance. The connectivity and reliability get negative comments.

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82% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Jun, 2025

Expert review by : Simon Williams (trustedreviews.com)

Canon PIXMA MX495

The average price of an inkjet all-in-one costs around £100, but for less than half that you can pick up a Canon PIXMA MX495. This entry-level home-office printer has a surprisingly broad feature set, including full wireless connection for printing...

Large, easy-clean button pad ; Comprehensive software bundle ; Low profile

Very noisy paper feed ; Tri-colour cartridge can be wasteful ; Slow colour print

Although The Canon PIXMA MX495 has some issues, particularly its slow colour print and very noisy paper feed, you get a lot of printer for your £44. With an ADF, full fax, a compact design and, above all, excellent print quality, this all-in-one should...

Jul, 2015

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The Canon Pixma MX495 is an all-in-one inkjet printer aimed at home office users, and comes with scanning, copying and fax functions built in. It supports wi-fi printing and turns out good-looking colour spreadsheets, but is this all-in-one as good at...

Jun, 2015

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Expert review by : Mark Peters (letsgodigital.org)

Canon Pixma MX495

Canon Pixma MX495 multi-functional inkjet printer : Canon announces an update to its Pixma printer range with the launch of the Pixma MX495. Designed for home office use, it replaces the Pixma MX395 and offers a full suite of connectivity features,...

In addition, the new Pixma MX495 printer connects to Canon’s Pixma Cloud link, which enables documents and images to be printed from cloud services such as GoogleDrive, Dropbox, Facebook and OneDrive, direct from the printer itself. Users can also scan...

Feb, 2015

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Consumer review (which.co.uk)

An effective wireless printer - once you have set it up!

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I bought the MX495 last month for wireless working from 2 PCs with occasional use. After setting-up (as below) it is now producing very acceptable B&W text pages and decent colour prints on standard 80gsm inkjet paper. Print quality is better than my...

Aug, 2015

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Consumer review (very.co.uk)

Faulty

Couldnt get past set up of inks. Would not recognise any! Sent back

Aug, 2019

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Consumer review (very.co.uk)

Urmmmmm...

First looks good, but does not pair with Imac, very diffuclt to pair with your phone still trying to get it setup

Feb, 2019

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Consumer review (very.co.uk)

Good printer

I got this a week ago and it's great no issues good printer and scanner. Only thing I would say is it was hard to set up and get my head around using it but that's may be my poor IT skills

Nov, 2018

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Easy to use

Quite effective and very easy printer to use. Recommended

Oct, 2018

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Fair to middle , or average i guess

I thought I would upgrade as my old cannon printer was getting passed it but this new one seems to lose interest in printing via Wi-Fi after a couple of dozen pages and goes into meltdown. Have had to reset a few times, im sure it's not me . The Wi-Fi...

Oct, 2018

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