Canon TS302 Wireless, Single Function Inkjet Print

Chose USB connection from the start – Adequate Printer
I’ve been using a 15 year old Dell-branded (Dell 720) Lexmark printer that I bought new in the box about six years ago. It worked well in spite of the Vista driver for it being erased with every Windows 10 update, that is until it finally stopped “communicating” with the desktop computer and other laptops. It died. I got this Canon printer to just slip into the old Lexmark’s place, connected via USB. I’m not up on the modern world of printers so I wasn’t sure what the printer end of the USB cable was that’s been vaguely mentioned for this printer (that isn’t provided). It’s the same old printer cable type as always, as seen in one of my provided pics. You won’t see the back of this thing anywhere else on the internet. The printer comes with ink, some 4×6 photo paper and power cable. USB cable is NOT provided. I set it up with the disc and chose the USB option. I have no interest in it being wireless. The installation process was SLOW as if it was trying to install to a Windows 98 computer instead of Windows 10. But once I got passed that it finally printed the alignment pages. Again, SLOW. It had me worried that this was an abnormally slow printer, but once the printer head alignment was complete and it printed a test page, it zipped right out, no problems. The setup process was tedious but not difficult. There’s a grayscale printing option in the preferences before you print to save on color ink. That option is a must for me. Most things I print don’t need to be in color. I mainly mention that because another review said that option wasn’t available. It’s there and also three options for print quality if you don’t necessarily need it in high quality. I only print auto insurance documents twice a year and the occasional shipping label for holiday gifts or the odd ebay sale (shipping label+packing slip). I just like the convenience of a little document printer being around. Nothing fancy was needed. The ink cartridges seem easily attainable at Walmart or next door at Office Depot at “fairly” reasonable prices. Reasonable as far as ink cartridge prices go…still too expensive. If you need a printer for occasional use, this one should do the job. Read the instructions and be patient during the setup and everything should be fine. I have no doubt that connecting wirelessly should be just as easy. My network was already detected by the printer software and was asking if I’d like to connect. I’ve noticed that the cheaper Amazon stock of this printer runs out quickly but is quickly restocked. Don’t pay $100 for this thing. lol What I’ve always called a “ghetto scan” does not make a scanner. lol

UPDATE #2. -5 stars. Pure trash. GARBAGE. You’ve been warned. Avoid like the plague.
UPDATE #2. It’s been working now for a while. Worked fine yesterday. Now I get 5 blinks of orange light. It’s a cartridge error. Now regardless of what cartridge is installed the error will not clear, even after 2 factory resets, even with the 2 previous cartridges that worked fine. It’s pretty obvious that this is planned obsolescence. Something in its software has locked in a bogus error that will not clear. I’d wager that it’s set to print only a fixed number of pages. All of the fixes for the cartridge errors on Canon’s site say “replace cartridge, if problem persists, contact Canon repair location for repair”. We all know good and well that no one services these cheap af printers, which forces you to purchase another printer and have to buy more expensive cartridges, which will undoubtedly have less ink and cost even more. It’s all one big scam. I’m even selling my Canon camera and I will never own a Canon anything ever again.”Easy” set-up.. BS. The directions only work if you have zero problems. If you do have a problem, it directs you did the section titled “plug in machine and turn it on”. ffs. Printer has an incredibly weak Wi-Fi antenna, my device, laying on top of the printer, my Wi-Fi network visible in settings, yet the printer could not be found in the Wi-Fi network, yes the printer was set on Wi-Fi mode. So I try to direct connect. Once my device and printer formed a wireless network, which I had to try twice, I received message “saving settings” which stayed up for 20+ minutes, prompting a restart of the process. Tried it again, this time got message “gathering printer information”, which has been up going on 45 minutes now. I’d been at this for well over 2 hours now. Save your money, spend a little extra for a printer that won’t make you want to set it on fire.UPDATE. 2nd attempt failed. It was “acquiring information” until it quit doing so and went back to the beginning screen which showed no printer had been registered.

funciona a la perfección no necesitas mas que conexión a WIFI, lo único que e notado es que usa bastante tinta pero todavía no imprimo mas de 10 hojas así que no se que tanto valla usar

Se le intento de diferentes maneras y no se pudo configurar por completo.