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Get the slightly older MX892. The MX922 is like Windows Vista.. it is like an overhaul model that needs an immediate overhaul.
I did a side by side comparison of the MX892 & MX922. I highly prefer the MX892 that is a few months older than the latest MX922. The MX922 has slightly bigger ink cartridges, can hold more paper in the bottom tray, is slightly less deep, has the same width, but is slightly taller. Also, the exiting paper tray is obtrusively a lot wider. The MX922 claims to have a 15ppm vs the MX892's 12.5ppm. That is one of the reasons I thought it would be better. In all my repeated tests.. the MX892 proved to be faster. It printed single pages in 15.1 seconds, and the MX922 did them in 18.3 seconds.
The MX892 is notably much quieter. The MX922 is loud. The ink cartridges on the new MX922 have been redesigned to be positioned way up front, and not underneath the scanner (like that of the MX892). That is why it is louder.. they are not buried as deep into the machine. Although, such design does allow for a slightly easier change of the ink cartridges, it is at the high cost of a much louder printer. The MX892's cartridges are not at all hard to change (Canon didn't need to overhaul it lol). It requires one extra step (lifting the scanner portion).
A final thing is that the print quality on the MX892 is notably smoother, and pops more (both under grayscale setting, both under 'fast print' setting). The MX892 makes more crisp and slightly darker prints.
Side Note: A huge reason I prefer Canon over other manufacturers is because you can easily default-save 'grayscale & fast printing' under their software setting (that is constantly saved). This saves ink (other companies use software that has the color printing locked by default, so you use more color ink, or you have to manually switch out of color printing for each black & white print).
UPDATE: There is ONE notable thing w/ the MX922 that is better than the MX892. It copies much faster when the 'copy button' is used. This requires the unit to scan, and print w/out a PC. When printing from PC.. the MX892 wins (much faster). Pick your poison. If you do MOSTLY copying, you will prefer the newer MX922 model. If you do mostly printing from your PC, my review stands. I copy 3% of the time.
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