


The location of the serial number on this sticker is highlighted in the image below. You can also find your serial number printed on a white sticker on the side of the box that your PIXMA printer came in. Please be aware that over time ink can spill onto the white sticker inside the machine which can prevent the serial number from being visible, this can be wiped off with a dry cloth. This will be printed on a sticker and can be found either on the back or inside the printer, some of the possible locations are highlighted below. However, with this guide, and our extensive Canon camera reviews, you should be able to choose the best Canon camera for you.The serial number for your PIXMA printer will be 9 characters long and consists of 4 letters followed by 5 numbers e.g.

It’s pretty strange that a technology company as renowned as Canon would have such a baffling naming scheme, and it’s clearly confusing for people when choosing which DSLR to buy.

To give an example, the 760D is better than the 750D, but both are superior to the 1000D. However, it’s important to remember that these rules do not apply between ranges, and only make sense in their XX range. The same is true of the XXXXD range too, so the 1300D is better than the 1200D. In the XXXD range, models are named in the same way, so the higher the number, the better the camera so the 800D is superior to the 700D. READ NEXT: Best DSLRs XXXD model names and lower For example, the 70D has recently been replaced by the all-new, and rather good, 80D, while Canon has also recently released the 77D, a newer camera that’s a small step down compared to the 80D. However, in the XXD range, the larger the model number, the better and newer the camera.
