Advantages: Easy to fit, built in LED warning light Disadvantages: Expensive for 13ml capacity and is chipped
as you cant actually see it without opening up the printer cover and you get a warning on the computer anyway when the ink is low.
How many photos
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In normal use the inks last quite a long time, but if you are printing A4 photos at high quality then you get around 20 full A4 prints - I don't have an exact figure but it works out at around £1.00 for the ink for one A4 print. When you use cheap photo paper , you can get prints for around £1.20 wich is about 1/3 the price you would pay at a lab.
Photo quality
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This depends partly on the quality of paper used and the image resolution, but I use ASDAs own glossy photo paper on which the photos look pretty good. I have tried Canon pro paper that came with the printer and the results were even better, but probably not worth the extra money. The ink ...
Advantages: Low price, official cartridges, decent photography paper Disadvantages: Paper isn't intended for everyday printing
Usually when I need to get more paper or cartridges I buy them separately, as they never seem to run out at the same time. This time, however, they ran out simultaneously, and I found this pack to buy, which beat the combined price of other options I could find. The cartridges are entirely standard, but if anything appeared to last a little longer than the non-HP ones I bought last time.
It was not made clear when I bought it that the enclosed paper is photography paper, so I had to buy more paper to use for everyday printing tasks. For my photographs, however, the included paper was of very good standard, and I would be happy to show off my photos on it.
If you need to buy paper and ink together, this is a good package, assuming you own a compatible printer. However, if you want thin paper for everyday printing, you'd be better off ...
Advantages: Good colour - long-lasting Disadvantages: They cover idiots in ink
Hey ho. How surreal to be reviewing ink. Does anyone else do this? Why am I sitting here at 10 o\'clock at night reviewing an ink cartridge? Do I love it? No. Err.......have I had an unusual and vaguely witty experience with this cartridge? Not really. Was I bored and thought I\'d go do a review about the first thing I found that I owned and hey look........2 pound signs!!! Woo! That\'ll be it.
To be fair, I use a lot of these things here and at work (see scintillating review of canon i550) so I suppose I\'m as qualified as anyone.
It\'s good ink - of course it is. Canon would not be popular if their branded ink was pants. It has super coverage and definatly stands proud where you compare it to the compatibles. This is especially true of photo-printing on photo paper. Am I sure? Yep. In the main corridor in school we have got ...
Product Information for "Canon CLI8 and GP-501 pack - ink tank / paper kit (0621B015)" »
Consumable
MPN
0621B015
Consumable Type
Ink tank / paper kit
Printing Technology
Inkjet
Consumables Included
1 x ink tank ( yellow )
1 x ink tank ( magenta )
1 x ink tank ( cyan )
Manufacturer's product description
Canon has poured all the Know How of its extraordinary history of developing innovative office machines into each of its copiers, printers, and networked office systems. The same superiority of design and manufacture goes into all of the Canon-branded consumable imaging supplies and parts for this equipment. Naturally, no one makes better parts and supplies for Canon products than Canon. Using genuine Canon parts and supplies is your best insurance against equipment damage, and possibly voiding your equipment warranty.
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