Printers > 30 sheets to 40 sheets Printers

Advantages: portable, light, durable
Disadvantages: slow and paper jams

The Canon BJ-30 (currently around £20 on ebay)is one of the most durable little printers I have ever owned. Years ago I bought it and then when I moved house it was put in a box in the shed and I forgot about it (not because it wasn't a good little printer, but because I upgraded to a colour printer and this is a black ink only number). Recently, I bought a laptop to use when travelling (see my opinion on the Compaq Armada 74xx) and started researching ...
...enough, there was my trust Canon BJ-30. I wiped off the inch of dust, plugged it in and hey presto - it came out with a printed sheet that was completely unreadable (well what did you expect really!) But here comes the nifty part (yes I did say nifty), on closer examination I found that the print head had got dirty and all I had to do was whip it off and purchase a new one. It was about £25 and called a BC-10e Print Head. The printer now works perfectly ... Read review

Advantages: Small and compact, able to print colour and monochrome, rechargeable.
Disadvantages: It can be difficult to get paper to feed straight, a bit noisy when printing colour.

I bought the BJC-50 as I wanted a small printer that would go into my case with my laptop computer for when I went into hospital. This printer was an ideal size for that purpose. I take it into hospital whenever I go in now so that I can keep up to date with any correspondence. It is very convenient as it can be charged and then used off battery leaving you with one less cable to cope with. One problem I did have was with my paper not feeding through ...
...which is the auto sheet feeder designed for this printer. Now my paper all comes through straight, no more wonky letters from me. One other disadvantage of this printer is that it is quite noisy when printing colour. I like the cartridge containers as they are simple to use and also quite clean, no inky fingers unlike some other print cartridges. All in all it is a good buy if you are looking for a compact reliable printer. ... Read review

Advantages: Portable
Disadvantages: Manual Paper Feed

The cannon bjc 55 is a good quality printer which is light weight and portable. It is ideal for those who need a printer for working on the road and with a light printload, or for a home office where there is not enough space for a full sized printer as it is small and easily stored. The print quality is good for an inkjet printer but falls far short of that of a laser printer. The printer is not suitable for heavy printloads as the feed only accepts ... Read review

Advantages: portability, easy to use, good colour
Disadvantages: high ink cost

...colour. It has unique to Canon "Bubble Colour Jet" mechanism which produses crisp and rich in color pictures. the printer comes with well written manual and good set of drivers which allow you to access even more advanced features. This printer can be installed with specially manufactured scanner head which transferes the printer into full scale scanner. The only drawback is ink cost. Because the printer is small so is the ink cartridges, but the ... Read review

Advantages: Portable, cheap to print, small size on desk
Disadvantages: Slow, only average print quality

...the software/driver for my desktop Canon at work conflicted with this one. Naturally I wanted to be able to use this at home (where my printing volume are low and my requirements more draft than presentation quality) and a more high volume one one my desk at work. But I couldn't! How stupid. Had to change my Canon printer at work for a different one (swapped with someone else in the office) then it was OK. You'd think Canon might have seen that one ...
...if you need this kind of thing. If you want high volume then buy a laser; if you want to print lots of images in colour etc then buy a photosmart or something. But I have a laptop and I occasionally had to travel for work so it was really useful to be able to print off, say, a presentation I was preparing without having to rely on a hotel's business suite or whatever. At home I only needed to print off the odd thing - a few pages a day, so the ... Read review