Dream Printer

Advantages: Everything you need except fax
Disadvantages: no Fax, ink is quite pricey, its big and heavy

...One of the best Printers I have ever used, I purchased this printer after my Epson Photo Stylus RX425 started to get sick and eventually only copy prints, and after my Lexmark photo printer inks were putting a hole in my pocket. This PIXMA MP800 Photo All-In-One delivers spectacular Print performance and is better then anything I have ever seen. It produces an amazing resolution of up to 9600 x 2400 colour dpi remarkable detail and clarity in your prints and produces virtually grain free images in each of its prints set at high quality. A 4"x 6" photo lab quality borderless photo takes approximately 36 seconds, but I have found that with most of my images it seems much faster which is superb. The Copy feature automatically optimizes the quality based on the type of original you're duplicating. The convenient Photo/Film buttons...

Ritatsu 09.11.2006 (13.11.2006) · Read review
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Review of Canon Pixma MP800

Excellent Printer From Canon

Advantages: Excellent Print Quality, Fast Printing, Reasonable Price
Disadvantages: None

...My printer had been playing up for a couple of months, I normally (99% of the time) only use it for printing in black for invoices, however I do occasionally print something off in colour and sometimes print a photo. It was missing one of the colours out now and again and so I decided it was time for a new one. Why Canon? My old printer was a Canon and although it was playing up it had served me well for about three years of constant use. I also think the design of the Canon printers is very good, I think they are far better to look at than most other makes and this is quite important when you are going to be looking at it everyday, sat on your desk. Another reason is the fact that the ink cartridges are much more affordable than some other makes, I once had a Hewlet Packard printer and required a second mortgage everytime they...

johnny040676 19.01.2009 (18.01.2009) · Read review
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Review of Canon PIXMA iP4600

Great printer - all round

Advantages: CD printing, great quality, fast, copying feature
Disadvantages: slightly too big

...We had an epson photo printer before this - it was an r300. However, we found that it was so slow at printing and that the ink levels ran out really quickly. We decided to change our printer, because the epson was too costly. We decided to go with Canon because they make some of the best cameras, so we thought that their printers would also be good. This was true. It prints the best pictures I've ever seen from a home printer - just as good as developed photos, however, you do need to buy the best photo paper - preferably Canon paper as well. We also decided to ditch our scanner, because this has one in built, and the quality is amazing. I also love the great CD printing - which directly prints onto it, and I love the photocopying feature. The only thing I don't like about it is that it is quite bulky, but that is fine...

d15549 01.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Canon Pixma MP800

Canon PIXMA Ip3600 (Printer)

Advantages: Easy to use, affordable and fast
Disadvantages: No disadvantages were noticed

...I use the printer at work for various projects and it is superb. The color quality is excellent. It prints pictures and photos better than any printer I have used. The printing speed is fast and high quality. The printer is easy to use and easy to order supplies for. It is very reliable, I hardly have any paper jams with it and when I do it is very easily fixed. In the past I have used printers where when the toner runs out it is difficult to replace or order the correct replacement but not with this printer. Replacing items is extremely easy. This printer is a great value for the money considering the toners etc are not expensive as with a lot of other photo printers etc. I would recommend this printer to anyone....

surd9h 28.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of Canon PIXMA iP3600

Canon MP 460 printer

Advantages: cheap
Disadvantages: poor photo prints

...to print over 50 different photos. All of them were left looking like everyone had freckels and skin tones were next to useless. Definatly not ones you want to show anyone. Even when put through a cleaning cycle there was no difference. On the bright side, when you printed text using only black ink it was crisp and very clear right down to no 8 font size. Apart from the nice looking screen area it has nothing to excite me. After using the machine for a week I have took it back to the shop, why, because of the banding, lack of colour depth and a sqeek on the slide rail when the cartridges are going across. So not really impressed with this one. I would stay clear and pay more for a good printer. Canon has failed on this one I think....

kindlyraccoon 30.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Canon Pixma MP460

Great ink, not so great price

Advantages: Easy to fit, built in LED warning light
Disadvantages: Expensive for 13ml capacity and is chipped

...These new ink cartridges come in Cyan, Magenta and Yellow as well as Black and are for the Canon Pixma iP4200 and other similar printers. There is absolutely no difference apart from the colour of the ink in them. Where to buy ************** I get mine from Maxsave.com @ £7.07 inc P&P OR from Ebuyer @ around £7.50 (different prices for different colours for some reason) with free P&P. What do you get? ****************** You effectively get a small clear plastic box 1cm x 4cm x 7cm. This box is split into two compartments - Towards the back of the box and taking up about 2/3 of the length is a sponge. There is a hole in the base of the box under the sponge where the ink passes to the print head. To make the box ready for insertion into your printer you simply snap off an orange plug to open the hole. and push the unit...

Rob099 24.07.2006 (25.07.2006) · Read review
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Review of Canon CLI 8C - ink tank (0621B001)

INKJET PRINTERS

Advantages: can pick one up for £34
Disadvantages: price of carts

...ink jet printers seem to be the common solution to every home personal computers hard copy situation but buying a cheap printer can work out costlier in the long run. The problem is the cartrages. Even a cheap inkjet printer can be brought for about £40 squid and have quite a decent quality of print but cartrages range from £15 squid to up to £40 and if the whole family are using it on regualar basis they mightent last very long. There are also special paper to buy like glossy for photo's and options to put the printer into a different mode to specialize for photos so these can take up more ink then in draft mode, so its important to look at the whole perspective on what the printer is to be used for and cartridge price before getting one in....

zef 17.09.2000 · Read review
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Review of Inkjet Printers - Ink Jets

An interesting review about........er......INK!

Advantages: Good colour - long-lasting
Disadvantages: They cover idiots in ink

...the kids class photo\'s, school made, on the wall. Using identical Kodak paper some were printed at work using the genuine canon ink and a couple I did at home using compatibles. Thus, there are a couple of pictures that now look as though you are looking through fog. Guess which ones they are - you got it!- the compatibles sort of vanish in about 6 months. It is a lesser known fact that if you were to cover your naked body in compatible inks and were to lie on a sunbed for 30 minutes, you would be rendered completely invisible and could escape without paying. The Canon inks don\'t actually look any different from the day they were printed. So why just the good rating. These sound fantastic! Well, you get covered in ink. This isnt good especially. You see, to get the cartridge into the printer requires some understanding of advanced...

dhillcrest 15.11.2007 · Read review
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Review of Canon BCI 3E - ink tank (BCI3EY)

Canon or a Brother ?

Advantages: Good print Quality
Disadvantages: Cartridge prices

...This review is for the Canon Pixma IP4700. Setup --------- This printer comes inside a box which is heavily packaged and first off all you get the power cable. The cable is wrapped with this tie back but the problem is that when you unwind the cable you notice how it wants to try and curl back up again so you do need to try and straighten it out as soon as you can. You receive the disc which has the drivers on which you need to install on the computer otherwise you have no way of printing items off without it. There is nothing else inside the box besides the cartridges which are easy to insert and use. The disc is good because it is so simple to install the items onto the computer and this takes about a minute to do. You do not get a connection to the computer though so you do need to purchase one yourself and many websites...

tink-er-bell 22.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Canon PIXMA iP4700

Canon MP620 All in one Printer

Advantages: Excellent Phot prints, excellent scanning, wireless capability
Disadvantages: Slightly bulky, wireless can be tricky to set up

...I bought this printer a few months ago to replace an old hp all in one which had lasted for a long time and sadly the print quality had diminished. With a large amount of options on the market I shopped around and came across the Canon MP620. It seemed to have all the features I was after including scanning, printing, card reader, photocopyer and wireless networking. Please note there are 2 other similar models in the range and as far as I know the MP610 is older and not wireless but slightly cheaper. Alternatively the MP630, which is more expensive is also not wireless but is faster in producing more prints per minute. So far, since using it I can report that the MP620 is an excellent all round printer. Great quality prints and excellent scanning makes it perfect for my needs. The wireless networking took a little time to setup...

aliwhiteley 28.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Canon MP620