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Summary: Pleasantly Surprized!
Review: This printer surprized me. I did not expect to get the photo quality I got from this photo printer. It works perfectly with my Mac OS X iMac. I do not think I'll go back to a lab to develop prints again. This is the first printer I've owned that would allow me to make that statement.It has very quiet print head. In fact, I was worried that it was not printing the first time. I also own a Canon S50 camera and it hooks up directly to the printer and prints without a computer. I did not buy it for this feature but I'm very gald it has it. It is so easy to use. As for cost effectiveness, I do not know if this is cheaper than using the labs. It may be close to the same price. It depends on the price of photo paper and ink. I've only had my printer for a month now. I've printed about 60 4x6 photos and Photo Magenta is starting to get half empty. I'm not sure how many it will go through but I'm still impressed. This printer is for the immediate gratification. The quality is stunning. No one believes the photos I show them came from a inkjet printer. Mark me as a completely satisfied customer.
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Summary: Great Photos!!
Review: I will start by saying that this printer is a photo printer so I will not write anything about it's text capabilities. I received this printer yesterday. I had it set up in no time at all. I printed a couple of pictures and was blown away. I replaced an Epson 825 Photo Printer, which did a good job. The colors are so vibrant and true to life. I love the fact that there are individual tanks for the ink so I don't have to throw out a cartridge just because one color is used up. That alone is a money saver. My only problem came up when printing on Canon matte photo paper. The paper is not like HP or Epson Matte paper, but the quality of the pictures is awesome as well. I am so happy with my new printer at at $149 (after rebate) I can't go wrong.
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Summary: Awesome!!!
Review: Nothing more to add after reading all the great reviews posted. You won't be dissapointed. Try and ignore the Canon haters who posted multiple 1-star reviews...
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Summary: great buy!
Review: Better than expected, particularly with Canon's top quality photo paper. It's worth investing in the best paper - results are spectacular for such modestly priced photo printer.
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Summary: I have never been more impressed by a product
Review: ABSOLUTELY FAB!!! This printer is the best and easiest I have ever used. My photos are exquisite and I am in awe that such technology exists in a world where it is said miracles are few. Miracles definitely exist and this printer is proof. Any good photographer will shine in the eyes of her clients. I just printed the photos of an entire wedding (505 in total, including black and white) and my clients are thrilled that I could have the photos ready for the album so quickly. I was tired of the sloppy workmanship of cheaper printers and their inability to print they way they should and also the expense incurred to have them processed. I read the reviews for this printer and purchased it on the spot. I am thrilled that the quality is of such a high standard, even on the 4x6s. I recommend this printer highly; you will not regret a single penny spent.
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Summary: Stunning pictures with digital SLR
Review: I purchased this from Amazon, and tried it out last night. It created shockingly good prints from my digital SLR camera, even on full-sized sheets. Set up took a bit longer than expected -- even though the price is reasonable, it's a fairly complex product. Interaction with my Macintosh PowerBook is fantastic. Tried Canon and Kodak paper with it, and the Canon Pro Paper (a sample is included) blew away the Kodak paper. Literally can't tell the difference between a print I had printed by Ofoto and one I made at home.
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Summary: It's the little things that make it great
Review: With five heavy PC users in the house, this printer gets quite a bit of work, and often for different purposes. I use this printer mainly as a photo printer to print pics that I've taken with my Canon S400 or scanned with my Epson 2400 scanner. The quality of the pictures are stunning, especially when taking vivid color photos of scenery or portraits. Color is true (when using the right paper) and images are bright, rivaling what you get from a good film developer, and infinately better than the budget developers. My kids use it for homework, school projects, and my little one uses it to print from her many Barbie PC games. It does it all well; text is excellent, color is true, and it's extremely quick. The little things make this sub $200 printer a great purchase. The 6 individual ink tanks does indeed prevent waste, as I've found in our house that black often goes first, with photo cyan going next. Now I don't really care if my little daughter prints out 20 copies of Dora or Barbie certificates. For those with wireless networks in their homes (or wired for that matter), the auto turn on feature is just terrific. Leave the printer off, and when one of the kids doing homework has to print, it automatically turns itself on, prints the job, and turns itself off. No more hearing kids running down the stairs to turn it on (or worse, hearing them yell downstairs for me to turn in on). The included 4X6 photo paper cartridge is well designed, and cool to watch. Now, with just a turn of the nob, I can print photos without having to unload the printer paper. Very convenient. The USB connector in front is just the ticket for printing directly from your digital camera without going through the PC. A time saver when you just don't want to spool up PhotoShop. This is a fast, quiet, and capable printer. Frugle with the ink, while producing excellent quality text and pictures. For this price, I don't see how this is not a must buy for the home. Awesome.
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Summary: Another "Perfect 10" from Canon's Photo works!
Review: I was in need of a second photo quality printer. last Fall I bought a Canon i850 printer to replace my old Epson Stylus Photo EX. I was tremendously impressed with that printer's ability to make economical, lab quality photographic prints. The i850 only uses Cyan, Magenta, & Yellow color inks.
That printer is now on my daughter's iMac DV and still chugging along.
I very nearly bought the Epson 1280 photo printer, but when my students use it at college, I noticed several things that annoyed me: The Epson guzzles color ink like Kool Ade! Although very high in quality, I get sick of tossing perfectly good ink carts when only one color is depleted.
Every 5-10 prints we have to run deep nozzle cleaning on the Epson 1280 which wasted even more ink. In the 8 months I've had the i850, it only required a nozzle check once.
So I looked at the newer Canon i960, and after reading several reputable reviews and talking to people who actually own it, I took the plunge....
No regrets. Set up on my OS X Mac was a breeze, and I really appreciate Canon's well drawn step by step set up poster included in the box.
I did not think that the i960 could match the Espon Photo 1280 for color fidelity-was I wrong! This printer can churn out an 8x10 that looks like a real photograph. The first thing I printed (after the alignment patterns-which you MUST DO to get top output...) was a scan from a 120 medium format Ektachrome slide. The 120 chrome is the standard for excellence. Lens was a Carl Zeiss Planar....the i960 print really did this German lens justice. The color and contrast were spot-on when printed from Photoshop CS.
Translation: This is a PRO quality color printer.
There is a lot of misinformation going around the web that Canon inks don't last as long as Epson's. NOT true. When printed on Canon Photo Matte paper, the print is guaranteed for 25 years.
EPSON, READ THIS: I will NEVER buy another Epson printer again! Canon's individual ink tanks have saved me $300.00 already....plus Canon lets me replace the printhead at home if there is a problem.
The i960 is super quiet. You can stack two paper sizes at the same time. It's amazingly fast, and can direct print from most Canon digital cameras.
A Superb product from a truly innovative company...what else do you need to know?
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Summary: Canon i960 - Superb Photo Printer!
Review: This is my first Canon printer and will definitely NOT be my last! After receiving this at home, I set it up on my new Dell PC and used it to print some photo's recently taken on vacation with my digital camera. What an outstanding job the Canon i960 did printing 4x6 pictures on Canon Pro photo paper! The colors were exact and the quality of the photo was better than if developed by a photo shop. These were tropical scenes and the colors were reproduced brilliantly! As for speed and text printing, this printer performed just fine. I highly recommend this unit for anyone looking to print photos and even general home use. Canon really "nailed" this one right! HP should sit up and take notice of this one!!
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Summary: Now A Cannon Fan! Unbelievable!
Review: After many years of owning different printers and desiring them to do what I want them to do I can honestly say, "This is it!" I have owned many different brands of printers, Epson, Compaq(read Lexmark), HP, and yes even Cannon's. All I have ever wanted was a single printer that is quick, quiet, affordable, easy to maintain, and great with photos. Boy does this one do it! Anyone that has complaints with this printer is awfully picky! I have had it for over two months now and I have not had to replace any ink. It does its job quickly and quietly. I use it primarily to print photos but I also use it to print web pages in color from time to time. The photo printing on this machine is not even comparable to anything in its price range or even to the photo labs! If you have not seen the pictures go to any store that carries the I960 and compare them to any thing else at the store! It is that good! I own a Cannon EOS Digital Rebel with a 6.3 MEG CCD. I owned an Epson previous to this. It was slow, it drank ink like a sailor on leave, the inks always had to go through a cleaning cycle everytime I used it (sometimes a week between prints), and it was expensive to replace the ink. Besides this when I printed my photos from my nice DSLR camera they looked like the point and shoot prints I had made previously. Since I had a CANNON camera I looked at their printers. I decided after looking at the photos this thing makes to stay true to CANNON. Boy! I am glad I did. Of all the things I like most about this machine the main thing I like the most is the simple fact that it does what it is supposed to do. It works (even after sitting a week), prints quietly, and is cheap to operate (I have not bought ink for it yet). I have printed and given photos to all family members and friends and all are impressed that I printed these! Everyone from a single mother to a semi-pro would love to have this printer. It is not complex, it is quiet and simple to use, it creates impressive prints, it is dependable, and it just plain works!
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