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Summary: Inexpensive but High Quality
Review: Absolutely stunning photo quality printer. Not the fastest in the world, but it's fast enough for home use. Easy setup for Win ME and others including XP. Was up and running within 30 min. Test prints with included 4x6 Canon Photo Paper Pro blew me away. This baby cost half as much as my old BJC-600 did 7 years ago. This now replaces that dinosaur, which works great to this day! Canon makes quality items that will last for a long time. What are you waiting for, buy this printer now. You will be glad you did.
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Summary: If you can find this printer, BUY IT NOW!
Review: After recently purchasing this printer (Canon s500), based on the many good reviews it has received (including PC Magazine's Editor's Choice), I have got to agree this is a great printer for the price. The print quality is excellent, even on regular paper the color photos look very clean and sharp. This printer uses 4 different cartridges (black, cyan, magenta, and yellow) in the printhead, allowing you to only replace the color needed, rather than having to throw out a color cartridge that still has two of the three colors remaining. This will save lots of $ over the life of your printer. Also the replacement cartridges are quite a bit cheaper than the ones I have bought for my previous printer. Overall, I am very happy with the choice I made. Great printer!
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Summary: Best Choice under $150.00
Review: Based on exhaustive research, I ordered the S500.
After opening the box, I was printing in less than half an hour.
Print quality is fantastic. The print speed is very speedy, when using the USB connection.
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Summary: A fantastic, low cost high quality printer for Windows XP
Review: First let me say that I am absolutely amazed and delighted by this printer! I have had Epson printers for a number of years now, and swore by them (though lately I have been swearing at them). After upgrading to a Windows XP system, I found that many of my Epson peripherals simply no longer had drivers that allowed them to operate. This was true of BOTH of my Epson printers, a stylus 740 and an old workhorse 900. I was rather upset with Epson that they really had no intention of doing anything about XP drivers, and I had to be content with the bundled XP driver that handles (poorly) the 740, OR download the Windows 2000 driver that they say "Probably works with Windows XP"...It doesn't - so don't do it!- in fact it had my printer substituting green for yellow, and unable to delete documents that would then spool for an eternity. I read the reviews for the canon printers and liked what I read, but I really have to say, that the following points make this printer ideal for photo printing and documents: 1) Ease of use: It came with an XP driver! (Hello Epson!) and was installed and running in less than five minutes including alignment of the print head! 2) It has multiple "Ink tanks" that allow you to replace only the one you need. With my Epsons, I would print half a dozen large pictures for family members and I needed a new cartridge, primarily due to the fact that the magenta ink was out. Now, I can simply buy a cheap magenta cartridge! 3) Speed. Simply put this baby is fast! I test ran a 5x7 photo on high quality (In fairness to my old Epson I ran both of the prints at about 1240 x 780 or whatever the specific number is, though the Canon S500 does 2400 x 1200). The results knocked me out...First, the Epson took almost six minutes while the canon took less than a minute. More importantly, the image from the canon LOOKED BETTER! The tones were more natural, and the quality seemed more like a photo, even under a loupe. Next I did the same test but used cheap Jet Print photo paper. The canon STILL printed a fantastic picture, (in fact it looked as good as the one on Epson Glossy) while the Epson printed a horrible discolored wreck. So, No more Epson for me. I am sick and tired of waiting for the drivers for my high end scanner and printers that may or may not ever come out; I am sick and tired of having to buy "genuine Epson paper" or be stuck with awful images, and I am REALLY tired of spending so much money for a single color cartridge. I don't intend to buy another printer or scanner from Epson again. Do yourself a favor and get this printer if you want really nice images and text, easy installation, and a lot less of an outlay for inks and paper. And once more for those who scan reviews briefly -YES this printer is FULLY windows XP supported and comes with the Driver CD Rom
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Summary: Prints a nice looking photo.
Review: From arrival to printing the first page took about half an hour. The directions were clear, the printer text and photo print are very good. So far I have printed numerous pages and photos over a two week period and have barely used the ink which I find myself contantly monitoring since my last printer used up ink quickly. For the price a real buy.
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Summary: Nice Machine
Review: High quality prints and fast but the best thing as per review I read in PCworld it had the lowest cost per page for prints. All inks are seperate cartridges so just be cause you run out of magenta you do not have to replace yellow and cyan.
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Summary: Not DOS compatible!
Review: I bought the Cannon S500 to replace a 15 year old HP Lasejet II, and to add color capability. The color is nice but the printer is no replacement for the Lasejet! I was unable to print anything from any of my old DOS programs and even a simple "COPY XXX.TXT PRN" command did not work.
I complained to Canon and they wrote back "Unfortunately the S500 is not compatible with MS-DOS applications. I apologize for any inconvenioence this may cause. We look forward to assisting you in the future."
I thought all non-postscript printers had HP PCL compatibility but the current Canon line does not. The PC Mag review of the S500 did not alert me to this limitation and none of the Canon ... S500 advertising mentioned it either.
Am I the only PC using dinosaur who still depends on DOS capabilities?
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Summary: great printer
Review: I happened to run across a Canon salesman in the store, when I bought this. I was looking at the S630 model, and he explained that this one (S500) just came out. The only difference between the S500 and other models of the S series is the speed. I found the speed more than adequate, and the picture quality matches that of the more expensive ones. I recommend this product to anyone that is looking for a printer with high resolution, but does not want to spend a lot of money.
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Summary: Great deal.
Review: I just bought this printer for my daughter to take the place of a printer that was included in a new computer pkg. While most printers have now become quite inexpensive, they have very high operating costs (think of it as a "free" cell phone with a very high per minute rate). Anyway, this Canon S500 is quite efficient with the ink, and uses individual tanks for black and colors, so only what's been used has to be replaced. The speed is awesome (12 ppm B&W, 3/4 of that in color) at this price, and the mechanism is extremely quiet. What a perfect combination for the dorm! Lastly, the freebie I've disconnected was USB only, whereas this one offers a choice of USB or parallel connectivity. Not long ago, this printer would have cost 10 times as much!
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Summary: Love At First Site
Review: I received my Canon S500 only a few days ago and I love it. It is so much faster than my old printer and the color is wonderful. I printed some photos that looked nearly as good as the originals. I am so glad I chose this printer. For the money, I think it is better than most in its price range.
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