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Summary: Canon i860
Review: I do a great deal of digital photography and have found this to be the most accurate reproducing printer I have scene yet. I have the Canon a80 digital camera and after combining this with the Canon i860 you have a perfect match. I am sure this will work well with any digital camera. Just remember the better the camera and the higher the megipixle count the better the quality from the printer.
It prints laser quality and is the quietest running printer I've ever seen or owned. I especially like the 2 black ink cartridges, the one for text and the other for graphics and photo I never knew the difference in the 2 inks until you see them side by side. Great photo printer I have recommended it to several other people who I work with.
Also saves you money with low cost ink cartridges.
(about half the price of HP)
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Summary: Excellent Printer
Review: Like others, I have been a true HP only person. My HP Inkjet I had could not produce the quanity I needed in a fast time so I started reading reviews and was interested in this printer because of the reviews I read on Consumer Reports and PC Magazine. I did not have a lot of money to spend so with my $20 coupon and a $20 rebate I went off to purchase this printer. I am in awe of it. The photo's are the best I have ever seen from an Inkjet. Looks like professionally done prints. Also it is nice to have seperate ink tanks for each color instead of all combined. They even have a special photo ink I have yet to purchase but will to see if there is a difference. I have printed out some photos on HP paper but the Canon paper that came as samples worked the best. I read another review on here saying the color red in test was more orange... I agree with that statement that was the only thing I was slightly disappointed about... my husband was disappointed that they make you purchase a cable seperate... but overall I have already recommended this to many people...
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Summary: Good photo results!
Review: I've just had an i860 for a week, but I'm very pleased so far. Decided to try digital photography as the old wet darkroom takes too much time and bother. The i860 is significantly sharper and crisper for photo output than the HP3820 I played with earlier. Photos look very very good; sharp with accurate color. Please note, I have not tried any regular text or non-photo uses for this printer yet, but photos come out great. USB or parallel interface is handy--saves me a USB slot. Setup and software installation was easy as pie. At the price, you don't have to make many custom prints yourself (as opposed to sending them to a custom lab) to come out ahead with this printer! --Ken
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Summary: This Printer Delivers
Review: I picked this pinter based on the many positive reviews here, I'd like to add my praise to the list. Easy to install, easy to use; and unbelievably fast in standard mode with excellent results even on plain paper. Quiet too! Good job Canon, good price Amazon!
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Summary: one of the best on the market at any price
Review: The i860 is an excellent printer. VERY HIGH QUALITY CONSTRUCTION, especially when you consider the price. Print quality is crisp and the unit is very quiet. I had been using Lexmarks, since they were given to me for free. However, they were garbage compared to the Canon I860. After doing much research and now seeing the Canon in person, i don't think i would ever buy another brand of printer other than Canon.
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Summary: Great Photo Quality Prints & Affordable Ink
Review: I recently purchased the Canon i860 (from my regular office supplier) and right out of the box I was impressed. My first printer was a Canon BJC-20 (I think that's the one) anyway, it was a good printer and served it's purpose well.
After using HP printers for several years now, I decided it's time to try another Canon, and because the HP ink cartridges are getting so expensive. I looked at the Canon i560 (which uses one less ink tank than the i860) but I decided on the i860 mainly for the added quality of photo printing.
The i860 is well worth the few extra dollars!
The i860 uses 5 (FIVE) ink tanks, three for color and two different black tanks.
I've found all the Canon ink tanks to be very affordable (about eleven bucks each) and fairly common at most office suppliers.
Best of all is that if you run out of yellow, you don't have to toss a forty dollar cartridge that still has plenty of red. All you replace is what you're out of!
This is a MAJOR plus in my book. They claim that each color ink tank can print up to 120 sheets of paper before you need to replace it, and the black can print about 700 sheets. I've only printed about 250 sheets of paper all together so far, photos and text and the software shows the ink tanks are only down about 1/32 of an inch... and that's hardly any ink at all.
I've also found that the print cartridge (not just the ink) is replaceable (although I haven't found a replacement for mine yet) which is also a plus, if you should happen to get a bad ink cartridge that leaks all over the print cartridge, you can replace it and not the entire printer. Print quality is great!
I recently purchased the Canon Lide20 flatbed scanner and I've been scanning pictures at higher resolutions. I've printed several large photos with very good quality. I use quality photo paper and the highest print quality settings, and the only thing I've noticed is that sometimes the text (like on DVD or CD covers) seems slightly out of focus or blurry. NOT noticable at arm's legnth, but if I look very closely I can see. Still not bad for a printer in this price range. When my photo paper comes out of the printer, it's DRY almost immediately. With my HP printer, I have to wait at least half an hour to touch a photo before the ink even thinks about drying. Using the "draft" setting for text documents is fine, possibly a little lighter than my HP printer, but still good enough. The printer is heavy at about 15 pounds, so make sure you have it setting on a sturdy table.
When the printer is doing it's thing, especially in draft mode, and I can see the printer physically moving (about 1/8 inch) back and forth on the table when printing. This printer has some power!
It's fast at printing text, printing a full sheet of paper takes only seconds.
The same can be said for printing photos... printing nearly 8x10 photos takes about a minute. Like with most Canon printers, the paper loads from the top side and feeds out the bottom of the front. It even has a usb port on the front to connect compatible digital cameras so you could print without a PC. I doubt I'll ever use this feature, because I don't think my Canon digital camera supports it, and I like to edit my photos before I print them. The printer has BOTH USB and Parallel ports for connecting to your PC. You could even install the printer on two different PC's one using usb, one using parallel. This comes in handy if you don't have a printer switch or print network.
It would have been nice to include a USB cable with the printer (they're only a few bucks Canon!) But luckily I had an extra USB 2.0 cable on hand. The feature that really sold me was the printer can do "borderless printing", meaning you can print an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper from edge to edge, top to bottom with no gap (or border) around the edges. This really comes in handy for printing DVD covers. The printer also comes with a 4x6 photo paper tray adapter that will probably never see any use from me. When I need to print small high quality photos, I print several together on a standard 8 1/2 x 11 photo paper and trim them out. It's much cheaper than using special 4x6 paper in my opinion. Unlike another reviewer mentioned, I have been able to print Legal and A4 sized paper with no problems. I haven't tried printing Legal size borderless yet, but I'm sure it will. Bottom line, quit reading and start buying.
This is a great all around printer with great quality and a nice price.
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Summary: if you test this at a store first....
Review: don't be fooled if the thing isn't working properly. did ton's of research first, decided on the i860. went to a large, well-known electronics superstore, who shall remain nameless, to try it out. the darned canon's wouldn't work at all - the sheet feeder was messed up. asked a salesperson if this was typical of Canon's or what (two of them, in fact), and they said, "yeah, i would get an HP if I were you." but i found it hard to believe that all the reviews i had read online were wrong. plus, these guys said things that were inconsistent with the research i had done on what to look for in a printer. but then a third one came over and said, "look, people have been printing 20-30 sheets a day on these machines, at least, for the past year, and we're not really cleaning or maintaining them properly. you won't be abusing them the way they are by customers testing them out here. take it home and try it." i am so glad i did. no problems at all. in fact, the print quality is incredible (for photos especially), and i can't believe how fast it is! try it for yourself, and don't worry if the test unit at the store is messed up.
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Summary: Perfect
Review: I just recieved this printer and am THRILLED. It was so easy to set up and the pictures are beautiful. It is quiet and prints are made fast. Now if I can just figure out everything my Canon camera can do I'll be set. I highly recommend this printer for someone who wants to print pictures at home quickly and still maintain high quality pictures. I'm a stay at home mom and just wanted something to connect to the camera and print. This is it. Now the Grandparents don't have to wait forever for the pictures to be developed. I don't think I am even going to go through the computer to use this I'm so satisfied at this point with what I can do.
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Summary: LOVE IT!!!
Review: Returned my Epson c64 for this printer after reading reviews. Best decision I made. This printer rocks! Well worth the money, prints phenomenal pictures and quick to!! Look no further if you are in the market for a printer the answer is with the i860!
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Summary: Great Printer At A Great Price
Review: If you are looking for a printer that can print photo-store quality prints quickly, quietly...AND print high-quality text...then look no further...The low cost, separate (and relatively inexpensive) ink tanks, and separate black ink for text are just an added bonus! I spent months looking and shopping around, and finally settled on the i860 after going to a store and testing the printers side-by-side. True, at the highest photo quality, a lot of these printers will look alike...but after "looking under the hood," I decided the Canon was the way to go...Here is the skinny: "Top Ten Reasons To Buy This Printer"
(1) Great photo quality prints in a jiffy (some say like 43 seconds, but it seems faster);
(2) Quiet (it almost whispers);
(3) Good print quality on regular text/regular paper;
(4) Easy to set-up, and the documentation is excellent (took me less than 10 minutes);
(5) Fantastic software package that comes with the unit...try the "Easy Web Print" and I guarantee that you won't be disappointed;
(6) Ink tanks are separate (meaning you don't have to replace a whole 3, 4 or 5 color tank when one color runs out) and relatively inexpensive;
(7) The paper that works best with the printer is made by Canon, which is also relatively inexpensive;
(8) Their customer support is phenominal (I had one small issue that turned out to have nothing to do with the printer itself), and their support staff not only knew what they were doing, but I didn't have to hold for an hour;
(9) It's very moderately priced; and
(10) True borderless printing (no perforated paper). "Top Six Reasons Not To Buy This Printer" (can't think of 10!)
(1) Maximum print size is 8 1/2 x 11. If you like to print posters, find another printer;
(2) No LCD screen, so the printer needs to be controlled from the computer (or Camera if you have PhotoBridge on your camera) and you cannot review pictures on the printer before you print;
(3) No USB or Parallel cable in the box (why not, I ask?);
(4) Photo quality prints do not look great on other papers besides Canon;
(5) It's really big;
(6) The 4x6 paper try is a tad bit awkward; I hope this helps!
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