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Canon PIXMA iP1600 Photo Printer (White) | List Price: $49.99
Discount Price: $54.94
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Brand: Canon
Binding: Electronics
Release Date: 2005-07-25
Features: - Compact, easy-to-operate machine produces eye-catching, high-quality prints
- Uses an innovative print head with 1,472 nozzles that eject consistent, precise ink droplets as small as two picoliters
- Produces outstanding color resolution of up to 4800 by 1200 color dots per inch (dpi), and 600 by 600 black dpi
- Dimensions: 9.8 x 9.8 x 17.1 inches (WxHxD); weighs 8.8 pounds
- Photo printer delivers a 4 x 6 inch photo lab quality borderless photo in 70 seconds
Functional and Acceptable. [Posted on 2007-08-03]
I got this for about fifty bucks a few months ago and have had no problems with it. It definitely produces good, usable copies for a cheap price. Also, the replacement cartridges are cheaper and hold more fluid than do HPs. They definitely last longer which is a big improvement. I tried doing those syringe replacement jobs that I got from the drug store for the HP but all I ever got were smeared hands, a smeared printer, and low quality printouts.
This is certainly bare bones though. The lack of a paper tray is annoying, and, if you're someone like me who really doesn't use page numbering, you'll have to make sure that the pages are in the right order before you show them to anyone. Furthermore, it seems to send a "low ink" message to the computer far before it actually needs ink. Mine was doing it for over a month before it ran out! If you have a replacement cartridge on hand, believe me, you'll see that I'm right. I guess we must expect to have some minor headaches with a low budget printer, but I have no complaints about the final product.
Works great [Posted on 2007-12-31]
This printer works great. Photo quality is okay, but if you print a lot of photos, I'd look for a higher-end printer than this one. The occasional photo is fine, however.
Great printer but there's a catch... [Posted on 2008-01-12]
So this printer is pretty awesome. Reviews are favorable, it's small, pretty quiet, print quality and speed are great and it ridiculously cheap... the catch is the cartridges. They're very expensive and recycled carts are very hard to come by. I could get recycled carts for my old Epson (I forget the model but it was _very_ popular) for like 8 bucks for black and 10 for color or something like that. Carts for the IP1600 are about $25 for black and $30 for color for Canon brand and $17-20 for third party. 2 cartridges cost more than the printer itself. In the long run it ends up being NO bargain.
I'm very pleased with the printer and its performance, just not with the cost of ownership.
Great printer- expensive ink. [Posted on 2008-04-01]
I bought my Pixma ip 1600 after throwing out yet another Epson that dred up and became useless if not babied and used every day. The reviews looked good, the Pixma was cheap, so I bought it.
A year later it still prints perfectly, even if I don't use it for two weeks. But as many others note, there's a catch: This is a very expensive printer to operate. The cheapest deal I've found on cartridges is $50 for two B&Ws and one color, and that doesn't seem to last very long. Doing graphics or photos empties a cartridge very fast. Maybe the next generation will be better.
very disappointing and expensive ink cartridges [Posted on 2008-09-01]
I have owned this printer for about 18 months; in that time I have spent more on ink than I would have spent buying a more efficient printer. It has very poor color quality, runs through ink quickly and ink cartridges are expensive. It does print text quickly and quietly and is easy to install. I would not buy this product, and I am going to replace it as soon as I can afford a better printer. Don't let yourself be misled by the low price--you'll pay more in the long run.
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