Canon iP3600 Inkjet Photo Printer
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Manufacturer You’re going to love the results from this compact photo printer. Its new 5-color ink system –four dye-based inks and a pigment-based black ink – produces vivid colors and bold, black text. Patented print head technology lets you create long-lasting photos with resolution up to an amazing 9600 x 2400 color dpi. How fast? A photo lab-quality 4 x 6 inch borderless print takes only about 41 seconds. .caption { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica neue, Arial, serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; } ul.indent { list-style: inside disc; text-indent: 20px; } table.callout { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, serif; margin: 10px; width: 250; } td.callout { height: 100 p…
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I’m a young photographer/graphic artist and up to this point I was getting by without a printer. Just didn’t want to do my own printing and deal with hidden cost of ink and paper. After a while the thought of the convenience made me cave in. After giving it some consideration I couldn’t decide between the ip4600 and the ip3600. It turned out the biggest difference was printing speed, and that wan’t worth and extra $40 because everything else about this printer is solid quality.
The GOOD:
1. I love the separated color cartridges! No more need to swap out a whole cartridge just because I ran our of red.
2.Looks nice. (in my opinion) So I sit in no mood to try and stash the ugly thing out of sight. Oh yea, the prints.
3. FANTASTIC color reproduction and resolution after calibration (see the BAD) I’m in no time sensitive printing contest so I’m quite happy with the printing speed.
4.Set up on OS X Leopard was a breeze.
The BAD:
Unfortunately there were 2 things I didn’t like right out of the box about this bad-boy, but no biggie.
1.NO USB CABLE. When I unpacked the printer, my daschund stole my yellow ink and sneaked out with it to munch on the securing tab. Well I found him later and was barely able to fix cartrige to make it work. Then I went back to finish setting up the printer. Upon realizing I didn’t have a cable I started looking around the house like crazy thinking I had misplaced it, or my dog hid it. Turns out one was not supplied. I had to made a run to walmart for one. Not cool Canon.
2. Color Matching. Note: this may not bother or even be noticed by most of you but I’ve been called out by friends to have a obsessive compulsive pixel disorder. So after my first print I scrutinized the colors compared to my screen. Especially that of neutral gray. It was a smidgen too blue (Again, hardly noticeable). A few minute adjustments in the OSX Color Sync utility took care of that.
So what say I? Get one!! Hell Get 5 and build a fort! They’re SO cheap and the quality is superb. I got mine for $47 new and it makes me laugh at the $300 beast I had 5 years ago.
I purchased this printer to accomodate all of our printing needs for the family. Regular reports and text print perfectly, but the picture quality is where this printer is worth every penny. I needed a printer that could print photo quality pictures for my projects at home. They come out looking as good as (or sometimes better than) pictures I have picked up from a lab. I especially like the dual trays for regular paper and photo paper and the fact that the regular paper is in a tray that is not exposed all of the time. That has kept my children from walking by and grabbing paper out of the printer. The size of this printer is just right for a home office and attractive. I did have to go on-line and download the driver for my computer from the Canon website, but this was fast and easy and I was printing in no time. I replaced an old Canon printer with this one, and I’m thrilled to find another Canon product that I can rely on for excellent quality.
I have nothing but great things to say about this printer.
I have used a wide variety of printers, especially since I work in the IT field. I have personally owned Epson printers and HP printers prior to purchasing this printer.
I really liked the last Epson I had, but it sat dormant for so long I was afraid I would spend $50 in ink only to find out that the printhead was clogged and that I would need to buy a new printer.
Before I decided to buy a new printer, my parents offered me a brand new HP Deskjet they had lying around at their house. I took it and used it with glee as at the time I was unemployed and did not want to buy a new printer if I did not need to. That printer worked OK for the basics, but the ink usage was horrendous. Compared to the Epson I had prior to the HP I felt like I was being stolen from in regards to ink costs. I make a lot of full color prints and I felt like my HP was running dry after about 20 pages. I remember having no problem getting well over a hundred with my Epson. This experience did not make me very fond of HP Inkjet printers.
So why did I go for a Canon Pixma instead of another Epson. Research. I read a whole bunch of reviews on printers and tried to make the best choice I could. Most printers have a lot of negative reviews saying their ink runs out too quick, or is too expensive, or they felt robbed by expiring ink… or whatever else. The Canon IP 3600 had very few bad reviews. I noticed some reviews about how it was difficult to setup… I am baffled as to why.
This printer was very easy to setup with a nice quick and smooth software installer. HP has got to have the worst installers. I have seriously spent like a half hour waiting for a full HP installer to finish on more than one occasion. I don’t know what it is wil HP software, but it is seriously overweight.
I have printed a bunch of pages with this new printer on both paper and cardstock. So far, the ink monitoring tool has not even dropped at all. Either it is broken or this printer is very efficient ink wise. I am sure it is the later as I have inspected the ink cartridges.
I love the rear tray and the cassette combo on this printer. It is nice to have cardstock and regular paper loaded at the same time. The software is simple to use, and has just the right amount of features and customization.
If I had to point out some weaknesses it would be tough. I would probably say refilling all of the ink cartridges at once is expensive, however the counter arguement to that is that the page yield is high. There is no scanning function, but I knew that when I bought the printer. (I just really don’t scan anything.) It isn’t the fastest printer around, but it certainly isn’t slow. No USB cable… I don’t know of any printers that do come with them. That is about it.
All in all… I really love this printer. This is by far the best inkjet printer I have ever owned, and my favorite inkjet printer by far. It is the perfect combination of price and performance. The ink cartridges that come with it are all full size cartidges (and actually truly full). That would be another complaint I have with HP. HP tends to ship with half size or “starter” cartridges. You get the real deal with this printer. Also the printhead can be replaced. I would argue the cost of the printhead would justify buying a new printer, but I suppose if you love it enough or do not want to be wasteful, you could repair it.