Canon i 850 Ink-jet Printer

Pros: Cheap, fast, beautiful photographs.
Cons: Text will bleed on cheap paper.

My wife and I have owned a very nice digital camera for almost a year, now. It takes fantastic pictures, and our hard drives are rapidly filling up with digital photographs. In addition, we have all of the professional photographs from our wedding on ...

Pros: EXIF support, separate ink tanks, separate ceramic print head, usb or parallel interface
Cons: Text printing just so, so. Software could use some tweaking.

Canon has always had a fairly good reputation for their imaging devices. They make a decent line of scanners, cameras (both digital and film), one-hour photo developing stations, commercial photo lab equipment such as enlargers and developers, and ...

Pros: Speed, clarity, speed, ease of use, speed, separate ink tanks, speed.
Cons: Too few to mention... :-). None.

I bought this printer in November 2002, and I still love this printer... I could not be happier!! :-)

Photos of any kind, whether standard or high quality, come out beautiful. They are true to color and sharp (taken with a Powershot G2 at...

Pros: Amazing results, easy set up, great price
Cons: No USB/parallel cable

I purchased this printer based on reviews on a variety of sites (cNet, ZDNet, and some digital camera sites). I was also happy to see a $30 rebate from Canon. With free shipping I netted out at around $150 from BUY.COM.

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Pros: This printer produces wet-lab quality photos. It is fast and economical.
Cons: You have to throw out your old photo processing equipment.

Confucius said that a picture is worth a thousand words. If he had seen the photo printing results of the new Canon i850 Photo Printer, he would have significantly upped the ratio. When I saw the results of a color photo printed on the prototype of the...

Pros: Nice design, neutral color, GREAT photos, Good size memory, USB
Cons: Like any electronic something better will come out, but until then ...

The Canon i850 printer is essentially the same printer as the Canon i550 printer with a few variables which account for the slight price difference. The i850 will normally run $199 from a retail store or even most (not all) online stores. You certainly...

Pros: Fabulous printer in my estimation
Cons: None at all

Wow, what a printer and to think I almost didn't even consider it - what a mistake that would have been! I have been working with and around computers for well over 45 years and have used many different printers over that time. I have ...

Pros: Cheap, fast, low ink costs
Cons: Text bleeds, colours don't print properly in Office 2000

I was put in charge of ordering a new printer for our small office and spent at least a week researc ...

Pros: Ink is under $10 for all 4 cartridges!
Cons: none

This is what happened. I went to Fry's Electronics in Irving,Tx. looking to replace my Epson. The one I had in mind was a HP. HP printers are so quiet but the cartridges are too expensive. I'll give you a source on Ebay that I have used for over 2 ...

Pros: Reliability, color print quality and speed, looks, small size, easy maintenance
Cons: Black text could be better, ink runs out kind of fast

I just can't say enough about this printer, after having suffered under many an Epson STYLUS printer. Liquid ink RULES!! Epson's semi-dry system only continues to print well if you use your printer every day. Once it dries up and those printheads clog, yo ...

Pros: Extremely high quality photos, fast text, true color, cheap ink.
Cons: None!

Out of the box -
After taking this printer out of the box, it was a breeze to assemble and set-up. I could tell immediately tell that it was solidly built to last a long time. Windows XP found it as soon as I plugged it in and the drivers...

Pros: Fast, quiet, cheap, excellent prints, easy installation and use.
Cons: Expensive consumables.

Thanks, Canon! Love this printer. o It's fast: USB 1.0 interface. Prints 5PM 4x6 photo in ~ 35 seconds from the time I press print button in the software till time when printing is finished with highest quality. o Separate ink cartridges save you money ...

Pros: Excellent Photo Quality, Very Good 4x6 Borderless, Very Good Text and Graphics
Cons: Black Ink Very Wet on Photo's, A Bit Slower Than I Thought

I'll admit it. I try and make the most of everything I've got and only went out to look at a new printers because, well, the combination of reduced quality from my Stylus 800 and the Epson OEM cartridges being offered at fewer places and at higher and...

Pros: Inexpensive ink. Excellent printing, but for the banding issue some of us seem to have.
Cons: Banding on 8.5x11 photos for some of us; don't use third-party ink.

Update: Canon Redeemed I found my receipt but it was dated ten days past the one-year warranty period. Did Canon give me a new print head when I asked if they had a grace period for the warranty? YES!!! The print head is on its way. When I ...

Pros: Great output, very fast printing, and low ink cost.
Cons: No memory card slots.

This printer is the easiest to set up and use of any I've ever owned. You open the box and there is a small poster that shows you how to set things up: 2 steps for unpacking it, 2 for installing the cartridges, 1 for connecting it to the printer, and 2...