Canon i550 Color Bubble Jet Printer
by Canon
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Digital Photo Product Details
Manufacturer: CanonPlatform: Mac OS X
Model: i550
Product features:
- Up to 4,800 x 1,200 dpi color, 600 x 600 dpi black
- Prints up to 18 ppm black, 11 ppm color
- Makes 4-by-6-inch borderless prints in just 48 seconds
- Advanced Droplet Technology for photo quality
- Photo lightfast technology helps photos last approximately 25 years
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon i550 Color Bubble Jet Printer
Customer Review: 100% satisfied
Summary: 5 Stars
I have yet to encounter a negative aspect in this printer. The price is exceptional. I bought it a few months ago when the price was even a tad higher, and it still made financial sense.Physically, the printer is beautiful. It is rather small - much smaller than many printers from other brands with equivalent resolution. The paper trays (both blank paper and output) compactly fold into the body of the printer. This reduces dust accumulation inside the printer parts. The Canon i550 has two cables - a power cord, and a cord to connect it to your computer (either parallel or USB). I use the USB cable, which is much smaller and compact than a parallel cable. The buttons on the printer are completely self-explanatory and installation of the printer (for a Windows XP machine) was hassle-free. I have four printers installed on my computer (two at home, and two at work), and none of them, including the Canon i550, have problems with each other.
The printing quality is precisely what you'd expect from a 4,800 x 1,200 dpi printer. I use the draft mode for quick printing, and it looks great. I use the highest resolution for photos and important documents, and it also looks great! The printer warms up relatively quickly (about 1-1.5 minutes), and prints very quietly and quickly. The borderless printing available is great for printing pictures and very easy to use. I have used this printer to print 4X6 jpeg photo files on glossy photo paper, and they look just like real pictures.
I have also used semi-glossy and matte 8.5x11 paper with highest resolution settings to print posters and flyers, and the products looked very impressive. I suggest you use genuine Canon paper (glossy, semi-glossy, or matte) for high-resolution projects - your Canon i550 won't have any problems with it, and the quality of the paper is excellent.
Your printer will come with "Easy-PhotoPrint" software, which will make your life very easy. Using this program you can select one or more jpegs to be printed, the kind of paper you're using by size (4X6, letter-size, etc.) and quality, and the layout of your pictures. How many times have you wanted to fit two jpegs on one sheet of photopaper and have had to feed the sheet into the printer twice? No more! This program is also aware of borderless printing capability of the Canon i550, so you won't waste any space.
In the near future I plan to purchase Canon transparencies and use my i550 to make overheads for a presentation. I am sure they will look spectacular! Overall, a great buy and strongly recommended.