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Canon Pixma iP6600D

B&W Pages per Min.: 18 • Color Pages per Min.: 17 • Max. B&W dpi: 9600-by-2400 • Max. Color dpi: 9600-by-2400 • Tray Capacity, pages: 150 • Price When Reviewed: $199
Canon Pixma iP6600D (Front)
Canon Pixma iP6600D (Front)
86.3 Very Good
Last updated
December 28, 2005
Test Center Reviewed by
Paul Jasper
Pros
  • Big color LCD display
  • Very high quality photo prints
Cons
  • Lacks PictBridge support
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4 Very Good
Reviewed by: turboaro

Updated: 08-Oct-06

Strengths: Looks- cost- printing quality is awesome.

Weaknesses: Price of the ink cartridges

Overall Evaluation: This printer is great - very quite- pretty fast. I have printed many images and they look awesome. I have a few other ink jets by differant manufactures and this is hands down the best in terms of image quality.

1 Poor
Reviewed by: lyluvly

Updated: 10-May-06

Strengths: Great printer. Speedy. Quiet. Paper feeds properly every time.

Weaknesses: serious: red blotches on faces of subjects

Overall Evaluation: Colors are good and very vivid.Howver, occasionally, red blotching on the forehead, cheeks, nose, chin on my prints. It was serious enough to call Canon support.They had me print one of their own jpg -- which printed very well and beautifully. Therefore, Tech said: My jpgs must be corrupted or it should print as good as their sample jpg.Subsequently, I uploaded my jpgs to Costco and ordered prints. NO problems. No red blotching.I had a friend print my jpgs from his HP printer.NO problems.Canon refuses to deal anymore with this problem and Best Buy will not accept returns over 15 days.

4 Very Good
Reviewed by: sellmen

Updated: 27-Feb-06

Strengths: LCD preview, six individual ink tanks, good photo quality

Weaknesses: Slower than the competition, chipped cartridges

Overall Evaluation: The ip6600D is designed mainly to be a photo printer. I wouldn't recommend it as an all around inkjet - it's slower and more expensive than the iP4200 and IP5200. As a pure photo printer, however, it's pretty good. The six individual ink tanks allow for a wide range of colors - the prints rival those of professional photo labs. My main complaint - Canon has now switched to chipped ink cartridges. The chip keeps a page count so you can't refill the cartridges, and there are no cheap replacement cartridges as of yet. The cartridges are about $12 - $15 each which is more expenive than the BCI tanks that the previous generation of Canon printers used. On the positive side, the new cartridges are said to be much more fade resistant.

5 Superior
Reviewed by: shuksan_05

Updated: 25-Feb-06

Strengths: Color, sharpness, speed, ease of use, lots of functions.

Weaknesses: Cost

Overall Evaluation: This is a great all around printer! I've always been impressed with Canon products (cameras, scanners, photo paper), and this printer is no exception. The LCD screen provides a nice preview of your pics -- and the printer has built in photo optimization (red-eye reduction, brightness/contrast, etc), which is nice if you don't care to mess around with photo editing software on your own. Personally, I like to view and touch up my pictures on my monitor before I print, but the optimizer does a pretty good job. The vibrant colors, speed of printer and sharpness make this product a joy to use. Your prints will always look good!

4 Very Good
Reviewed by: lobounm2004

Updated: 17-Feb-06

Strengths: Resolutions up to 9,600 x 2,400 dpi for both color and black printing, View images on 3.5" LCD screen.Flawlessly, exactly as described in quick setup guide.

Weaknesses: produced photos with an annoying red cast.

Overall Evaluation: I'm a Canon fan. I bought this printer as a replacement for an old one. I have printed a variety of photos using 4x6 paper. The quality is very good but still not up to the level of a print from photo processing at Costco.Photos would require a lot of guess-work in post processing to reduce the red so the prints would come out correct.

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