Canon i320 Bubble Jet Printer (Canon-7816A001)
| Print quality: Photos | Good |
| Print quality for Text/graphics | Very good/Good |
| Overall speed | Very good |
| Rated speeds: Color/monochrome (pages per minute) | 14 ppm/22 ppm |
| Speed to print 5-by-7 photo | 1 minute, 15 seconds |
| Text and graphics speed | 7.7 ppm text; 2.2 ppm graphics |
| Ease of use | Outstanding |
| Number of color ink cartidges | Three color cartridges |
| Cost per color cartridge | $12 |
| Features | Very good |
| Maximum color resolution | 4800 by 1200 dpi |
| Maximum monochrome resolution | 4800 by 1200 dpi |
| Maximum paper size | Letter |
| Input capacity | 150 pages |
| Interfaces | Parallel and USB ports |
| Other features | None |
| Support policies | Good |
| Warranty | One year |
| Policies | Toll-free support for 18 hours weekdays year |

Bottom Line
Zippy performance, good text quality, and low operating costs make the i550 a good family or home-office printer.
Canon i320 Color Bubble Jet Printer
i320 Bubble Jet Printer (Canon-7816A001) Review, by Dan Littman December 3, 2002

WHAT'S HOT: Canon's $79 i320 is the least expensive ink jet we tested for our January 2003 roundup, yet it turns out brightly colored, subtly textured glossy photos and clean--if slightly grayish--text on ordinary paper. It prints narrow lines reasonably well--a challenging feat for most ink jets. Its performance doesn't set any records, but at 4.7 pages per minute on text--about 1 ppm slower than the average for the general-purpose printers we reviewed--you won't grow too impatient waiting for your letters and memos.
Canon provides an excellent set-up poster, a useful printed user's manual, and an extensive HTML manual on CD-ROM that covers details such as hand duplexing and improving print quality.
WHAT'S NOT: The i320's construction feels flimsy--the shell and paper trays seem likely to crack with little provocation. The paper feed has no bypass slot for an envelope or a single sheet of letterhead. And the i320 doesn't do well on gray-scale photos; we saw rough textures and moire patterns on our test samples. If printing black-and-white images is on your agenda, another printer would be a better choice.
WHAT ELSE: The i320 doesn't take up much desk space: With its paper trays folded, it's only 15 inches wide, 7 inches deep, and 6.5 inches high. At just 4 pounds, it's also easy to move or carry.
With such a low purchase price, you'd expect Canon to make its money on the ink cartridges, but we didn't find their cost to be out of line: A black cartridge with an estimated yield of 300 pages is priced at $7.50, and three-color BCI-24C cartridges are priced at $18.50, with estimated yields of 580 pages. That works out to 2.5 cents per black-only page, and about 5.7 cents per color page.
Another plus: The driver has a quiet mode--it's slower than the other settings, but it lets you print without bothering anyone nearby.
UPSHOT: If preserving desk space, saving some cash, and having a printer that can be seen and not heard matters to you, the i320 will fill the bill.
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Reviewed by: Hipechiqq
Strengths: Very inexpensive. Good quality color prints. Perfect for home office.
Weaknesses: None found yet.
Overall: Light weight and small, so it takes up little room on the desk. Color prints are of good quality. Better than the Canon BJC 620 we have.
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Reviewed by: ydavidimai
Strengths: Low cost (I paid $30 on sale), small, cartridge price reasonable
Weaknesses: Older model, probably out of production.
Overall: If you need a low cost color printer, this should fill the bill. The color prictures I print are very good and people comment how good they are even though this is not a photo printer. This is not the best printer by any means, but for the $30 I paid, that is less than the cost of many cartridges and you get a printer. Although this printer in discontinued, it uses the same cartridges as the replacement printer so cartridges should be available for quite awhile. This printer has only USB connection which I don't see as a problem since all computers in the last few years have it. The software driver seems to work with no problems, which I can't say about other printers I have had.
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Reviewed by: bradhiggins
Strengths: Cheap ink, compact, low price.
Weaknesses: None.
Overall: I got black ink for 20/$20 and color for 10/$15. The printer was on sale for $30 at Microcenter... you can usually find it for $40. It is very compact, and folds up well, in case you want to store it. I bought one for the kids... then bought a second so they both could have one. Canon printers are the way to go... buy a printer for the ink costs, nothing else... I get Canon carts for no more than $5, but any HP one is $20. My Canon S600 and my i320 make beautiful 8X10 prints from my 2MP camera... just use good paper.
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Reviewed by: Pcanon
Overall: I just wanted to warn future buyers that the required USB cord is NOT included with the printer. I bought the printer on-line, but now I have to head to a store to purchase an additional cable. I bought this on-line so I wouldn't have to deal with traffic!!! Oh well, I don't understand how you include the printer, the power cord, the software, even the ink tanks... but NO CONNECTION CORD.
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Reviewed by: stupenal
Strengths: Cheap, cheap ink, fast, compact, decent pictures
Weaknesses: Kinda loud, takes awhile to start feeding paper
Overall: The canon i320 is beautifully compact, fitting on most dorm desks. Great for a college student like me. The price was unbeatable, and ink is $2 each at ink retailers online. Photo printing is decent, good for occasional users. It really shines in printing out essays, documents, etc etc. Good for the occasional printer.
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