Canon i9900 Photo Inkjet Printer

Canon i9900 Photo Printer

i9900 Photo Inkjet Printer Review, by Dan Littman June 25, 2004

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• Reviewed by: MammothMark

  Strengths: Wonderful pictures, clarity, and natural color quality

  Weaknesses: Darks are somewhat ill defined and banding is persistent problem resulting in much waste of time and supplies

  Overall: This was a wonderful printer that unfortunately has gradually become a royal pain when attempting to print high quality prints. Still works great for lower quality prints. Banding, particularly noticable in low light photo has become obvious and annoying. After, much research this seems to be a common problem that arises with use. Cleaning helps a bit, but only a bit. Be prepared to deal with this issue if you plan on printing any substantial quanity of work.

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  Strengths: Great prints when the print head doesn't need cleaning.

  Weaknesses: The print head needs frequent cleaning which uses a lot of ink and causes the "Ink Absorber" to fill up, which means a trip to the service center. I get about 15 prints before the heads need cleaning.

  Overall: I have always liked Canon products but the i9900 is somewhat of a disappointment. It has been costly to keep serviced as well as supplied with the expensive inks as well as time consuming to clean the print heads multiple times before getting good prints again. If you plan on only ocassional use, then the i9900 is probably for you. On the other hand, if you plan to make frequent use of this printer, you may want to consider other equivalent printers like HP or Epson before making your decision. I know I will the next time out.

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  Strengths: quality, red ink, green ink

  Weaknesses: haven't found any

  Overall: I am a photographer. I use a digital camera and do individual & group pictures for children's sports teams. I get SO many compliments on the picture quality. The colors are BRILLIANT!! I can't tell you how many parents have told me, "I don't know why your pictures are so diffent, but these are the best pictures I have ever had of my child." Thanks, Canon!! But, I don't use Canon paper in it. I've found that Epson paper is the best for my Canon i9900. I use the Epson Premium Luster Paper. Also, for those having banding problems after about a year and a half...that is most likely a worn out printhead. I have the older Canon S9000 and just replaced the printhead because is was giving me bands and discolored prints. Now, it works great again. I purchased it from Canon for $69. It just drops in (like the one you put in when your printer was new...holding the ink cartridges). Anyway, I hope this information helps.

• Reviewed by: Fotomanweb

  Strengths: Quality, Reliability, user cost, speed.

  Weaknesses: None

  Overall: I bought this model in the UK as soon as they were announced. The i9950 has a direct disc printing facility which is simple and very effective. You cannot convert a 9900. Its different. Since having this machine I have never had a single problem with quality, banding or even jamming except once a sheet jammed and had to be pulled free (5 seconds)and reused. I use all sorts of stock including genuine linen and stock up to 320gsm. No problem. I wish it had a continuous roll system. Ink costs are far and away lower than epson and now Lyson inks are doing a continuous ink system at very reasonable costs reducing ink costs by 4/5th or if you buy the 1ltr bottles by 90% Yes 90% I can buy genuine Canon cartridges (i never use generic) for £5.50 in UK from Cartridge World.

• Reviewed by: fjerina

  Overall: I probably have to take my printer in for repair. The print quality is poor (photos have streaks and the colors are not right). Had printer for 1.5 years and will probably have to spend a lot of money to get it fixed. Worked with Canon support over the phone for over 1/2 hour and could not get it fixed by normal means. Will let you know when I take it to repair shop as to what the problem is.