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Canon Desktop Photo i860 Inkjet Printer

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  • Desktop Photo i860 Inkjet Printer
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  • At a Glance
  • Good for photos, OK for text
  • Windows compatible
  • Print speeds can be inflated

Canon i860 Desktop Photo Printer Review

by Dan Littman

- Canon's i860 uses five inks: cyan, magenta, yellow, and two kinds of black--a photo black for graphics and a pigment-based black mostly for text. The dual blacks pay off: Letters look dark but very clean at big and small type sizes. And because the i860 holds all five tanks at once, you don't have to switch inks to print fine-looking glossy photos. Gray-scale prints showed sharp detail and realistic shading, and color photos accurately reproduced colors and textures. Color graphics on plain paper, however, were less impressive: They had a dotty texture, some colors looked slightly oversaturated, and dark shadows had a posterized appearance. The $150 i860 is quick: It printed text at 6.8 ppm and color graphics on plain paper at 2.3 ppm.

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User Reviews for Canon Desktop Photo i860 Inkjet Printer

  • Reviewed by: ahitron

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Great text and photo quality, inexpensive ink, reasonably fast, convenient 4x6 photo paper holder.

    Weaknesses: Sometimes takes a long time to start printing

    Overall Evaluation: I bought this printer looking for solid text printing at a reasonable speed and good quality photo printing. I am not disappointed. The removable 4x6 photo try is very convenient, although on occasion it can get in the way when trying to load regular paper. The print quality is outstanding, I have never had any complaints. It print speed for plain text is impressive, although it does have an annoying habit of sometimes taking up to 30 seconds or so to start printing.

  • Reviewed by: leenaud

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Economic, excellent quality for photo printing and documents

    Weaknesses: Head needed to be replaced after 2 months

    Overall Evaluation: Had high expectations, which came thru while the unit worked. No problem with paperjamming, high quality photo printing. Cost and use of ink is very reasonable.Printer has been used very moderately sofar. It's not being used in a office setting. Just for personal use.Photoprinting caused the printhead to fail. Had to be replaced. Was under warranty so there were no cost to me. However, I would not buy this product again after this early failure.

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