Cool New Product Reviews

Lets start with an interesting fact: canon printer’s cost much less to operate than hp printers, startling but true. This Canon PIXMA iP3000 Photo Printer has 4 separate inkwells (black, yellow, red, blue), and they cost about $12 each (give or take a penny or two depending where you shop). The Canon cartridges don’t include the print head, that is a separate part that doesn’t need replacing very often. If the print head ever breaks, they are as easy to replace as is replacing an ink cartridge.

The output is nice both for text and photos. The printer is fast, quiet and offers outstanding quality. The design is also very good. It allows paper to come in from the top or from a cartridge below (this is nice if you don’t have much room above the printer). It will also duplex (print on both sides) which is a great added feature. When you’re not using it, you can fold up the paper tray and compress the cartridge and it is very compact.

The driver for the printer is wonderful, with lots of options for printing. The included software isn’t anything too fancy, but it did work really well for easily and quickly printing photos. It is really idiot proof software, asks for the type of paper you are using, etc, so you shouldn’t waste prints because of ridiculous stuff like that. Overall the Canon PIXMA iP3000 Photo Printer is very highly recommend and would be perfect for the home office.

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