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I have printed nice pictures with it too. (knock on wood) Other than that, I have had no problems and trust me, I have used this printer a LOT. I printed many a research paper using this little machine. As a graduate student, I wanted a portable printer to go with my laptop in order to do my research papers. This is a great printer. I read the reviews of several people having problems. This was in 2004. I have had this printer for three years and the biggest problem has been that the paper jams if you insert too many at a time.
If you buy a refill kit from say, "[.].", you can refill your own for pennies each. In addition to all of the other "Kudos" awarded to this printer by the other reviewers, I want to add the following. YAY Canon -- DOWN for HP. I do, they are VERY easy to refill, work as good as new, and canon even gives you a "Reset Ink Level" option under the print driver "maintenance" section. While the price of "Genuine Canon" ink cartridges may (does) border on outright robbery, you DON'T have to buy them. Compatible cartridges are dirt cheap at places like "[.].".
In conclusion, I have 6 Epson printers, and they have problems as well, but nothing like the Canon. Prints that I made on the canon photo paper faded right away. It has definitely NOT worked a lot more than it has worked.
Prints look good and it is super small. The heads dry out really fast, and after a while, it doesn't even see the new ink cartridges. I travel a lot and have a lot of Canon equipment, so I thought this would be a good choice.
My cost per print runs about $3 because of the waisted ink. Not recommended. Unfortunately, I had to take it in for a full rebuild 3 times under warranty, and I really don't use it much at all.
That might be part of the problem.
Really a waste of money. It has now failed again and they want another $240 to fix it. I would not buy this product again. I purchased the Canon I80 printer as I wanted a small portable unit for training and conference events. The unit has broken down multiple times, the heads dry out and get clogged all the time and every time I turn around something else goes wrong.I purchased the unit for $250 and have spent as much keeping it going and only used it 12 times.
The available maintenence functions have not been helpful, and the Canon service reps advice similarly has lead to a lot of wasted time and frustration, along with a lot of wasted ink and paper from doing cleaning and testing repeatedly. I had the same problem with the black print head drying out. I agree wholeheartedly with Mark Page-Botelho's review. This printer is not for regular use.
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