My pleasant little family has gone through 2 printers in the past year and a half. I don’t know why. It might have something to do with the fact that we have 2 children under three years old, as well as 4 cats under a year old. I am in college, so when our latest printer took its last gasps for breath, I cried. I have an essay due every other week, and it is a pain in the butt to use the college computers to print anything out!

Luckily, we were not printer-less for very long. With a wad of cash from our tax returns, we set out to Best Buy with a mission. We made several trips, debating between a few printers. Then, on our last trip, we saw the Canon BJC S600. We pushed the handy demo button next to the floor model, and out shot a full color picture, on normal printer paper. There was a comparison picture on the demo booklet, and to be honest, the only way we could tell the difference between the two was because the demo booklet was on glossy paper.

I knew we wouldn’t be able to afford a printer like this. It was quiet, fast, and it had AWESOME PRINTER QUALITY! (That came from a God-like voice deep within your computer.) But, lo and behold, the printer was only $200. Easily within our budget!

One other major feature with the Canon BJC S600 is the individual “Think Tank” system. There is a separate ink cartridge for each color, which means you only change one color at a time! So, if you are only out of red, you don’t have to pay $40 to replace your entire color cartridge, when the other colors may only be half-used! This is a huge deal for me, as we had to change cartridges fairly often with our other printers.

The printer comes with a sample of Photo Paper Pro, glossy, high quality, photo paper. We tried it out with a few pictures I had scanned, and the results were amazing! I just had to remember to keep my fingers off the pictures for a minute after they were done printing, as the ink was still wet. You also get a disc with Canon’s own photo printing program, which is extremely useful when you need to resize photos.

I have a single complaint about the Canon BJC S600. The paper tray (where paper goes after it has been printed) is not secured onto the printer. This means that my darling 2-year-old has been able to steal it and stash it in her room several times! But, a small price to pay for a printer this great!
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Brief Overview

Features:

Individual Ink Cartridge Tanks

Fast, up to 15 ppm for black, 10 ppm for color

USB Interface

600 x 600 dpi in black, 2400 x 1200 dpi in color (you cannot tell the printing was done by a home printer!)

Easy online registration

Photo Paper Pro sample

CD-Rom with PhotoRecord, ZoomBrowser, ImageBrowser, and PhotoSwitch (all useful when printing photos)

System Requirements:

Windows 95/98:
486 processor; 16MB RAM; 40MB free hard-disk space

Windows 2000:
Pentium Processor- 133MHz or faster; 32MB RAM; 40MB free hard-disk space

Windows Me:
Pentium Processor- 150MHz or faster; 32MB RAM; 40MB free hard-disk space

Windows NT 4.0:
Pentium Processor; 16MB RAM; 25MB free hard-disk space

Macintosh:
Macintosh with USB; Mac OS- 8.1 or later; 10MB RAM; 30MB free hard-disk space
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Final Recommendation:

I highly recommend this printer! If you have ever even thought about using a printer to print photos, this is the one for you! It is amazingly quiet, fast, and has AWESOME PRINTER QUALITY! (It’s that God-like voice again!)

Even if $200 is a bit much for your budget, it will not be wasted money. You will not regret getting this printer!


Recommended: Yes

Amount Paid (US$): 200
Operating System: Windows