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September 21, 2006
[ REVIEW—CANON PIXMA iP6700D printer ]
Price: $350
Highly recommended
The low-down: The Canon Pixma iP6700D is a 6 colour photo printer that appears to be aimed at the digital camera user who would rather not be fussed with a computer and image editing software. The printer has the standard USB interconnect with a computer but it also has slots for CF and SD memory cards, a port for Pictbridge connection and an infrared receiver to print from mobile phones plus an optional BlueTooth receiver.
The company boasts that even red-eye correction can be done in the printer. There is a small pop-up LCD screen that is used for selecting images for printing, paper type and size and for viewing images and making basic corrections.
The iP6700D does duplex printing on double-sided paper; it prints on CD blanks; it makes borderless prints up to A4 and comes with easy-to-use software for handling any of Canon’s print media.
The inks are Canon’s ChromaLife100 which promise a reasonable print life before fading.
Like this: The quality of reproduction from the Canon Pixma iP6700D is stunning. We tried just about every printing medium including photo stickers, double-sided album paper, T shirt transfers, CD labels and good old plain paper and the results were consistently good. Using Canon’s Photo Paper Pro the pictures are eye-popping.
Setup is easy with the printer doing automatic head alignment.
Dislike that: We enjoy showing off the infra red connection to sceptical pals -- take a photo with the mobile phone, point it at the printer, press the send button and… Wait! 3 minutes and 40 seconds to turn out a single 10 by 15cm print. Boy, that is slow.
Parting shot: The Canon Pixma iP6700D is one of those devices that has you wondering how it is possible to get so much for so little. $350 (and advertised for $300 in Livewire) buys a printer that consistently turns out prints comparable in quality with good silver halide processing. The iP6700D is astonishing value for money.
Posted by terry at September 21, 2006 12:19 AM
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