Canon pixma
Canon's Pixma iP5200 photo printer: Canon's Pixma iP5200 photo printer is an A4 size inkjet photo printer, which would appeal to the purists as well. Its features are relatively few and it is priced low, as neither the memory card reader nor the LCD screen slots are available.
One can hook the printer to the PC with the help of a USB cable or even attach the PictBridge directly to get the pictures of their choice. If you pay more, extra features can be added to the printer depending on your requirements. The iP6600D has a card reader and an LCD screen, while the iP5200R adds network connections.
Canon's Pixma iP5200 photo printer uses Easy-PhotoPrint to reduce the steps in printing and collating, breaking down the printing process into three steps. Choose the images you wish to print, select the type of paper you want, and decide on a layout. This means, you need not have to get into the printer’s settings and rack your brains over its various settings before getting a decent printout.
Canon's Pixma printer driver: Formed on a consistent user interface design, the Canon printer driver is highly consistent in navigation as well as look and feel. To reduce the burden of learning to use its various products, Canon uses various innovative designs and features.
Most of the Canon printer drivers are based on a single 5-tab structure, which consists of page finishing, paper source, page setup, quality and configuration. This makes it easier for the user to use the printer to its full capacity. Graphical icons exist to represent the target print device and the print layout of the page to be printed. This driver is used for all Canon Pixma printers like the Canon Pixma ip6600d, KeyB-6: ip90, ip8500, mp170, ip5000, 1600 ip etc.
Other Canon printers and their distinctive features:
Canon's Pixma ip6600d: Canon's Pixma ip6600d has the Full-Photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) print head that releases droplets as minute as 1pl for each of the inks, i.e. cyan, magenta, photo magenta, photo cyan, yellow, and 5pl for the black ink. According to Canon, their 100-ink ChromaLife system will not fade for 30 years if one uses Photo Paper Plus Glossy and Canon Photo Paper Pro. They further add that if these printed pictures are preserved in plastic cover sheets and are kept in the dark, they will last for a longer time.
Canon's Pixma ip90: Canon Pixma ip90 has a unique built-in infrared port that is handy while traveling. One can easily take print outs from cell phones, PDAs and cameras. If one wants additional hardware features in the iP90, one can buy add-ons.
Canon's Pixma iP8500: This particular model uses the ChromaPlus eight-tank ink system and the same print engine like that of the i9900. The color gamut available is red, orange, green and the other usual colors like CMYK, photo magenta, and photo cyan. There is a choice of various papers in different finishes available. This includes semigloss, transparencies, matte and several other varieties of glossy papers.
Canon's Pixma mp170: This printer has a 2-picoliter-size droplet Full-Photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) print head, with a performance of 4800x1200 dpi. It delivers photolab quality directly from PictBridge compatible cameras. One can also print photos from all kinds of popular memory cards. This camera also delivers 10 x 15 cm photolab quality borderless photo prints.
Canon's Pixma iP5000: The Canon Pixma iP5000 has a 1,856-nozzle Full-Photolithography Inkjet Nozzle Engineering (FINE) print head, with 1-picoliter sized droplets of ink. It takes about 32 droplets to form a pixel, for a 9,600 x 2,400 dpi resolution. Its ContrastPlus ink system has four dyes - cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks for photos. There is a pigment-based black ink for the text printing. Like other Pixma printers, it uses the same BCI-6 color tank.
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