Thanks for conferming my suspisions.
I am thinking of replacing my S800 (head keeps going on it)with this one or the
6000
model.
Dave
> I bought this to replace an HP DJ3820, which
I
bought before taking up
> digital photography, and was never really a serious photo-printer.
>
> The iP6000D isn't small, with an A3-size footprint, nor was it cheap at
U> K
> �199. I bought it because it was what the local good photographic shop
> (Campkins of Cambridge) recommended, with sample prints to support their
> claims, and because it closes up properly to keep dust out, the HP
having>
> been a real pain on those grounds.
>
> The printer has surprisingly thorough connectivity, with USB 2.0 and
> drivers for Windows and Mac, a Direct Print socket for PictBridge or
> Canon's equivalent, CF and SD slots (which seem to be usable as card
slot> s
> for the computer if you want) plus a display and controls for using it
> without a computer, and an IR port for printing from phones.
>
> It sheet feeds A4 and US Letter from the top rear, and has an internal
> paper tray for A4/Letter down to enprint sizes. It also has an adaptor
an> d
> software for printing on CDs, although it doesn't auto-feed those.
>
> The Windows install was trouble-free, the automatic print head alignment
> worked OK, and status monitor and warnings are definitely a level ahead
o> f
> the HP. The very first print - on plain paper - was entirely acceptable.
> On its own "Photo Paper Pro" the results are very fine indeed. With
JPEGs>
> from the *istD and FA50/1.4, it isn't quite Cibachrome quality, but it's
> the next thing to it.
>
> Being a Canon, it takes six ink tanks (Black, Yellow, two Cyan and two
> Magenta), plus a separate print head. I don't yet know how long the ink
> lasts. Canon's paper is about �11 for a pack of 15 A4 sheets, probably
> less if you hunt around. It prints borderless very nicely, and it's
quiet>
> and reasonably quick, at about two minutes for an A4 with everything
> turned on. Oh, and the prints /smell/ like photographs.
>
> Well worth a look. I'm very pleased with it.
>
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