Canon i860 Ink Cartridges

Canon i860 Printer Review

Exceptional direct photo-printing from your digital camera or camcorder sets the Canon i860 ink printer apart from the competition. It's affordable, petite and fast, printing 23 black pages per minute and 16 color pages per minute. If you're looking to print great photos, at home or on-the-go, look no further.

The Canon i860 ink cartridge printer has a large 150-sheet paper tray accommodating envelopes, glossy and matte photo paper, transparencies, and standard paper up to 17 lb. stock. Weighing just under 13 lbs., this sleek printer is 7" tall, 12" deep (with paper tray), and 16.5" wide. At 4800 x 1200 dpi, color resolution is outstanding. Black sheets print at 600 x 600 dpi. Individual replacement Canon i860 inkjet cartridges are available for cost efficiency. Black cartridges offer 420-page yield and each of the four photo ink cartridges (CMY and an extra Black) offers a 280-page yield.

Canon's ContrastPLUS 5-color ink system, with an extra black photo ink cartridge, is responsible for the improved image contrast and overall photo sharpness. The direct print port is located in front; USB and parallel ports are in the back. The printer is compatible with Microsoft Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, NT 4.0, XP and Macintosh OS 8.6 to 9.x, Mac OS X (10.2.1 or later). Included are printer driver, setup and user guides plus software for both PC and Mac including PictBridge, Easy-PhotoPrint and Easy WebPrint, PhotoRecord and PhotoStitch.

Several professional reviews call the Canon i860 inkjet printer "stunning" in terms of image quality and color saturation. Users agree that cost belies quality and performance; crisp photo quality beats the competition.

Above all, this printer delivers dynamic traditional photos – no banding, full color saturation, and full-size bleeds for standard photo sizes. Great quality photos are treasures. The Canon i860 makes them easy and affordable to produce at home.