Summary: Great little printer
Comment: I just bought this and I am really impressed. I have used only Epson printers before this and finally dumped them because the print heads always jammed or it ran out of ink after having to repeatedly clean the heads. I came to a point where I needed a new ink cartridge for my Epson 785EPX and they were $50 for 2 at CostCo OR I could buy a new Canon i560s for $80 and ink is only $30 for 2 (all CostCo prices). Well I bought the Canon and will never go back to Epson.
First, the Canon has a replaceable print head. So if it every wears out or gets clogged you can replace the print head and don't have to toss the whole printer. 2nd, its very quiet - much, much less noisy than that my Epsons. 3rd, the print quality is very, very good. B&W text is laser quality but print speed seemed a little slow (maybe I had it on high quality). Color images print surprisingly fast - faster than on the Epson and Web pages with mixed text and colored items print extremely quickly. 4th, I agree with another reviewer who says the ink cartridges don't have chips in them. So I assume that this printer will continue to let you print if one tank is out of ink. The most annoying thing with Epson is that if you are out of color ink, the printer will not print - not even B&W text until you replace the color ink!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great execution!
Comment: I used to own a Canon i320 and while it did the job, it never really overwhelmed me in its print quality and speed and the printer is reknown for being noisy while it prints as well. I finally decided to upgrade to the i560 in order to do better photo printing. Wow, I realized that this was an upgrade but the printer itself is in a class that is not just 2 levels up but in an exclusive club. The photo printer is as reported below - just awesome - and the printing itself is very quiet in comparison to the i320 I had. The shelf space is about the same as the i320 which in itself is an achievement for such a higher quality printer. I love how the design of the outfeed allows the door to be completely closed and leaves the printer looking very tight and clean. Great execution Canon on a great design!
Customer Rating:
Summary: State of the Art Photo Lab in Your Home!
Comment: It's unanimous - "this really IS the best Photo Printer". I just spent $10 developing a roll of film at Wolf Camera-the guy made a point of telling me that they just spend $$$ on their New, state of the art photo printer. Well guess what? I printed out a picture with my i560 printer just to compare and it's just as good IF NOT BETTER than the professional copy! I am thrilled with this printer. My very, very minor complaint is that it's a little noisy when it "settles down" after printing something (it's very quiet during the actual printing process). And the text ia laser quality (CNET review also confirms this). BUY THIS PRINTER - you will LOVE IT, guraranteed.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome Printer
Comment: Easy to setup! Prints black and white documents lightning fast and color documents in great quality. On top of that the ink cartridges are cheaper than many other printer brands and last longer. I waited a long time to replace my old printer and I'm glad I went with this one!
Note : Printer cable is not included so you'll have to pick up a USB or Parallel cable if you don't already have one. No big deal though, you can just order one from Amazon to go with the printer or pick one up at your local electronics store.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Best that I ever had
Comment: Never buy HP junk anymore - used to have a HP officejet 600. That junk died after a few month - display the annoying mesg "replace scan cover" and I called several times to HP support. The guy didn't know what was wrong. The same story goes with a Lexmark. Now this Canon I really love it! Cheap catridge and never clogs. The best.!