Summary: You guys still debating?
Comment: This printer is sweet, one of the best investments Ive made in a long time. Everything said about this printer is true. Canon rocks with this system. And the price is insane for the quality and versatility you have in this printer package. Guys, it really is a no brainer. I'm a man possesed..printing everything in sight. But remember, the quality of the finished product is only as good as the source. Quality in, quality out..simple as that. Although I installed the easy photo program that came with the system. Ive used many picture editing programs with great success. So its a thumbs up for this device, and a WELL DONE to the designers, planners, and assemblers of this wonderful printing system.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Fantastic Right Out of the Box!
Comment: After a year of almost drop-kicking an Epson Photo 820 out the window, I'm happy to report I have seen the light! Moving away from that noisy, slow, ink-drinker (possibly the most expensive ink on the market, I might add!) I am thrilled with the i860! I've just gotten it home, and right out of the box it prints amazing color and B&W photos. The price is fantastic, and from on-line retailers, it looks like the ink is relatively inexpensive as well. I'm a little embarrassed to say this, but here goes. It even passed the "drop test". While setting the i860 up and putting it in its new home, I accidentally left it on an unstable surface and just as I realized it - WHAM! It hit the floor from almost 5 feet up. I think the neighbor kids learned some new words. But anyway, I'm glad to say I was still able to pick up (literally) where I left off and continue installing. I think this could be the begining of a beautiful relationship!
Bottom line:
Great pics
Quiet
FAST!
-as the Epson was my 1st photo printer
I thought they were all slow across
the board...was I wrong!
Durable (whoops.)
A good value.
Umm...anybody wanna buy a slightly thrown-out-the-window Epson?
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Reason for Enthusiasm
Comment: First off, I'm a cheap chick. My little Canon Bubblejet has been on its last legs for about a year. But it still did pretty decent black and white, and when worse comes to worse, that's what Kinkos is for, right?
A few months back I purchased an incredible camera (Canon D60) I'm a shutterbug, and I take the quality of my prints very seriously. Its one of the few areas in which I spare no cost. I'd given Ofoto a fair amount of bussiness, but I was toying with the idea of printing my own photos. I had a lot of concern... the quality being on top of the list, and then the price of ink and paper, and what if the printer broke down?
I ordered the i860 based on the reviews. I installed it over 15 minutes using the incredibly easy instruction card. I then printed some cursory black and white pages. Crisp, fast, and almost silent. I turned out some color pages. I guess I need a new monitor, because what came out of that printer looked far different; brighter, more colorful. And then... (I had a hard time waiting to get to this part) I printed out some photos. Some high quality, vividly colored photos. When my husband came home he wanted to know what other prints I had ordered. They looked amazing! All I can do is make a happy little squeal that really shouldn't be coming out of a full-grown woman in public.
So forward three weeks. I've been using this printer like a pack mule. The ink levels are still hight. Still amazing prints. Not one jam (which was what finally made me sacrifice my bubblejet to pagan gods).
As a note: You have to purchase the cable seperately, but it comes with all the ink, and five 4x6 pieces of photo paper. You're going to want way more than that, but its a nice way to try out Canon's paper when your printer is fresh out of the box.
I will update this reveiw if there are any problems. But so far I think I've got an incredible printer.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Reason for Enthusiasm
Comment: First off, I'm a cheap chick. My little Canon Bubblejet has been on its last legs for about a year. But it still did pretty decent black and white, and when worse comes to worse, that's what Kinkos is for, right?
A few months back I purchased an incredible camera (Canon D60) I'm a shutterbug, and I take the quality of my prints very seriously. Its one of the few areas in which I spare no cost. I'd given Ofoto a fair amount of bussiness, but I was toying with the idea of printing my own photos. I had a lot of concern... the quality being on top of the list, and then the price of ink and paper, and what if the printer broke down?
I ordered the i860 based on the reviews. I installed it over 15 minutes using the incredibly easy instruction card. I then printed some cursory black and white pages. Crisp, fast, and almost silent. I turned out some color pages. I guess I need a new monitor, because what came out of that printer looked far different; brighter, more colorful. And then... (I had a hard time waiting to get to this part) I printed out some photos. Some high quality, vividly colored photos. When my husband came home he wanted to know what other prints I had ordered. They looked amazing! All I can do is make a happy little squeal that really shouldn't be coming out of a full-grown woman in public.
So forward three weeks. I've been using this printer like a pack mule. The ink levels are still hight. Still amazing prints. Not one jam (which was what finally made me sacrifice my bubblejet to pagan gods).
I will update this reveiw if there are any problems. But so far I think I've got an incredible printer.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Absolutely Awesome
Comment: Great, great printer. I had read all the great reviews and had high expectations and this printer exceeded even those very high expectations. Photos on borderless Canon photo paper are amazing, even with low resolution on the digital camera (I do notice the photos are better with Canon paper than with Kodak paper). I am also pleasantly surprised with how little ink the printer uses. If you want a superior photo printer that also does text and documents at a high quality, this is the printer for you. Canon is leading the way on photo quality.