Customer Rating: 
Summary: Astonishing printer!! I am now confident in Canon!!!
Comment: After owning a near $400 Canon S900 and having the printhead totally die in less than 1.5 years, I thought the last thing I wanted was another Canon. I thought I would give Canon another try, with a newer model, and buy off of Amazon versus retail. Verdict is - I saved a ton of money versus retail, and this new Canon i860 is a dream come true for an avid printer! It creates the most BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR, and VIVID color photos I've ever seen - even compared to a photo lab! I use an Olympus C5060 5MP camera with this printer, and it couldn't be a better pair!
After getting this printer, I reprinted all the photos that my S900 botched with it's faulty printhead. We didn't print photos for months because we thought "we'll fix it or clean it soon" A half year passed, and it was time for a new printer. It'd be more expensive to fix my old printer, than it would be to buy this one!!
My reprinted photos look wonderful, the zoo pictures have beautiful colors, the nature pictures have vivid green bushes and trees and blue skies, and the people pictures look flawless - skin color reproduction is clear. I bought 4 packs of Canon Photo Paper Glossy 4X6 and reprinted almost every picture I had that meant something.
I especially like the SEPERATE 4X6 photo tray - very handy. My previous S900 required me to take out the 8X11 paper every time I wanted to print 4X6, and slide a lever over. How annoying! With the 4X6 tray, it always stays in front of the 8X11 paper, and you switch the dial from "print" for 4X6 to "Remove". Remove means it just raises the tray so the printer uses 8X11 paper instead.
VERY EASY SETUP - absolutely love this printer- SWEET deal! After a $50 promotional gift certificate from Amazon, a $30 rebate, and discounts, this printer will cost me thirty two dollars. How crazy is that!
Since I bought the printer, I noticed Amazon offered it at a lower price, TWICE. I asked for both differences from Amazon and was given credit! THANK YOU AMAZON for your wonderful customer service. :-)
Buy this printer, it will NOT let you down!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: WOW!!!
Comment: This has to be the best printer I have had. The quality is dark room quality. I can't believe how good this printer is.
Highly reccommend, can't go wrong.
Customer Rating:
Summary: great printer
Comment: Received this printer in the mail a week ago and since I have been using it, I have been amazed. For the price, I don't think that you could do much better. I really did not get this as a photo printer, but the 4x6 cassette intrigued me to try to print one of my digital pictures. I was amazed as to how great it turned out. You could not tell the difference from the photo lab.
The text is sharp, clear and very quick. It is also extremely quiet. It took about 30sec to print a borderless 4x6.
My only complaint so far is minor. I could not figure out how to print a 4x6 properly without using Canon's -Easy Print-software that comes with the printer. I'm sure that it is easy to do but it is very easy with their software.
All in all I'm glad that I got rid of my Epson C84.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Top-notch printer
Comment: I've had this printer for 3 weeks, and so far I'm happy with it. The Canon i860 has a solid, well-built frame, good speed, and the print quality is nice. Machine noise is about average.
The Canon i860 uses five ink cartridges, which supposedly is cheaper in the long run and results in better quality images.
The setup CD-ROM supplied by Canon does not install other programs without your knowledge, unlike the HP 5150, which I briefly owned.
The Canon i860 has a front USB port that CERTAIN digital cameras can use. This means you can print out pictures without using your computer.
If you are going to use your printer quite a bit, I recommend getting good quality inkjet paper, not the cheapest brand you can find. Believe me, the type of paper definitely makes a difference in print quality. And make sure the Canon i860 software knows which type of paper you are using, such as plain paper, photo paper pro, glossy photo paper, matte photo paper, etc...
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent printer for the price
Comment: Excellent printer. Very fast compared to our old Epson Stylus 440. Makes efficient use of ink. The photos we have printed on the Photo Paper Pro paper are as good as if they came from a 1 hour development center.
Summary: Astonishing printer!! I am now confident in Canon!!!
Comment: After owning a near $400 Canon S900 and having the printhead totally die in less than 1.5 years, I thought the last thing I wanted was another Canon. I thought I would give Canon another try, with a newer model, and buy off of Amazon versus retail. Verdict is - I saved a ton of money versus retail, and this new Canon i860 is a dream come true for an avid printer! It creates the most BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR, and VIVID color photos I've ever seen - even compared to a photo lab! I use an Olympus C5060 5MP camera with this printer, and it couldn't be a better pair!
After getting this printer, I reprinted all the photos that my S900 botched with it's faulty printhead. We didn't print photos for months because we thought "we'll fix it or clean it soon" A half year passed, and it was time for a new printer. It'd be more expensive to fix my old printer, than it would be to buy this one!!
My reprinted photos look wonderful, the zoo pictures have beautiful colors, the nature pictures have vivid green bushes and trees and blue skies, and the people pictures look flawless - skin color reproduction is clear. I bought 4 packs of Canon Photo Paper Glossy 4X6 and reprinted almost every picture I had that meant something.
I especially like the SEPERATE 4X6 photo tray - very handy. My previous S900 required me to take out the 8X11 paper every time I wanted to print 4X6, and slide a lever over. How annoying! With the 4X6 tray, it always stays in front of the 8X11 paper, and you switch the dial from "print" for 4X6 to "Remove". Remove means it just raises the tray so the printer uses 8X11 paper instead.
VERY EASY SETUP - absolutely love this printer- SWEET deal! After a $50 promotional gift certificate from Amazon, a $30 rebate, and discounts, this printer will cost me thirty two dollars. How crazy is that!
Since I bought the printer, I noticed Amazon offered it at a lower price, TWICE. I asked for both differences from Amazon and was given credit! THANK YOU AMAZON for your wonderful customer service. :-)
Buy this printer, it will NOT let you down!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: WOW!!!
Comment: This has to be the best printer I have had. The quality is dark room quality. I can't believe how good this printer is.
Highly reccommend, can't go wrong.
Customer Rating:
Summary: great printer
Comment: Received this printer in the mail a week ago and since I have been using it, I have been amazed. For the price, I don't think that you could do much better. I really did not get this as a photo printer, but the 4x6 cassette intrigued me to try to print one of my digital pictures. I was amazed as to how great it turned out. You could not tell the difference from the photo lab.
The text is sharp, clear and very quick. It is also extremely quiet. It took about 30sec to print a borderless 4x6.
My only complaint so far is minor. I could not figure out how to print a 4x6 properly without using Canon's -Easy Print-software that comes with the printer. I'm sure that it is easy to do but it is very easy with their software.
All in all I'm glad that I got rid of my Epson C84.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Top-notch printer
Comment: I've had this printer for 3 weeks, and so far I'm happy with it. The Canon i860 has a solid, well-built frame, good speed, and the print quality is nice. Machine noise is about average.
The Canon i860 uses five ink cartridges, which supposedly is cheaper in the long run and results in better quality images.
The setup CD-ROM supplied by Canon does not install other programs without your knowledge, unlike the HP 5150, which I briefly owned.
The Canon i860 has a front USB port that CERTAIN digital cameras can use. This means you can print out pictures without using your computer.
If you are going to use your printer quite a bit, I recommend getting good quality inkjet paper, not the cheapest brand you can find. Believe me, the type of paper definitely makes a difference in print quality. And make sure the Canon i860 software knows which type of paper you are using, such as plain paper, photo paper pro, glossy photo paper, matte photo paper, etc...
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent printer for the price
Comment: Excellent printer. Very fast compared to our old Epson Stylus 440. Makes efficient use of ink. The photos we have printed on the Photo Paper Pro paper are as good as if they came from a 1 hour development center.