The Canon PIXMA iP100 is a very reliable mobile printing device that enables you to print photo quality prints while you are traveling for business or leisure. It has powerful features and a comparatively reasonable price making the machine a vital resource for anyone who owns it.
Described below are the bare facts about this printer.
- First of all the Canon PIXMA iP100 printer is actually a photo quality printer meant specifically for people dealing with high color images, like designers, marketing personnel and executives. Its color printing resolution is an amazing 9600 X 2400 DPI while black printing resolution is lower at 600 X 600 DPI (which is quite sufficient for text printing.
- The device is quite fast also. It produces upto 14 color and 20 black print pages per minute. Photographs on high gloss postcards are printed at the rate of fifty seconds per page but the quality is very good.
- The printer boats excellent connectivity with a built-in PictBridge port, a high speed USB 2.0 port, Infrared IrDA connection and a Bluetooth version 2.0 port. This makes the printer truly mobile. Remember that the Bluetooth device can be slotted into the printer permanently, thus you do not have to plug it in every time you need to take make a print
- The Canon iP100 PIXMA printer has a powerful battery, 9 Watts plus a 1.5 Watt standby battery. It can print upto 50 maximum quality photo prints before it needs to be recharged. This is quite sufficient for photos and the black printing is fast already, more than 100 pages on one full battery charge.
- Compatibility is an area of strength for the Canon PIXMA iP100 also. It is compatible with all most versions of Windows (XP and VISTA) and also with other OS platforms like Palm OS, Linux and most versions of MAC OSx.
- The printer’s size and weight are areas of concern. The total travel weight is around 6.5 lbs which includes weight of the optional battery, Bluetooth adapter and an AC power supply. Dimensions are large; 12.7” (W) X 2.4” (H) X 7.2” (B).
- Finally, the Pixma iP100 comes with excellent warranty coverage. A one year limited InstantExchange program and a one year technical assistance program over toll free telephone line.
This is an excellent printing machine and though it is a bit heavy and large, the speed, connectivity, print quality, compatibility, warranty and after sales services make it an excellent deal at $249.99 (from Canon Inc.) and as low as $174.99 on Amazon.
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