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Reviews
Canon PIXMA
iP6600D
Photo Printer
 The
iP6600D is another mid-level printer in Canon's large PIXMA range.
PC
Magazine said about it:
Canon calls all of its desktop ink jet printers photo printers, but
most them are good choices as all-purpose printers for text and graphics as
well, even if you rarely print a photo. The Canon Pixma iP6600D Photo
Printer ($199.99 direct) is a photo printer in a more classic sense. It can
function for text and graphics if it must, limping along with fair-quality
text and poor speed. But when it comes to photos, the printer shines, with
excellent speed, high-quality output, and an assortment of features
specifically designed to make photos easy to print.
CNET summarised its review as follows:
The good: Built-in duplexing; 3.5-inch LCD and full set of
controls on the printer; solid photo quality; direct printing via PictBridge,
IrDA, and (with adapter) Bluetooth; Mac and Windows compatible.
The bad: Mediocre text quality; slow.
The bottom line: Versatile stand-alone operation and good photo
quality make the Canon Pixma iP6600D appealing for digital camera owners,
but slow operation and mediocre text output mean it's a bad choice for SOHO
or business use.
The
Sci-Tech Today website concluded:
Pros: Prints good-quality photos quickly; PictBridge-capable
digital cameras can connect to the front panel without a cradle or USB
cable; handles all major memory cards.
Cons: Prints text more slowly than multipurpose printers; average
text quality.
Verdict: Slow, somewhat scratchy text quality makes this photo
printer less attractive for anything but printing photos, which it does with
aplomb.
Macworld wrote:
The iP6600D was an average performer in terms of speed, but its photo
output was impressive. I used the included color (ICC) profiles when
printing from Adobe Photoshop and found that colors were nearly spot-on
(they were just a hair on the red side) and pleasingly saturated. The
graphics test showed no obvious banding in color ramps and gradients or
breaks in fine-line details.
Text printed on plain paper was very legible, but not as fast or as clean as
I’ve seen from 4-color, general-purpose ink-jet printers.
....The Canon Pixma iP6600D’s six inks print great-looking photos with or
without the help of your Mac. Though I wish its plain paper text were a
little cleaner, it sets itself apart from the pack by offering a large,
color LCD and built-in automatic duplexing.
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March 31st, 2006 |
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