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Review: The Canon PIXMA iP3000 colour bubble jet printer has a very high print quality, as all printers in this price bracket should have. I use it for desktop publishing and photoprinting, mostly on 4x6' borderless cards, which it does very well, and with a good turn of speed (the wait is counted in seconds, not minutes). Duplex printing and CD/DVD printing are appealing features, which add to the all round functionality of the printer, even though I doubt most people would use these features that often. The dual paper feeds are a great feature, meaning you can keep 150 A4 sheets (or anything smaller) in the cartridge/tray at the bottom, keeping it dust free, and still load card/photopaper etc in the top without having to take out your other paper. However, before you buy one - 1. It took me 2hours to install, as the install wizard on the driver CD would not detect my USB connection, and the troubleshooting advice on the CD and website amounted to 'try again'. I eventually had to do it through the winXP install wizard which worked fine. BUT after looking at many websites it seems that this problem has only ever happened to me, 99% of people should have no problem... 2. It looks like a big grey brick! But then most printers aren't exactly beautiful to look at, so this didnt bother me. Verdict - for this price I think this is a great printer with a lot of useful features. I would buy it again. |
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