Canon i865 ink-jet printer (Canon i865)

Member Name: ivan_cro

Product:	Canon i865
Date:	10/12/03 (3682 review reads)
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Advantages: top quality of prints, fast printing, supplied accessories

Disadvantages: not an true photo printer, manual book is "thick"

I beleive You have allready seen tech info about this item.

At first, I wanted to get earlier model (i850). That model had enough excellent parameters to "beat" the other competitors as HP 5150, Epson C82...

This model, for a change (comparised with i850) has few supplies more, as CD/DVD printing tray, storage box. Even the drivers are better.
As I am doing some paperwork almost every day, I wanted to get an printer which will be:
fast, economic, reliable, silent. I must mention that my work is more in printing fast drafts, as text&pictures. I have tried to make some photos (print), and I am not much supprised with quality. I expected the printed photos are great, and so it happened.
I am very very satisfied with performances that this printer does, as fast printing (arround 3-6 pages in color per minute, and arround 10-12 in black text per minute), and as this printer is really silent. Only when loading paper you could hear a bit of noises.
This printer also has a capability to print booklets, and that is great. With optional accessories, it is capable for duplex printing.
The driver has an option for ink-drying, so there are no problems as with earlier model.
I suggest you to use only original inks, as some of my friends had bad experiences with using cheaper ink. It is not worth trying to play, even the printing head is removable and replacable.

When I was collecting the informations about printers at this range, I was focused to:

cost of ink & paper
printing speed
resolution (that is 4800x1200 for photos; 600x600 in black-works)
additional accessories supplied (as photo paper tray, CD printing adapter)
number of nozzles (primary focus) - this printer is declared to have more nozzles than Epson C84 (you can find it in both brochures)
borderless printing

Speaking in terms of testings, due to leading magazines here in Croatia, the i865 and Epson C84 have similair ca
pabilities. I have chosen Canon, and I beleive it is better choice.

What more to say?
This "spartan"-look printer, does well. But, there is one more tip: for this ammount of money spent for any printer, you'll probably be satisfied. Even the Epson C84 is very good printer. But, now, when I print at CD-media, a have no problems with centering or similair stuff. That is an option tha is well done with i865.
If you have questions, you can send me a mail.
That's all


Some Specs:
4800x1200 dpi
replaceable printing head
5-ink system (additional photo black ink tank)
declared 23 pages mono, 12,4 pages in color (per minute)
borderless printing (using photo paper)
2 picolitre ink dropsize
noises arround 36dB
weight 5.8kg
pictbridge direct printing from camera
Windows/MAC drivers
dimensions 420*311*185mm
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